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Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali: Containing his yoga aphorisms with Vyasa's commentary in Sanskrit and a translation with annotations including many suggestions for the practice of yoga by Swami Aranya Hariharananda 9780873957298
$50.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873957298Author Swami Aranya HariharanandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Poets of the Chinese Revolution by Gregor Benton
RRP: $25.80$21.53This is a book of poems by four veteran Chinese revolutionaries. Chen Duxiu led China's early cultural awakening before founding the Communist Party in 1921. Mao led the Party to power in 1949. Zheng Chaolin, Chen Duxiu's disciple and, like him, a... -
Their Infantry and Guns Will Astonish You': The Army of Hindustan and European Mercenaries in Maratha Service 1780-1803 by Andy Copestake 9781914059773
RRP: $32.25$27.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059773Author Andy CopestakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China by John Delury 9781501765971
RRP: $36.11$31.14Agents of Subversion reconstructs the remarkable story of a botched mission into Manchuria, showing how it fit into a wider CIA campaign against Communist China and highlighting the intensity-and futility-of clandestine operations to overthrow Mao. In... -
B. R. Ambedkar: The Man Who Gave Hope to India's Dispossessed by Shashi Tharoor 9781526173584
RRP: $21.92$16.10A 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... -
Breaking the Mold: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity by Raghuram G. Rajan 9780691263632
RRP: $38.70$28.74The new path for economic development that India must create The whole world has a stake in India’s future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population—now the world’s largest—while staying democratic... -
Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
RRP: $20.63$14.98Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend? Joyce Tyldesley's lively book explores the life and times of Egypt's greatest king. Ramesses II was the archetypal Egyptian pharoah: a mighty warrior, an extravagant... -
Gwangju Uprising: The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea by Hwang Sok-yong
$38.93On 18th May 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d'etat and martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with unmitigated violence, and over the next ten days hundreds... -
Social Contagion: And Other Material on Microbiological Class War in China by Chuang 9780882860077
RRP: $15.48$12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882860077Author ChuangFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Charles KerrPublisher Charles KerrWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 118mm * 17mm -
Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain by Martha Sherrill
RRP: $30.96$21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594483905Author Martha SherrillFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land by Patrick French
RRP: $19.34$14.13From the author of India: A Portrait, Patrick French's Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land has been acclaimed as the book that showed the real Tibet for the first time. Tibet has long fascinated the West, but what really lies beyond our... -
Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s by Julian Gewirtz
RRP: $36.06$29.54A BBC History Magazine Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearThe history the Chinese Communist Party has tried to erase: the dramatic political debates of the 1980s that could have put China on a path to greater openness.On a hike... -
Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot by Howard R. Simpson 9781574888409
RRP: $12.89$11.12Dien Bien Phu is the definitive account of the great, climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the American commitment to Vietnam. Defense analyst Howard R. Simpson was an eyewitness.About the AuthorThe late Foreign Service officer, defense... -
Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India by Benjamin Robert Siegel
RRP: $39.98$34.53This ambitious and engaging new account of independent India's struggle to overcome famine and malnutrition in the twentieth century traces Indian nation-building through the voices of politicians, planners, and citizens. Siegel explains the historical... -
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen
RRP: $24.45$19.29Finalist, National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist, National Book Award in NonfictionA New York Times Book Review "The Year in Reading" SelectionAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author... -
Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck by Natali Pearson 9780824892968
$36.56In 1998, the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean-style vessel, was discovered in Indonesian waters. Onboard was a full cargo load, likely intended for the Middle Eastern market, of over 60,000 Chinese Tang-dynasty ceramics, gold, and other... -
The Mongol Empire by Timothy May
RRP: $38.69$32.19This book explores the rise and establishment of the Mongol Empire under Chinggis Khan, as well as its expansion and evolution under his successors. It also examines the successor states (Ilkhanate, Chaghatayid Khanate, the Jochid Ulus (Golden Horde),... -
The Silk Road in World History by Xinru Liu
RRP: $36.11$26.78The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads... -
Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Race by Hale
RRP: $36.11$33.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471262923Author HaleFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
Terriers in India: British Territorials 1914-19 by Peter Stanley
RRP: $38.64$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510513Author Peter StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Moengke, 1253 1255 by William of Rubruck
RRP: $24.50$20.52"William of Rubruck was a Franciscan friar who wrote the first great travel book about Asia. In 1253-55 he made the journey from the Holy Land to the court of the Great Khan Moengke at Qaraqorum in Mongolia and back again. . . . William was interested in... -
Way of Archery: A 1637 Chinese Military Training Manual by Jie Tian 9780764347917
RRP: $47.72$34.02The Way of Archery provides a detailed introduction to practicing archery in the traditional Chinese military style. It explains the basics of how to shoot using the Asian thumb ring: proper posture, training regimen, equipment, and avoiding pitfalls in... -
The Art of India: Images of Nature by Judith Magee 9780565093105
RRP: $16.76$11.39There is a vast collection of Indian natural history drawings in the Library of the Natural History Museum, London. Spanning a period of more than two hundred years, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, they depict the rich variety of animals,... -
Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the Contest for the World's Pivotal Region by Rory Medcalf
RRP: $19.34$14.13The definitive guide to the world's most contested region.The Indo-Pacific is both a place and an idea. It is the region central to global prosperity and security. It is also a metaphor for collective action. If diplomacy fails, it will be the theatre of... -
The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty by Shih-Shan Henry Tsai 9780791426883
$33.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791426883Author Shih-Shan Henry TsaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost Jeremy Black 9781472145109
RRP: $19.34$12.96A 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... -
The Marathas 1600-1818 by Stewart Gordon 9780521033169
RRP: $29.66$25.23In this book, Dr Stewart Gordon presents a comprehensive history of one of the most colourful and least-understood kingdoms of India: the Maratha Empire. The empire was founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century, spread across most of India during... -
The Cambridge History of Japan by Donald H. Shively 9780521223539
RRP: $96.74$82.95This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period, the golden age of the Japanese imperial court, in any Western language. From Heian-kyo, founded in 794, the Japanese emperor ruled over an elaborate government modelled on China's... -
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors Daniel Tudor 9780804852265
RRP: $18.05$12.18What is life in North Korea really like?This fascinating book by celebrated journalists Daniel Tudor and James Pearson explores that very question. The authors interview experts and tap a broad variety of sources to provide a startling insider's view of... -
Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume 2 by Joseph Campbell
RRP: $34.83$23.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608687282Author Joseph CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Same-Sex Love in India: Readings in Indian Literature by Ruth Vanita 9780312293246
RRP: $103.19$97.41Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature. Translated from more than a dozen languages and drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fictional traditions, these writings... -
Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett--Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles by William Prochnau 9780679772651
RRP: $25.80$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679772651Author William ProchnauFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 612g -
The Lucky Ones: A Memoir by Zara Chowdhary 9780593727430
RRP: $32.25$21.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593727430Author Zara ChowdharyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Destination Shanghai Paul French 9789887792758
RRP: $18.05$15.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887792758Author Paul FrenchFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 426g -
North Korea, Tricontinentalism, and the Latin American Revolution, 1959–1970 by Moe Taylor 9781009305242
RRP: $109.65$98.81In this deftly argued book, Moe Taylor examines the flourishing relationship between North Korea, Cuba, and the Latin American Left through the 1960s. Beginning with the Cuban Revolution, which represented North Korea's first phase of major engagement... -
China Goes Global: The Partial Power by David Shambaugh 9780199361038
RRP: $20.63$17.20Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics-China's... -
Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang by James Millward
RRP: $21.92$19.75"Eurasian Crossroads" is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China... -
Tibet: An Unfinished Story by Lezlee Brown Halper
RRP: $25.80$23.88Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspirational fantasy, a modern morality play about the failure of brutality to subdue the human spirit. Tibet... -
The Indentured Archipelago: Experiences of Indian Labour in Mauritius and Fiji, 1871-1916 by Reshaad Durgahee
RRP: $96.75$87.38This book focuses on the spatial experiences of Indian indentured labourers in Mauritius and Fiji and reveals previously unexplored labour movements across the so-called Indentured Archipelago. It offers a historical geographical perspective of the lives... -
Bushidan: Miniatures Rules for Small Unit Warfare in Japan, 1543 to 1615 AD by Pauli Kidd 9781804513606
$35.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513606Author Pauli KiddFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company