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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
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The Rediscovery of India
Author: Meghnad Desai (Professor Emeritus, LSE, London School of Economics)Format: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 839g, 512 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2011What makes India a nation? What has held...
Clive: Founder of British India
Author: C. Brad FaughtFormat: Hardback, 263g, 140 pagesPublished: Potomac Books Inc, United States, 2013Robert Clive (1725-1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived...
Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China
Author: Kwang-Ching Liu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 Ten international academics explore heterodoxy dissent challenging the beliefs and meanings of the established norm in late Imperial China. In this...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals: Art, Representation and History
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
Author: Phillip Caraman
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 166
Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China
Author: Kwang-Ching Liu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Cultural and intellectual protests, while rare, were recurrent in Chinese society. This impressive and comprehensive work traces the origins of dissent to...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
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...
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
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...
A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China's Past Through its Proverbs
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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....
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 Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj
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The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905
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Thailand
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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,...
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...
Thai Painting
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Author: Boisselier, Jeanbinding: HardbackPublished: Kodansha International, 1976Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book offers a comprehensive look at the intricacies of Thai painting, showcasing its...
Asia: Traditions and Treasures
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Author: Walter Ashlin Fairservisbinding: HardbackPublished: Harry N. Abrams In Collaboration With The American Museum Of Natural History, 1981Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores...
Worm-Eaten Hinges: Tensions and Turmoil in Shanghai, 1988-9
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Author: Joan Grantbinding: SoftbackPublished: Hyland House, 1991Condition: book: Good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Yellowed, markings: Signed with inscriptionThis book explores the political and social tensions in Shanghai during a...
Carrying Your Enemies on Your Shoulder: Indian Folk Wisdom from Tibet
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Author: Flickbinding: HardbackPublished: Indian Book Centre, 1996Condition: book: Fair, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Aging or marking, markings: No markingsThis book explores the rich tapestry of Indian folk wisdom, particularly...
A Witch-Hunt in an Indian Village
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Author: Baileybinding: HardbackPublished: Delhi Oxford University Press, 1997Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Yellowed, markings: No markingsThis book explores the harrowing practice of witch-hunting in rural India, focusing...
The Great Reclamation: 'Every page pulses with mud and magic' Miranda Cowley Heller
Author: Rachel Heng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 'Extraordinary . . . Every page pulses with mud and magic' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace 'Alive to...
A History of India: v. 2
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The Economy of Modern India: From 1860 to the Twenty-First Century
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24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
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Author: Yijie Zhuang Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang...
Mr Selden's Map of China: The spice trade, a lost chart & the South China Sea
Author: Timothy Brook Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden,...
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
Author: Chun Han Wong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired...
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
Author: Chun Han Wong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired...
The Long March
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The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider
Author: Michiko Kakutani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic...
The Emperor's Feast: 'A tasty portrait of a nation' -Sunday Telegraph
Author: Jonathan Clements Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern...
Life In Hanoi
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The Search for Ancient China
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent
Author: Wendy Law-Yone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENT A portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders Aung San Suu Kyi,...
The Emperor's Feast: 'A tasty portrait of a nation' -Sunday Telegraph
Author: Jonathan Clements Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern...
The Emperor's Feast: 'A tasty portrait of a nation' -Sunday Telegraph
Author: Jonathan Clements Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern...
Up Top: The Royal Australian Navy and Southeast Asian Conflicts 1955-1972
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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back...
Savage Beasts
Author: Rani Selvarajah Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!' Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin 'Absorbing and thoughtful...full of page-turning...
Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten Peoples
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The Maharajah's Box: An Imperial Story of Conspiracy, Love and a Guru's Prophecy
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Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan
Author: Sokyo OnoFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 203mm, 144 pagesPublished: Tuttle Publishing, United States, 2024Japanese Shinto is the simple belief that the divine dwells in all things around us!Shinto: The Japanese...
Photorealistic Colored Pencil Drawing Techniques: Step-by-Step Lessons for Vibrant, Realistic Drawings! (With Over 700 illustrations)
Author: Cocomaru Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Learn how to create photorealistic colored pencil drawings that are convincing enough to fool the eye! This book shows you how to...
Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: The Definitive Collector's Edition (Woodblock Prints)
Author: Andreas Marks Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A landmark book presenting the early 'deluxe' versions of Hiroshige's Edo prints for the first time! Utagawa Hiroshige's unique landscape series...
Indian Sex Life: Sexuality and the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought
How British authorities and Indian intellectuals developed ideas about deviant female sexuality to control and organize modern society in IndiaDuring the colonial period in India, European scholars, British officials, and...
The Yellow River: Five Thousand Year Journey Through China
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The House of Confucius
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