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War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh by Richard Sisson
RRP: €34.51€26.82A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war... -
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival by David Pilling
RRP: €17.84€13.03The second edition of the definitive book on how modern Japan works, now fully updated up to include the new 'Reiwa' Era and the year of the Olympics'A superb book that, better than any other I have read, manages to get the reader inside the skin of ... -
A Short History of the Mughal Empire by Michael Fisher
RRP: €17.84€17.33The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in 1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the hands of... -
Mountains and Rivers Without End: Poem by Gary Snyder
RRP: €19.03€13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582434070Author Gary SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 249g -
The Vietnam War: 1956-75 by Andrew Wiest
RRP: €14.27€10.31In this fully illustrated introduction, leading Vietnam War historian Dr Andrew Wiest provides a concise overview of America's most divisive war. America entered the Vietnam War certain of its Cold War doctrines and convinced of its moral mission... -
A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century by Charles Holcombe
RRP: €34.50€32.15Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution,... -
Collaboration: Japanese Agents and Local Elites in Wartime China by Timothy Brook 9780674023987
€35.78Studies of collaboration have changed how the history of World War II in Europe is written, but for China and Japan this aspect of wartime conduct has remained largely unacknowledged. In a bold new work, Timothy Brook breaks the silence surrounding the... -
What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada by Walpola Rahula 9780802130310
RRP: €14.27€12.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802130310Author Walpola RahulaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks: Sake, Shochu, Japanese Whisky, Beer, Wine, Cocktails and Other Beverages by Stephen Lyman
RRP: €20.22€13.17Drink your way through Japan (even from home) with the help of this book! Japan is home to some of the world's most interesting alcoholic beverages from traditional Sake and Shochu to Japanese whisky, beer, wine and cocktails that are winning global... -
Mapping an Empire: Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 by Matthew Edney
RRP: €39.27€38.62In this history of the British surveys of India, focusing especially on the Great Trigonometrical Survey (GTS) undertaken by the British East India Company, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques not only to... -
Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse 9781568364179
RRP: €14.28€9.78Black Rain is centered around the story of a young woman who was caught in the radioactive black rain' that fell after the bombing of Hiroshima. lbuse bases his tale on real-life diaries and interviews with victims of the holocaust; the result is a book... -
The Last Prince of Bengal: An Indian Family's Journey from Royalty to Obscurity in the Age of Empire by Lynn Innes
RRP: €23.80€16.36The Nawab Nazim was born into one of India's most powerful royal families. Three times the size of Great Britain, his kingdom ranged from the soaring Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. However, in 1880, he was forced to abdicate by the British authorities,... -
Ninja by John Man
RRP: €15.46€11.11The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. In their secrecy, under-cover skills and determination to survive, they were... -
Life and Afterlife in Ancient China by Jessica Rawson
RRP: €47.60€32.07A Prospect Book of the YearAn epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombsThe three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of... -
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers
RRP: €17.84€13.22In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to replace the venerable 'Val' aboard carriers. The resulting... -
The Politics of Lists: Bureaucracy and Genocide under the Khmer Rouge by James A. Tyner 9781946684417
RRP: €35.64€29.89Scholars from a number of disciplines have, especially since the advent of the war on terror, developed critical perspectives on a cluster of related topics in contemporary life: militarization, surveillance, policing, biopolitics (the relation between... -
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna by Betty De Shong Meador
RRP: €23.79€20.87The earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna, who lived in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BCE. High Priestess to the moon god Nanna, Enheduanna came to venerate the goddess Inanna above all gods in the Sumerian pantheon... -
Malaya and Singapore 1941-42: The fall of Britain's empire in the East by Mark Stille
RRP: €20.22€14.84For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth to the myth of the Imperial Japanese Army's invincibility, the victory left both Burma and... -
The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire by Henrietta Harrison 9780691225463
RRP: €21.41€17.37A fascinating history of China's relations with the West-told through the lives of two eighteenth-century translatorsThe 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney's fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been... -
The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen
RRP: €22.00€16.28The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was... -
The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750-1400 by John W. Chaffee
RRP: €29.74€25.20In this major new history of Muslim merchants and their trade links with China, John W. Chaffee uncovers 700 years of history, from the eighth century, when Muslim communities first established themselves in southeastern China, through the fourteenth... -
Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II by Yuki Tanaka 9781538102695
RRP: €47.60€42.25This landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka's case studies, still remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced... -
Sanctioned Violence in Early China by Mark E. Lewis 9780791400777
€32.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791400777Author Mark E. LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The Corpse Walker by Yiwu Liao
RRP: €17.84€11.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307388377Author Liao YiwuFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm *... -
Slow Noodles: A Recipe for Rebuilding a Lost Civilization by Chantha Nguon 9781643753492
RRP: €29.75€22.03Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale extermination. Subtract a reliable source of food, life savings, and family members, until all are gone. Shave down childhood... -
The Secret History Of The Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307407160Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
The Great Empires of Asia by Jim Masselos
RRP: €15.46€10.51Asian empires led the world economically, scientifically and culturally for hundreds of years, and posed a constant challenge to the countries of Europe. How and why did those empires gain such power, and lose it? What legacies did they leave? This book... -
The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung
RRP: €15.46€11.66A Buddhist journey reminscent of Dante's Inferno exploring the illusions of human life, published here in the first new translation in forty yearsOften considered the greatest work of classic Korean fiction, The Nine Cloud Dream poses the question: will... -
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng 9781800750852
RRP: €17.84€12.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750852Author Yang JishengFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought by Roger T. Ames 9780791420621
€30.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791420621Author Roger T. AmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy by John Robinson 9781849045896
RRP: €29.75€26.63The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby islands local women are flogged... -
The Gempei War 1180-85: The Great Samurai Civil War Stephen Turnbull (Author) 9781472813848
RRP: €20.22€14.84Internationally renowned samurai expert Dr Stephen Turnbull delves into a pivotal era of Japanese history in this highly illustrated account of The Gempei War a conflict that defined the age and the ethos of the samurai. Never before had there been a... -
Japanese Family Crests and Designs Nobuyoshi Hamada 9784756257260
RRP: €47.60€31.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756257260Author Nobuyoshi HamadaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd. -
City on Fire: the fight for Hong Kong by Antony Dapiran
RRP: €13.08€8.97A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a... -
Singapore: A Biography Mark Ravinder Frost 9789814385169
RRP: €23.80€17.31Brimming 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 Hidden History of Burma: A Crisis of Race and Capitalism by Thant Myint-U
RRP: €13.08€8.97A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020A New York Times Critic's Pick 2019'A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.' Financial Times'Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.' William DalrymplePrecariously positioned between China and... -
True Path of the Ninja: The Definitive Translation of the Shoninki (The Authentic Ninja Training Manual) Antony Cummins, MA 9784805314395
RRP: €13.08€9.06True Path of the Ninja is the first authoritative translation in English of the Shoninki-the famous 17th-century ninjutsu manual.Authors Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami worked closely with Dr. Nakashima Atsumi, author of the most comprehensive modern... -
Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies by Chris White 9781611463255
RRP: €42.84€38.15Although Christianity has been a minority religion in Chinese societies, Christians have been powerful catalysts of social activism in seeking to establish democracy and rule of law in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic communities. The... -
Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan Andreas Marks 9784805313107
RRP: €21.41€15.14Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations.This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hundred Japanese woodblock prints depicting scenic spots... -
The Colour of the Sky After Rain by Tessa Keswick
RRP: €35.70€25.81An extraordinary memoir of one woman's experiences in China. ******************************** Tessa Keswick first travelled to China in 1982 and immediately fell in love with its history, culture and landscape. Over the next thirty years, she...