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Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for
In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people. Instant New York Times Bestseller...
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life
With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan
Author: Sokyo OnoFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 203mm, 144 pagesPublished: Tuttle Publishing, United States, 2024Japanese Shinto is the simple belief that the divine dwells in all things around us!Shinto: The Japanese...
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
Author: Michiko KakutaniFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 420g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the...
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
The untold story of one of WW2's most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma 'A thrilling blow-by-blow...
Sri Owen's Indonesian Food
THE REVISED AND UPDATED NEW EDITION NOW AVAILABLE Indonesian Food is the most comprehensive account of this ancient, exotic and varied cuisine ever published. Sri Owen, the world's leading authority,...
The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
Author: James M. Zimmerman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he...
Vintage Kimono Gift Wrapping Papers - 12 sheets: 6 illustrations from
These fine-quality sheets feature 6 prints inspired by 1900's Vintage Kimono fabric patterns. These papers are suitable for craft projects as well as for gift wrapping. The variety of designs...
The Spirit of Shinto: Finding Nature and Harmony on Japan's Sacred Path
Author: Hector Garcia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 An immersive look at Japan's indigenous religion and how it can impact our daily lives. In The Spirit of Shinto, longtime...
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ** A Best Book of 2025 for the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts 'A sparkling debut by...
The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience
A panoramic social history chronicling the lives of hundreds of British people of all classes in the most important territory of the British Empire The British in this book lived...
A Brief History of the Samurai
Author: Jonathan Clements Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Clements has a knack for writing suspenseful sure-footed conflict scenes: His recounting of the Korean invasion led by samurai and daimyo...
Hokusai Prints Sticker Book: A Collection of Over 160 Removable Color
The 160 vibrant stickers in this book span the full range of Hokusai's subjects from serene landscapes and intricate nature studies to lively scenes of Kabuki actors, Samurai in battle...
A History of Japan: Revised Edition
In this newly revised edition of their classic work, Mason and Caiger trace the enthralling evolution of modern Japan from its early pre-history through the post-Cold War period to the...
Hokusai Prints Note Cards - 12 Cards: 12 Blank Cards in 6 Lovely
This beautiful stationery set includes six prints by Katsushika Hokusai. The artist behind the world-famous The Great Wave off Kanagawa , Hokusai lived and worked in what is now modern...
The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China
'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi...
A History of Tea: The Life and Times of the World's Favorite Beverage
As the world's second most popular beverage after water, tea has fascinated, awakened, motivated, and calmed us for well over two thousand years. A History of Tea tells the compelling...
A Lady in Kyoto
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books All moonlight is moving, wherever it may be... Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in...
Shogun
Author: A. L. Sadler & Stephen Turnbull & Alexander Bennett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan.For 700 years, Japan was...
Punk Ikebana: Reimagining the Art of Floral Design
Author: Louesa Roebuck Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Transcendent eco-luxe arrangements and installations created by famed floral designer Louesa Roebuck from seasonal flora foraged from the West Coast From...
An Illustrated Guide to Samurai History and Culture: From the Age of
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture! The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting...
Inglorious Empire: What The British Did To India
Author: Shashi TharoorBinding: PaperbackPublisher: PENGUIN BOOKS, 2017Inglorious Empire: What The British Did To India presents a searing indictment of British colonial rule, meticulously detailing the economic exploitation, cultural destruction, and...
A Beginner's Guide to Chinese Brush Painting: 35 Painting Activities
A Beginner's Guide to Chinese Brush Painting teaches this ancient art form in an easy-to-understand way - no prior experience necessary! As one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in...
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories
'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history embraces opium's entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars . ....
Japan's Cultural Codewords: 233 Key Japanese Terms and Expressions to Help You Navigate the Culture Successfully
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Understanding Japanese cultural norms can be challenging for those unfamiliar with them. Interactions may seem open and friendly at...
The Great Empires of Asia
Author: Jim MasselosFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 198mm, 280g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Asian empires led the world economically, scientifically and culturally for hundreds of years, and...
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN 'Richly entertaining and impeccably researched' Peter Frankopan Istanbul has always been a place where...
Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent
Author: Wendy Law-Yone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENT A portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders Aung San Suu Kyi,...
Hiroshima: The extraordinary stories of the last survivors of the
'a master class in eyewitness storytelling . . . this gripping narrative chronicles one of history's darkest nightmare moments' - Annie Jacobsen, author of Nuclear War: A Scenario On the...
Afghanistan
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At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China: FINALIST FOR
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader...
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ** A Best Book of 2025 for the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts 'A sparkling debut by...
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The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near
'Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable' The Sunday Times 'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading' Dan Jones 'Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed' Daily Telegraph How...
Zhou Enlai: A Life
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The definitive biography of Zhou Enlai, the first premier and preeminent diplomat of the People's Republic of China, who protected his country...
The Great Transformation: China's Road from Revolution to Reform
The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history "Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . The Great Transformation evokes the multiple...
A Brief History of the Dynasties of China
Author: Bamber Gascoigne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Although China's great empire lasted for longer than any other, no country has suffered so great an imbalance between the fame...
Survival in the Killing Fields
Best known for his academt award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in the rice paddies and...
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy
The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on...