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'Entertainingly written history . . . ravishingly beautiful photographs.' The Times Bamber Gascoigne's classic book tells of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when...

Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country...

A haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign Every day, three times a day, the...

Author: David Suzuki Keibo OiwaBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: signed on inside cover with...

Author: Alistair MacleanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Companion Book Club, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping thriller, Caravan To Vaccarès, plunges readers into a high-stakes chase across the wild, untamed landscapes...

The US Government invested millions in Helmand in the 1950s and '60s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis - known locally as 'Little America' - and then...

'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...

** 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 book titled The Other Nuremberg: The Untold Story of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials by the author Arnold C. Brackman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

Author: A. AdamsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Toongabble, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine, internally sound.The Chinese Ingredient: A History Of The Chinese...

Author: A. R. JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Australian Military Forces, Australian War Memorial, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerStand Easy: After The Defeat Of Japan, 1945 chronicles the immediate...

Author: Robert DarlingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Shakespeare Head Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSudan To Vietnam by Robert Darlington presents a comprehensive historical analysis of global conflicts and geopolitical...

Author: Robert ElegantBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markRobert Elegant's Hong Kong chronicles the vibrant, often turbulent, history of the iconic city-state, tracing its development from a...

Author: William CliveBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some rips along dust jacket seamsThis gripping historical novel chronicles the daring...

The greatest conquest in history Genghis Khan left an empire more than twice the size of Alexander's: his successors went on to conquer and govern an area stretching from Korea...

Author: Michael B. OrenBinding: HardbackPublished: W.W. Norton, New York, 2007Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and inside covers; pages...

'Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resume' The Times Literary Supplement India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander...

'What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but its root as well.' Inazo Nitobe's book, the most influential ever written...

'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'T his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an...

Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China. Through telling the lives of one hundred significant individuals, this...

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...

'A superbly revealing account of a dreadful and profoundly sad war' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'T his extraordinary book gives us a unique insight into why and how Japan fought such an...

'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...

'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...

'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...

'Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resume' The Times Literary Supplement India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander...

'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...

Mao Zedong was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, the most important in the history of modern China. This revelatory new biography draws on thousands of...

An outspoken memoir from General Janis Karpinski, telling the real story of the tragic and shameful events of 2004 from first-hand experience. Karpinski was the first and only female General...

By the mid-1990s, American trade with the Pacific nations--Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, and others--will be twice as large as our commerce with countries across the Atlantic. Now...

Author: George Alexander LensenBinding: HardbackPublished: Sophia University-Tokyo in cooperation with The Diplomatic Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: plastic dust jacket worn...

Traces the post-World War II partnership of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, profiling the statuses of both nations before and after the war while offering insight into how the...

While Europe was still divided into a patchwork of feudal states, there emerged from the East a vast empire that eventually spanned the breadth of Asia. It had been forged...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLight In The East: China's Enlightened Empire; The Advent...

Author: Henry NoyesBinding: HardbackPublished: CHINA BOOKS & Periodicals Inc., 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling memoir, China Born: Adventures Of A Maverick Bookman,...

Author: E. R. Hooton, Tom Cooper And Farzin Nadimi With Bob MackenzieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Helion & Company, 2022Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image....

Author: Edmund CaponBinding: PaperbackPublished: Art Gallery of New South WalesCondition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive account of...

Author: Stephen R TurnbullBinding: HardbackPublished: Bison Books, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear to dust cover and rubbing of cloth cover edges; inside pages in good...

Author: Laurence OliphantBinding: HardbackPublished: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Boards...

Author: Gerry & Janet SouterBinding: HardbackPublished: Five Mile Press Melbourne, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase: good. CD and facsimile document included.This historical account, The Vietnam War Experience,...

Author: Zheng Shifeng, Chu Shastang, Lin Shuren, Huang Jiemin, Li Tieren, Lu Xinxian, Zhang Tianlie, Chen YuwenBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA comprehensive geographical...

Author: Wayne Crothers, Tonia Eckfeld & Zhang WeixingBinding: PaperbackPublished: NGV, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdward Burman's Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality...

'To understand the present and anticipate the future, one must know enough of the past - enough to have a sense of history of a people.' Lee Kuan Yew While...

When Peter Drucker wrote Concept of the Corporation in 1946, he revealed what made the large American corporation tick. Similarly, THE ART OF JAPANESE MANAGEMENT by Richard Pascale in 1981...

The Greater Game offers a fresh look at India, showing it to be a dramatically changing democracy after decades of domination by the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty and a newly emerging...

Author: Oliver BaldwinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Yellowed and dulled boards. Binding...

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...