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A History of Money in Singapore by Clement Liew
RRP: €35.70€25.34This signature book describes the multiplicity of currencies that have been used in and around the island over the centuries, and how these culminate in the Singapore dollar today. The authors trace the impact, sometimes dramatic, of political and... -
Singapore: Unlikely Power by John Curtis Perry
RRP: €29.14€21.04When Lee Kuan Yew died recently, the world media turned its attention to the nation he led for decades: Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew's revolutionary transformation of Singapore from a poor and corrupt colonial backwater into an economic powerhouse renowned... -
A Genealogy of Devotion: Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India by Patton E. Burchett 9780231190329
RRP: €69.02€53.76In this book, Patton E. Burchett offers a path-breaking genealogical study of devotional (bhakti) Hinduism that traces its understudied historical relationships with tantra, yoga, and Sufism. Beginning in India's early medieval "Tantric Age" and reaching... -
Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal 9781503636033
RRP: €29.74€26.19The 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... -
Dealing with China Hank Paulson 9781472228703
RRP: €13.08€9.06DEALING WITH CHINA takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China's state-controlled capitalism.Hank Paulson has dealt with China unlike any other foreigner. As head of Goldman Sachs, Paulson had a pivotal... -
Does ASEAN Matter?: A View from Within by Marty Natalegawa 9789814786744
RRP: €53.49€33.37Written by the highly regarded diplomat Marty Natalegawa, former ambassador and foreign minister of Indonesia, this book offers a unique insider-perspective on the present and future relevance of ASEAN. It is about ASEAN's quest for security and... -
Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India by Stanley Wolpert 9780195151985
RRP: €83.30€57.00Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a "shameful flight" by Winston Churchill--had a truly catastrophic effect on South Asia, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead in its wake and creating a legacy... -
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire by Prashant Kidambi
RRP: €23.19€19.91Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, it has famously been said. But India was represented by a cricket team long before it became a nation. Conceived by an unlikely coalition of imperial and local elites, it took twelve... -
China in World History, Third Edition by Samuel Adrian M. Msamu Adshead 9780312225650
RRP: €53.54€53.51This new edition provides a new preface to this highly popular book. The theme of the book is China's relations with the non-Chinese world, not only political and economic, but cultural, social and technological as well. It seeks to show that China's... -
Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths by Taylor C. Sherman
RRP: €41.65€33.26An 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... -
The Darkest Hour, Volume 1: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean by Michal A Piegzik
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070616Author Michal A PiegzikFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Who Ate Up All the Shinga?: An Autobiographical Novel by Wan-suh Park
RRP: €20.22€16.24Park Wan-suh is a best-selling and award-winning writer whose work has been widely translated and published throughout the world. Who Ate Up All the Shinga? is an extraordinary account of her experiences growing up during the Japanese occupation of Korea... -
Mountbatten's Samurai: Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Forces Under British Control in Southeast Asia, 1945-1945 by Stephen B. Connor 9780957630574
RRP: €28.55€28.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957630574Author Stephen B. ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Seventh CitadelPublisher Seventh Citadel -
China's Disruptors: How Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, and Other Companies are Changing the Rules of Business by Edward Tse
RRP: €13.08€9.51In China's Disruptors, Edward Tse takes an unprecedented inside look at rapidly emerging Chinese entrepreneurs and their game-changing impact on both China and the world.In September 2014, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raised $25 billion in the... -
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal 9780393239348
RRP: €26.17€22.55In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and favourite wife of the Emperor Jahangir who ruled the Mughal Empire. An astute politician as well as a devoted partner, she... -
The Social Life of Opium in China by Zheng Yangwen
RRP: €27.36€23.28In a remarkable and broad-ranging narrative, Yangwen Zheng's book explores the history of opium consumption in China from 1483 to the late twentieth century. The story begins in the mid-Ming dynasty, when opium was sent as a gift by vassal states and... -
North Korea: A History by Michael J. Seth
€37.45In this key textbook, Michael J. Seth offers an excellent synthesis of existing scholarship, including a thorough examination of contemporary sources. Seth masterfully traces how North Korea gradually transformed itself from a Soviet-style socialist... -
Lost Over Laos: A True Story Of Tragedy, Mystery, And Friendship by Horst Faas 9780306812514
RRP: €21.41€18.81In 1971, as American forces hastened their withdrawal from Vietnam, a helicopter was hit by enemy fire over Laos and exploded in a fireball, killing four top combat photographers: Larry Burrows of Life magazine, Henri Huet of Associated Press, Kent... -
Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid 9780691161396
RRP: €35.70€29.35A 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,... -
Tales of a Mad Yogi: The Life and Wild Wisdom of Drukpa Kunley by Liz Monson
RRP: €21.41€14.66Apologies 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 -
Russia and Central Asia: Coexistence, Conquest, Convergence by Shoshana Keller 9781487594343
RRP: €47.60€41.94Russia and Central Asia provides an overview of the relationship between two dynamic regions, highlighting the ways in which Russia and Central Asia have influenced and been influenced by Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. This readable synthesis,... -
Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech by Ronan Lee 9780755602476
RRP: €27.36€24.31The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. This unique study draws on... -
Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey Hermann Hesse 9781611805895
RRP: €21.41€15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805895Author Hermann HesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten by Karl E. Ryavec
RRP: €46.41€40.21Cradled among the world's highest mountains - and sheltering one of its most devout religious communities - Tibet is, for many of us, an ultimate destination, a place that touches the heavens, a place only barely in our world, at its very end. In recent... -
Singapore: A Very Short History: From Temasek to Tomorrow by Alvin Tan 9789811840906
RRP: €11.89€9.98Singapore: A Very Short History - From Temasek to Tomorrow is a fresh, new, and highly-readable account of Singapore's history. It is a sweeping story of discovery, abandonment, rediscovery and development of what is today one of the world's greatest... -
Constructing Islam on the Indus: The Material History of the Suhrawardi Sufi Order, 1200-1500 AD Hasan Ali Khan 9781107062900
RRP: €85.67€78.53This book represents the first serious consideration of Ismaili-Shia esotericism in material and architectural terms, as well as of pre-modern conceptions of religious plurality in rituals and astrology. Sufism has long been reckoned to have connections... -
Routledge Handbook of Imperial Chinese History by Victor Cunrui Xiong
RRP: €52.35€45.74The 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... -
A History of Malaysia by Barbara Watson Andaya 9780230293540
RRP: €39.26€37.95First published in 1982, this text is widely regarded as a leading general history of the country. This new and revised edition brings the story of this fascinating country up to date, incorporating the latest scholarship on every period of Malaysian... -
Forbidden Memory: Tibet During the Cultural Revolution by Tsering Woeser
RRP: €36.89€34.00The Chinese Cultural Revolution arrived in Tibet in July 1966. Upon its arrival, monasteries were systematically destroyed and libraries were looted, rare books and paintings burned. Buddhist scriptures were used as wrapping paper and the Dalai Lama was... -
Daisy Chain: a novel of The Glasgow Girls Maggie Ritchie 9781529366389
RRP: €20.22€13.93'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... -
China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order by Isaac B. Kardon
RRP: €35.70€29.57An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes and their implications for the rules of the international law of the sea China's Law of the Sea is the first comprehensive study of the law and geopolitics of China's... -
Valmiki's Ramayana by Arshia Sattar
RRP: €41.65€37.02One of India's greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime story for Indian children, while at the same time engaging the interest of philosophers and theologians... -
The Tao Of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory And Practice In Traditional China by Ralph D. Sawyer 9780813342405
€39.31In The Tao of Spycraft , for the first time anywhere Ralph Sawyer unfolds the long and venerable tradition of spycraft and intelligence work in traditional China, revealing a vast array of theoretical materials and astounding historical developments... -
The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver 9781472845955
€23.85This book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign during the Vietnam War between 1965 to 1975, where the US Seventh Fleet, stationed off the Vietnamese coast, was given the tongue-in-cheek nickname 'The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club'. On August 2,... -
Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World by Eri Hotta
RRP: €29.69€24.51A New Yorker Best Book of the YearThe remarkable life of violinist and teacher Shinichi Suzuki, who pioneered an innovative but often-misunderstood philosophy of early childhood education-now known the world over as the Suzuki Method.The name Shinichi... -
Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations by Odd Arne Westad 9780674292321
RRP: €20.17€16.73"The relationship between China and Korea is one of the most important, and least understood, in Asia. With the wisdom and clarity we have come to expect from Westad, this book illuminates the long history of these two neighbors."-Rana Mitter, author of... -
The Office of Gardens and Ponds Didier Decoin 9780857057563
RRP: €13.08€9.06The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the imperial palace and preserve the crucial patronage that everyone... -
The Origins of the Boxer Uprising by Joseph W. Esherick
RRP: €35.70€33.32In the summer of 1900, bands of peasant youths from the villages of north China streamed into Beijing to besiege the foreign legations, attracting the attention of the entire world. Joseph Esherick reconstructs the early history of the Boxers,... -
Jalan Singapura: 700 Years of Movement in Singapore by Eisen Teo 9789814828741
RRP: €22.60€18.58A history of a city-state can cover its political leaders or military past. Historian Eisen Teo is fascinated by something else: its land transport networks, and urban and traffic patterns. He dubs it the History of Movement: an intimate history driven... -
Discovering The True Self: Kodo Sawaki's Art of Zen Meditation Kodo Sawaki 9781640093775
RRP: €19.03€13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640093775Author Kodo SawakiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint