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Bengal Lancer Francis Yeats-Brown 9781780602011
RRP: $19.34$12.96Bengal Lancer is a complete one off. On one hand this book is a love affair with the spiritual traditions of India while on the other it is the memoir of a carefree young cavalry officer in the halcyon days of the British Empire. Francis Yeats-Brown... -
Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement by Wang
RRP: $29.66$24.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514004135Author Hannah NationFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 162mm * 20mm -
Works: v. 5: Jewish Antiquities, Bks.I-III by Flavius Josephus
RRP: $32.19$30.65Greco-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... -
The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures by Justin M Jacobs
RRP: $30.96$29.71From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely seen as "stolen" or "plundered" from their countries of origin, and demands for their return grow louder... -
River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India's Future by Victor Mallet 9780198786177
RRP: $29.66$21.53India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. The waterway that has nourished more people than any on earth for three millennia is now so polluted with sewage and toxic waste that it has become a menace to human and animal health... -
Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict: The Wheat Fields Still Whisper by Mallika Kaur
RRP: $38.69$31.67Punjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of post-colonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This book makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been... -
Geishas and the Floating World: Inside Tokyo's Yoshiwara Pleasure District Stephen Longstreet 9784805315439
RRP: $16.76$11.39Geishas and the Floating World returns readers to a lost world of sensuality and seduction, rich with hedonism, abandon, and sexual and personal politics."Floating World" refers to Japan's traditional Geisha pleasure districts, but also to the artistic... -
The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India by Supriya Gandhi 9780674987296
RRP: $36.06$31.59The definitive biography of the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, whose death at the hands of his younger brother Aurangzeb changed the course of South Asian history.Dara Shukoh was the eldest son of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor, best known for... -
In the Cool Shade of Compassion: The Enchanted World of the Buddha in the Jungle by Kamala Tiyavanich
RRP: $21.92$16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806496Author Kamala TiyavanichFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong 9780140280210
RRP: $30.96$22.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Governor General's Literary Award.Book InformationISBN 9780140280210Author Denise ChongFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam... -
The Battle For China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution Mobo Gao 9780745327808
RRP: $38.69$30.16--Shows that the Mao era was benficial for most Chinese citizens-- "A powerful mixture of political passion and original research, a brave polemic against the fashionable view on China. ... Aims a knockout blow at Jung Chang's recent book on Mao,... -
Cardiac Care: A Practical Guide for Nurses Angela M. Kucia (Department of Cardiology, The Lyell McEwin Hospital, Australia) 9781119117780
RRP: $52.83$46.66In the newly revised Second Edition of Cardiac Care: A Practical Guide for Nurses, a team of dedicated and widely recognised nursing medical experts from around the world deliver an invaluable and practical guide for nurses who practice in cardiac care... -
The Journey to the West, Books 22, 23 and 24 by Jeff Pepper 9781952601873
RRP: $28.32$23.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952601873Author Jeff PepperFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Imagin8 LLCPublisher Imagin8 LLCWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 22mm -
Geisha by Liza Dalby
RRP: $16.76$12.64Liza Dalby, author of The Tale of Murasaki, is the only non-Japanese woman ever to have become a geisha. This is her unique insight into the extraordinary, closed world of the geisha, a world of grace, beauty and tradition that has long fascinated and... -
Restless Empire by Ian Barnes 9780674504677
RRP: $67.02$55.03From the first Slavic migrations to the Romanovs' rise to the Putin era, Russia has endured for centuries as a nation whose sheer size and diversity have challenged its rulers and shaped its identity. Restless Empire illuminates the epic sweep of Russian... -
The Truth by Amanda Brooke 9780008219123 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.31$3.42The gripping new novel from the author of The Widows' Club. When a fire destroys the Empress Theatre, a devastating tragedy unfolds. Amelia's mother lost her piece of mind forever when she left her daughter... -
Bushido Explained: The Japanese Samurai Code: A New Interpretation for Beginners Alexander Bennett 9784805315071
RRP: $19.34$12.96This seminal work by historian Alexander Bennett presents a broad overview of the Japanese "Way of the Warrior" as it is expressed in scores of classical Japanese texts written by famous Samurai themselves.Bennett's analysis of these writings shows that... -
The Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation by Bu Tran Binh
RRP: $16.76$15.18Phu Rieng was one of many French rubber plantations in colonial Vietnam; Tran Tu Binh was one of 17,606 laborers brought to work there in 1927, and his memoir is a straightforward, emotionally searing account of how one Vietnamese youth became involved... -
Pakistan: Eye of the Storm by Owen Bennett Jones 9780300154757
RRP: $18.05$15.80A fascinating look at Pakistan's past, an inside account of its recent history, and a knowledgeable assessment of its future options This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones' market-leading account of this critical modern state... -
Vietnam 1972: Quang Tri: The Easter Offensive Strikes the South Charles D. Melson 9781472843395
RRP: $20.63$15.21During the Cold War, Vietnam showed the limitations of a major power in peripheral conflicts. Even so, the military forces involved (North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, American, and Allied) demonstrated battlefield consistency in conflict that gave... -
The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 by Mark R. Peattie
RRP: $38.69$34.96Winner of the 2012 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award (non-US). Most studies of the Sino-Japanese War are presented from the perspective of the West. Departing from this tradition, The Battle for China brings together Chinese,... -
The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey Into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future by Geoffrey Cain
RRP: $32.25$23.32An in-depth, on-the ground view of how Chinese officials have co-opted technology, infrastructure and the minds of their people to establish the definitive police state.When blocked from facts and truth, and constantly under surveillance, most citizens... -
Hero and Deity: Tran Hung Dao and the Resurgence of Popular Religion in Vietnam by Pham Quynh Phuong
$29.15Hero and Deity is an eloquent and fascinating journey into the world of the worshippers and the cult of Tran Hung Dao. The legendary fourteenth-century hero and savior of Vietnam has evolved as a key symbol of the nation as well as an efficacious deity... -
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker
RRP: $28.38$21.84The long buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the official and cultural barriers to women covering war. Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French dare devil photographer, and Frances... -
Python for Everyone, EMEA Edition Cay S. Horstmann (San Jose State University) 9781119638292
RRP: $65.78$59.70Python for Everyone, 3rd Edition is an introduction to programming designed to serve a wide range of student interests and abilities, focused on the essentials, and on effective learning. It is suitable for a first course in programming for computer... -
Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality, and the Politics of Translation by Arvind Pal S. Mandair
RRP: $36.12$28.64Arguing that intellectual movements, such as deconstruction, postsecular theory, and political theology, have different implications for cultures and societies that live with the debilitating effects of past imperialisms, Arvind Mandair unsettles the... -
The Mughal Empire by John F. Richards
RRP: $34.82$28.51The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralised states in pre-modern world history. It was founded in the early 1500s and by the end of the following century the Mughal emperor ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent with a population of between... -
Indonesian Sea Nomads: Money, Magic and Fear of the Orang Suku Laut Cynthia Chou 9781138863484
RRP: $61.91$53.93The Orang Suku Laut consider themselves indigenous Malays. Yet their interaction with others who call themselves Malays is characterised on both sides by fear of harmful magic and witchcraft. The nomadic Orang Suku Laut believe that the Qur'an contains... -
History of East Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan by Captivating History 9781647489229
RRP: $29.63$20.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489229Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm)... -
The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 by Margot Finn 9781787350281
RRP: $64.50$57.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787350281Author Margot FinnFormat HardbackPage Count 538Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 1180g -
The Book Collectors of Daraya: A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War Delphine Minoui 9781529012316
RRP: $21.92$19.80'This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.' Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book In 2012 the rebel suburb... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das 9781526615657
RRP: $21.92$17.91WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
Black Holes by Ed Bloomer 9781906367855
RRP: $12.89$9.38Black holes seem like the stuff of science fiction, but the reality behind these astronomical objects is even more peculiar. So strong is the gravity within a black hole not even light can escape it, but that is just one piece of the puzzle. The... -
The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180 by Paul Magdalino
RRP: $49.01$44.93The reign of Manuel I (1143-1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This book, the... -
How Asia Found Herself: A Story of Intercultural Understanding by Nile Green
RRP: $32.25$26.99A pioneering history of cross-cultural knowledge that exposes enduring fractures in unity across the world's largest continent "Mr. Green has written a book of rigorous-and refreshing-honesty."-Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal A Foreign Affairs... -
Escape from the Taliban: One Woman's Experiences in Afghanistan by Bashir Sakhawarz 9781399042406
RRP: $32.25$23.09Deeba first left Afghanistan in 2002, fleeing a war torn country and an abusive husband shortly after she was captured by the Taliban and nearly sold to an Arab Shaikh narrowly escaping due to a small twist of fate. In June 2021 Deeba returned to visit... -
Orthodox Passions: Narrating Filial Love during the High Qing by Maram Epstein
RRP: $73.47$58.76In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Maram Epstein identifies filial piety as the dominant expression of love in Qing dynasty texts. At a time when Manchu regulations made chastity the primary metaphor for obedience and social duty, filial... -
The War on the Uyghurs: China's Campaign Against Xinjiang's Muslims by Sean R. Roberts 9781526147684
RRP: $32.25$23.25The first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes.This eye-opening book reveals how China has used the US-led Global War on Terror as cover for its increasingly brutal suppression of the Uyghur people. China's actions, it... -
The House of Jaipur: The Inside Story of India's Most Glamorous Royal Family by John Zubrzycki
RRP: $20.63$18.95A gripping royal saga of charmed lives in a changing world. The Jaipurs were India's mid-century golden couple; its answer to the Kennedys, or Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Jai and Ayesha, as they were known to friends like Frank Sinatra, Truman... -
In Search of Amrit Kaur: An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris by Livia Manera Sambuy 9781784741204
RRP: $18.05$15.73'Remarkable and compelling. I loved this book' EDMUND DE WAAL'An exemplary sleuth, both astute and open-minded . . . Manera Sambuy writes with impassioned style and insight' TELEGRAPHA lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that...