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Apologies 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...

THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CLASSIC SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA ‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was...

A 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'Utterly compelling' Financial...

This 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.First...

Xi Jinping rules over 1.4 billion people and the second biggest economy on earth. He commands huge armed forces and runs a technology programme meant to dominate the globe. His ambition is to take the place of the United States and to change the world...

Stranger in the Mask of a Deer conjures an elemental, dreamlike narrative ranging from the present to the Late-Upper Palaeolithic, when the British peninsula was gradually reoccupied by humans and animals returning from the greater continent after the...

Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307475299Author Jake AdelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the...

The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of...

The ultimate guide to the Japanese martial arts by the world's foremost expert!Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate insider, having lived in Japan for decades. He holds multiple black belts in Kendo and Naginata, as well as PhDs in Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807134Author David HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten; a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 20th century's leading figures.Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the 1920s into one of Britain's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682619124Author Diane Carlson EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Permuted PressPublisher Permuted PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 221mm *...

Uncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series "SHOGUN" in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun...

'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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735224438Author Jonathan KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by...

'There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War' John Keegan Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers...

The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal- and forgotten- massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War IIIn December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA ‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was...

This is a book of narrative reportage six years in the making. It describes how ideology and technological ambition have reshaped India's nascent democracy and follows a diverse cast of people as they navigate questions of identity and belonging.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834805675Author Kenji TokitsuFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Weatherhill IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm)...

Henrietta is a true original. Clever, vivacious and interested in everything, she managed to balance the demands of high profile public life with that of a caring mother. She was the home-schooled daughter of a bankrupt Earl and more than just a little...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941936460Author Toshio OdateFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Craven Street BooksPublisher Craven Street BooksDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 15mm

In 1968 Nguyen Qui Duc was nine years old, his father was a high-ranking civil servant in the South Vietnamese government, and his mother was a school principal. Then the Viet Cong launched their Tet offensive, and the Nguyen family's comfortable life...

SHORTLISTED 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 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,...

WINNER 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...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947766044Author Derek PuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Pacific Atrocities EducationPublisher Pacific Atrocities EducationWeight(grams)...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Few books have had such an...

Find inspiration from one of the most important books in the world's literature . . . __________ The I Ching is a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience. Used for divination, it is a method of exploring the unconscious; through the...

Five ruthless killers. Five deadly motives. One King - who must die. Game of Thrones meets Kill Bill in a feast of treason and seduction set against a dazzling fantasy backdrop of Korean history and folklore.**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**The king of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Arthur Ross Book Award 2014 and Asia Society's Bernard Schwartz Book Award 2014 and Cundill Prize in Historical Literature 2014 and Lionel Gelber Prize 2014 and...

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.'Ikigai urges individuals to simplify their lives by pursuing what sparks joy for them'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887963974Author Fiona HawthorneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 1510g

Cundill Prize FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the Year“Superbly original…Breaks new ground by showing how a collective consciousness emerged among revolutionaries.”—The Economist“A clearly written, brilliantly...

Apologies 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