Zbirka: Azijska zgodovina
1318 rezultatov
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Anecdotes and Antidotes(2020) USAYBI'AH, IBN ABIIbn Abi Usaybi'ah was a Syrian Arab physician of the 13th century who compiled a biographical encyclopedia of notable physicians, and scholars from the Greeks, Romans, Syriacs and Indians including Galen and Avicenna.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Fourth Ordeal(2021) WILLI, VICTOR J. (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members, this is a history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from the late 1960s to 2018 providing a unique insight into the group's internal politics and key players with unprecedented acceVezava: Mehka72,23 € -
Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men(2020) AMBEDKAR, B. R.B. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and instigating the end of the caste system. In his 1948 book The Untouchables, he sought to trace the origin of Untouchability. Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is an annotated selection from this work,Vezava: Mehka40,39 € -
Political Economy of News in China(2016) HEARNS-BRANAMAN, JESSE OWENHearns-Branaman presents a full-scale application of Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model to the People’s Republic of China, examining the effects of concentrated media ownership, profit motive, the influence of advertisers and flak-generating groups, soVezava: Mehka67,27 € -
You Don't Belong Here(2022) BECKER, ELIZABETHThe long buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the official and cultural barriers to women covering war.Vezava: Mehka24,22 € -
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In India and East Africa E-Indiya Nase East Africa(2020) JABAVU, DAVIDSON DON TENGO,STEINER, TINA,JADEZWENI, MHLOBO,HIGGS, CATHERINE,MWANGI, EVAN M.D.D.T. Jabavu’s account of his journey to India in 1949, in the original isiXhosa and with an English translation by Cecil Wele Manona. Chapters by the volume editors provide biographical context for the travelogue, and commentary on its contribution to tVezava: Mehka57,98 € -
Stranger in the Shogun's City(2021) STANLEY, AMYShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change'Compelling...Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Empire of the Winds(2020) BOWRING, PHILIP (INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR, ASIA)Vezava: Mehka39,19 € -
Hippie Trail(2017) GEMIE, SHARIF (PROFESSOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY),IRELAND, BRIANTracing the history of the Hippie Trail and those who followed it, this book explores the motivations and experiences of these young travellers, mapping their everyday interactions with locals and the joys and hardships of independent budget travel. -- .Vezava: Trda44,55 € -
Chinese Hordes and Human Waves(2014) PARRITT, BRIGADIER BRIAN, CBE CNA rare and gripping memoir of the too often neglected but fiercely fought Korean War. Examines the causes, wider events and implications of the War.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Memories After My Death(2012) LAPID, YAIRJoseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very persoVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Script and Society(2021) BOYES, PHILIP J.Proposes a methodology for analysing the social context of writing systems.Vezava: Trda79,84 €
