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Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia Thant Myint-U 9780571239641
RRP: $16.76$11.35China and India have always been seperated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across Burma. Now this last great frontier will likely vanish - forests cut down, dirt roads replaced by... -
Shen Nong Bencao Jing: The Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica 3rd Edition by Sabine Wilms 9780991342952
RRP: $63.21$63.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991342952Author Sabine WilmsFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Happy Goat ProductionsPublisher Happy Goat ProductionsWeight(grams) 553g -
Defining India: Nehru's Debates with his Contemporaries by Tripurdaman Singh
RRP: $25.80$18.43'An important contribution ... Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic - and which remain deeply relevant and contentious... -
Japanese Aircraft Equipment: 1940-1945 by Robert C. Mikesh
RRP: $82.55$53.79As a companion book to the previously published Japanese Aircraft Interiors, by the same author, this book defines more closely the equipment that outfitted these aircraft. There are chapters on such aircraft installed equipment as instruments, radios,... -
Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India by Kenneth W. Jones 9780521249867
RRP: $117.38$99.45The third part of The New Cambridge History of India is devoted to the Indian Empire and the Beginnings of Modern Society. In the first volume, Kenneth Jones looks at the numerous nineteenth-century movements for social and religious change - Christian,... -
Empire of Enchantment: The Story of Indian Magic by John Zubrzycki
RRP: $38.70$35.02India's association with magicians goes back thousands of years. Conjurors and illusionists dazzled the courts of Hindu maharajas and Mughal emperors. As British dominion spread over the subcontinent, such wonder-workers became synonymous with India... -
The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction Victor King 9780415297523
RRP: $79.97$69.67This is a comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural anthropology of South-East Asia. It provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian... -
A Friend in Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzo, and the Intellectual World of Shanghai on the Eve of War by Professor Joshua Fogel
RRP: $19.34$15.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924304880Author Joshua FogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams)... -
Once a Warrior King by David Donovan 9780345479075
RRP: $24.51$18.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345479075Author David DonovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 411gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China by David Palmer 9780231140669
RRP: $79.98$32.33Qigong--a regimen of body, breath, and mental training exercises--was one of the most widespread cultural and religious movements of late-twentieth-century urban China. The practice was promoted by senior Communist Party leaders as a uniquely Chinese... -
The Amritsar Massacre: The Untold Story of One Fateful Day by Nick Lloyd
$64.87On 13 April 1919, a fateful event took place which was to define the last decades of the British Raj in India. At 5:10pm on that day, Brigadier-General 'Rex' Dyer led a small party of soldiers through the centre of Amritsar into a walled garden known as... -
One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa by John Wukovits 9780451221384
RRP: $30.96$22.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451221384Author John WukovitsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
A Tiger Loose on an Ice Floe: The Ferozepore Brigade on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by David Snape
RRP: $38.64$27.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915113696Author David SnapeFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Philippines: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Steven Rood
RRP: $14.18$10.31Since the colonization of the Philippines by Spain in the sixteenth century, the island chain has been at the center of global trade flows, imperial rivalries, and the globalization process. From its role as the main base of Spain's Pacific Galleon trade... -
A Misunderstood Friendship: Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1949-1976: Revised Edition by Zhihua Shen
RRP: $25.80$20.50Today, the People's Republic of China is North Korea's only ally on the world stage, a tightly knit relationship that goes back decades. Both countries portray their partnership as one of "brotherly affection" based on shared political ideals-an alliance... -
Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka: Sex and Serendipity Robert Aldrich 9781138491502
RRP: $61.91$54.35Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, was long known to travellers for its luxuriant landscapes, colourful temples and friendly inhabitants - the island once named Serendip. This book explores the sojourns of gay visitors from the late 1800s to the modern day, providing... -
Empress: Queen Victoria and India by Miles Taylor
$18.94An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837"A widely and deeply researched, elegantly written, and vital portrayal of [Queen Victoria's] place in... -
The Promise by Xinran Xue
$48.57At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. While their future was arranged by their families, this couple had much to be grateful for. Not only did they come from similar... -
A Brief History of Khubilai Khan Jonathan Clements 9781849013376
RRP: $5.15$3.93His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol federation that... -
The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen 9780195159318
RRP: $36.11$27.10The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was... -
The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800 by Valerie Hansen 9780393938777
$55.82The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the "open empire" to highlight the dynamic, porous nature of China's past. Hansen builds her chronological narrative on a rich variety of archeological... -
Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal by Prashant Jha
RRP: $32.25$28.87Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal is a story of Nepal's transformation from war to peace, monarchy to republic, a Hindu kingdom to a secular state, and a unitary to a potentially federal state. Part-reportage, part-history,... -
The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 by Munis D. Faruqui
RRP: $135.45$112.64For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic... -
The Easter Offensive - Vietnam 1972 Voume 1: Volume 1: Invasion Across the DMZ by Albert Grandolini
RRP: $21.87$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294079Author Albert GrandoliniFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion by Thomas Holden 9780192871329
RRP: $95.46$86.83Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion presents a new scholarly interpretation of Hobbes's treatment of religious speech and practice. It argues that the key to Hobbes's treatment of religion is his theory of religious language. According to Hobbes, the proper... -
Indian Ocean Histories: The Many Worlds of Michael Naylor Pearson by Rila Mukherjee
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book offers a global history of the Indian Ocean and focuses on a holistic perspective of the worlds of water. It builds on maritime historian Michael Naylor Pearson's works, his unorthodox approach and strong influence on the study of the Indian... -
Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid 9780691235196
RRP: $28.38$21.44A 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,... -
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikoetter
RRP: $21.92$18.20_______________ A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times 'A pulsating account that makes clear how important it is to look beneath the surface when it comes to any period or region in history - but above... -
The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66 by Geoffrey B. Robinson 9780691161389
RRP: $45.15$37.35The Killing Season explores one of the largest and swiftest, yet least examined, instances of mass killing and incarceration in the twentieth century--the shocking antileftist purge that gripped Indonesia in 1965-66, leaving some five hundred thousand... -
Warring Visions: Photography and Vietnam by Thy Phu
RRP: $27.08$24.07In Warring Visions, Thy Phu explores photography from dispersed communities throughout Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora, both during and after the Vietnam War, to complicate narratives of conflict and memory. While the visual history of the Vietnam... -
The Origins of Ancient Vietnam by Nam C. Kim 9780199980888
RRP: $132.23$118.81Long believed to be the cradle of Vietnamese civilization, the Red River Delta of Vietnam has been referenced by Vietnamese and Chinese writers for centuries, many recording colorful tales and legends about the region's prehistory. One of the most... -
One and All: The Logic of Chinese Sovereignty by Laikwan Pang 9781503638815
RRP: $28.37$24.76The concept of sovereignty is a crucial foundation of the current world order. Regardless of their political ideologies no states can operate without claiming and justifying their sovereign power. The People's Republic of China (PRC)—one of the most... -
Treasure Trove of Benefits and Variety at the Table: A Fourteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook: English Translation, with an Introduction and Glossary by Nawal Nasrallah 9789004356238
RRP: $83.85$74.18The fourteenth-century Egyptian cookbook, Kanz al-fawa'id fi tanwi' al-mawa'id, is a treasure trove of 830 recipes of dishes, digestives, refreshing beverages, and more. Here, for the first time, it has been meticulously translated into English and... -
Taoist Meditation: The Mao-shan Tradition of Great Purity by Isabelle P. Robinet 9780791413609
$35.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791413609Author Isabelle P. RobinetFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Telling Chinese History: A Selection of Essays by Frederic Wakeman, Jr.
RRP: $38.70$30.56This superb collection of essays on late imperial and modern Chinese history spans the brilliant forty-year career of the late Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. Appearing for the first time in one volume, the essays offer richly textured narratives of critical... -
Mysteries of the Sacred Universe by Richard L Thompson 9780998187129
RRP: $20.58$19.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998187129Author Richard L ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Institute for Vaishnava StudiesPublisher Institute for Vaishnava... -
The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources by Christopher P. Atwood
RRP: $21.92$18.51Rise of the Mongols offers readers a selection of five important works that detail the rise of the Mongol Empire through Chinese eyes. Three of these works were written by officials of South China's Southern Song dynasty and two are from officials from... -
Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai by James Carter
RRP: $29.66$24.9412 November 1941: war and revolution are in the air. At the Shanghai Race Club, the elite prepare their best horses and most nimble jockeys for the annual Champions Day races. Across the city and amid tight security, others celebrated the birth of Sun... -
A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos by Luis H. Francia 9781468308570
RRP: $23.16$15.60From ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial and post-colonial history that have created this diverse... -
Red China's Green Revolution: Technological Innovation, Institutional Change, and Economic Development Under the Commune by Joshua Eisenman 9780231186674
RRP: $38.70$30.04China's dismantling of the Mao-era rural commune system and return to individual household farming under Deng Xiaoping has been seen as a successful turn away from a misguided social experiment and a rejection of the disastrous policies that produced...