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Paperback. A work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead. Num Pages: 234 pages, A Lillienthal title. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259881
- ISBN
- 9780520259881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639635
- ISBN
- 9780691639635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.57
€ 201.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647088
- ISBN
- 9780816647088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. By presenting a diverse group of Americans who were part of the Vietnam era, this text puts a human face on the tensions and travails of the nation. It offers insight into how individuals looked at and lived through one of the most controversial conflicts in American history. Editor(s): Anderson, David L. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 237 pages, photographs, index, further reading. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027625
- ISBN
- 9780842027625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.47
€ 138.47
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801423734
- ISBN
- 9780801423734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.82
€ 83.82
Hardback. Changing Pathways is a full-length ethnography that argues that the Batek are not helpless victims of development but, rather, shrewd players who understand what are the political, environmental, and cultural implications of environmental degradation. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106501
- ISBN
- 9780739106501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.80
€ 148.80
Paperback. This volume traces the origins and evolution of India's foreign policy since 1947. It examines India's relationships with a number of key regional states (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), adjoining regions (the Middle East and Southeast Asia), and the great powers (the United States, Russia and the People's Republic of China). Editor(s): Ganguly, Sumit. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198080367
- ISBN
- 9780198080367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99
€ 39.99
paperback. Presents the stories of 48 American and Asian witnesses who participated in the Vietnam War, including POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American build-up from his bamboo cage; Vietnam operative, Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; and, Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. Series: Vietnam War Era Classics Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213044
- ISBN
- 9780253213044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardcover. This text provides examples of environmental management techniques applied to timber producing, recreational and conservation forests. It includes case studies from various countries, and practitioner-orientated contributions on Center Parcs, the National Trust and Forest of Mercia. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUE; 1FKN; 1FMS; 1KBC; 1KLCR; 1MBN; KNSG; RGBL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994147
- ISBN
- 9780851994147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.68
€ 191.68
Hardcover. This book investigates entrepreneurial initiatives in the three largest economies of the world: China, Japan and the USA. It brings together historical, institutional, and ethnographic approaches and highlights entrepreneurial patterns that result from cultural, legal, and political forces that facilitate and constrain entrepreneurship. Editor(s): Usui, Chikako. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; KJD; KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298811
- ISBN
- 9780230298811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.82
€ 154.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAB; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142229
- ISBN
- 9780231142229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57€ 56.67
€ 73.57
€ 56.67
Paperback. There is no question that trouble is brewing for millions of coffee and tea producers worldwide. Over the past decade, the playing field has shifted as international prices have crashed and buyers have laid down extensive new requirements for market access. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405173926
- ISBN
- 9781405173926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.64
€ 34.64
Paperback. A controversial polemic countering modern revisionist narratives demonising the Mao regime. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327808
- ISBN
- 9780745327808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.72
€ 40.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Kinsey, Giovanni. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620811542
- ISBN
- 9781620811542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.85€ 70.11
€ 100.85
€ 70.11
Hardback. Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653587
- ISBN
- 9780745653587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. As Iraqi troops surged into Kuwait in 1990, British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alan Munro played a vital role in both forging and maintaining a formidable coalition to evict them. Never before had Western and Arab states fought side by side against another Arab country. This book reveals the behind-the-scenes manouevring that made this possible. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111281
- ISBN
- 9781845111281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.80
€ 30.99
€ 25.80
Paperback. Originally published in Marathi in 1989, this title details the history of women's participation in B R Ambedkar's Dalit movement. Focusing on the involvement of women in various Dalit struggles since the early twentieth century, it goes on to consider the social conditions of Dalit women's lives, daily religious practices and marital rules. Translator(s): Sonalkar, Wandana. Num Pages: 372 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9789383074747
- ISBN
- 9789383074747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 6 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564322609
- ISBN
- 9781564322609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Paperback. This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JFSR1; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750806
- ISBN
- 9780804750806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Looks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 342 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. Refugee Families and the Making of Kashmiri Jihadists. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. 342 pages. Looks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFD; JFSR2; JPW. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274211
- ISBN
- 9780520274211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCT; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647128
- ISBN
- 9780691647128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of modernism, Chinese literature and history, film studies, and cultural studies, this book offers both a historical narrative and a critical analysis of the cultural visions and experiences of China's post-Mao era. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318460
- ISBN
- 9780822318460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. This volume draws on documentary sources to explore key facets of the Chinese Communist Party's move to power from 1937-1945. Scholars compare experiences of the CCP and its interactions with society on the border and areas of resistance to the Japanese invasion of the North China battlefront. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699384
- ISBN
- 9780847699384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.08
€ 189.08
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801477362
- ISBN
- 9780801477362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40