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Hardcover. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism.. Num Pages: 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 486. Jews and Arabs Facing the Salf and the Other. 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453051
- ISBN
- 9780857453051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Paperback. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans captive. Thus began the Iran Hostage Crisis. This book takes a look at the hostage crisis, examining its lessons for America's contemporary War on Terrorism. It includes fresh insights regarding the central players in the crisis. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; HBG; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127590
- ISBN
- 9780691127590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
hardcover. Destined to become the classic introduction to the wonderful world of Japanese cooking. Num Pages: 240 pages, Full colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Absolute Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906650575
- ISBN
- 9781906650575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.40
€ 25.99
€ 18.40
Hardback. Portrays changes that have transformed Japanese culture since the end of Pacific War. Beginning with the Allied Occupation in 1945 and concluding with early twenty-first century, this title reflects Japan's transition from poverty to prosperity, its struggle with conflicting ideologies and political beliefs, and more. Editor(s): Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 864 pages, We are submitting one illustration as a jpeg for the color cover. The illustration is sav. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138048
- ISBN
- 9780231138048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.07€ 63.74
€ 83.07
€ 63.74
Book of John Mandeville Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209367
- ISBN
- 9780872209367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.68
€ 53.99
€ 38.68
Paperback. The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China explores the changing relationship between China's Internet and social media and its society, politics, legal system, and foreign relations. Editor(s): DeLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery; Yang, Guobin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223514
- ISBN
- 9780812223514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.08€ 63.02
€ 64.08
€ 63.02
The Ceramics of China: 5000 B.C. to 1912 A.D. (A Schiffer Book for Col...
Mascarelli, Gloria, Mascarelli, Robert
Hardcover. Ceramics achieved such a high quality in China that the pieces came to be known simply by the country's name. A pair of antique dealers present some 400 color photographs of Chinese ceramics that are selected to illustrate the entire history of ceramic production from its earliest known instances. I Num Pages: 256 pages, 400+ color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764318436
- ISBN
- 9780764318436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.65€ 53.69
€ 55.65
€ 53.69
Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208056
- ISBN
- 9780520208056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. A review of the politics and discourses of water use, sharing, and management, and their implications for local livelihoods. This book analyzes contested discourses on such topics as regional hydropower development, floods, and irrigation, along with the broader yet interrelated issues of gender, media, dialogue, and impact assessment. Editor(s): Lebel, Louis; Dore, John; Daniel, Rajesh; Koma, Yang Saing. Num Pages: 283 pages, b/w photos, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749511251
- ISBN
- 9789749511251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 52.78
€ 53.40
€ 52.78
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0007617
- ISBN
- 9780140219470
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An engagingly written critical genealogy of "love" in modern Chinese literature, thought, and popular culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 figure, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773270
- ISBN
- 9780804773270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Hardcover. From the best-selling author of 'Fighter Boys', the mesmerising true story of two ruthless adversaries and the wartime killing of Avraham Stern - an event that shook the modern world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 646. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRA0009818
- ISBN
- 9780007506170
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Rev. George D. Byers, Presbyterian missionary at Kachek, Hainan island, China, was murdered by bandits in 1924. Based on American and British consular archives and those of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and members of the Hainan mission, this is the story of how Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Mabel Roys got the government and their church to take action. Series: Studies in Christianity in China. Num Pages: 199 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HRCC9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223737
- ISBN
- 9780934223737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.82
€ 110.82
Hardcover. Contributions by: Raymond Hinnebusch, Tina Zintl, Samer Abboud, Aurora Sottimano, Najib Ghadbian, Amanda P. Terc, Paulo Pinto, Rania Maktabi, Myriam Ababsa, Carsten Wieland, Mohammad Kamel Doraei, Martine Zeuthen, Valentina Napolitano. Editor(s): Hinnebusch, Raymond A.; Zintl, Tina. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 344 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633778
- ISBN
- 9780815633778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.09
€ 68.09
Hardcover. ' .. required reading for anyone interested in a resolution of the wrenching conflict between Palestine and Israel.' Elizabeth Fernea, University of Texas at Austin Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 b&w photographs, references, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFFD; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316529
- ISBN
- 9780745316529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.33€ 50.42
€ 59.33
€ 50.42
Paperback. The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. 312 pages, 25 illustrations. Presents an ethnographic examination of the social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. This book focuses on the area that was the site of a biodiversity conservation project. It demonstrates the capacity of ethnography to illuminate the relationship between trans-national processes and individual lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; GTB; JHMP; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337492
- ISBN
- 9780822337492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231047388
- ISBN
- 9780231047388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.73€ 85.82
€ 112.73
€ 85.82
Paperback. This work takes the reader behind the headlines of the confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, examining its human dimension and setting it in a balanced historical context. Daniel Gavron talks to Israelis and Palestinians of all backgrounds and shades of opinion. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; JFSL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517523
- ISBN
- 9780742517523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.14
€ 39.14
Paperback. Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. This book explores the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam. Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFN; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833152
- ISBN
- 9780824833152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.38
€ 32.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, colour photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 107 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- JPM Publications SA,Switzerland Switzerland
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782884523356
- ISBN
- 9782884523356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Paperback. Presents specific proposals for how China's exchange rate and capital account policies might be modified over the medium term. This book contrasts the features of a "stay the course" policy with those of a bolder "three stage" approach that seeks to reduce more rapidly the current undervaluation of the renminbi. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 112 pages, graphs, charts, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324167
- ISBN
- 9780881324167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Hardback. Series: The Modern Muslim World. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FM; 1HB; JHB; JPB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543486
- ISBN
- 9781137543486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.45
€ 64.45
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152950
- ISBN
- 9780691152950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.17€ 83.28
€ 109.17
€ 83.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BMU; DS; G; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788173048906
- ISBN
- 9788173048906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.96
€ 40.99
€ 40.96