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North Africa

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 1HBM; 1HBT; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691623450
ISBN
9780691623450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.46

Paperback. Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3H; HBJH; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621814
ISBN
9780691621814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.73

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613499
ISBN
9780691613499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.75

Paperback. Accommodating Protest explores the subculture framing the behavior of lower-middle-class women in Cairo and evaluates their constraints and opportunities in a rapidly changing city. MacLeod examines the conflicting ideologies of the lower middle class, where economic pressures compel women to enter the workplace, even as traditional values encourage them to stay home as wives and mothers. Num Pages: 206 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072816
ISBN
9780231072816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

hardcover. This history examines fundamental questions of ethnic identity by focusing on the Egyptian Jewish community since 1948. Central to the study is the question of how people handle multiple identities and loyalties that are dislocated and reformed by turbulent political and cultural processes. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HRJ; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520211759
ISBN
9780520211759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. Detailed examination of the origins and dissemination of the eleven main theories proposed from the late 18th century to explain the shape of the Great Pyramid. Of special note is the chapter examining how some theories spread whereas others were rejected. Num Pages: 306 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889203242
ISBN
9780889203242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.93

Hardback. Contains lyrical photographs of the theater of rural Egyptian life. This title records and celebrates life as it passes along a road through a typical village in the Egyptian Nile Delta in the early twenty-first century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 267 x 20. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774161865
ISBN
9789774161865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.24

Paperback. Tangier, 'the most extraordinary and mysterious city in the world', in the author's mind, was a haven for many Western writers in the early twentieth century. This book presents his recollections of his encounters in Tangier with Paul Bowles, Jean Genet and Tennessee Williams; offering a fresh insight into the lives of these cult figures. BIC Classification: 1HBM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590504
ISBN
9781846590504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.05
€ 51.54

Hardback. Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. This book presents an ethnographic study which shows that Sudanese ethnic identity is created from deeply held social values, especially those concerning gender and propriety. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSR2; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450182
ISBN
9781845450182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.71

Hardback. This book aims to examine the structural changes in the state and society in Mamluk Egypt and Syria after the middle of the eighth/fourteenth century. Between 648/1250 and 922/1517, the Mamluk sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria, and the Hijaz, the central Middle East. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970819994
ISBN
9780970819994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.95

Hardback. This is a study of the relationship between public commemoration and national identity in Egypt over the course of the twentieth century. By analyzing nationalism through the prism of public commemoration, the work extends our understanding of the shaping of national identity and the evolution of national imagining in modern Egypt. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970819918
ISBN
9780970819918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

Hardback. The most definitive account of the Suez affair to date, based on newly opened archives. Mr. Freiberger argues that the crisis was only the culmination of long American irritation with British imperialism in the Middle East. Commendable..this book breaks new ground."-William B. Quandt, Foreign Affairs. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1HBES; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587837
ISBN
9780929587837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.92

Hardback. Series: Griffith Institute Publications. Num Pages: 258 pages, plus 48 b/w pls, tbs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHA; 2CXC; DNF; DSBB; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416750
ISBN
9780900416750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.90

Hardback. Series: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs & paintings. Num Pages: 284 pages, 40 plans. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416309
ISBN
9780900416309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardback. Presents a series of prose poems that draw their inspiration from the great Sufi poet of mediaeval Andalusia, Ibn Arabi, whose fervent love poetry both scandalized and transformed Islamic culture, and from Dante, who learned from Ibn Arabi a poetry of sensual love as initiation into spiritual experience. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; BGA; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231140
ISBN
9780823231140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.39

hardcover. Armies and Insurgencies in the Arab Spring explores the central problems concerning the role of the armed forces in the contemporary Arab world. Editor(s): Albrecht, Holger; Croissant, Aurel; Lawson, Fred H. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248548
ISBN
9780812248548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.25

Hardback. "This is a wonderfully measured, insightful, comprehensive treatment of the subject that will, in my estimation, become a standard not only for the academic community but also for the policy and intelligence community."-Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth College Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 1KBB; HB; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 321 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236729
ISBN
9780812236729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811710831
ISBN
9780811710831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations, ports., music. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810851382
ISBN
9780810851382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Hardback. TheHistorical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubiacovers the period of Nubian history from the Paleolithic to the end of Medieval Christianity. It includes the rapidly expanding field of Nubian archaeology that centers ancient African history along the Nile but beyond the better-known field of Egyptology. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 560 pages, 7 maps, 9 tables, 27photos, footnotes, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 1HFGA; GBC; HBJH; HBLA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810847842
ISBN
9780810847842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 267.45

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