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Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones: LAN Na Court Textiles

Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones: LAN Na Court Textiles

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Women of the Raj

Women of the Raj

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Selected Writings of James Fitzjames Stephen: The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey

Selected Writings of James Fitzjames Stephen: The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey

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The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History

The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History

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A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its...
Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China

Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China

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This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with "white metal" held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song...
Trouser People: A Quest for the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire's Game

Trouser People: A Quest for the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire's Game

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The Rediscovery of India

The Rediscovery of India

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Author: Meghnad Desai (Professor Emeritus, LSE, London School of Economics)Format: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 839g, 512 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2011What makes India a nation? What has held...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China

The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China

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Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History

Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History

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Author: Crispin BranfootFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 676g, 320 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in...
Clive: Founder of British India

Clive: Founder of British India

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Author: C. Brad FaughtFormat: Hardback, 263g, 140 pagesPublished: Potomac Books Inc, United States, 2013Robert Clive (1725-1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived...
Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China

Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China

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Author: Kwang-Ching Liu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 Ten international academics explore heterodoxy dissent challenging the beliefs and meanings of the established norm in late Imperial China. In this...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China

The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China

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Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History

Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History

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Author: Crispin BranfootFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 676g, 320 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2018One of the most remarkable artistic achievements of the Mughal Empire was the emergence in...
Tibet: The Jesuit Century

Tibet: The Jesuit Century

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Author: Phillip Caraman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 166
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

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Author: Mary BeardFormat: Hardback, 148mm x 218mm, 670g, 240 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard...
When the Clouds Fell from the Sky: A Daughter's Search for Her Father in the Killing Fields of Cambodia

When the Clouds Fell from the Sky: A Daughter's Search for Her Father in the Killing Fields of Cambodia

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Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century

Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British in South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century

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Author: Allen, Charles (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch and the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1983Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis work chronicles the adventures of the last generation of British...
The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named

The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named

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Author: John KeayBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperCollins, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book narrates the fascinating story of how India was meticulously mapped and how Everest was named, highlighting...
The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period

The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period

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Author: LI, Chu-Tsing & WATT, James C.Y.Binding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the artistic life during the Late Ming period through...
China in Old Photographs: 1860-1910

China in Old Photographs: 1860-1910

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Author: Burton F. BeersBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press, New York, N. Y., U.S.A., 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a captivating glimpse into China during the years 1860...
Mountains of the Gods

Mountains of the Gods

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Author: Ian CameronBinding: HardbackPublished: Century Publishing, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMountains of the Gods is a compelling exploration of the majestic mountain ranges and the cultures surrounding them....
A History of Chinese Civilisation (Two Book Set in Slipcase)

A History of Chinese Civilisation (Two Book Set in Slipcase)

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Author: Jacques GernetBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 2006 reprintCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJacques Gernet's 'A History of Chinese Civilisation' offers a masterful survey of the history...
From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi

From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi

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Author: Aisin-Gioro Pu YiBinding: HardbackPublished: Foreign Language Press, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsExplore the fascinating life story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi with this autobiography, which offers a...
Ming: 50 years that changed China

Ming: 50 years that changed China

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Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Where it is Heading

Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Where it is Heading

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Lord Clive

Lord Clive

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Photography in India: A Visual History from the 1850s to the Present

Photography in India: A Visual History from the 1850s to the Present

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Author: Nathaniel GaskellFormat: Hardback, 270mm x 240mm, 352 pagesPublished: Prestel, Germany, 2018This book follows the remarkable story of photography in India from the 1850s to today. India has one of...
Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. And Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society

Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. And Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society

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Author: Adriana ProserFormat: Hardback, 1060g, 208 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2020Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon presents sixty-seven masterpieces collected by John D. Rockefeller the third and his wife Blanchette...
Macarthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II

Macarthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II

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A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War

A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War

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The Greeks in Asia

The Greeks in Asia

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Author: John BoardmanFormat: Hardback, 183mm x 255mm, 1090g, 240 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts the influence of Greek communities...
Steve Leung: Designing Asia and Beyond

Steve Leung: Designing Asia and Beyond

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Author: Christina KoFormat: Hardback, 260mm x 300mm, 2280g, 304 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023Chronicling forty years of luxury architecture and design by Steve Leung, founder of one...
Tokyo Night Parade

Tokyo Night Parade

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Author: J.P. TakahashiFormat: Hardback, 279mm x 229mm, 438g, 40 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Spirited Away meets Where the Wild Things Are by way of yokai mythology in...
Asian Theatre Puppets: Creativity, Culture and Craftsmanship: From the Collection of Paul Lin

Asian Theatre Puppets: Creativity, Culture and Craftsmanship: From the Collection of Paul Lin

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Author: Robin RuizendaalFormat: Hardback, 241mm x 298mm, 2460g, 336 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2009Asian puppet theatre is a treasure house of Asian grassroots religion, culture, history, ethics...
Share: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Dishes

Share: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Dishes

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Author: Nisha ParmarFormat: Hardback, 173mm x 247mm, 830g, 208 pagesPublished: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'Nisha's food is so exciting and clever and takes me on an unexpected journey every...
Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century

Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century

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Gandhi Before India

Gandhi Before India

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The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company

The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company

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The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905

The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905

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The Story of the Malakand Field Force

The Story of the Malakand Field Force

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The New Emperors

The New Emperors

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Japan's Southward Advance and Australia: From the Sixteenth Century to World War II

Japan's Southward Advance and Australia: From the Sixteenth Century to World War II

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Sources of Indian Tradition

Sources of Indian Tradition

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Author: William Theodore de Bary et al. Binding: HardbackPublished: Columbia University Press, 1960, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerSources of Indian Tradition, edited by William...
Coromandel: A Personal History of South India

Coromandel: A Personal History of South India

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The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War

The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War

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Thailand

Thailand

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Author: Pisit Charoenwongsa & Subhadradis Diskulbinding: HardbackPublished: Nagel, 1978Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of Thailand, highlighting its culture, history,...
The Legacy Of India

The Legacy Of India

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Author: G.T. Garrattbinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1967Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsThe Legacy of India offers a comprehensive overview of India's rich history and...
My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

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Author: Pearl S. Buckbinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co., 1955Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Aging or marking, markings: Previous ownerMy Several Worlds is the memoir of Pearl S....