Asian History

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...

A brief and thrilling introduction to Japan from one of the country's leading British historians In this enormously enjoyable introduction to a remarkable country, Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history...

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...

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...

'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 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: 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...

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...

'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...

'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...

'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: 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...

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...

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...

Author: Alexander Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 This seminal work by historian Alexander Bennett presents a broad overview of the Japanese "Way of the Warrior" as it is...

Author: Hector Garcia Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 An immersive look at Japan's indigenous religion and how it can impact our daily lives. In The Spirit of Shinto, longtime...

From the creators of Vegan Chinese Food , Yang and Kathi of littlericenoodle present a vibrant exploration of vegan Asian street food that goes beyond the familiar bowl of steaming...

Author: Andreas Marks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Journey through Japan's illustrated history and discover the roots of manga before it took the world by storm. In this compelling...

[A]n excellent book... """" """"--"The Economist" "Financial Times" Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a...

Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments -his success in seizing India's imagination...

Before any sound critical framework could be evolved around the phenomenal artist Jangarh Singh Shyam as the originator of an extraordinary individualistic idiom of painting, ruthless market forces regrettably came...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE BOOKS, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling historical account The Aftermath: Asia chronicles the profound transformations and enduring legacies that shaped...

Author: Rafael SteinbergBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical narrative chronicles the dramatic events surrounding the American re-entry into the Philippines during World War II....

Author: Eric A. WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge at the University Press, 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical work, Colonies, meticulously chronicles the...

Author: Kevin Cronin, S.J.Binding: HardbackPublished: Printed Catholic Press, Ranchi, 2001Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cracked. Internally sound. This historical volume chronicles the significant fifty-year journey of...

Author: Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded DJ.This ethnographic study chronicles the intricate relationship between health, sickness, and cultural meaning...

Author: Jackie Menzies and Edmund CaponBinding: HardbackPublished: International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUnknown

Author: Denis JuddBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Lord Reading: Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess Of Reading, Lord Chief Justice...

From an 'indispensable voice on China' (Evan Osnos) comes a riveting, first-hand account of China's seismic progress America used to pride itself on ambition. Today, it looks stuck. Meanwhile, China...

Author: MJ PorterBinding: HardbackPublished: Boldwood Books Ltd, GB, 2025Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: minor wear and fraying to dust cover; pages in good conditionThis historical account,...

Author: Kasyan BartlettBinding: HardbackPublished: Pacific Century Publications, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work presents a breathtaking aerial panorama of one of the world's most dynamic cities....

Author: Knut Einar LarsenBinding: HardbackPublished: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Agency for Cultural Affairs, ICCROM, ICOMOS, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings:...

Dan Toombs a.k.a The Curry Guy has spent the last two decades travelling and researching the best curries the world has to offer. In Curry Guy Chicken he celebrates flavourful...