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Paperback. On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
682
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190455101
ISBN
9780190455101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Paperback. Offers a look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia. This book looks at how social and natural landscapes are created, maintained, and transformed by scientists, government administrators, monks, and farmers. It also analyzes campaigns to eradicate smallpox and save forests, waterways, and animal habitats. Editor(s): Greenough, Paul R.; Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822331490
ISBN
9780822331490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Essays illuminate the extraordinarily varied and dynamic intellectual developments underway in India and Tibet during the three centuries prior to the consolidation of British imperial power in 1800. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349044
ISBN
9780822349044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Michael Palin tackles the full length of the Himalaya in this terrific number one bestseller Num Pages: 304 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780753819906
ISBN
9780753819906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. 'Could you show me a djinn?' I asked. 'Certainly,' replied the Sufi. 'But you would run away.' Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harpercollins
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint.
SKU
9780006375951
ISBN
9780006375951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.17

Hardcover. Sana Aiyar chronicles the strategies by which Indians sought a political voice in Kenya, from the beginning of colonial rule to independence. She examines how the strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's leadership--from partnering with Europeans to colonize East Africa, to collaborating with Africans to battle racial inequality. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289888
ISBN
9780674289888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92
€ 59.48

Paperback. Drawing on primary documents, this work describes the historical origins of the Tantric movement in early medieval India. It shows how changes in medieval Indian society led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India that became the model for Buddhist cultures in China, Tibet and Japan. Num Pages: 475 pages, 23 illus, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126199
ISBN
9780231126199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Hardcover. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 326 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791196
ISBN
9781781791196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.10

Hardcover. Explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore. Series: Comparative Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 489.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845533458
ISBN
9781845533458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.11

Paperback. Explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore. Series: Comparative Islamic Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845533465
ISBN
9781845533465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.11

Hardcover. This book deals with the contribution of the Theosophical Society to the rise of Indian nationalism and seeks to restore it to its proper place in the history of ideas, both with regard to its spiritual doctrine and the sources on which it drew, as well as its role in giving rise to the New Age movement of the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAX; HRQC5; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845539221
ISBN
9781845539221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.19

Paperback. This book deals with the contribution of the Theosophical Society to the rise of Indian nationalism and seeks to restore it to its proper place in the history of ideas, both with regard to its spiritual doctrine and the sources on which it drew, as well as its role in giving rise to the New Age movement of the 20th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAX; HRQC5; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845539238
ISBN
9781845539238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

Hardcover. By the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JPH; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393062915
ISBN
9780393062915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.64

Paperback. A 2007 assessment of the devastating social, political and economic consequences of the partition of Bengal. Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History & Society. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521188067
ISBN
9780521188067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.26

Hardcover. An inspiring personal story by the most prominent Muslim woman activist and legislator for women's rights in Pakistan. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JM; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081480
ISBN
9780393081480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.57

Paperback. Series: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780486474748
ISBN
9780486474748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.96

Paperback. A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest. Num Pages: 226 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp), (+ maps & diagrams). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; PDZ; TNCB; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001852
ISBN
9780006531234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Explores how each wave of newcomers - ancient Aryan tribes, Persians, Middle Eastern Jews, Mongols, Arabs, Europeans - brought innovating new ways to combine India's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard to the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003001
ISBN
9780747596387
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mridula Baljekar uses her knowledge of traditional Indian cooking to present healthy Indian meals without any added fat. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour illustrations, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBH; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Metro Books, London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002299
ISBN
9781843580010
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706276
ISBN
9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

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