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Peace, Poverty and Betrayal: A New History of British India by Roderick Matthews 9781787383852
RRP: €29.75€26.63How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the cliches of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews tells a more nuanced story of 'oblige and rule', the foundation of common purpose between... -
The Armed Forces of North Korea: On the Path of Songun by Stijn Mitzer 9781910777145
RRP: €53.55€50.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777145Author Stijn MitzerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
A History of Japan, 1615-1867 by George Sansom 9780804705271
RRP: €29.74€26.12This is the concluding volume of a three-volume work that culminates the life study of the West's most distinguished scholar of Japanese history. A straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1867, the three volumes... -
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records by Sima Qian
RRP: €9.51€7.12'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First... -
Ninja Attack!: True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws by Hiroko Yoda
RRP: €15.46€10.94Ninja Attack! introduces dozens of unforgettable real-life ninja straight out of the annals of Japanese history--many of whom are all but unknown outside their home country.Ninja masters. Solo assassins and operatives. Femme fatales as deadly as they... -
China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism by Rana Mitter
RRP: €18.98€15.83A Foreign Affairs Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the Year"Insightful...a deft, textured work of intellectual history."-Foreign Affairs"A timely insight into how memories and ideas about the second world war play a hugely important role in... -
The Dragon Throne: China's Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu by Jonathan Fenby
RRP: €15.46€10.51They were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. The long-lived Han emperor Wudi (r. 141-87 BC), who developed China as a centralized Confucian state. The... -
Tibet in Agony: Lhasa 1959 by Jianglin Li 9780674088894
RRP: €42.78€35.21The Chinese Communist government has twice invoked large-scale military might to crush popular uprisings in capital cities. The second incident-the notorious massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989-is well known. The first, thirty years earlier in Tibet,... -
The Arts of the Microbial World: Fermentation Science in Twentieth-Century Japan by Victoria Lee
RRP: €47.60€40.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226812748Author Victoria LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Tamil Tigress: My Story as a Child Soldier in Sri Lanka's Bloody Civil War by Niromi de Soyza
RRP: €13.08€8.97How was it that this well-educated, mixed-race, middle-class girl from a respectable family came to be fighting with the Tamil Tigers? Two days before Christmas in 1987, at the age of seventeen, Niromi de Soyza found herself in an ambush as part of a... -
Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History by Zheng Yangwen
RRP: €23.79€17.28This book is a timely and solid portrait of modern China from the First Opium War to the Xi Jinping era. Unlike the handful of existing textbooks that only provide narratives, this textbook fashions a new and practical way to study modern China. Written... -
History of Vietnam: A Captivating Guide to Vietnamese History by Captivating History 9781637160541
RRP: €21.38€14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637160541Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)... -
Selected Poems of T'Ao Ch'Ien by Tao Chien
RRP: €15.47€8.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556590566Author Tao ChienFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Publisher Copper Canyon Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 141g -
Mao's Third Front: The Militarization of Cold War China by Covell F. Meyskens
RRP: €41.64€36.28In 1964, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a momentous policy decision. In response to rising tensions with the United States and Soviet Union, a top-secret massive military industrial complex in the mountains of inland China was built, which the... -
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the "East" by Stewart Gordon
RRP: €16.65€15.72While European civilization stagnated in the Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia's vast... -
Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism by Shadi Bartsch
RRP: €33.32€26.35The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime's political agendaAs improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way to understand today's China and how it views the West is to look at the... -
Seeking News, Making China: Information, Technology, and the Emergence of Mass Society by John Alekna 9781503638570
RRP: €33.31€29.18Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landscape. Yet interlocking technological, informational, and political revolutions have occurred many times in... -
India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today by Ashoka Mody
RRP: €33.31€26.51A provocative new account of how India moved relentlessly from its hope-filled founding in 1947 to the dramatic economic and democratic breakdowns of today. When Indian leaders first took control of their government in 1947, they proclaimed the ideals... -
Early China: A Social and Cultural History by Feng Li 9780521719810
RRP: €32.12€24.26'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chinese society and culture are all to be found in this formative period of Chinese civilization. Li Feng's new... -
Naval Battles of the Second World War: Pacific and Far East by Marriott, Leo 9781399098984
RRP: €23.80€17.27The Second World War was a truly global conflict and maritime power played a major role in every theatre of operations. Land campaigns depended on supplies transported by sea, and victory or defeat depended on the outcome of naval battles. So Leo... -
Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1880s to 2000 by Jack Gray 9780198700692
RRP: €49.97€46.15Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization by Michael D. Coe 9780500284421
€26.36The Classic-period kings ruled over the Khmer empire from AD 802 for more than five centuries, and this book, newly available in paperback, examines the massive architectural achievements of this period, including the huge capital city of Angkor, with... -
Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750 by K. N. Chaudhuri
RRP: €27.36€22.79Before the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, or the Far East - constituted areas not only of high culture but also of advanced economic development. They were the... -
Against All Odds: The Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War by Kaiser Tufail 9781913118648
RRP: €20.17€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118648Author Kaiser TufailFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Indian Arms and Armour by Natasha Bennett 9780948092749
RRP: €11.89€8.65India is a vast sub-continent with a complex history and a great array of languages, cultures and religions. This book serves as a short introduction to the exquisite weapons used in the region, focusing on the Royal Armouries' collections from the... -
The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura 9780231163026
RRP: €26.18€20.66Winner of the Kobayashi Hideo Award, The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this period of English-language dominance. Born in Tokyo but raised and educated in the United... -
The Coming Collapse Of China by Gordon G. Chang
RRP: €19.03€13.82Fully revised and updated edition covering China's new membership of the WTO and with a new introduction. 'Damning data and persuasive arguments that should set some Communist knees a-knocking.' Kirkus Reviews'A compelling account of the rot in China's... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
RRP: €41.04€30.14This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern... -
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law by Michael C Davis
€18.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952636134Author Michael C. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams)... -
The Newlyweds: Young People Fighting for Love in the New India by Mansi Choksi
RRP: €20.22€13.78'Staggeringly good... Much like Lisa Taddeo's Three Women, it reads more like a novel than a piece of non-fiction... it does what all great writing should - it puts us into the world of someone else, so completely that days later I find myself missing... -
Samurai: The Heart of the Prophet by Jean-Francois Di Giorgio 9781782763376
RRP: €27.36€14.21Takeo has finally achieved his dream; he has left behind the darkness of his past and become a Samurai. Yet Imperial Japan is in turmoil; General Akuma, one of the Empire's most powerful men has turned his back on the Emperor, and is planning to betray... -
Basti by Intizar Husain
RRP: €20.22€13.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590175828Author Intizar HusainFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Japanese Tanks 1939-45 by Steven Zaloga 9781846030918
RRP: €23.80€14.35Contrary to popular belief, the Japanese Army widely employed tanks within the Pacific theater of war. This title details their key role in the conquests of Singapore and Malaya, as well as their later use in Burma, Saipan, and the Philippines, including... -
Yalu River 1950-51: The Chinese spring the trap on MacArthur by Clayton K. S. Chun
RRP: €19.03€14.03Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington... -
The Long March 1934-35 by Benjamin Lai
RRP: €17.84€17.04Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In the autumn of 1934, the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek routed the Chinese Communists and some 80,000 men, women and children left their homes to walk with Mao... -
Along the Southern Boundary: A Marine Police Officer's Frontline Account of the Vietnamese Boatpeople and Their Arrival in Hong Kong by Les Bird
RRP: €21.41€13.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887554738Author Les BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 540g -
Die in Battle, Do Not Despair: The Indians on Gallipoli 1915 by Peter Stanley
RRP: €35.64€29.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059148Author Peter StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
China's Vision of Victory by Jonathan D T Ward 9780578438108
RRP: €22.68€16.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578438108Author Jonathan D T WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Atlas Publishing and Media CompanyPublisher Atlas Publishing and Media... -
The Politics of Partition: King Abdullah, the Zionists, and Palestine 1921-1951 by Avi Shlaim 9780198294597
€98.37In this reissue of the abridged paperback edition of his critically acclaimed Collusion Across the Jordan, Professor Shlaim chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his... -
Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan by Fariba Nawa 9780061934704
€13.22In this title, an Afghan-American journalist offers a revealing look inside a country torn apart - from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides - while revisiting her own family's deep roots to the land.Book InformationISBN 9780061934704Author...