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The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth

The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth

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'An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes...
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

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How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the...
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty

The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon

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The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's pre-eminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the East' The Sassoons were one of the great business dynasties of...
The Heartland

The Heartland

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The Making of the Indian Princes

The Making of the Indian Princes

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Naval Surgeon Revolt in Japan

Naval Surgeon Revolt in Japan

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Japanese Tradition in Color & Form Cuisine

Japanese Tradition in Color & Form Cuisine

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Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia

Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia

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India: A Synthesis of Cultures

India: A Synthesis of Cultures

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Asia Through Asian Eyes: Parables, Poetry, Proverbs, Stories and Epigrams of the Asian Peoples.

Asia Through Asian Eyes: Parables, Poetry, Proverbs, Stories and Epigrams of the Asian Peoples.

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Asia and Western Dominance

Asia and Western Dominance

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The Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan - The Bowater Library of Chinese Civilization

The Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan - The Bowater Library of Chinese Civilization

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Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom

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Author: Ramachandra Guha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy...
Low Level Hell

Low Level Hell

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Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice

Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice

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Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea: The Natural World and Material Culture of Twelfth-Century China

Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea: The Natural World and Material Culture of Twelfth-Century China

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Author: Fan Chengda Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 415 Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was a high-ranking Chinese government official in Guangxi, an experienced traveler, a keen observer, and a gifted writer....
The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army - its History, Traditions, and Air, Sea and Land Capabilities in the 21st Century

The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army - its History, Traditions, and Air, Sea and Land Capabilities in the 21st Century

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Author: Benjamin Lai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of...
Thriving in Crisis: Buddhism and Political Disruption in China, 1522-1620

Thriving in Crisis: Buddhism and Political Disruption in China, 1522-1620

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Author: Dewei Zhang Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties...
A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time

A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time

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Major Political Events in Indo-China 1945-1990

Major Political Events in Indo-China 1945-1990

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Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. VOLUME 15, 1975

Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. VOLUME 15, 1975

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The Great Game

The Great Game

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Author: Peter Hopkirk Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth; Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia; fought a secret war in...
Ahmedabad: A Study in Indian Urban History

Ahmedabad: A Study in Indian Urban History

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Ceylon: An Account Of The Island, Physical, Historical, And Topographical, With Notices Of Its Natural History, Antiquities, and Productions, In Two Volumes

Ceylon: An Account Of The Island, Physical, Historical, And Topographical

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The Great Wall

The Great Wall

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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

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Bureaucracy And Famine In Eighteenth-Century China

Bureaucracy And Famine In Eighteenth-Century China

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The Battle of Long Tan: As told by the Commanders

The Battle of Long Tan: As told by the Commanders

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Vietnam: The Australian War

Vietnam: The Australian War

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Japan at War: An Oral History

Japan at War: An Oral History

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The Forbidden Frontiers

The Forbidden Frontiers

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Pakistan

Pakistan

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Author: Anatol Lieven Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world....
Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953

Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953

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Author: Charles J. Hanley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a highly consequential and deeply...
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice

Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice

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Author: Adam Makos Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 'This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.' - Erik Larson'A must read.' - New York...
Indochina

Indochina

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Everything is Broken

Everything is Broken

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The Hostage of Beijing: The Abduction of the Panchen Lama

The Hostage of Beijing: The Abduction of the Panchen Lama

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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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Days of Infamy: Macarthur, Roosevelt, Churchill, the Shocking Truth Revealed : How Their Secret Deals and Strategic Blunders Caused Disasters at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines

Days of Infamy: Macarthur, Roosevelt, Churchill, the Shocking Truth Revealed : How Their Secret Deals and Strategic Blunders Caused Disasters at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

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Hanoi Adieu: A Bittersweet Memoir of a Frenchman in Indochina

Hanoi Adieu: A Bittersweet Memoir of a Frenchman in Indochina

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Vietnam: A reporter's war

Vietnam: A reporter's war

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The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists

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Author: Tracy Walder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink...
Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam

Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam

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Author: Brian Vandemark Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 656 "The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and...
Great State: China and the World

Great State: China and the World

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Author: Timothy Brook Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 The world-renowned scholar and author of Vermeer's Hat does for China what Mary Beard did for Rome in SPQR: Timothy Brook...
Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya

Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya

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Pakistan: Fifty Years Of Nationhood, Third Edition

Pakistan: Fifty Years Of Nationhood, Third Edition

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The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan

The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan

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Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 A Times Political Book of the Year 2022 A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in...