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The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver-the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingIn the riotous and anarchic world of J.P. Donleavy's Leila, the irrepressible Darcy Dancer finds himself once again entangled in the magnificent chaos...

Author: Prayaag Akbar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Shalini will never forget her daughter Leila's third birthday party: it was the last time she saw her alive. Sixteen years...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Kooshyar Karimi Format: Paperback...

Author: Christopher Capozzola Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Ever since US troops occupied the Philippines in 1898, generations of Filipinos have served in and alongside the US armed forces....

Author: Bethia FoottBinding: HardbackPublished: Morgan Publications Sydney, 1968Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Author's and subject's photographs glued on pastedown.This...

The book titled Philippe by the author Camille Laurens. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller - a celebration of love in all its forms After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling ethnographic study, Faith Healers In The Philippines, chronicles the enigmatic world of spiritual healing practices prevalent across the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of globalization, gender, and the digital age, Possible Worlds in Impossible Spaces presents a groundbreaking...

A fully revised edition of the popular Philip's Practical Astronomy, a classic introduction to observational astronomy, updated to include telescopes and accessories available in 2006, as well as planetary and...

Author: Rafael SteinbergBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical narrative chronicles the dramatic events surrounding the American re-entry into the Philippines during World War II....

Philippa Fisher tries and fails to summon a fairy, but is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is her fairy godmother - or godsister,...

Revised and updated for 2003-2004, this reference has a 48-page A-Z country-by-country gazetteer with information on population and land area for all the countries of the world, illustrated with flags,...

Author: Rafael Steinberg And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsReturn To The Philippines chronicles the dramatic events surrounding the Allied forces' re-entry...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Loose front end pageThis compelling narrative chronicles the unique experiences of young women coming of age amidst the diverse cultures...

Making Sense of the City is a collection of essays from scholars in the humanities and the social sciences examining the city within the Philippine context. With Metro Manila bursting...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the labyrinthine world of Philippine finance, power and plunder have long walked hand in hand — Booty...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOne of the most flamboyant and extraordinary figures of the twentieth century, Baron Philippe de Rothschild lived a life so vast in its ambition and...

The book titled Crime, Society, and the State in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines by the author Greg Bankoff. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Spine damaged.-

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor over a century, the Spanish colonial administration wielded the tobacco monopoly as an instrument of...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. In June 1944, the vast expanse of the Pacific...

"Fascinating."-New York Times Book Review. "Well-written."-The Boston Globe . "Extraordinary."-The Christian Science Monitor . "A compelling page-turner."-Adam Hochschild On the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set...

Vol. 1: The Quest for the Perfect Watch (Patek Philippe Collection) Vol. 2: The Emergence of the Portable Timekeeper (Antique Collection) Innovation, exclusivity, and elegance define Patek Philippe, a family-owned...

The development of overseas Chinese communities, economically powerful, socially and culturally resistant to assimilation, and tied in many ways to China, has been a significant phenomenon in the modern history...

Author: Charles Berlitz And William MooreBinding: HardbackPublished: Grosset & Dunlap, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsTitle: The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility Author: Charles Berlitz And William...

Author: Yujiro Hayami, Ma. Agnes R. Quisumbing, Lourdes S. AdrianoBinding: PaperbackPublished: ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY PRESSCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly...

A pioneering analysis of the business history of the Chinese in a Southeast Asian country. This book critically examines the essential elements of the entrepreneurial roles of the Philippine Chinese...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: James Booth Format: Hardback...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of ideology and insurrection, A Movement Divided: Philippine Communism, 1957-1986 chronicles nearly three...