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Hardback. Feasts and Fasts: A History of Indian Food is an exploration of Indian cuisine in the context of the country's religious, moral, social and philosophical development. Series: Foods and Nations. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 colour, 50 black & white. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233529
- ISBN
- 9781780233529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.53
€ 36.99
€ 26.53
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011298
- ISBN
- 9780674011298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.98
€ 36.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 280 pages, illustrations. With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272422
- ISBN
- 9780520272422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. An ethnography of an electronics factory in southern China, showing how rural girls are made into compliant factory workers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photos, 5 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932643008
- ISBN
- 9781932643008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardcover. Editor(s): Koppel, Nikolas J. Num Pages: 142 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607413356
- ISBN
- 9781607413356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.38€ 100.83
€ 147.38
€ 100.83
Paperback. Published to coincide with Valentine's Day, this full-colour gift book features love poems and proverbs from around the world, beautifully illlustrated by one of the greatest calligraphers of our time. Num Pages: 128 pages, Over 100 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; ACXJ; AGB; AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863569050
- ISBN
- 9780863569050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.64
€ 13.99
€ 12.64
Flexibound. Num Pages: 248 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FK; WBJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Agate Surrey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572841307
- ISBN
- 9781572841307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. A cultural and literary history of Japan's former capital, exploring its religious sites, rich traditions of art and literature and its distinctive geisha heritage. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955139
- ISBN
- 9781904955139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Kuperard United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857337174
- ISBN
- 9781857337174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this book features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the initial encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur E. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Abridged 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139199
- ISBN
- 9780231139199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.07
€ 50.99
€ 36.07
Paperback. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 pp. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLL; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241965115
- ISBN
- 9780241965115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. First collection in English of poetry inspired by and inspiring the Taliban Editor(s): Van Linschoten, Alex; Kuehn, Felix. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; DCQ; HBWS4; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043052
- ISBN
- 9781849043052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.00
€ 23.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. 'Difficult to put down .. irresistible' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564482
- ISBN
- 9780719564482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652155
- ISBN
- 9780873652155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.33€ 76.06
€ 84.33
€ 76.06
Hardback. Sources include open source material but internal secret files and highly classified audiotapes of Saddam Hussein that were made available to researchers at the Conflict Records Research Center at National Defense University and some documents at the Hoover Institution. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; JFSR2; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415826
- ISBN
- 9781421415826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.90
€ 71.90
Paperback. Focuses on yoga's practitioners. Combing through millennia of South Asia's vast and diverse literature, this title discovers that yogis are usually portrayed as wonder-workers or sorcerers who use their dangerous supernatural. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRLK; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895147
- ISBN
- 9780226895147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. This essential guide to Chinese etiquette will make embarrassing social blunders a thing of the past! Num Pages: 192 pages, Black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFP; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845199
- ISBN
- 9780804845199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. This book uses original data from China's National People's Congress to challenge conceptions of representation, authoritarianism, and the political system. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPF; JPV; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316623701
- ISBN
- 9781316623701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.25
€ 41.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Tay, Verena. BIC Classification: 1FMS; FRD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814625494
- ISBN
- 9789814625494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.01
€ 11.99
€ 11.01
Hardback. Deals with economic and political issues and the unity between them. This book focuses on Latin America. Editor(s): Zarembka, Paul. Series: Research in Political Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1FBS; 1KL; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313839
- ISBN
- 9780762313839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.35
€ 178.35
Paperback. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. This book presents an account of six men and women who struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184371
- ISBN
- 9780141184371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. For twenty-five years Eduard Fischer returned to the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, enthralled by the unique culture of this ancient Buddhist kingdom, and seeking to catch just a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard. This is the tale of that quest, but also an exploration of myth, art, science, and the sacred space of high mountains. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8pp of colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; HPDF; HRLK; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848191723
- ISBN
- 9781848191723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.65
€ 24.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Full colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590306703
- ISBN
- 9781590306703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.91
€ 47.99
€ 33.91
Hardcover. The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most defining features of recent world history, flaring up into open war fare yet again in Gaza at the end of 2008 and provoking large-scale demonstrations in the streets of cities across the world. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 tables, 2 maps, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791675
- ISBN
- 9781905791675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44