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Paperback. One of the most prolific and respected directors of the Japanese cinema, Naruse Mikio (1905-69) made eighty-nine films between 1930 and 1967. This book illuminates Naruse's contributions to Japanese and world cinema. Num Pages: 488 pages, 66 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APFB; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343127
- ISBN
- 9780822343127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
hardcover. This book investigates the mappings of ideas about sexual and ethnic difference in Galilee during the centuries following the last Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDA; 3D; HRAX; HRJ; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740296
- ISBN
- 9780804740296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.13
€ 98.13
paperback. Offers an interpretation of the role that gender played in defining the Indian state during both the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing on both British and Indian literary texts - primarily novels - produced between 1857 and 1947, this title examines representations of 'native' Indian women. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324904
- ISBN
- 9780822324904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 40. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Dawn Press United States
- Edition
- 5 Revised
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932705492
- ISBN
- 9781932705492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.48
€ 40.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 46. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 1DVUE; 1DVUK; 1FCZ; CFB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484957
- ISBN
- 9780801484957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.64
€ 46.99
€ 46.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Downing, Sandra L. Num Pages: 193 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336984
- ISBN
- 9781590336984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.69€ 56.18
€ 72.69
€ 56.18
Paperback. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 310 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. A Memoir. 310 pages, illustrations. The author records her life from her early years as the daughter of Chinese diplomats in Switzerland, to her girlhood at an elite middle school in Beijing, to her adolescent experience as a Red Guard and later as a laborer on a pig farm in the remote northern wilderness. This title tells her story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; HBJF; WQY. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, 15th Anniversary Edition with a New
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276024
- ISBN
- 9780520276024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Tracing the history of Western and Arab fascination with Egypt through spurious hunts for lost civilizations and the new economic disparities brought about by the oil industry, this title describes the ways in which moments of cultural contact, driven by tourism and labour migration, become eye-opening opportunities for defining self and other. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292717022
- ISBN
- 9780292717022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.53
€ 31.99
€ 30.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 photos & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811701648
- ISBN
- 9780811701648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.76
€ 21.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. This interaction, Vickery argues, has the potential to increase intergovernmental confidence and cooperation in areas vital to both countries and to world security and peace. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3, 1 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401454
- ISBN
- 9781421401454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.29
€ 29.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248. Liu An's Art of War. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 176 pages. Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight: 248. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153331
- ISBN
- 9780231153331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Hardback. Telling the story of the introduction of Christianity to a provincial region in China where European missionaries shared the poverty and isolation of their Chinese flocks, this text shows the influence that the missionaries had in Shandong in matters of spirit and flesh. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511637
- ISBN
- 9780742511637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.25
€ 172.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; BGHA; HBLX; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780062431646
- ISBN
- 9780062431646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Hardback. Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media sensationalism for decades. This work explores how Thai national identity in the global economy is linked to prostitution and gender, and how certain images of "the prostitute" have silenced discourses of prostitution as work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFMX; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808729
- ISBN
- 9780774808729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.37
€ 119.37
paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 black and white photos; some black and white lines drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 43. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780804847551
- ISBN
- 9780804847551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.33
€ 19.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. This text charts women's contributions to what the author calls the "War Story". It concentrates on the contemporary literature of the Arab world, showing how women who write themselves and their experiences into the "War Story" undo the masculine contract with violence, sexuality and glory. Num Pages: 309 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FB; 1FMV; DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206137
- ISBN
- 9780520206137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. The first anthology of modern Middle Eastern Jewish thought Editor(s): Behar, Moshe; Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- EUROSPAN
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584658856
- ISBN
- 9781584658856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.68
€ 32.99
€ 25.68
paperback. An up-to-date and detailed eyewitness account of Burma's Civil War. It is indispensable for understanding the travails of modern Burma. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps/16 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315416
- ISBN
- 9780745315416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.37
€ 40.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. Dubbed the "Urban Generation," this cinema is driven by young filmmakers who emerged in the shadow of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989. This title brings together some of the original research on this emerging cinema and its relationship to Chinese society. Editor(s): Zhang, Zhen (Communications Science Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA). Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340744
- ISBN
- 9780822340744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Editor(s): Targowski, Andrew; Bernard, Hannah. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JHB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633219601
- ISBN
- 9781633219601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.75€ 167.86
€ 249.75
€ 167.86
Hardback. This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the 17th through the early 19th century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721738
- ISBN
- 9780804721738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ip, David; Hibbins, Raymond. Num Pages: 188 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600212284
- ISBN
- 9781600212284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.95€ 106.57
€ 155.95
€ 106.57
Hardback. In the 1960s and 70s Afghanistan was depicted in the media as the romantic haven of nomads and a resort for hashish--smoking hippies; in the 80s it was seen as a country where brave warriors fought against the a evila Soviet empire, and in the 90s redrawn as a semi--feudal land ruled by warlords and Islamic fundamentalists. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 408 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198413
- ISBN
- 9780631198413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.72
€ 99.72
paperback. Focuses on the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, post-war Turkey, and on to Iraq, this title looks around the historical encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism's materials, methods, and motives. Editor(s): Isenstadt, Sandy; Rizvi, Kishwar. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; AM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987941
- ISBN
- 9780295987941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64