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Paperback. Focuses on the socioeconomic, political, and cultural milieu in which a new religious movement was born and has thrived. This work includes a discussion of the origins of Islamic law, spirituality and theology, mysticism, philosophy, and culture, as well as an appendix of individual page-length biographies of important figures. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209312
ISBN
9780872209312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. Told through a case study of Tsinghua University - China's premier school of technology - this book traces how Red engineers were groomed in the early years of socialism, survived the Cultural Revolution, and triumphed in the post-Mao years by uniting with communist officials. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760782
ISBN
9780804760782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804760775
ISBN
9780804760775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

Paperback. Most women spend much of their working lives 'making it' in a man's world. Full of tools, calls to action, contemplative questions, rituals and confrontational exercises, this book teaches women that it is safe to let Shakti rise, safe to trust their intuition and safe to take leaps of faith - because in healing ourselves we are healing the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VS; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781807330
ISBN
9781781807330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.50

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schrunder-Lenzen, Agi. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531148441
ISBN
9783531148441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.66

Hardcover. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748670079
ISBN
9780748670079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

Paperback. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. 230 pages, illustrations. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 13. Weight: 290.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748670086
ISBN
9780748670086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150910
ISBN
9780231150910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150903
ISBN
9780231150903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. The mythic roots and modern future of Ecuadorian indigenous communities in the twenty-first century Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millenium. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 photographs; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRLF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076039
ISBN
9780252076039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBLC1; JFSL4; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640549
ISBN
9780691640549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.74

Hardcover. This work demonstrates that religious Jews have been able to keep issues on the political agenda of the Israeli government, but not to determine their outcomes. It shows that, within the communities of both religious and secular Jews, there is division about conceding parts of biblical Israel. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Pub
Number of pages
260
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KIN0001054
ISBN
9781555876784
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080966
ISBN
9780520080966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812246834
ISBN
9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.83

Paperback. This volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVA; AVGD; HRK; HRLF; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226548203
ISBN
9780226548203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Paperback. This book bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed account of its working at the village level. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFC; JFSF; JHM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103916
ISBN
9780231103916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. This book inquires into the wondrous and complex world of mystical experience in the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759397
ISBN
9780804759397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.38

Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351856
ISBN
9780822351856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. A dispute over over-allocation of the waters in the Klamath Basin has pitted farmers and ranchers against locals whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing. This book reveals the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the basin to find common ground. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986227
ISBN
9780295986227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSF; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555977467
ISBN
9781555977467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.94

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