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Quest for Kim Peter Hopkirk 9780719564529
RRP: $15.47$10.60This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here... -
On Practice and Contradiction by Mao Tse-Tung
RRP: $15.47$12.85These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions, and their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time. Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture and politics, Zizek's... -
Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy by George Magnus
RRP: $15.47$13.43A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at home and abroad, but the country also faces serious... -
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong by Vaudine England 9781472157133
RRP: $16.76$11.39'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent'[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for an early globalised world that has gone' - Michael... -
The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China James M. Zimmerman 9781541701700
RRP: $32.25$19.20In 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... -
The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta by Kushanava Choudhury
RRP: $19.34$14.33SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL WRITING PRIZE 'Witty, polished, honest and insightful, The Epic City is likely to become for Calcutta what Suketu Mehta's classic Maximum City is for Mumbai' William... -
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan Charles J. Dunn 9784805310052
RRP: $19.34$12.96Everyday Life in Traditional Japan paints a vivid portrait of Tokugawa Japan, a time when contact with the outside world was deliberately avoided, and the daily life of the different classes consolidated the traditions that shaped modern Japan.With... -
Alberuni's India by Muhammad ibn Ahmad Biruni 9780393005684
RRP: $29.03$25.03In 1017 A.D., Sultan Mahmud, ruler of a great empire in what is now Afghanistan and Iran, brought to his court at Ghazna many of the most brilliant scholars of the Islamic world. Among them was Alberuni (or Al Biruni), who was renowned as a... -
A History of Japan to 1334 by George Sansom
RRP: $50.31$43.82This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1334 by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale,... -
Kongo-Class Battleships: In the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II by Lars Ahlberg
RRP: $29.66$19.41The battleships of the Kongo class were the oldest, smallest, and fastest battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Initially classified as battle cruisers, the lead ship in the class, Kongo, was built in England just prior to WWI. The... -
Burma's Spring: Real Lives in Turbulent Times Rosalind Russell 9786167339559
RRP: $11.60$8.24"Rosalind Russell has written an extraordinarily beautiful, comprehensive and compelling story of Burma in a remarkably human way - essential reading for anyone interested in understanding Burma today." Benedict Rogers, author of Burma: A Nation At the... -
China's Forgotten People by Nick Holdstock
$31.59One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. With Islamic terrorism in China likely to increase over the next... -
Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows Thupten Jinpa 9781611806465
RRP: $34.83$23.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806465Author Thupten JinpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Battle of Sekigahara: The Greatest, Bloodiest, Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever by Chris Glenn
$34.80Sekigahara was the greatest samurai battle in history. Japan had long been at civil war until brought under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, and then, following his death at the hands of a traitorous general, that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It was Hideyoshi who... -
Mao: The Man Who Made China by Philip Short 9781350376724
RRP: $24.50$19.10One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful... -
Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination by Robert Bickers
RRP: $19.34$14.33SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZEThe extraordinary and essential story of how China became the powerful country it is today.Even at the high noon of Europe's empires China managed to be one of the handful of countries not to succumb. ... -
Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion: Gordion Special Studies 8 by John M. Marston 9781934536919
RRP: $65.15$61.51This book publishes the results of 220 botanical samples from the 1993-2002 Gordion excavations directed by Mary Voigt. Together with Naomi Miller's 2010 volume (Gordion Special Studies 5), this book completes the publication of botanical samples from... -
The Islamic World: A History in Objects by Ladan Akbarnia
RRP: $38.70$26.32This 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... -
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942-March 1943 by Jeffrey Cox
RRP: $21.92$16.60From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the height of World War II. Cox's previous book, Morning Star, Rising Sun, had found the US Navy at its absolute... -
Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire by Sujit Sivasundaram 9780007575572
RRP: $14.18$9.46WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN-HESSEL TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021 'Helps re-centre how we look at the... -
Another India: The Making of the World's Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–77 by Pratinav Anil
RRP: $32.25$28.87'Another India' tells the story of the world's biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of Indian Muslims--elite and subaltern, secular and clerical, activist and apolitical--it brings the experience of... -
Rose by Li-Young Lee 9780918526533
RRP: $16.76$11.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780918526533Author Li-Young LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 71Imprint BOA Editions, LimitedPublisher BOA Editions, LimitedWeight(grams) 127g -
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia Jeevan Vasagar 9781408713600
RRP: $24.50$18.34Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed... -
The Meiji Restoration: Japan as a Global Nation by Robert Hellyer
RRP: $116.10$97.42In world history, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 ranks as a revolutionary watershed, on a par with the American and French Revolutions. In this volume, leading historians from North America, Europe, and Japan employ global history in novel ways to offer... -
Ninja Skills: The Authentic Ninja Training Manual Antony Cummins, MA 9781786780621
RRP: $21.92$15.11THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE ORIGINAL NINJA TEACHINGS There is much to learn from the ninja, Japan's devious and courageous spy-commandos, who followed a highly skilled and dangerous path. For the first time ever, this manual presents the... -
The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi Romulus Hillsborough 9784805315460
RRP: $18.05$12.18"Power to them meant everything. It was founded on courage, which begot honor. And by this courage and for this honor they fought to the death."The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps tells the thrilling story of the Shinsengumi-the legendary corps of Samurai... -
Latitudes of Longing: A prizewinning literary epic of the subcontinent, nature, climate and love Shubhangi Swarup 9781529405149
RRP: $14.18$9.82** The phenomenal Indian bestseller ** **Winner of the Tata Lit Live Best First Book of the Year Award **'Intense, lyrical, and powerful. This is a remarkable debut' Jeet Thayil, author of Narcopolis and The Book of Chocolate Saints'Latitudes of Longing... -
Indonesia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Graham Saunders
RRP: $14.18$10.90Don't just see the sights get to know the people. Indonesia, stretching across three time zones and situated on one of the world s great maritime trade routes, has a rich and varied culture. Culture Smart! Indonesia describes the many different... -
The Great Wonders of China by Jonathan Fenby 9780500297841
RRP: $16.76$10.77The magnificent wonders of China, ancient and modern, revealed by an international team of leading scholars from Asia and the West. China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth and holds a unique global place in the 21st century, this book's... -
1,000 Days on the River Kwai: The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant H. C. Owtram 9781473897809
RRP: $25.79$18.71Memoirs 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... -
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345522337Author Helen ZiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism by Thomas Nathan Patton 9780231187619
RRP: $28.38$22.39Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in... -
The Ultimate Guide to Yin Yang: An Illustrated Exploration of the Chinese Concept of Opposites Antony Cummins, MA 9781786785152
RRP: $32.24$22.74The concept of yin yang can be found in some of the oldest writing in the world. It is fundamental to Chinese thought and the route to understanding most Chinese practices, from Traditional Chinese Medicine to Daoism and feng shui. It also offers us ways... -
Iga and Koka Ninja Skills: The Secret Shinobi Scrolls of Chikamatsu Shigenori by Antony Cummins
RRP: $19.34$15.12'A retainer of our domain, Renpeido Chikamatsu Hikonoshin Shigenori, each morning washed his face and hands, dressed himself in Hakama and prayed in front of the kamidana alter ... His prayer was thus: "Please afford me success in war." He kept to this... -
When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433 by Louis Levathes
RRP: $20.63$14.98A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the... -
Stories from the Royal Hong Kong Police: Fifty accounts from officers of Hong Kong's colonial-era police force by Royal Hong Kong Police Association
RRP: $18.05$11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887963882Author Royal Hong Kong Police AssociationFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 366g -
She's on the Money by Victoria Devine 9781761044137
$25.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761044137Author Victoria DevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House AustraliaPublisher Random House Australia -
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom by Tariq Ali
$18.64Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world-and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is... -
The Hunt for Mount Everest Craig Storti 9781529331530
RRP: $25.80$15.78The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain... -
Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars, and Scoundrels by Isabel Sun Chao 9781954854055
RRP: $19.34$13.60WINNER OF OVER 20 LITERARY AND DESIGN AWARDS including the Writer's Digest Grand Prize and Rubery Book Award Book of the Year True stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of...