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From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia by Pankaj Mishra 9780241954669
RRP: £10.99£8.02Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image - shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2013Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress,... -
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £13.99£9.18This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. ... -
A Brief History of Vietnam: Colonialism, War and Renewal: The Story of a Nation Transformed by Bill Hayton
RRP: £14.99£9.75A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous historyA Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has risen from the ashes of war to become the newest Asian tiger economy. This book expertly examines the... -
The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends by Tao Tao Liu
RRP: £14.99£9.75The essential guide to the complex, fascinating world of Chinese myths: retelling the stories and exploring their significance in Chinese culture. This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many... -
Art Of Japanese Sword Polishing by Setsuo Takaiwa 9781568365183
RRP: £45.00£29.28To understand Japanese sword polishing is to understand the Japanese sword. Down through the years, the great sword connoisseurs in Japan have been sword polishers. A swordsmith can spend a large amount of time forging a classic sword, but refining and... -
Captured in Miniature: Mughal Lives Through Mughal Art by Suhag Shirodhar 9780944142615
£13.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944142615Author Suhag ShirodharFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Grantha CorporationPublisher Grantha CorporationWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 290mm... -
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
RRP: £10.99£8.02WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not... -
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349245
RRP: £22.00£14.23'An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world' TLS'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday TelegraphWhen Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels... -
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan 9781783352661
RRP: £9.99£6.95SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKAn indelible exploration of... -
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
RRP: £12.99£9.34THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER,... -
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikötter 9781526634306
RRP: £12.99£9.34'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times 'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan *A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR* How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today?... -
Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouck 9781847927057
RRP: £16.99£13.98A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.'Astounding . . . history at its best' YUVAL HARARI'A wonderful and important book' PETER... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945 by Robert Whitfield
£33.77Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Democracy and Nazism... -
Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji 9781847925497
RRP: £30.00£20.95'A classic ... wonderfully enjoyable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'The story of South Asia told with verve, wit and brilliance' ANURADHA ROYBased on decades of scholarship, this is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th centuryShadows at Noon tells the... -
The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East by Christopher Harding 9780241434444
RRP: £30.00£21.35This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's... -
Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future by Ian Johnson 9780241524947
RRP: £25.00£18.02A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW YORKER AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'An indelible feat of reporting and an urgent read ... It's a privilege to read books like these' Te-Ping Chen, author of Land of Big Numbers'A powerful reminder of the ways... -
Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War by Max Hastings
RRP: £12.99£9.13THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator 'A masterful performance' Sunday Times 'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year Vietnam became... -
History of Japan by J.G. Caiger
RRP: £16.99£10.92A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history... -
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones
RRP: £11.99£10.87A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day "Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book."-Kirkus Reviews "Fluently written, impeccably... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Mao's China, 1949-76 by Andrew Flint
RRP: £10.50£10.32Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
India: A History by John Keay
RRP: £14.99£9.95The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India - from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent's social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India... -
A Short History Of The Vietnam War by Gordon Kerr 9781843442134
RRP: £14.99£10.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843442134Author Gordon KerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Pocket EssentialsPublisher Oldcastle Books LtdWeight(grams) 124g -
Incarnations: A History of India in 50 Lives by Sunil Khilnani
RRP: £12.99£9.34'Incarnations makes the mind fly across time, place and history. You may smile as, mentally, you walk alongside Khilnani up some flinty slope. You will keep thinking about what he said long after' Daily TelegraphFor all of India's myths, its sea of... -
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan
RRP: £13.99£12.81A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan"Eloquently discusses the making of India and Pakistan after British rule on the subcontinent was dismantled in 1947. . . . A new look at... -
Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri
RRP: £9.99£7.36UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION 'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just how important this book is' Sathnam Sanghera 'The most humane account of partition I've read .... -
On China by Henry Kissinger
RRP: £16.99£12.28In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since then has been more intimately connected with the country at the highest level than any other western figure. This book distils his unique... -
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East by Nicholas Morton
RRP: £25.00£15.95'Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable' The Sunday Times'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading' Dan Jones'Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed' Daily TelegraphHow the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the... -
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon
RRP: £12.99£9.34'A mistress of wry observation and scalding wit ... The Pillow Book retains its fresh, authentic appeal more than 1,000 years after its inception' Japan TimesWritten by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon as a journal for her own amusement, The Pillow... -
China: A History in Objects by Jessica Harrison-Hall
RRP: £29.95£19.58This illustrated introduction to the history of China offers a fresh understanding of China's progress from the Neolithic age to the present. Told in six chapters arranged chronologically, through art, artefacts, people and places, and richly illustrated... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: £30.00£19.57WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
RRP: £14.99£9.57For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase... -
The Shortest History of India by John Zubrzycki 9781913083489
RRP: £9.99£7.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083489Author John ZubrzyckiFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
A Modern History of Hong Kong: 1841-1997 by Steve Tsang
RRP: £21.99£19.68This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium... -
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life story by Dr. Michihiko Hachiya 9781800961517
RRP: £8.99£6.16With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little baby? To conceal the fear and terror in my heart I left her, trying to put up a cheerful... -
A History of the Sikhs Vol 1 (SECOND EDITION): Volume 1 1469-1838 by Khushwant Singh 9780195673081
RRP: £12.99£12.17The new second edition volume one 1469-1839 is updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: The Transformation of China 1936-1997 by Robert Whitfield
£34.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions,The Transformation of China... -
The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army - its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century by Benjamin Lai
RRP: £18.99£13.61When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the... -
Singapore: A Biography by Mark Ravinder Frost
RRP: £20.00£13.95Brimming with verve and dramatic incident, Singapore: A Biography offers fresh insights into the life story of this island city-state through the personal experiences of the workers, adventurers, rulers and revolutionaries who have shaped its history... -
The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson
RRP: £16.99£12.28From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic... -
The Story of India by Michael Wood
RRP: £14.99£10.95In The Story of India, Michael Wood weaves a spellbinding narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. Home today to more than a fifth of the world's population, India gave birth to the oldest and most influential civilization on Earth,...