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The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan
This inaugural volume in the Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History is the paperback edition of Conrad Totman's widely acclaimed study of Japan's environmental policies over the centuries....
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for an early globalised world that...
Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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A "New York Times" Notable Book Empress Dowager Cixi (1835 1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into...
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...
World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the
A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before it took place, lays out the case for why China's...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a...
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organisations...
Sands of Death: An Epic Tale Of Massacre And Survival In The Sahara
In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their...
Beautiful Xiangxi
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High: A Journey Across the Himalayas Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan,
***Shortlisted for the 2023 STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR******A Financial Times Travel Book of the Year 2022***"Enchanting" Independent"Fatland distinguishes herself from the stereotypes" Guardian "Fatland is a sensitive and...
Far Far East: A Tribute to Faraway Asia
Far Far East is an homage to distant Asia and a love letter to the wanderlust and freedom we miss in pandemic times. From writer and author duo Alexa Schels...
No Surrender in Burma: Operations Behind Japanese Lines, Captivity and
This is the extraordinary true story of a British Commando in Burma who, cut off behind enemy lines, walked 2,000 miles towards India and freedom in 1942, but was betrayed...
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for an early globalised world that...
Sinister Twilight: Fall of Singapore
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Nagasaki: The Massacre of the Innocent and the Unknowing
The events of a few days in August 1945 brought WWII to an end. They also destroyed the city of Nagasaki and killed 80,000 of its inhabitants, half of them...
The Pearl Hunter
Set in a world inspired by pre-Shogun era Japan, this is a stunning debut fantasy in the vein of Grace Lin about how a young pearl diver goes to the...
Zhang Hongtu: Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World
In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese...
Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia: Explorations in the
In the past two decades, scholars have transformed our understanding of the interactions between India and the West since the consolidation of British power on the subcontinent around 1800. While...
Cherishing Men from Afar: Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy
In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time-the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion...
Becoming Imperial Citizens: Indians in the Late-Victorian Empire
In this remarkable account of imperial citizenship, Sukanya Banerjee investigates the ways that Indians formulated notions of citizenship in the British Empire from the late nineteenth century through the early...
The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan
Koreans constituted the largest colonial labor force in imperial Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Caught between the Scylla of agricultural destitution in Korea and the Charybdis of industrial depression...
Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in
In this major reassessment of Japanese imperialism in Asia, Mark Driscoll foregrounds the role of human life and labor. Drawing on subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism, he directs critical attention...
Revolutionary Nativism: Fascism and Culture in China, 1925-1937
In Revolutionary Nativism Maggie Clinton traces the history and cultural politics of fascist organizations that operated under the umbrella of the Chinese Nationalist Party (GMD) during the 1920s and 1930s....
Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line
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Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
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Author: David ChandlerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Silkworm Books, 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a haunting account of the experiences of survivors from the S-21 prison in...
Profile of Jawaharlal Nehru
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Author: K T Narasimha CharBinding: HardbackPublished: The Book Centre Private, n.d. [1950]Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive profile of Jawaharlal Nehru,...
Ashdod II-III: The Second and Third Seasons of Excavations 1963, 1965
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Author: Moshe DothanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Department of Antiquities and Museums, The Israel Exploration Society, The Department of Archaeology, Hebrew University, 1971Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis...
Bamboo Palace: Discovering The Lost Dynasty of Laos
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Author: Christopher KremmerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Silkworm Books (Published in Thailand), 2003Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBamboo Palace delves into the rich history and culture of Laos, exploring...
The Last Emperor
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Author: Edward BehrBinding: SoftbackPublished: Futura, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Last Emperor by Edward Behr provides a compelling narrative of the life of Puyi, the last...
A Thousand Steps into Night
Longlisted for the National Book AwardFrom bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a fantasy perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli. When a girl who's never longed for adventure is...
Wandering Souls
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A mighty achievement' OCEAN VUONG'Beautiful, brilliant' R. F. KUANG'Dazzling' OBSERVER'Will shatter your heart' GLAMOUR 'Powerful' SUNDAY TIMESAn extraordinary story of the journey of one...
Ancient Chinese Warfare
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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...
To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa
From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that...
Beautiful Xiangxi
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Author: Reader's DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Digest, 2004Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBeautiful Xiangxi provides a captivating exploration of one of China's most picturesque regions. The book combines...
A History of Far Eastern Art
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Author: Sherman E. LeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive book explores the artistic traditions of East Asia, including China,...
The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
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Author: Charnvit KasetsiriBinding: SoftbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed account of the history of Siam during the fourteenth and...
Legend and Reality: Early Ceramics from South-East Asia
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Author: Roxanna M. Brown, Otto Karow, Peter W. Meister, Hans W. SiegelBinding: SoftbackPublished: Museen der Stadt Köln, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful...
The Treasures and Dynasties of China
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Author: Bamber GascoigneBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of China's rich history, focusing on its treasures and...
The Dawns of Tradition
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Author: Ken Itsuki (ed.)Binding: SoftbackPublished: Nissan Motor Co, Japan, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Dawns of Tradition is an edited volume that explores the cultural and...
The Dragon Wakes: China and the West, 1793-1911
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Author: Christopher HibbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper and Row, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Dragon Wakes is a historical narrative that explores significant events and themes surrounding the...
The Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Author: British Mission to JapanBinding: SoftbackPublished: London: Published for the Home Office and the Air Ministry by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1949, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No...
Japanese Studies: Communities, Cultures, Critiques (Three-Volume Set)
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Author: Vera Mackie, Alina Skoutarides, Alison TokitaBinding: SoftbackPublished: Monash Asia Institute, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis three-volume set explores various aspects of Japanese studies through...
Muslim Rule in India: The Assessments of British Historians
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Author: Grewal, J.S.Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1970, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the perspectives of British historians on the Muslim rule in India,...
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680 Volume Two: Expansion and Crisis
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Author: Anthony ReidBinding: SoftbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1993Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the economic and social transformations in Southeast Asia during the age of...
The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya
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Author: Richard D. CushmanBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Siam Society, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents an English translation of the royal chronicles of Ayutthaya, providing...
Ten Years After: Vietnam Today
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Author: Tim PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a poignant reflection on Vietnam a decade after the war, capturing...
NAGA: Cultural Origins in Siam and the West Pacific
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Author: Sumet Jumsai; R. Buckminster FullerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Chalermnit Press and DD Books, 1997, Third PrintingCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the cultural significance...