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Hardback. This work provides a detailed description of Zhang Junmai's thought and life. It is not only a biography of an important intellectual and minority-party leader, but also a work on the third force between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party in modern China. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687060
- ISBN
- 9780847687060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.01
€ 176.01
Hardcover. The Asian monsoon region is one of these areas where consecutive years of droughts are causing severe problems for the lives and livelihoods of the communities. This book outlines the characteristics and challenges of the Asian monsoon drought and highlights innovative solutions and approaches undertaken in different parts of the region. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib; Nguyen, Huy. Series Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857248633
- ISBN
- 9780857248633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Hardcover. Enables you to discover the facts about China and find out why tombs were filled with pottery figures, the importance of jade, who the terracotta warriors were, and how silk was made. This title also helps you learn about Chinese inventions, weapons and warfare; fashion, food and family life; politics, religion and festivals; and more. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 306 x 13. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843229698
- ISBN
- 9781843229698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.85
€ 11.85
Paperback. Stunning biographical portraits explore the lives of five women--two actresses, two writers, and a painter--who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. Their lives stretch across a century and a half of explosive cultural and political transformations in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113571
- ISBN
- 9780231113571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. This history of the Chinese Civil War attempts to answer two questions: Why was the war fought? And What were the immediate and lasting results of the Communists' victory? It also shows how campaigns were mounted against changes in politics, society and culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 226 x 2. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744843
- ISBN
- 9780804744843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. This book asks how we might understand sex workers' demands that they be treated as workers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFMX; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142517
- ISBN
- 9780691142517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. This book provides a critical history of the distinctive tradition of Indian secularism known as Tolerance. Examining debates surrounding the activities of the Arya Samaj - a Hindu reform organization regarded as the exemplar of intolerance - it finds that Tolerance functioned to disengage Indian secularism from the politics of caste. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAM2; HRQA; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199995448
- ISBN
- 9780199995448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
This book studies ten dissident democratic leaders in Asia to show their vital role in democratic transformations. These explorations of their political struggles reveal the powerful challenges and dangers that dissidents face, especially in learning to manage and negotiate the ambiguities and tensions of democratic leadership itself. Editor(s): Kane, John; Patapan, Haig; Wong, Benjamin. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602663
- ISBN
- 9780230602663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.80
€ 54.99
€ 45.80
Paperback. Presents a translation of Choi Seung-ja's anthology Portrait of a Suburbanite. Published in the series of 100 Prominent Korean Poets, the poems were selected from four of Choi's previous works: Love of This Age, Merry Diary, House of Memory and My Tomb, Green. Translator(s): Seung-Ja, Eunju. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939161734
- ISBN
- 9781939161734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
hardcover. Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035455
- ISBN
- 9780802035455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.66
€ 100.66
Hardcover. "Bibliography: p. 227-229. Commissioning organisation: [by] Nym Wales. xi, 235 p. map. 23 cm. Original cloth. A good clean copy."
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Ayer Co Pub
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0035529
- ISBN
- 9780836953909
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS; KCLT; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804799287
- ISBN
- 9780804799287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 147 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1F; JP; JW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616689629
- ISBN
- 9781616689629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.83€ 86.34
€ 125.83
€ 86.34
Hardback. On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745653600
- ISBN
- 9780745653600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Paperback. During the Iraq War, coauthor Capt. Jason Conroy commanded Charlie Company, which was part of Task Force 1-64, 2d Brigade Combat Team, part of the U.S. Army's 3d Infantry Division. A tank unit equipped with mammoth M1A1 Abrams tanks, Conroy's company was literally at the tip of the U.S. Army's spear and one of the first elements into Baghdad. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w photographs/maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888577
- ISBN
- 9781574888577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.79
€ 23.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 397 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235465
- ISBN
- 9780520235465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.79
€ 41.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. This study examines and illuminates how the lives of Korean prostitutes in the 1970s served as the invisible underpinnings to US-Korean military policies at the highest level. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HB; JFMX; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106436
- ISBN
- 9780231106436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Explores the dynamic changes now taking place in the South Korean government as a result of recent social and economic liberalization. This title traces the emergence in Korea of a post-developmental state. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406609
- ISBN
- 9780878406609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881326260
- ISBN
- 9780881326260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.45
€ 24.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, 358 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 308 x 14. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681949
- ISBN
- 9783936681949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.45€ 39.80
€ 50.45
€ 39.80
Paperback. Aims to uncover the inherent logic of the politics of the Korean peninsula. The authors look at the implications of a nuclear North Korea for East Asia and US homeland security, assessing historical US policy, and provide a framework for constructive policy that should be followed by the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMC; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131292
- ISBN
- 9780231131292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRM; CFK; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 96 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781811866
- ISBN
- 9780781811866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
€ 17.99
€ 16.22
Hardback. Editor(s): Sebbane, Michael; Misch-Brandl, Osnat; Master, Daniel M. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; ACC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 294 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162867
- ISBN
- 9780691162867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.37
€ 64.68
€ 50.37
Air Pollution and the Forests of Developing and Rapidly Industrialisin...
. Ed(S): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.H.; Hassan, H...
hardcover. This text examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrializing countries and regions. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Editor(s): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.H.; Hassan, Haron Abu (Institute of Foresters, Malaysia). Series: IUFRO Research S. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; RGBL; RNP; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851994819
- ISBN
- 9780851994819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.50
€ 137.50