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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
Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma 1775-1950

Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma 1775-1950

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Author: Forrest McGill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Emerald Cities is a lavishly illustrated catalog of artworks from Thailand and Burma, and provides an introduction to one of Asia's...
While I Was Away

While I Was Away

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Author: Waka T. BrownFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 194mm, 218g, 336 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2022 Named one of New York Public Library's & Bank Street's Best Books of...
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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Women at the Siege, Peking 1900

Women at the Siege, Peking 1900

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The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider

The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider

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Author: Michiko KakutaniFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 420g, 256 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the...
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...
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)

$120.00 AUD
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...
The Eagle and the Lotus

The Eagle and the Lotus

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Author: J. F. CairnsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings-
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

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Author: Franny ChoiFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 229mm, 454g, 144 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 Named A Most Anticipated Book by: LitHub * Vulture * Time * A PW...
Hidden Fires

Hidden Fires

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Author: Sairish HussainFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 270g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024How can you live in the present when you're trying to bury the past? 'A sweeping...
Ming: 50 years that changed China

Ming: 50 years that changed China

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Sihanouk: Prince of light, prince of darkness

Sihanouk: Prince of light, prince of darkness

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Of Jade and Dragons

Of Jade and Dragons

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Author: Amber ChenFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 196mm, 332g, 480 pagesPublished: Penguin Random House Children's UK, United Kingdom, 2024IRON WIDOW meets SIX CRIMSON CRANES in this immersive YA fantasy inspired by...
Lord Clive

Lord Clive

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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

$80.00 AUD$64.00 AUD
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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Hidden Fires

Hidden Fires

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Author: Sairish HussainFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 270g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024How can you live in the present when you're trying to bury the past? 'A sweeping...
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...
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

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Author: Jonathan D. SpenceBinding: SoftbackPublished: HarperCollins, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the Taiping uprising led by Hong Xiuquan, a significant millennial movement in...
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...
Yoshitoshi: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Yoshitoshi: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Author: Bas VerberkFormat: Paperback, 190mm x 240mm, 880g, 200 pagesPublished: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Germany, 2021Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was the last great woodblock print master of the Ukiyo-e tradition....
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...
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition

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Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

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Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)

Afghanistan: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)

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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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Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, And Mujahid

Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, And Mujahid

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The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan

The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan

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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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Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles

Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles

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Curfewed Night: A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in Kashmir

Curfewed Night: A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in Kashmir

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The New Emperors

The New Emperors

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Shanghai

Shanghai

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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

$35.00 AUD
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...
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality

Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality

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Author: Wayne Crothers, Tonia Eckfeld, Zhang Weixingbinding: SoftbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 2019Condition: book: Very good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Good, markings: No markingsTerracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality showcases...
Rojak Rebel: Memoirs of a Singapore Maverick

Rojak Rebel: Memoirs of a Singapore Maverick

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Author: Gerald De Cruzbinding: SoftbackPublished: Times Books International, 1993Condition: book: Very good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Good, markings: No markingsRojak Rebel is a memoir that combines anecdotes, analysis, 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....
Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

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Author: Romila Thaparbinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1963, reprinted from corrected sheets from the first impressionCondition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis authoritative work is based...