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Series: Association of the United States Army Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813150802
- ISBN
- 9780813150802
Condition: New
€ 50.23
€ 50.23
Paperback. That parents in China greatly value higher education for their children is a well-known aspect of contemporary Chinese culture, but the intensity and effects of their desire to achieve this goal have largely gone unexamined. This title explores this universal desire for a college education and its vast consequences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226437552
- ISBN
- 9780226437552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardcover. 8vo Good/very good copy in original dustwrapper . . Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0311203
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the PRC, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened a conference to consider this question: After three decades of internal strife, followed by reform, entrepreneurialism, and internationalization, is the PRC here for the dynastic long haul? This volume presents an energetic exchange of views on the topic. Editor(s): Kirby, William C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060647
- ISBN
- 9780674060647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.24
€ 33.99
€ 28.24
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBX; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637068
- ISBN
- 9780691637068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.49€ 93.26
€ 123.49
€ 93.26
Mercury Emission and Its Control in Chinese Coal-fired Power Plants
Zhou, Jinsong; Luo, Zhongyang; Zhu, Y.; Fang,...
Hardback. Series: Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Num Pages: 161 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; THRD; TQK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642378737
- ISBN
- 9783642378737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.39
€ 135.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311578
- ISBN
- 9781477311578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.19
€ 97.19
Paperback. A scathing critique of the CIA's role in and final departure from the Vietnam War. The work was originally written 25 years ago, at great risk and ultimately at great sacrifice by an author who had believed in the CIA's cause but was disillusioned by the agency's treacherous withdrawal. Num Pages: 636 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 25 Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612130
- ISBN
- 9780700612130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
Paperback. The Tang Dynasty (618-907), traditionally regarded as the golden age of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, poetry and music, song and dance. In China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty, Charles Benn paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle behind the grandeur of the Tang culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, numerous line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195176650
- ISBN
- 9780195176650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.51
€ 23.99
€ 23.51
Paperback. The New Silk Road Diplomacy traces how China, faced with internal and external challenges to its authority following the collapse of the Soviet Union, constructed a gradualist approach to Central Asia that prioritized multilateral diplomacy. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSL3; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816939
- ISBN
- 9780774816939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Hardback. This book examines the transformation of the Sino-Japanese relationship since 1989. Num Pages: 498 pages, 15 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754590
- ISBN
- 9780804754590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.93
€ 167.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Voigt, Margaret R. Num Pages: 94 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616689513
- ISBN
- 9781616689513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.90€ 51.35
€ 72.90
€ 51.35
Paperback. This account of the PLO's ideology, strategy, tactics, its relationship to other Arab states, and its confrontations with Israel, documents how the PLO was transformed from revolutionary organization into the administrator of its own territory. Series: A selection of the History Book Club. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674768048
- ISBN
- 9780674768048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.59
€ 44.99
€ 37.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583226100
- ISBN
- 9781583226100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.91
€ 15.91
Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993713
- ISBN
- 9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51€ 62.18
€ 63.51
€ 62.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, 40 color photographs, 5 color illustrations, 12 black-and-white photographs, 3 black-and-w. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard Graduate School of Design United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934510315
- ISBN
- 9781934510315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; GBC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853478
- ISBN
- 9780810853478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.87
€ 184.87
Hardback. Explores how Asian Americans figured in the effort to shape the credibility of American democracy during the Cold War, even while their perceived "foreignness" cast them as likely alien subversives Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 285 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814759356
- ISBN
- 9780814759356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87
€ 74.87
Hardcover. Acomprehensive look at what Japan must do to revive its stagnant economy and forge a future that works. Editor(s): Salsberg, Brian; Chandler, Clay; Chhor, Heang. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCZ; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421540863
- ISBN
- 9781421540863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.59
€ 38.99
€ 35.59
Hardback. The last decades of the Ming dynasty, though plagued by chaos and destruction, saw major advances in knowledge and technology. This title sheds light on the development of scientific thinking in China, the purpose of technical writing, and its role in and effects on Chinese history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735849
- ISBN
- 9780226735849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.39
€ 94.08
€ 77.39
Paperback. North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell's 1984 made reality. The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552170345
- ISBN
- 9780552170345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Hardcover. Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674697751
- ISBN
- 9780674697751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.28
€ 49.99
€ 41.28
Paperback. For decades India has been the scene of outbursts of religious violence, thrusting many ordinary Hindus and Muslims into bloody conflict. This work analyzes the psychological roots of Hindu-Muslim violence and examines the subjective experience of religious hatred in the author's native land. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAF; HRG; HRH; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226422855
- ISBN
- 9780226422855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.62
€ 31.99
€ 24.62
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195669763
- ISBN
- 9780195669763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.51
€ 130.51