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The Indian Mutiny: 1857 by Saul David
RRP: $29.23$21.35In The Indian Mutiny: 1857 Saul David explores one of Britain's most harrowing colonial battles.In 1857 the native troops of the Bengal army rose against their colonial masters. The ensuing insurrection was to become the bloodiest in the history of the... -
Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women' s Rights Worldwide by Hawon Jung
RRP: $31.18$21.31Listed in the best books of 2023 by The Economist"Invigorating debut . . . [a] full-throated rallying cry." -Publishers WeeklyOne of Ms. Magazine's "most-anticipated feminist books of 2023"An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing... -
A Short History Of India by Gordon Kerr 9781843449225
RRP: $33.13$6.84The world's largest democracy and second-most populous country, 21st century India is a dynamic nation with a thrusting economy, made up of a variety of beliefs and peoples united under one flag. Its history is a unique story of ancient empires and... -
The Empire of the Steppes: History of Central Asia by Rene Grousset
RRP: $89.70$78.84While the early history of the steppe nomads is shrouded in obscurity, this obscurity lifts somewhat after their contact with cultures possessing written histories. But even when information about them becomes relatively more plentiful, linguistic... -
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jon Halliday
RRP: $33.13$24.73The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday.Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked... -
Asian Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Chinese Mythology, Japanese Mythology and Hindu Mythology by Matt Clayton 9781724576057
RRP: $28.12$23.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781724576057Author Matt ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Readings in Chinese Women’s Philosophical and Feminist Thought: From the Late 13th to Early 21st Century by Professor Ann A. Pang-White
RRP: $64.33$60.94Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought gathers 40 original writings on women by 32 authors (many of whom are women) from the Yuan dynasty to the Republics, an important 700-year historical period during which women's learning in... -
The Cornish Cats who went to Sea by Michelle Cartlidge 9781739861308
RRP: $25.33$16.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739861308Author Michelle CartlidgeFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Mabecron Books LtdPublisher Mabecron Books Ltd -
China: A History by John Keay 9780007221783
RRP: $29.23$18.92Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume. Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast... -
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 by Frank Dikotter
RRP: $33.13$23.95WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Harrowing and brilliant' Ben Macintyre 'A critical... -
Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation; The History, Metallurgy and Iconography of the Samurai Sword by Colin M. Roach
RRP: $54.58$37.42With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry.Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be more elevated... -
The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush by George Scott Robertson 9781015476714
RRP: $68.15$60.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015476714Author George Scott RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 678Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 1116g -
24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Yijie Zhuang 9781789296488
RRP: $17.53$12.13Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. The year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang'an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire, which is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle.There... -
Anita Bean's Sports Nutrition for Young Athletes by Anita Bean
RRP: $37.03$28.45A healthy diet can help the young sports stars of tomorrow fulfil their potential. Around 85% of children regularly take part in sports activities outside lessons. Swimming is the most common activity for girls, with football for boys. 43% of... -
The Secret History of the Mongols by Christopher P. Atwood
RRP: $25.33$17.73A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships,... -
Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall
RRP: $48.75$33.75When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided mujahideen groups, as interested in fighting each other and competing for Western arms as opposing the Russians. The exception was Ahmed Shah Massoud, the... -
Beijing Rules: China's Quest for Global Influence by Bethany Allen
RRP: $48.75$31.94LONGLISTED FOR FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Excellent . . . reveals an insidious matrix of spying, deception, censorship and repression . . . compelling' Daily Telegraph'A timely... -
Underground by Haruki Murakami
RRP: $21.43$15.15Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster.In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many... -
The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives by Christopher Harding
RRP: $25.33$17.73A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and entertaining... -
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo 9781846274510
RRP: $21.43$14.27'A Mumbai slum understood and imagined as never before in language of intense beauty' Salman Rushdie 'If Bollywood ever decides to do its own version of The Wire, this would be it' Barbara Ehrenreich Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai... -
Sharon And My Mother-In-Law: Ramallah Diaries by Suad Amiry 9781862078116
RRP: $21.43$14.27A blackly funny account of everyday life in Ramallah and refreshingly different from most writing on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law describes Suad Amiry's life on the West Bank from the early 1980s to the first decade of... -
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China by Julia Lovell
RRP: $25.33$17.12'A gripping read as well as an important one.' Rana Mitter, Guardian In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy: with Victorian hypocrisy, bureaucratic... -
Four Reigns by Kukrit Pramoj 9789747100662
RRP: $50.68$42.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789747100662Author Kukrit PramojFormat PaperbackPage Count 663Imprint Firecracker InteractivePublisher Firecracker InteractiveWeight(grams) 454g -
Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World by Matt Alt
RRP: $25.33$16.77'Amazingly well researched, fabulously informative and an awful lot of fun. If you love Japanese culture or are just curious to know more I can't recommend this book highly enough' Jonathan Ross'A nerd- and generalist-friendly look at how Japan shaped... -
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia by Pankaj Mishra 9780241954669
RRP: $21.43$15.15Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image - shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2013Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress,... -
Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons in Suiboku Technique (Designed for the Beginner) by Ryukyu Saito
RRP: $29.23$19.11Japanese Ink Painting: Lessons in Suiboku Technique teaches beginners the fundamental techniques of suiboku, a form of Japanese ink painting.Suiboku is considered to be a type of Japanese painting known as sumi-e. It adds water to emphasize the shading... -
Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Goto-Jones 9780199235698
RRP: $17.53$12.58Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and... -
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan
RRP: $27.28$23.89A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan"Eloquently discusses the making of India and Pakistan after British rule on the subcontinent was dismantled in 1947. . . . A new look at... -
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han by Mark Edward Lewis
RRP: $42.80$35.14In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative... -
Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future by Pervez Hoodbhoy
RRP: $81.88$71.66This book is an accessible, comprehensive, and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae. Hoodbhoy expertly maps the journey of the region from many... -
On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar by Clare Hammond 9780241623893
RRP: $48.75$34.36'On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing achievement’Joanna LumleyIn 2016, while working as a... -
The Fourth Sacrifice: A hold-your-heart hunt for a horrifying truth (China Thriller 2) by Peter May
RRP: $21.43$10.67THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE ENZO FILESAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Peter May is one of the most accomplished novelists writing today.' Undiscovered Scotland 'No one can create a more... -
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941–45 by Robert Lyman
RRP: $33.13$24.73SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUSI DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2022 'This is a superb book.' - James Holland In 1941 and 1942 the British and Indian Armies were brutally defeated and Japan reigned supreme in its newly conquered territories... -
Samurai and Ninja: The Real Story Behind the Japanese Warrior Myth That Shatters the Bushido Mystique by Antony Cummins 9784805313343
RRP: $27.28$17.94The myths of the noble Samurai and the sinister Ninja are filled with romantic fantasy and fallacy.Samurai and Ninja expert Antony Cummins shatters the myths and exposes the true nature of these genuine-and very lethal-medieval Japanese warriors. The... -
Lives: Buddha by Karen Armstrong
RRP: $19.48$11.62'Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world' GUARDIAN'Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important' TLSBuddhism is... -
The Avoidable War?: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the Us and China by Kevin Rudd
RRP: $48.75$37.46The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault-of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and... -
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
RRP: $33.13$23.95DAILY TELEGRAPH and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 20122011 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALISTIn the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin... -
Strangers on a Pier by Tash Aw
RRP: $17.53$11.74'So wise and so well done. It made me wish it were much longer than it is' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors comes a whirlwind personal... -
Red Star Over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism by Edgar Snow
RRP: $29.23$19.11The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the... -
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present by Christopher Harding
RRP: $25.33$17.73This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present.'How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and, above all, how very much I enjoyed it ... Masterly.'...