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Aung San Suu Kyi: A Portrait In Words And Pictures
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Author: Christophe LoupyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hintermann & Buehler in association with TG BucherCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling biographical account, Aung San Suu Kyi: A Portrait In Words...
Bushido Explained: The Japanese Samurai Code: A New Interpretation for Beginners
Author: Alexander Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 This seminal work by historian Alexander Bennett presents a broad overview of the Japanese "Way of the Warrior" as it is...
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 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...
The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi
Author: Romulus Hillsborough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Power to them meant everything. It was founded on courage, which begot honour. And by this courage and for this honour...
From The Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey
The astonishing story of a young man's upbringing in a remote tribal village in Burma and his journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of Cambridge. In lyrical...
Gone Away: A John Murray Journey
Introduced by Jeet Thayli, author of Booker Prize shortlisted novel Narcopolis. At the age of 20, Dom Moraes - already a celebrated poet who would go on to be regarded...
Things That Must Not Be Forgotten
Like Angela's Ashes meets Bhowani Junction meets Empire of the Sun, a never less than engrossing, beautifully written memoir that reads like a novel. Kwan is an awkward, clumsy half-caste...
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Treasures of
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as...
Kings of Shanghai
'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism to communism...
Japan's Manga Revolution From Painted Scrolls to Comic Books 1680-1920
Author: Andreas Marks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Journey through Japan's illustrated history and discover the roots of manga before it took the world by storm. In this compelling...
A History Of The Samurai
Author: Jonathan Lopez-Vera & Russell Calvert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end-an...
Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Manga Version
Author: Sun Tzu & Yoshihiro Watanabe & Takashi Momonari Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Learn the full back story behind the world's greatest book on military strategy! The Art...
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...
Spring Castle
Author: Michiko Ishimure Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Spring Castle is the epic story of Japan's bloody Shimabara Rebellion, told through the eyes of the Japanese peasants and former samurai...
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival
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[A]n excellent book... """" """"--"The Economist" "Financial Times" Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a...
Gone Away: A John Murray Journey
Introduced by Jeet Thayli, author of Booker Prize shortlisted novel Narcopolis. At the age of 20, Dom Moraes - already a celebrated poet who would go on to be regarded...
Great Soul
Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments -his success in seizing India's imagination...
Jangarh Singh Shyam: A Conjuror's Archive
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Before any sound critical framework could be evolved around the phenomenal artist Jangarh Singh Shyam as the originator of an extraordinary individualistic idiom of painting, ruthless market forces regrettably came...
China's Imperial Way: Retracing An Historical Trade And Communications Route From Beijing To Hong Kong
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Author: Kevin Bishop And Annabel RobertsBinding: PaperbackPublished: An Odyssey Book / the Guidebook Company Ltd, Hong Kong, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in...
The Aftermath: Asia
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Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE BOOKS, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling historical account The Aftermath: Asia chronicles the profound transformations and enduring legacies that shaped...
Return To The Philippines
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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....
Colonies
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Author: Eric A. WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge at the University Press, 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical work, Colonies, meticulously chronicles the...
In Ever-Increasing Measure: Hazaribag Jesuits 1951-2001 A Celebratory History
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Author: Kevin Cronin, S.J.Binding: HardbackPublished: Printed Catholic Press, Ranchi, 2001Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cracked. Internally sound. This historical volume chronicles the significant fifty-year journey of...
Illness And Healing Among The Sakhalin Ainu: A Symbolic Interpretation
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Author: Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded DJ.This ethnographic study chronicles the intricate relationship between health, sickness, and cultural meaning...
Lord Reading: Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess Of Reading, Lord Chief Justice And Viceroy Of India, 1860-1935
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Author: Denis JuddBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Lord Reading: Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess Of Reading, Lord Chief Justice...
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
From an 'indispensable voice on China' (Evan Osnos) comes a riveting, first-hand account of China's seismic progress America used to pride itself on ambition. Today, it looks stuck. Meanwhile, China...
The Box with the Sunflower Clasp: Uncovering a Jewish Family's Flight
Rachel Meller was never close to her aunt Lisbeth, a cool, unemotional woman with a drawling Viennese-Californian accent, a cigarette in her hand. But when Lisbeth died, she left Rachel...
The Eternal Great Wall
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Author: MJ PorterBinding: HardbackPublished: Boldwood Books Ltd, GB, 2025Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: minor wear and fraying to dust cover; pages in good conditionThis historical account,...
Over Hong Kong: Volume B
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Author: Kasyan BartlettBinding: HardbackPublished: Pacific Century Publications, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work presents a breathtaking aerial panorama of one of the world's most dynamic cities....
The Age Of Sultan Süleyman The Magnificent
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Author: The Age Of Sultan Suleyman The MagnificentBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Beagle Press, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Age Of Sultan Süleyman...
An Album Of Chinese Art
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Author: Mae Anna Pang In Association With Judith RyanBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume...
Nara Conference On Authenticity; Conference De Nara Sur L'Authenticité
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Author: Knut Einar LarsenBinding: HardbackPublished: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Agency for Cultural Affairs, ICCROM, ICOMOS, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings:...
Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker, And Imperial Delhi
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Author: Robert Grant IrvingBinding: PaperbackPublished: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. Faded cover. This historical...
A Shamanic Theology Of Sacred Sustainability: Church And Shamans In Dialogue For Liberative Struggle In Asia
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Author: Jojo M. Fung, SjBinding: PaperbackPublished: Jesuit Communications Foundation Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work presents a profound theological examination...
Paintings From Rajasthan In The National Gallery Of Victoria
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Author: Andrew TopsfieldBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive study of the...
China: The Long March
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Author: Anthony LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Intercontinental Publishing Corporation; China National Publishing Corporation and China Photographic Publishing House, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'China: The Long March' chronicles the arduous...
Doctor Pennell: Afghan Pioneer
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Author: Ernest H. HayesBinding: HardbackPublished: Carwal Publications, Ltd., 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerDoctor Pennell: Afghan Pioneer chronicles the extraordinary life of a dedicated physician whose groundbreaking work...
Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History
Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable - war and humiliation....
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan
A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. In the closing months of...
Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity
An ambitious and engagingly history of how encounters with Christianity have shaped Hindu identity and nationalism in colonial and contemporary India When European missionaries arrived in India in the sixteenth...
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs The three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in...
Glorious Failure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India
From war with the British to the enslavement of Indians, Ivermee uncovers the dark history of France's doomed imperial project in South Asia. This is a powerful new account of...
Dharma As Man: A Myth Of Jesus In Buddhist Lands (SIGNED)
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Author: Lindsay FalveyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Uni-verity Press, 2008Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a compelling examination of the...
Kashmir
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Author: Sir Francis YounghusbandBinding: HardbackPublished: A&C BLACK, 1924Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: 1 plate loose. This work...
Memories Of Occupied Japan (SIGNED)
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Author: Philip Maxwell GreenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Self Published, Blackheath Nsw, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account, Memories Of Occupied Japan, chronicles the...
India: A Synthesis Of Cultures
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Author: Kewal MotwaniBinding: HardbackPublished: THACKER & CO., LTD., 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work, India: A Synthesis Of Cultures, chronicles the intricate tapestry of traditions, philosophies,...