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The Sarashina Diary: A Woman´s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan
Sugawara No Takasue No Musume Sugawara No Tak...
Hardback. Translator(s): Arntzen, Sonja; Ito, Moriyuki. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 2 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BM; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167185
- ISBN
- 9780231167185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.25
€ 54.99
€ 39.25
Hardback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688795
- ISBN
- 9781611688795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 66.52
€ 79.97
€ 66.52
Hardback. The People's Republic of China has emerged as a significant regional superpower. At best, China will be an economic challenge to the United States; at worst, the PRC will be a very real national security threat. This work argues that a Cold War mentality cannot work against China. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551336
- ISBN
- 9780742551336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.80
€ 27.99
€ 24.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226040837
- ISBN
- 9780226040837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.69
€ 31.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497582
- ISBN
- 9780801497582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.56
€ 46.99
€ 45.56
Paperback. In Japan, Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the "unuseless" idea. Meant to solve problems of modern life, 200 of these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos are featured in this humorous collection. Photos. Num Pages: 320 pages, 442 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; TBY; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326765
- ISBN
- 9780393326765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.81
€ 16.81
Paperback. Japan's jazz community - both musicians and audience - has been begrudgingly recognised for its talent, knowledge, and level of appreciation. Underpinning this tentative admiration, however, has been a tacit agreement that, for cultural reasons, Japanese jazz 'can't swing'. This title explores the true and legitimate nature of Japanese jazz. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; AVGJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327219
- ISBN
- 9780822327219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
hardcover. 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 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732727
- ISBN
- 9780804732727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.01
€ 135.01
Paperback. Documents and analyses these transformations of the efficiently organized global city over the past two centuries at multiple spatial scales. This book offers an alternative history of Singapore's urban development: the history of construction, demolition and reconstruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 101 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 315. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- V9783777425405
- ISBN
- 9783777425405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.15
€ 42.99
€ 30.15
Paperback. This essential core textbook is comprehensive and covers the syllabi prescribed by the major public sector universities in Pakistan. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; KCCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195472295
- ISBN
- 9780195472295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.78
€ 39.78
Hardback. The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography recover the long history of Dalit struggles against caste violence, exclusion, and discrimination by focusing on the importance of humiliation, dignity, and spatial exclusion to Dalit emancipatory politics. Editor(s): Rawat, Ramnarayan S.; Satyanarayana, K. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361138
- ISBN
- 9780822361138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.67
€ 123.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MX; VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559701
- ISBN
- 9781875559701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. This work reveals how South Korea was transformed from one of the poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950s to one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late 1980s. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW3; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740159
- ISBN
- 9780804740159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages, b/w tables & maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607410188
- ISBN
- 9781607410188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.34€ 114.40
€ 169.34
€ 114.40
paperback. The Japanese women whose memoirs, journals and essays are collected in this volume constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of World War II. The women reveal why they joined left-wing groups in order to fight oppression and injustice. Editor(s): Hane, Mikiso. Translator(s): Hane, Mikiso. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520084216
- ISBN
- 9780520084216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 photos & 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMGD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935677536
- ISBN
- 9781935677536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.82
€ 35.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 234 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018793
- ISBN
- 9780253018793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Hardcover. An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi were made in all kinds of materials and in a broad range of forms, techniques and craftsmanship. This book examines a particular type of mingqi - pottery building. Num Pages: 272 pages, 330 b/w & 20 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193218
- ISBN
- 9781845193218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. A Nostalgic Trip into the History of the Jews of Iraq presents a history of the oldest Jewish community in the world. It contains facts and stories about the Iraqi Jewish Community from the Garden of Eden through 1924. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761812258
- ISBN
- 9780761812258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.93
€ 97.93
Paperback. In the 1930s and 1940s, the prevalent American view of China was that of a friendly, democratic, and increasingly Christian state, in many ways akin to the United States. This book shows how the notion of the Chinese as aspiring Americans helped shape American opinion and policies toward Asia. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736541
- ISBN
- 9780804736541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Officer, Nurse, Woman brings to light the nearly forgotten contributions of brave nurses who risked their lives to bring medical care to soldiers during a terrible-and divisive-war. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893919
- ISBN
- 9780801893919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
Paperback. Brilliantly illuminates the contradictory forces of colonial occupation and capitalism that shaped the uneven development of Indian national space from 1857 to 1920. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305097
- ISBN
- 9780226305097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.15
€ 40.99
€ 31.15
Hardback. Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain oyama has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. This book offers a narrative history of the mountain and its place in contemporary society and popular religion by focusing on the development of the oyama cult and its religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027756
- ISBN
- 9780674027756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
hardcover. This comprehensive dictionary provides descriptive and analytical coverage of the turbulent political history and striking changes which have occurred both regionally and in key countries since the end of 1945 to the present day. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238755
- ISBN
- 9780415238755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.95
€ 152.95