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Asian Art
Over the centuries, the elegance of Asian art has been a source of fascination and inspiration for artists and art lovers worldwide. This beautifully illustrated book, returning after some time...
Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of
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 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...
Samira & Samir
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Somewhere in Asia: War, Journalism and Australia (TM)s Neighbours, 1941-1975
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Tomorrow's India: Another Tryst with Destiny
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The Tunnels of Cu Chi: A Remarkable Story of War
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Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
Cultural Atlas of Japan
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Author: Isao Kumakura, Marius Jansen, Martin CollcuttBinding: HardbackPublished: Equinox, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Cultural Atlas of Japan provides a comprehensive overview of Japan's cultural...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Popular History Of Thailand
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Author: M. L. JumsaiBinding: SoftbackPublished: Chalermnit, 1993Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful overview of Thailand's history, exploring its cultural, political, and social developments...
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...
Japan and the Next War
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Author: Giichi TanakaBinding: SoftbackPublished: The China Critic, 1927Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis booklet, titled "Japan and the Next War," was published in 1927 by...
Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
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A Bond Undone: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2
THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Jin Yong's work,...
Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home
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...
Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident
In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the "pernicious creed"...
The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance
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
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First They Killed My Father Movie Tie-In: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
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Supreme Commander: Macarthur's Triumph in Japan
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
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...
Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the
"Winter Soldiers is an immensely valuable contribution to the history of the Vietnam War. It brings to life, through the words of the veterans themselves, the journey each individual made,...
Blood and History in China: The Donglin Faction and Its Repression,
From 1625 to 1627 scholar-officials belonging to a militant Confucianist group known as the ""Donglin Faction"" suffered one of the most gruesome political repressions in China's history. Many were purged...
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
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Share: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Dishes
'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...
Attila the Hun
A gripping account of how and why the legendary 'scourge of God' was able to inscribe his legacy into the annals of military history.One of the most powerful men in...
Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt
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
"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
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
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...
The Tragedy of Cambodian History: Politics, War, and Revolution since 1945
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The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History
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Down and Out in Saigon: Stories of the Poor in a Colonial City
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
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
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
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...
The Culture of the Book in Tibet
The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in...
Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan
This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time,...
Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World
A detailed portrait of the Turkic people explores events since World War I that have rendered the nation a vital NATO ally and the site of a secular Islamic democracy,...
Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China
Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in...
The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History
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...