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A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations

A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations

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Author: Pico Iyer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 "Arguably the greatest living travel writer" (Outside magazine), Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But, as...
Great State: China and the World

Great State: China and the World

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Author: Timothy Brook Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 The world-renowned scholar and author of Vermeer's Hat does for China what Mary Beard did for Rome in SPQR: Timothy Brook...
Himalaya: A Human History

Himalaya: A Human History

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Author: Ed Douglas Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 592 The first major history of the Himalaya - an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world's highest mountains...
The Little Book of Zen: Sayings, Parables, Meditations & Haiku

The Little Book of Zen: Sayings, Parables, Meditations & Haiku

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Author: David Schiller Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 372 Updated, revised, with a new cover, new trim size, and illustrations throughout, the national bestseller The Little Zen Companion,...
Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam

Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam

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Author: Brian Vandemark Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 "The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and...
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists

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Author: Tracy Walder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink...
Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City

Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City

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Author: Alex Kerr Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author...
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

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Author: Adeline Yen Mah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death,...
Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968

Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968

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Author: Norman Mailer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Mailer's masterful account of the 1968 presidential conventions, a snapshot of sixties turbulence. Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War...
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

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Author: David Pilling Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works - now fully updated to 2020 and...