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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,...
Hiroshige
Hiroshige is one of the most important artists of the Japanese woodblock print and is considered a master of "ukiyo-e," the "pictures of the floating world." His evocative illustrations show...
Hokusai
His Great Wave off Kanagawa is the most famous work in East Asian art. Hokusai, a self-confessed eccentric and obsessive, created with his pictures of the floating world a veritable...
No Surrender in Burma: Operations Behind Japanese Lines, Captivity and
This is the extraordinary true story of a British Commando in Burma who, cut off behind enemy lines, walked 2,000 miles towards India and freedom in 1942, but was betrayed...
Gem in the Lotus: The Seeding of Indian Civilisation
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Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan
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The Lost Temple of Java
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Sinister Twilight: Fall of Singapore
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Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World
In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese...
Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia: Explorations in the
In the past two decades, scholars have transformed our understanding of the interactions between India and the West since the consolidation of British power on the subcontinent around 1800. While...
Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy
In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time-the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion...
Becoming Imperial Citizens: Indians in the Late-Victorian Empire
In this remarkable account of imperial citizenship, Sukanya Banerjee investigates the ways that Indians formulated notions of citizenship in the British Empire from the late nineteenth century through the early...
The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan
Koreans constituted the largest colonial labor force in imperial Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Caught between the Scylla of agricultural destitution in Korea and the Charybdis of industrial depression...
Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in
In this major reassessment of Japanese imperialism in Asia, Mark Driscoll foregrounds the role of human life and labor. Drawing on subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism, he directs critical attention...
Revolutionary Nativism: Fascism and Culture in China, 1925-1937
In Revolutionary Nativism Maggie Clinton traces the history and cultural politics of fascist organizations that operated under the umbrella of the Chinese Nationalist Party (GMD) during the 1920s and 1930s....
Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line
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Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
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Author: David ChandlerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Silkworm Books, 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a haunting account of the experiences of survivors from the S-21 prison in...
Profile of Jawaharlal Nehru
$25.00 AUD
Author: K T Narasimha CharBinding: HardbackPublished: The Book Centre Private, n.d. [1950]Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive profile of Jawaharlal Nehru,...
Ashdod II-III: The Second and Third Seasons of Excavations 1963, 1965
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Author: Moshe DothanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Department of Antiquities and Museums, The Israel Exploration Society, The Department of Archaeology, Hebrew University, 1971Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis...
CHINA: the World's Oldest Living Civilization Revealed
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Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: Global Book Publishing, 2008Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich history and cultural heritage of China, highlighting its significance as one...
Bamboo Palace: Discovering The Lost Dynasty of Laos
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Author: Christopher KremmerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Silkworm Books (Published in Thailand), 2003Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBamboo Palace delves into the rich history and culture of Laos, exploring...
The Last Emperor
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Author: Edward BehrBinding: SoftbackPublished: Futura, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Last Emperor by Edward Behr provides a compelling narrative of the life of Puyi, the last...
A Changing Shanghai
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Author: Xu Xixian,Xu JianrongBinding: SoftbackPublished: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2005, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the vibrant culture and artistic expressions...
Wandering Souls
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A mighty achievement' OCEAN VUONG'Beautiful, brilliant' R. F. KUANG'Dazzling' OBSERVER'Will shatter your heart' GLAMOUR 'Powerful' SUNDAY TIMESAn extraordinary story of the journey of one...
Ancient Chinese Warfare
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Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of
In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an...
To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa
From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that...
A Bond Undone: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2
THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Jin Yong's work,...
Beautiful Xiangxi
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Author: Reader's DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Digest, 2004Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBeautiful Xiangxi provides a captivating exploration of one of China's most picturesque regions. The book combines...
A History of Far Eastern Art
$50.00 AUD
Author: Sherman E. LeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive book explores the artistic traditions of East Asia, including China,...
Angkor, Monuments of the God Kings
$45.00 AUD
Author: Joan Lebold CohenBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the magnificent temples of Angkor, focusing on their historical significance and...
The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
$120.00 AUD
Author: Charnvit KasetsiriBinding: SoftbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the history of Siam during the fourteenth and...
Legend and Reality: Early Ceramics from South-East Asia
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Author: Roxanna M. Brown, Otto Karow, Peter W. Meister, Hans W. SiegelBinding: SoftbackPublished: Museen der Stadt Köln, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful...
The Treasures and Dynasties of China
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Author: Bamber GascoigneBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of China's rich history, focusing on its treasures and...
The Dawns of Tradition
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Author: Ken Itsuki (ed.)Binding: SoftbackPublished: Nissan Motor Co, Japan, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Dawns of Tradition is an edited volume that explores the cultural and...
The Dragon Wakes: China and the West, 1793-1911
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Author: Christopher HibbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper and Row, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Dragon Wakes is a historical narrative that explores significant events and themes surrounding the...
The Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Author: British Mission to JapanBinding: SoftbackPublished: London: Published for the Home Office and the Air Ministry by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1949, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No...
Japanese Studies: Communities, Cultures, Critiques (Three-Volume Set)
$120.00 AUD
Author: Vera Mackie, Alina Skoutarides, Alison TokitaBinding: SoftbackPublished: Monash Asia Institute, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis three-volume set explores various aspects of Japanese studies through...
Muslim Rule in India: The Assessments of British Historians
$30.00 AUD
Author: Grewal, J.S.Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1970, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the perspectives of British historians on the Muslim rule in India,...
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680 Volume Two: Expansion and Crisis
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Author: Anthony ReidBinding: SoftbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1993Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the economic and social transformations in Southeast Asia during the age of...
The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya
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Author: Richard D. CushmanBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Siam Society, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents an English translation of the royal chronicles of Ayutthaya, providing...
Ten Years After: Vietnam Today
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Author: Tim PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a poignant reflection on Vietnam a decade after the war, capturing...
NAGA: Cultural Origins in Siam and the West Pacific
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Author: Sumet Jumsai; R. Buckminster FullerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Chalermnit Press and DD Books, 1997, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the cultural significance...
Behind the Smile: Voices of Thailand
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Author: Sanitsuda EkachaiBinding: SoftbackPublished: Thai Development Support Committee, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a unique perspective on Thailand, capturing the voices of its...
Thai Textiles: Threads of Cultural Heritage
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Author: Vithi Phanichphant, Patricia NaennaBinding: SoftbackPublished: National Identity Board, 1994Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich heritage of Thai textiles, showcasing the intricate craftsmanship...
Charting the Shape of Early Modern Southeast Asia
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Author: Anthony ReidBinding: SoftbackPublished: Silkworm Books, 1999Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the historical geography and the political and social landscape of Southeast...
The Sculpture of Thailand
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Author: Theodore Bowie, A.B. Griswold, M.C. Subhadradis DiskulBinding: SoftbackPublished: Visual Arts Board, -Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich tradition of sculpture in Thailand,...
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe
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Author: Young, Ernest P.Binding: SoftbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Kingdom of the Yellow Robe explores the rich cultural heritage and traditions of...