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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,...

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...

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"...

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...

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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...

"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,...

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...

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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" 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

'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...

'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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...