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Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition, 1932-1947 by Joya Chatterji
RRP: £22.99£20.66Whereas previous studies of the end of British rule in India have concentrated on the negotiations of the transfer of power at the all-India level or have considered the emergence of separatist politics amongst India's Muslim minorities, this study... -
Canton Days: British Life and Death in China by John M. Carroll 9781538136294
RRP: £36.00£31.81Canton Days offers the first comprehensive history of the British community in China from the mid-1700s to the end of the Opium War in 1842. John Carroll challenges common assumptions about the British presence in China as he traces the lives and times... -
Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey by Herman Hesse
RRP: £17.99£12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805895Author Hermann HesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire by The Perils of Interpreting Henrietta Harrison
RRP: £35.00£27.74A 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... -
Rooks in Afghanistan: Volume 1 - Sukhoi Su-25 in the Afghanistan War by Andrey Korotkov
RRP: £19.95£14.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510131Author Andrey KorotkovFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War by David M Lampton 9781538187258
RRP: £30.00£26.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538187258Author David M. LamptonFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm)... -
Mumbai Fables by Gyan Prakash
RRP: £22.00£19.99This is a place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from India and beyond, of different ethnicities, languages, and religions, have... -
Asia's Cauldron by Robert D. Kaplan
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812984804Author Robert D. KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)... -
India in the Second World War: An Emotional History by Diya Gupta
RRP: £30.00£26.95In 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic feeling surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the... -
Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam by John Edmund Delezen 9780786416561
RRP: £14.99£12.55We live together under the thick canopy, each searching for the other; the same leeches and mosquitoes that feed on our blood feed on his blood. John Edmund Delezen felt a kinship with the people he was instructed to kill in Vietnam; they were all at the... -
Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris by Christopher Snedden
RRP: £20.00£17.84In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) - popularly called 'Kashmir' - and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India-Pakistan dispute over... -
The Secret History Of The Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies 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 Bloody White Baron by James Palmer
RRP: £12.99£8.56Roman Ungern von Sternberg was a Baltic aristocrat, a violent, headstrong youth posted to the wilds of Siberia and Mongolia before the First World War. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Baron - now in command of a lethally effective rabble of... -
The Underworld of the East: Being Eighteen Years of Actual Experiences of the Underworlds, Drug Haunts and Jungles of India, China and Malaya by James S. Lee
RRP: £12.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953663118Author James S. LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm)... -
The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies by Professor Michael Breen 9780312326098
RRP: £19.99£13.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312326098Author Professor Michael BreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm)... -
The Turks: The Central Asian Civilization That Bridged the East and the West for Over Two Millennia - volume 1 by Erol I Yorulmazoglu 9781736695401
RRP: £23.99£18.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736695401Author Erol I YorulmazogluFormat PaperbackPage Count 554Imprint Erol I. YorulmazogluPublisher Erol I. YorulmazogluWeight(grams)... -
The First Afghan War 1839-42: Invasion, catastrophe and retreat by Richard Macrory
RRP: £15.99£13.33In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was another step in Britain's Great Game - Afghanistan... -
The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya by James Crowden 9780008353179
RRP: £16.99£15.51'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker, Spectator 'Imagine if your family had lived in the mountains for a thousand years or more, what effect would that have upon your mind and your... -
The Defence and Fall of Singapore by Brian Farrell
RRP: £12.99£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814423885Author Brian FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint monsoonPublisher Monsoon BooksDimensions(mm) 227mm * 152mm * 35mm -
Armies of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 by Philip S. Jowett
RRP: £12.99£11.01The Russo-Japanese War was the first major conflict of the 20th century, as vast armies clashed in Manchuria incurring enormous casualties. Its global significance was immense, as the tactics deployed during this war anticipated the trench warfare of... -
Journey To The Heart Of Aikido by Linda Holiday
RRP: £19.99£14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583946596Author Linda HolidayFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Blue Snake BooksPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm)... -
Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations fr om the Financial Markets by J Fok
RRP: £24.00£16.17A groundbreaking exploration of US-China relations as seen through the lens of international finance Rising tensions between China and the United States have kept the financial markets on edge as a showdown between the world's two largest economies seems... -
The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy by Suisheng (Sam) Zhao
RRP: £24.99£21.67China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping's political authority unmatched,... -
A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea by Joseph McQuade
RRP: £29.99£27.40Using India as a case study, Joseph McQuade demonstrates how the modern concept of terrorism was shaped by colonial emergency laws dating back into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beginning with the 'thugs', 'pirates', and 'fanatics' of the... -
In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century by Sebastian Strangio
RRP: £11.99£10.15A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia"An expert and lucid synthesis of the historical context and recent developments of Southeast Asia's rich and complex relations with Beijing."-John Reed, Financial... -
Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech by Ronan Lee 9780755602476
RRP: £22.99£20.11The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. This unique study draws on... -
The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai by Julie Summers 9780743495738
RRP: £9.99£7.11Written by Toosey's granddaughter, this remarkable portrait of a forgotten British hero and leader is essential reading for anyone interested in the Second World War. 'Truly uplifting ... It makes you proud to be British.' The Guardian Alec Guinness won... -
The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought by Roger T. Ames 9780791420621
£25.96Apologies 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 China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia by James Bradley 9780316410670
RRP: £49.00£35.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316410670Author James BradleyFormat HardbackPage Count 608Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Wing Chun Compendium, V2 by Wayne Belonoha
RRP: £40.00£27.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583942291Author Wayne BelonohaFormat HardbackPage Count 472Imprint Blue Snake BooksPublisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1242gDimensions(mm)... -
Ganesh: Remover of Obstacles by James H. Bae
RRP: £9.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683839330Author Mandala PublishingFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Mandala Publishing GroupPublisher Mandala Publishing Group -
Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by Michael Sallah 9780316066358
£17.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316066358Author Michael SallahFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm... -
For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and Their Enemies by Robert Irwin
RRP: £15.99£11.61Robert Irwin's history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun... -
Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India through European Eyes, 1250-1625 by Joan-Pau Rubies 9780521526135
RRP: £30.99£28.68This book, first published in 2000, offers a wide-ranging and ambitious analysis of how European travellers in India developed their perceptions of ethnic, political and religious diversity over three hundred years. It analyses the growth of novel... -
The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
RRP: £10.99£7.77In November 1950 The US 1st Marine Division was trapped in the Chosin Reservoir following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War. Fought during the worst blizzard in a century, the ensuing battle is considered by the United States Marine Corps... -
B. R. Ambedkar: The Man Who Gave Hope to India's Dispossessed by Shashi Tharoor 9781526173584
RRP: £16.99£12.48A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country's most important figures, second only to Mahatma Gandhi. He played a major role in drafting the constitution for a newly independent India and led the fight against caste-based... -
Dreams of Flight: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West by Fran Martin
RRP: £25.99£20.84In Dreams of Flight, Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad. On one hand, unmarried middle-class women in the single-child generations are encouraged to develop themselves as... -
Valmiki's Ramayana by Arshia Sattar
RRP: £35.00£31.57One of India's greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime story for Indian children, while at the same time engaging the interest of philosophers and theologians... -
Nehru: The Debates that Defined India by Tripurdaman Singh
RRP: £10.99£7.25'An important contribution ... Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic - and which remain deeply relevant and contentious... -
Medical Officers on the Infamous Burma Railway: Accounts of Life, Death and War Crimes by Those Who Were There With F-Force by Grehan, John 9781399095624
RRP: £20.00£14.29In 1944, a compilation of medical reports from the main prisoner of war work camps along the infamous Thailand-Burma railway was submitted to General Arimura Tsunemichi, commander of the Japanese Prisoner of War Administration. The authors stated that...