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Hardcover. The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 black and white photographs and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FK; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553718
- ISBN
- 9781781553718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.46
€ 33.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Compelling account of a legendary Palestinian resistance fighter. From refugee camp to international infamy. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329512
- ISBN
- 9780745329512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.45
€ 20.00
€ 16.45
Paperback. Examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. This book focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture. Series: Colonialisms S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386. Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945. Series: Colonialisms S. 280 pages, illustrations. Examines the complex history of Japanese colonial and postcolonial interactions with Korea, particularly in matters of cultural policy. This book focuses on past and present Japanese fascination with Korean culture as he reassesses colonial anthropology, heritage curation, cultural policy, and Korean performance art in Japanese mass media culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266742
- ISBN
- 9780520266742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. A selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. This work includes: readings on early and medieval Shinto and on the tea ceremony, readings on state Buddhism and Chinese political thought influential in Japan, and sections on women's education. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Keene, Donald; Tanabe, George J.; Varley, Paul. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121392
- ISBN
- 9780231121392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.85
€ 54.99
€ 38.85
Paperback. World-renowned Iranian expert presents the first comprehensive introduction to one of the world's most controversial and misunderstood countries Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780742724
- ISBN
- 9781780742724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Hardcover. A major new study of avant-garde Japanese fashion, from the early 1980s to the present day. Featured designers include such international masters as Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Jun Watanabe, as well as a new generation of radical designers, such as Jun Takahashi. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 207 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858945460
- ISBN
- 9781858945460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.98
€ 46.99
€ 35.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 tables, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; GTB; JPS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- With a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456770
- ISBN
- 9780801456770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.84
€ 21.84
paperback. Presents the history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict. This book presents an account of the military engagements and focuses on the war's political dimensions. It probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of the Israeli and Western documentation. Num Pages: 544 pages, 25 black-&-white illustrations + 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151121
- ISBN
- 9780300151121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. This book gathers the main scientific outputs of POREEN, a four-year project on partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the renewable energy and environmental industries. It investigates the main challenges and opportunities related to Sino-European dialogue and cooperation in the green sector with a focus on sustainable growth. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; KCN; KNBT; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786353320
- ISBN
- 9781786353320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.42
€ 77.42
Paperback. Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam Num Pages: 752 pages, 16, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 56. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Cassell Military Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366927
- ISBN
- 9780304366927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.42
€ 20.00
€ 16.42
paperback. The second edition of Charles Holcombe's acclaimed introduction to East Asian history from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 481 pages, 56 b/w illus. 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107544895
- ISBN
- 9781107544895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.38
€ 39.38
Paperback. Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story of that promise and its outcome. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034263
- ISBN
- 9780141034263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations; maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552124195
- ISBN
- 9780552124195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDT; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 311 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1915.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570624162
- ISBN
- 9781570624162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.05€ 58.54
€ 80.05
€ 58.54
Paperback. A title, in which, the millennia of mercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated by travellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrick to Ella Maillart Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011840
- ISBN
- 9781906011840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. Translator(s): Williams, Tony. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2,200 color photos and maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1HB; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 127. Weight in Grams: 2200.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172439
- ISBN
- 9780691172439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.41
€ 36.99
€ 30.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HBTP; RGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975423
- ISBN
- 9781403975423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.51
€ 97.51
Paperback. When the author finds a photo among her father's possessions shortly after his death, she recognises the child in the veil and bride's clothes as her mother, but the groom is unfamiliar. Who had her mother married all those years before? This title presents the story of the insufferable mother-daughter bond. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099525486
- ISBN
- 9780099525486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. An ethnography that focuses on Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000510
- ISBN
- 9780691000510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.81
€ 42.99
€ 30.81
Hardback. A comprehensive discussion of how countries embrace branding as a crucial element in their pursuit of soft power and why certain nation-branding efforts succeed while others fail through the example of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 223 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBC; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361714
- ISBN
- 9781137361714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.55
€ 54.99
€ 43.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JFFD; JFFN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Steidl Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783958291676
- ISBN
- 9783958291676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.27
€ 32.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. A top-secret CIA analysis in October 1978 concluded that the Shah of Iran would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future. 100 days later he was overthrown by a popular and largely peaceful revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018433
- ISBN
- 9780674018433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.26
€ 36.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Murder, human-rights abuse, drugs, blackmail, extortion, extreme violence, medical maltreatment and unjustifiable death penalties feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails. The author has graphically revealed this shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term inmate from the West. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845965815
- ISBN
- 9781845965815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, 'Illegal' Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is 'a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context'. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFFD; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336742
- ISBN
- 9780230336742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79