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The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth

The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth

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'An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes...
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy

The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy

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The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on...
The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China

The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China

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'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 New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy

The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy

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The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on...
Burma: The Turning Point

Burma: The Turning Point

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The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed

The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed

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Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

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A definitive and ambitious new history of the Indian subcontinent - this is Tony Judt's Postwar for South Asia Shadows at Noon is an ambitious synthesis of decades of research...
At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China

At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China

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'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China...
Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the Raj

Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the Raj

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Great State: China and the World

Great State: China and the World

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The Flame of Freedom: Corporal Ras Pagani's Escape from the Railway of Death

The Flame of Freedom: Corporal Ras Pagani's Escape from the Railway of Death

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Wok On: Deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less

Wok On: Deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less

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Winner for the UK in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2020 in the Easy Recipes category. 'As always, Ching's recipes are not only deliciously healthy but easy enough for anyone...
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

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How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the...
Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar

Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar

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One of Library Journal 's "Best Arts Books of 2020" The definitive biography of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential musicians and composers of the twentieth century, told with...
Take Me to Laolao

Take Me to Laolao

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Celebrate the Spring Lantern Festival! This gentle picture book explores the special bond between children and their grandmothers, all against the backdrop of Chinese mythology and holiday celebration. A must-read...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives

The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives

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Two thousand years of Japanese history, told through interconnected portraits of twenty fascinating individuals Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories...
The Martyr and the Red Kimono: A Fearless Priest's Sacrifice and A New Generation of Hope in Japan

The Martyr and the Red Kimono: A Fearless Priest's Sacrifice and A New

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The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, his sacrifice in Auschwitz, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever The remarkable true story of Saint...
Lands of the Curry Leaf: A vegetarian food journey from Sri Lanka to Nepal

Lands of the Curry Leaf: A vegetarian food journey from Sri Lanka to Nepal

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' A culture of food and friendship flows through my veins. This is the culture of the subcontinent, where a curry leaf tree grows in the garden of just about...
Balance and Harmony: The Secrets of Asian Cooking

Balance and Harmony: The Secrets of Asian Cooking

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Balance and Harmony , Neil Perry revels in his love for Asian cooking: the great flavours, the contrasts in tastes and textures, and the way that just about anything can...
Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities

Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities

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Trigger Time

Trigger Time

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Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures

Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures

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Hmong story cloths provide a visual documentation of the historical and cultural legacy of the Hmong people from the country of Laos. The Hmong first began making the story cloths...
Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History

Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of

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In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an...
Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures

Hmong Story Cloths: Preserving Historical & Cultural Treasures

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Hmong story cloths provide a visual documentation of the historical and cultural legacy of the Hmong people from the country of Laos. The Hmong first began making the story cloths...
Tomorrow's India: Another Tryst with Destiny

Tomorrow's India: Another Tryst with Destiny

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Inside the Treasure House: Time in Tibet

Inside the Treasure House: Time in Tibet

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Author: Catriona BassBinding: HardbackPublished: Gollancz, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsInside the Treasure House: Time in Tibet is a captivating exploration of the landscapes and...
Fall of Hong Kong

Fall of Hong Kong

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Author: Tim CarewBinding: HardbackPublished: Anthony Blond, 1960, First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful look into the events surrounding the fall of...
In Pursuit Of Contemporary East Asian Culture

In Pursuit Of Contemporary East Asian Culture

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Author: Tang, Xiaobing; Snyder, SteveBinding: HardbackPublished: Westview Press, 1996Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the dynamic and evolving cultural landscape of East Asia, focusing on...
Window on Shanghai, Letters from China, 1965-67

Window on Shanghai, Letters from China, 1965-67

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Author: Sophia KnightBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1967, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book compiles letters from the China Navigation Company to and from...
Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45

Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45

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Author: Barbara W. TuchmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Edition, 1971Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China...
The Other 100 Years War: Japan's Bid for Supremacy 1941-2041

The Other 100 Years War: Japan's Bid for Supremacy 1941-2041

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Author: Russell BraddonBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores Japan's strategic ambitions and geopolitical maneuvers over a century, highlighting the nation's efforts to...
The Cree Journals: The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N., As Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856

The Cree Journals: The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N., As Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856

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Author: Edward H. Cree; Michael Levien (Editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Webb & Bower, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the voyages and experiences...
Temple Towns of Tamil Nadu

Temple Towns of Tamil Nadu

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Author: Michell GeorgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Marg Publications, 2003, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich heritage and architectural splendor of the temple towns in Tamil...
Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

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The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not...
The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance

The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance

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From the time of the Crimean War through the fall of the Tsar, the question of what to do about the Russian empire's large Muslim population was a highly contested...
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots

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Supreme Commander: Macarthur's Triumph in Japan

Supreme Commander: Macarthur's Triumph in Japan

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He is the most decorated general in American history-and the only five five-star general to receive the Medal of Honor. Yet Douglas MacArthur's greatest victory was not in war but...
Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

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The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not...
Share: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Dishes

Share: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Dishes

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'Nisha's food is so exciting and clever and takes me on an unexpected journey every time. Her creations at dinner parties are truly memorable - we end up talking about...
Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt

Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt

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The Kharijites were the first sectarian movement in Islamic history, a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream Muslim society and set about creating, through violence, an ideal community...
The Island of Seven Cities: The Discovery of a Lost Chinese Settlement in North America

The Island of Seven Cities: The Discovery of a Lost Chinese Settlement

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"The Island of Seven Cities" unveils the first tangible proof that the Chinese settled in the New World before Columbus. In the summer of 2003, architect Paul Chiasson decided to...
The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China

The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History

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From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century.George Macartney's...
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

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The Story of Nuncomar and the Impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey (1885) examines some of the most controversial events of 18th century English colonial legal history from the point of...
Down and Out in Saigon: Stories of the Poor in a Colonial City

Down and Out in Saigon: Stories of the Poor in a Colonial City

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A moving portrait of the lives of six poor city-dwellers, set in early twentieth century colonial Saigon Historian Haydon Cherry offers the first comprehensive social history of the urban poor...
China's Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the Eighteenth Century

China's Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the

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In eighteenth-century China, a remarkable intellectual transformation took place, centered on the ascendance of philology. Its practitioners were preoccupied with the reliability of sources as evidence for restoring ancient texts...
Never Surrender: Dramatic Escapes From Japanese Prison Camps

Never Surrender: Dramatic Escapes From Japanese Prison Camps

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While there have been many fine books covering escapes from German POW camps (The Wooden Horse, Great Escape, Colditz etc), the exploits of those POWs in Japanese captivity have been...
Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians

Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians

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Entering Islam through the same biblical door Muhammad did, this book introduces readers with Christian or Jewish backgrounds to one of the world's largest, most active, and - in the...