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The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour
RRP: $29.23$21.35'Superb, beautifully written, touching and occasionally very funny' Andrew RobertsDavid Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its... -
Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost by Jeremy Black
RRP: $29.23$19.11A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became global, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union; Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor; and... -
British Social Life in India, 1608-1937 by Dennis Kincaid
$33.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788129137487Author Dennis KincaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. -
A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness by NHK TV
RRP: $25.33$14.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942993544Author NHK TV CrewFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Vertical, Inc.Publisher Vertical, Inc.Weight(grams) 203g -
Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security by Jeffrey Mankoff
$59.94How the collapse of empires helps explain the efforts of China, Iran, Russia, and Turkey to challenge the international order Eurasia's major powers-China, Iran, Russia, and Turkey-increasingly intervene across their borders while seeking to pull their... -
Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda by Ruth Harris
RRP: $66.20$53.45From the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of The Man on Devil's Island, the definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual and spiritual history of both East and West.Few thinkers have had so enduring an impact on... -
Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Units by Mark Chambers
RRP: $29.23$21.35In 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... -
Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World by John Baines 9781800500266
$69.46Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World offers linked essays on uses of the past in prominent and diverse cultures in ancient civilizations across the world. The contributors are leading experts in Ancient Near Eastern... -
China's Great Wall of Debt: Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans and the End of the Chinese Miracle by Dinny McMahon 9781408710340
RRP: $19.48$13.26'One of the clearest and most thorough statements of an argument often made about the country: that its government has relied on constant stimulus to keep growth strong, an addiction that is bound to backfire. Second, he comes closer than any previous... -
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll
RRP: $38.98$34.67In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. No... -
The Eyes Of The Eagle: F Company Lrps In Vietnam, 1968 by Gary Linderer
RRP: $13.63$9.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804107334Author Gary LindererFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm)... -
Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura
RRP: $25.33$23.13In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the... -
The Chinese Communist Party: A Century in Ten Lives by Timothy Cheek 9781108822619
RRP: $38.98$32.02Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chinese Communist Party. Detailing the life of ten people who led or engaged with the Chinese Communist Party,... -
Zen at War by Brian Daizen Victoria 9780742539266
RRP: $78.00$68.68A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. Drawing on... -
China's Civilian Army: The Inside Story of China's Quest for Global Power by Peter Martin
RRP: $49.71$35.76The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a... -
My Life with the Taliban by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef
RRP: $33.13$29.85Abdul Zaeef describes growing up in poverty in rural Kandahar province, which he fled for Pakistan after the Russian invasion of 1979. Zaeef joined the jihad in 1983, was seriously wounded in several encounters and met many leading figures of the... -
A Concise History of Hong Kong by John M. Carroll 9780742534223
RRP: $74.10$65.34When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires... -
The Dauntless in Battle by Peter C. Smith 9781526704603
RRP: $38.98$27.85The Douglas Dauntless was a Second World War American naval scout plane and dive bomber that saw active service during the course of this conflict and beyond, before being retired in 1959. US Navy and Marine Corps SBD's (Small But Deadly) saw their... -
Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain's Lost Love of the Orient by Fatima Manji
RRP: $21.43$15.15A fresh perspective on British history from award-winning broadcaster Fatima ManjiWhy was there a Turkish mosque adorning Britain's most famous botanic garden in the eighteenth century? How did a pair of Persian-inscribed cannon end up in rural Wales?... -
Songs of Blood and Sword by Fatima Bhutto
RRP: $23.38$16.44Discover this lyrical, sweeping and powerful book on the Bhutto family, an extraordinary, Kennedy-esque dynasty that is central to the story of modern Pakistan.In September 1996, a fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room,... -
Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu: The Ancient Classic on Needle Therapy by Paul U. Unschuld 9780520292253
RRP: $179.40$141.98The Ling Shu, also known as the Ling Shu Jing, is part of a unique and seminal trilogy of ancient Chinese medicine, together with the Su Wen and Nan Jing. It constitutes the foundation of a two-thousand-year healing tradition that remains active to this... -
Sylvia, Queen Of The Headhunters: An Outrageous Englishwoman And Her Lost Kingdom by Philip Eade
RRP: $21.43$14.43The biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'.'Jaw-dropping ... If you thought White Mischief the last word in English expatriate decadence, you haven't yet... -
The Coral Sea 1942: The First Carrier Battle by Mark Stille 9781846034404
$25.66The Battle of the Coral Sea is unique in the annals of naval history. It is the first battle in which enemy fleets never came within sight of one another. Instead, aircraft launched from carrier decks were sent out to attack the enemy with bombs and... -
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World by Erika Rappaport 9780691192703
RRP: $42.90$33.85How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerismTea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. For centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its... -
On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War by Colonel Harry G. Summers Jr 9780891415633
RRP: $23.38$22.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891415633Author Harry G. SummersFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio PressWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 by Heather Streets 9780719069635
RRP: $38.98$34.34This book explores how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs, and Nepalese Gurkhas became identified as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourse. As 'martial races' these men were believed to possess a... -
The Greeks in Asia by John Boardman 9780500252130
RRP: $62.40$42.14This book, by Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art, recounts the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam. Boardman examines a... -
The History of Central Asia: The Age of Decline and Revival by Christoph Baumer
RRP: $97.50$90.01For more than a hundred years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet. But after the fragmentation of the all-conquering Mongol polity, the region began a steep decline which rendered this former domain of horse... -
Twenty Guiding Principles Of Karate, The: The Spiritual Legacy Of The Master by Gichin Funakoshi 9781568364964
RRP: $35.08$19.19Original publication and copyright date: 2003. Gichin Funakoshi, the father of karate,' once said that 'the ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.''About the AuthorGICHIN... -
Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India by Akhil Gupta
RRP: $46.78$40.64Red Tape presents a major new theory of the state developed by the renowned anthropologist Akhil Gupta. Seeking to understand the chronic and widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest economy, Gupta conceives of the relation between the... -
Last Children Of The Raj, Volume 2 (1939-1950): British Childhoods in India by Laurence Fleming
RRP: $29.25$18.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903660218Author Mark TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dexter HavenPublisher Dexter HavenWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 30mm -
India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Subcontinent from c. 7000 BCE to CE 1200 by Burjor Avari
RRP: $85.78$74.96India: The Ancient Past provides a clear and systematic introduction to the cultural, political, economic, social and geographical history of ancient India from the time of the pre-Harappan culture nine thousand years ago up until the beginning of the... -
Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal 9781503636033
RRP: $54.58$42.26The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats that Jammu and Kashmir-its only Muslim-majority state-is "an integral part of India." The region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, and is considered the world's... -
Works: v. 5: Jewish Antiquities, Bks.I-III by Flavius Josephus
RRP: $48.65$45.61Greco-Roman antiquity's premier Jewish historian.Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in... -
China's Quest for National Identity by Lowell Dittmer
RRP: $64.35$56.65How to define a Chinese national identity remains as hotly contested a question among today's Chinese citizens as it has been among foreign observers. This volume brings together ten new essays by an interdisciplinary group of leading sinologists and... -
Discovering the Ottomans by Ilber Ortayli 9781847740083
RRP: $19.48$15.93What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created? What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today? One of Turkey's leading historians, Ilber... -
Gurkha Odyssey: Campaigning for the Crown by Peter Duffell 9781399021920
RRP: $29.23$21.35"A compelling journey through Gurkha history -written with grace and style - it is indeed a wonderful read" - Field Marshal Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC It is 1814 and the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company is at war with a marauding Nepal... -
Clipped Wings: Illustrated Diary of My RAF Service in India & Burma 1942-1946 by CPL Peter Walker by Elizabeth Dent 9780995581005
$31.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995581005Author Elizabeth DentFormat PaperbackImprint Elizabeth Dent PublishingPublisher Elizabeth Dent Publishing -
DK Eyewitness Myanmar (Burma) by DK Publishing
RRP: $31.18$22.64The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this captivating country.Explore gilded pagodas and spectacular archaeological sites, enjoy stunning beaches and... -
Bubishi: Karate & Kobudo Codex by Mark Bishop 9781008909670
RRP: $37.56$33.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008909670Author Mark BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 148g