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When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the "East" by Stewart Gordon
RRP: $27.28$25.25While 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... -
Tales of a Mad Yogi: The Life and Wild Wisdom of Drukpa Kunley by Liz Monson
RRP: $35.08$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807059Author Elizabeth MonsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Pearl: December 7, 1941 by Daniel Allen Butler
RRP: $48.75$34.36What happened at Pearl Harbor?What really happened?The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is one of those rare moments where, in the space of a few hours, the "hinge of Fate" turned and the course of history was utterly changed. Nearly eight decades later,... -
Women, Crime and the Courts: Hong Kong 1841-1941 by Patricia O'Sullivan
RRP: $27.28$17.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887963981Author Patricia O'SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 416g -
Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India by Lata Mani
RRP: $56.55$43.95"Contentious Traditions" analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. Though the prohibition of widow burning in 1829 was heralded as a key step forward for women's emancipation in modern India, Lata Mani argues that the women who... -
Early China: A Social and Cultural History by Feng Li 9780521719810
RRP: $52.63$39.92'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... -
Imperial China, 900-1800 by Frederick W. Mote
RRP: $62.30$52.20This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to... -
Rebellions and Revolutions: China from the 1880s to 2000 by Jack Gray 9780198700692
RRP: $81.88$75.62Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization by Michael D. Coe 9780500284421
$42.94The 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: $44.83$36.08Before 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... -
The Way Thais Lead: Face as Social Capital by Larry S. Persons 9786162151163
RRP: $58.48$47.07This fascinating study explores how face functions as social capital for leaders in Thai society. It examines the anatomy of Thai face, ways to gain, lose, and maintain face, patron-client dynamics, and the sources and paradigms of power. Ethnographic... -
History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History, Including Events Such as the Genpei War, Mongol Invasions, Battle of Tsushima, and Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Captivating History 9781647480714
RRP: $38.98$24.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647480714Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)... -
A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire by M. Sukru Hanioglu
RRP: $54.60$47.60At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire straddled three continents and encompassed extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity among the estimated thirty million people living within its borders. It was perhaps the most cosmopolitan... -
The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura 9780231163026
RRP: $42.90$33.85Winner 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 Newlyweds: Young People Fighting for Love in the New India by Mansi Choksi
RRP: $33.13$22.58'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... -
Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement by Wang
RRP: $44.83$35.55Apologies 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 -
Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples: Ethnic Mixing in Soviet Central Asia by Adrienne Edgar
RRP: $93.60$81.35Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples examines the racialization of identities and its impact on mixed couples and families in Soviet Central Asia. In marked contrast to its Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union celebrated mixed marriages among its... -
South Asian Feminisms by Ania Loomba
RRP: $48.73$42.26During the past forty years, South Asia has been the location and the focus of dynamic, important feminist scholarship and activism. In this collection of essays, prominent feminist scholars and activists build on that work to confront pressing new... -
Daisy Chain: a novel of The Glasgow Girls by Maggie Ritchie
RRP: $33.13$22.50'A wholly delightful novel' Allan Massie, Scotsman'An excellent homage to The Glasgow Girls... both heart-breaking and hopeful' - Amy Jefferies, Scots MagazineLily Crawford and Jeanie Taylor, from very different backgrounds, are firm friends from their... -
Song of Arirang by Nym Wales 9781885030566
RRP: $42.90$28.94An intimate telling of the life and times of teenage Korean revolutionary Kim San First published in 1941 and long unavailable, Song of Arirang tells the true story of Korean revolutionary Kim San (Jang Jirak), who left colonized Korea as a teenager... -
Japanese Tanks 1939-45 by Steven Zaloga 9781846030918
RRP: $39.00$23.24Contrary 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... -
Cartographic Japan: A History in Maps by Karen Wigen
$76.50Miles of shelf space in contemporary Japanese bookstores and libraries are devoted to travel guides, walking maps, and topical atlases. Young Japanese children are taught how to properly map their classrooms and schoolgrounds. Elderly retirees pore over... -
Routledge Handbook of Imperial Chinese History by Victor Cunrui Xiong
RRP: $85.78$74.96The resurgence of modern China has generated much interest, not only in the country's present day activities, but also in its long history. As the only uninterrupted ancient civilization still alive today, the study of China's past promises to offer... -
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left by Hassan Abbas
RRP: $33.13$30.44The first account of the new Taliban-showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors A Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Book of 2023 Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan-a... -
Babur: Timurid Prince and Mughal Emperor, 1483-1530 by Stephen F. Dale 9781107107267
RRP: $37.03$31.82This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia. Based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse, it chronicles the life and career of a Central Asian, Turco-Mongol Muslim who, driven from his... -
Bushido Explained: The Japanese Samurai Code: A New Interpretation for Beginners by A. Bennett
RRP: $29.23$19.11This 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... -
Bloods by Wallace Terry 9780345311979
$13.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345311979Author Wallace TerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm)... -
Samurai in 100 Objects by Stephen Turnbull
$34.75From lowly attendants (samurai literally means 'those who serve') to members one of the world's most powerful military organisations, the samurai underwent a progression of changes to reach a preeminent position in Japanese society and culture. Even... -
Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid 9780691161396
RRP: $58.50$47.37A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world eventsCentral Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,... -
The Politics of Partition: King Abdullah, the Zionists, and Palestine 1921-1951 by Avi Shlaim 9780198294597
$161.19In 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... -
The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational by Nick Robins 9780745331966
RRP: $165.75$127.45This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence. The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing... -
China's Revolutions in the Modern World: A Brief Interpretive History by Rebecca E. Karl
RRP: $37.03$30.52China's emergence as a twenty-first-century global economic, cultural, and political power is often presented as a story of what Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls the nation's "great rejuvenation," a story narrated as the return of China to its "rightful"... -
The Ultimate I Ching: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide to the Book of Changes by Antony Cummins
RRP: $48.75$31.94Pick up The Ultimate I-Ching and you will be able to start working with the hexagrams straightaway, guided by the easy-to-follow bite-size teachings, unique explanatory graphics and clear, non-mystical hexagram readings. This is the only book to compare... -
The Dragon's Underbelly: Dynamics and Dilemmas in Vietnam's Economy and Policies by Nhu Truong 9789815011395
RRP: $64.25$59.28This book shows why Vietnam has not become the dragon it is often touted to be. The team of authors include both long-time observers and junior scholars who present cutting-edge research on the latest trends as well as major challenges facing the... -
For The Right To Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Langston-George 9781491465561
RRP: $15.58$11.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781491465561Author Rebecca Langston-GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press -
Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic by Jinghong Zhang 9780295993232
RRP: $48.73$42.26Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the "Six Great Tea Mountains" of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor... -
River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India's Future by Victor Mallet 9780198786177
RRP: $44.83$32.55India 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... -
The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century by Bruce Dickson
RRP: $48.75$38.98How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity,... -
Violent Fraternity: Indian Political Thought in the Global Age by Shruti Kapila
RRP: $68.25$54.87A groundbreaking history of the political ideas that made modern IndiaViolent Fraternity is a major history of the political thought that laid the foundations of modern India. Taking readers from the dawn of the twentieth century to the independence of... -
Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths by Taylor C. Sherman
RRP: $68.25$54.09An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in IndiaNehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two...