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From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East

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Author: Bernard Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 Bernard Lewis has charted the great centuries of Islamic power and civilisation but also, in his recent books WHAT WENT WRONG?...
The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China

The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China

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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...
House of Kwa

House of Kwa

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Author: Mimi Kwa Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations 'Revelatory and remarkable' - TRENT DALTON 'Memorable and vivid'...
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India

Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India

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Author: Christian Wolmar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its...
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

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Author: Jeevan Vasagar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita...
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

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Author: Jeevan Vasagar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita...
The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

The Invitation-Only Zone: The Extraordinary Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

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Author: Robert S. Boynton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 During the 1970s and early 80s, dozens - perhaps hundreds - of Japanese civilians were kidnapped by North Korean commandos...
From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East

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Author: Bernard Lewis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 Bernard Lewis has charted the great centuries of Islamic power and civilisation but also, in his recent books WHAT WENT WRONG?...
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong

Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong

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Author: Vaudine England Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A timely, well-researched, and vibrant new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have...
Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet Through the People of One Town

Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet Through the People of One Town

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Author: Barbara Demick (Y) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION In 1950, China claimed sovereignty over Tibet, leading to decades of unrest...
Frontline Pakistan: The Path to Catastrophe and the Killing of Benazir Bhutto

Frontline Pakistan: The Path to Catastrophe and the Killing of Benazir Bhutto

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River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma

River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma

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Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian

Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian

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