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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of December 7, 1941, a date that would live in infamy, the skies above Pearl...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the sweeping dynasties of ancient emperors to the refined elegance of imperial court culture, The Art of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingLong before the modern world drew its borders, Iran's great cities rose and fell in cycles of splendour and conquest...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the history of Japanese art are as enigmatic and electrifying as Tōshūsai Sharaku, the ukiyo-e...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of faith, power, and stone, Mamluk History Through Architecture presents a groundbreaking examination of one of the medieval world's most...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: unclipped; faded spine, no tears. Pages: light foxing on book block. Binding remains tight. Set against...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew writers of the medieval Islamic world command the breadth, wit, and intellectual audacity of al-Jāḥiẓ, the ninth-century Arab polymath whose restless curiosity ranged...

The rapid urbanization of the Asian continent and transformation of its cityscapes have incited many professionals and scholars to pay urgent attention to the study of Asian streets and public...

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...

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...

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...

The book titled The Origins of Metropolitan Manila by the author Manuel A Caoili. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

It is the story of mankind's deadliest discovery, in the words of those who were there. Their voices include the scientists who unravelled and then unleashed the secrets of the...

Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better...

This account of Egyptian society in the reign of Muhammad Ali traces the beginnings of the nation state in Egypt. It considers Muhammad Ali as part of a social group...

In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze...

This book offers a complete and concise history of China from earliest times right up to the present day. The author explores the geographical, cultural and political facets which have...

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent...

The book titled The Sun at Noon: Anatomy of Modern Japan by the author Dick Wilson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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The author emphasizes the selected nature of the facts provided by historical texts, and demonstrates the historicity of fiction. She calls into question assumptions about the end of nationalism implicit...

Celestial Empire: Life in China, 1644-1911 provides a unique insight into the diversity of life in China during the last imperial dynasty. Through the lives of the Chinese people-from the...

The Thousand and One Nights has captivated audiences for centuries, conveying universal messages through the adventures of historical and non-historical figures. Yet, since medieval times, it has not been considered...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important non-Western states to survive from medieval to modern times, and played a vital role in European and global history. It continues...

Flying the notorious "Hump" route between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle, deep within Japanese-held territory. Among the...

In the heyday of Empire just before the First World War, Lord Cromer was second only to Lord Curzon in fame and public esteem. In the days when Cairo and...

Featuring breathtaking photographs of masks created by a renowned twenty-first-century craftsman, this book provides a unique perspective into noh and kyogen, two of the oldest surviving forms of theater in...

The history of Egypt from the Arab conquest in 639 to the present day introduces the reader to the central paradox of Egyptian identity - the alienation of the Egyptian...

The American experience in Vietnam divided us as a nation and eroded our confidence in both the morality and the effectiveness of our foreign policy. Yet our understanding of this...

The book titled The Rise of Modern Japan by the author W. G. Beasley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedSet against the vivid backdrop of Tang Dynasty China, Poets and Murder thrusts the brilliant magistrate Judge Dee into a...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Edges scuffed from age war, foxed fore-edge and FEP. Set against the richly layered backdrop of Tang...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingLong before Afghanistan became a byword for conflict and geopolitical strife, the poet and classicist Peter Levi traversed its ancient landscapes and returned...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: DJ warped. Remains in clean condition. Behind the carefully guarded perimeters of a remote Manchurian compound,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works of scholarship achieve what Stella Kramrisch accomplishes in The Presence of Śiva — a magisterial, all-encompassing...

Edition: 10th impressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the darkest years of the Second World War, American author Agnes Newton Keith found herself imprisoned alongside her husband...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if the greatest secrets of existence had...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the twentieth century command a legacy as towering and complex as Jawaharlal Nehru, and Michael...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the closing, desperate chapters of the Pacific War, young Japanese pilots strapped themselves into aircraft laden with...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of ancient civilisation and modern...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Damage along jacket folds, still bright jacket.At a time when the Middle East was a region of smouldering tensions and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingLong before the dynasties of emperors and the chronicles of court historians, China's story was being written in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the vivid backdrop of newly independent India in the early 1950s, A Suitable Boy chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew vessels in human history carry the romantic and functional legacy of the Chinese junk — a ship that conquered the vast Pacific centuries...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew contemporary artists command the intersection of spectacle and philosophy with the authority of Cai Guo-Qiang, and Cai...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThrough the lens of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated photographers, Japan in Colour presents an breathtaking visual odyssey across one of the...

Focusing in particular upon Germany, Japan and Italy, this guide shows the design and firepower of fighter bombers during World War II. It describes the aircraft, their pilots and their...