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Paperback. Beginning with an hour-by-hour account of one day in Yongle's (Zhu Di, 1360-1424) court, this title presents the multiple dimensions of Yongle's life. It examines the role of birth, education, and tradition in moulding the emperor's personality and values, and paints a portrait of a man characterised by stark contrasts. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 286 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981246
- ISBN
- 9780295981246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Under-researched and often forgotten, documentary film-making in Hong Kong includes a thriving independent documentary film movement, a large archive of documentaries made by the colonial film units, and a number of classic British Official Films. In this book, case studies from all three categories are examined, including The Battle of Shanghai. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664696
- ISBN
- 9780748664696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardcover. "8vo. Contains appendix and literature cited. Includes chapters on "The Setting"; "Layout Of The Workforce"; and "Social Disorganization And Attitude Towards Management". 160p. Very good copy, firm binding, general wear to dust jacket with rubbed and chipped edges and closed tear to lower back edge." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Anthropological Survey of India
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- SKU
- KON0760965
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 37.99€ 4.99
€ 37.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Ordered by the house of commons to be printed 24 July 1879. lii, 82p illust. maps 31cm. Original, classic blue printed paper wrappers. Very good copy, slightly dust toned around the edges." Keywords: Pamphlet
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- H.M.S.O
- Publication date
- 1879
- SKU
- KEX0092570
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This title traces that critical moment in Iranian history. Editor(s): Herzig, Edmund; Stewart, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRHP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760612
- ISBN
- 9781780760612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 69.18
€ 76.44
€ 69.18
Paperback. Presents a selection of Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. This book features the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng, a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages. It reflects a Buddhist culture in a Marxist state. Num Pages: 124 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749575871
- ISBN
- 9789749575871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.35
€ 17.35
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- SKU
- KRS0005558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; HBJF; JFSJ1; RNFF; RNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361992
- ISBN
- 9780822361992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Hardback. 47 p. 28 cm. Original printed wraps. Fine copy with tight binding and well defined edges . Antiquarian. Keywords: Pamphlet
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Soviet News
- Publication date
- 1955
- SKU
- KEX0095621
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "1Kg - Original blue cover. Cover rubbed and edgeworn . Antiquarian. Otherwise a good clean copy. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Commissioning organisation: Juland Danvers. 22p 31cm. Associated Nam". Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- illust.(Map)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1879
- SKU
- KEX0100937
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 87.86€ 4.99
€ 87.86
€ 4.99
Paperback. Based on primary documents and interviews, this text describes three rounds of responses to a tragic case of mercury poisoning, focusing on the efforts of its victims and their supporters to secure redress. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 416 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHV; JPW; MMGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007857
- ISBN
- 9780674007857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
€ 33.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Situating the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems - in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; DSC; GTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648281
- ISBN
- 9781860648281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.36
€ 31.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Asian Americans are emerging as a political force and yet their politics have not been systematically studied by either social scientists of politicians. This text brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian American politics. Editor(s): Nakanishi, Don T.; Lai, James S. Series: Spectrum Series: Race and Ethnicity in National and Global Politics. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0496th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518506
- ISBN
- 9780742518506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.90
€ 93.90
Paperback. The first of 4 volumes in the definitive history of Iranian film Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347750
- ISBN
- 9780822347750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.25
€ 33.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present. Editor(s): Arnold, David. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195096
- ISBN
- 9781405195096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.18
€ 45.18
Hardback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621004141
- ISBN
- 9781621004141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.73€ 147.77
€ 218.73
€ 147.77
Hardcover. Keywords: "History, Russia, Asia, World Relations, Social,"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KHS0071639
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A Hurricane book." "First published May, 1942." Commissioning organisation: by L.W. Matters, a factual survey of the country, its peoples, leaders and problems. 2 p.l., 60 p. 18 cm. Original printed wraps. Good copy with clean but slightly rubbe". Keywords: Pamphlet
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- W.H. Allen & Co
- Publication date
- 1942
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KEX0091203
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; RNK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019523
- ISBN
- 9780253019523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- With a new preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138918
- ISBN
- 9780231138918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Hardback. Goods from the East focuses on the fine product trade's first Global Age: how products were made, marketed and distributed between Asia and Europe between 1600 and 1800. It brings together established scholars as well as new, to provide a full comparative and connective study of this trade. Editor(s): Berg, Maxine. Series: Europe's Asian Centuries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, printed on text. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403933
- ISBN
- 9781137403933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.83€ 104.37
€ 105.83
€ 104.37
Hardback. A selection of 100 films from one of the best-loved genres of Hollywood and world cinema, with entries ranging from 'Gold Diggers of 1933' to 'High School Musical' of 2006, and from the Reggae classic 'The Harder They Come' to Guru Dutt's 'Pyaasa' (1957). The authors' introduction outlines the history and key features of the film musical. Series: Screen Guides. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0, 35 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1K; A. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844573790
- ISBN
- 9781844573790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 94.00
€ 105.84
€ 94.00
Paperback. "Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Commissioning organisation: Juland Danvers. 39p 31cm. Associated Names: Danvers, Juland. Original, classic blue printed paper wrappers. Very good copy, slightly dust toned around the edges . Antiquarian." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- illust
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1871
- SKU
- KEX0084293
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 90.73€ 4.99
€ 90.73
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Trade of British India with British possessions and foreign countries for the five years 1873-74 to 1877-78.xxxix, 52 p. tables. fol. Original blue cover. Corners worn and bumped. Cover stained. Otherwise a good clean copy." Keywords: Pamphlet
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1876
- SKU
- KEX0100851
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99