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The Lost Executioner by Nic Dunlop 9781408804018
RRP: £14.99£11.75Between 1975 and 1979 the seemingly peaceful nation of Cambodia succumbed to one of the most bloodthirsty revolutions in modern history. Nearly two million people were killed. As head of the Khmer Rouge's secret police, Comrade Duch was responsible for... -
A Modern History of Hong Kong: 1841-1997 by Steve Tsang
RRP: £21.99£18.50This 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 Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties by Timothy Brook
RRP: £21.95£18.47The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire-a millennium and a half in the making-was suddenly thrust under foreign occupation. What China had been before its reunification as the Yuan dynasty in 1279 was... -
Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh by Helena Norberg-Hodge
RRP: £16.99£12.28Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and... -
Southeast Asia: A History in Objects by Alexandra Green
RRP: £32.00£21.01A new take on Southeast Asia's complex history, expertly told through art objects and cultural artefacts dating from the Neolithic Age to the present. Southeast Asia is home to numerous world heritage sites. Through engaging texts and expertly curated... -
Chinese Arms and Armour by Natasha Bennett 9780948092893
RRP: £12.99£8.99The fabled treasures of China span thousands of years of history. From the exotic Silk Road to the mysterious Great Wall, China's allure is as vast as the country itself. Here, Natasha Bennett introduces the fascinating world of Chinese arms and armour... -
The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II by Ian Buruma
RRP: £20.00£13.86'A multiple biography with overlapping chronology is a tricky feat and Buruma pulls it off magnificently.' Ben Macintyre, The TimesOn the face of it, the three characters here seem to have little in common - aside from the fact that each committed... -
1,000 Days on the River Kwai: The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant by H. C. Owtram
RRP: £19.99£14.28Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of captivity has a special significance. After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he... -
The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China by James M. Zimmerman
RRP: £25.00£14.66In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury-exactly what the advertisements promised... -
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay
RRP: £30.00£14.71'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow 'Adds the human element to the hard rock. And what a rich vein it is' Michael Palin History has not... -
China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order by Isaac B. Kardon
RRP: £30.00£24.85An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes and their implications for the rules of the international law of the sea China's Law of the Sea is the first comprehensive study of the law and geopolitics of China's... -
Edo-Punk!: The Dynamic World of Ukiyo-e by Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi & Others by Shoko Haruki 9784756254283
RRP: £29.99£19.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756254283Author Shoko HarukiFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd. -
Violets: From the bestselling author of Please Look After Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin 9781474623568
RRP: £9.99£6.80South Korea, 1970. San is a lonely child, ostracised from her community. She soon finds a friend in a girl called Namae, until one afternoon changes everything. Following a moment of intimacy in a minari field, Namae violently rejects San, setting her on... -
Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet by Holly Gayley 9780231180535
RRP: £28.00£22.20Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters... -
Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall
RRP: £12.99£8.99When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided mujahideen groups, as interested in fighting each other and competing for Western arms as opposing the Russians. The exception was Ahmed Shah Massoud, the... -
Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld by David E. Kaplan 9780520274907
RRP: £25.00£19.99Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow... -
Islam in China by James Frankel
RRP: £23.99£20.94In China there are up to 25 million Muslims living in the country, representing over 1200 years of Chinese-Islamic relations. However, little is known about the historical and contemporary geopolitical relations between China and the Muslim world, or the... -
Korean History in Maps: From Prehistory to the Twenty-First Century by Michael D. Shin 9781107490239
RRP: £22.99£19.16Korean History in Maps is a beautifully presented, full-color atlas covering all periods of Korean history from prehistoric times to the present day. It is the first atlas of its kind to be specifically designed for students in English-speaking countries... -
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History by Bruce Cumings 9780393327021
RRP: £19.99£17.37Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the... -
Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship by Stephen Vines
RRP: £20.00£18.24'Defying the Dragon' tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi's China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in... -
Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot 9780691206806
RRP: £30.00£24.29A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intoleranceOver the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism... -
Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe
RRP: £7.99£5.79'What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but its root as well.'Inazo Nitobe's book, the most influential ever written on Bushido, or the samurai Way of the Warrior, argues that the philosophy of Bushido is the... -
The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea by Jihyun Park 9780008541446
RRP: £9.99£6.64The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. 'A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.'... -
Korean Folktales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £8.99£5.65Organized into four sections - Love, Marriage & Family, Powerful Spirits & Mystical Realms, The Magical & the Supernatural, Tales of Animals & Mythical Creatures - this delightful collection gathers together the misadventures of the poor and the rich... -
The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times 'An authoritative history' Financial Times 'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter ... -
Poems from the Guru Granth Sahib by Guru Nanak
RRP: £29.95£25.95An exquisite new translation of Guru Nanak's verses, illuminating the sacred tenets cherished by millions of Sikhs worldwide.Guru Nanak (1469-1539), a native of Panjab, founded the Sikh religion. His vast corpus of nearly a thousand hymns forms the core... -
The New Koreans: The Business, History and People of South Korea by Michael Breen
RRP: £19.99£14.68'As good a guide to a fascinating country in transformation as you will get.' Management TodayIn the course of a couple of generations, South Koreans took themselves out of the paddy fields and into Silicon Valley, establishing themselves as a democracy... -
The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim 9780190227913
RRP: £13.99£9.75"One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989." --The New York Times Book Review On June 4, 1989, People's Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing, killing untold hundreds of... -
Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma's Tyrant by Benedict Rogers
RRP: £24.99£24.95Than Shwe is one of the world's most brutal dictators, presiding over a military regime that persists in repressing and brutalizing its own people. Until now, his story has not been told. Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma's Tyrant provides the first-ever... -
The Body Incantatory: Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism by Paul Copp 9780231162715
RRP: £28.00£21.80Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600-1000 C.E.). Material... -
The Islamic World: A History in Objects by Ladan Akbarnia
RRP: £30.00£20.40This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it provides... -
China Through Time: A 2,500 Year Journey along the World's Greatest Canal by DK
RRP: £14.99£9.66Embark on an unforgettable time-travelling journey through Chinese history.This beautifully illustrated children's history book spans 2,500 years and more than a thousand miles along China's Grand Canal. With stunning, panoramic illustrations and lively,... -
Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid 9780691235196
RRP: £22.00£16.42A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world eventsCentral Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,... -
Tantra: enlightenment to revolution by Imma Ramos
RRP: £35.00£24.83Tantra: enlightenment to revolution explores the radical philosophy that transformed the religious, cultural and political landscape of India and beyond. Originating in early medieval India, Tantra has been linked to successive waves of revolutionary... -
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower 9780393046861
RRP: £50.00£43.27Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of astonishing documentary photographs, Embracing Defeat is the fullest and most important history of the more than six years of American occupation, which affected every level of... -
Wild East: The British in Japan 1854-1868 by Josh Provan 9781781557563
RRP: £25.00£17.62For over two centuries Japan had been hidden behind a veil of seclusion. This changed in when Commodore Perry arrived in 1853. Unsurprisingly for a world power, Britain was fast to get in on the action. But unknown to the intruders their sudden... -
Afghanistan 1979–88: Soviet air power against the mujahideen by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £16.99£12.28The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was fought as much in the air as on the ground. From the high-level bombing raids that blasted rebel-held... -
Ramayana by Daljit Nagra
RRP: £12.99£8.56The Ramayana is one of the great epics of the ancient world, with versions spanning the cultures, religions and languages of Asia. Its story of Rama's quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, the Lord of the Underworld, has enchanted... -
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung
RRP: £24.00£15.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593241431Author Karen CheungFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Singapore - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Angela Milligan 9781857338874
RRP: £8.99£6.84Singapore is a land of immigrants. Although the Chinese are by far the largest ethnic group, it is more of a salad bowl than a melting pot-although a common identity has emerged since independence in 1965. With no natural resources, the newly independent...