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Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary by Gao Wenqian
RRP: £18.99£15.65When Gao Wenqian first published this ground-breaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People's Republic. Using classified documents spirited out of the China, he offers an objective human portrait of the real Zhou... -
Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China by Desmond Shum 9781398510388
RRP: £9.99£6.41'THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ' CNN 'READS LIKE A THRILLER' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder's Freezing Order comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur... -
The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher E. Goscha
RRP: £18.99£13.61WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S JOHN K. FAIRBANK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republic's... -
Chinese Whispers: A stunning race-against-time serial killer thriller (China Thriller 6) by Peter May
RRP: £9.99£5.13THE 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... -
Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond by Sebastian Strangio
RRP: £12.99£12.86A fascinating look at the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia"A richly detailed study that goes a long way toward explaining the contradictions, corruption and complexity of Cambodia."-Ron Gluckman, Wall Street... -
City on Fire: the fight for Hong Kong by Antony Dapiran
RRP: £10.99£7.32A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a... -
The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends by Tao Tao Liu
RRP: £14.99£9.80The essential guide to the complex, fascinating world of Chinese myths: retelling the stories and exploring their significance in Chinese culture. This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many... -
The Billionaire Raj: SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 by James Crabtree 9781786073808
RRP: £18.99£13.61SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 A Financial Times Book of the Year and an Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year India's explosive rise has driven inequality to new extremes, with millions trapped in slums as... -
Estonian Textbook: Grammar, Exercises, Conversation by J. Tuldava
RRP: £20.99£18.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933070547Author J TuldavaFormat PaperbackPage Count 379Imprint Research Institute for Inner Asian StudiesPublisher Research Institute for Inner Asian... -
Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction by James R. Rush 9780190248765
RRP: £8.99£6.45Straddling the equator, Southeast Asia comprises Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines, as well as Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor. Despite its extraordinary diversity of ethnicities, religions, and... -
A People`s History of India 5 - Mauryan India by Irfan Habib
RRP: £17.99£14.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382381624Author Irfan HabibFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Tulika BooksPublisher Tulika BooksWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 161mm * 14mm -
A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £14.99£9.80A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had not fully recovered-until... -
Cutting Edge: Japanese Swords in the British Museum by Victor Harris
RRP: £29.95£22.16The Japanese sword has long been appreciated both as a weapon and as an object of art. Only in Japanese culture has the sword been developed to such a level of technological excellence and spiritual importance. As a cutting weapon, the fully developed... -
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple
RRP: £12.99£9.09LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open-hearted' The Times 'Compelling and poignant' Guardian 'This is travel writing at its best' Observer Internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes... -
Feeling Media: Potentiality and the Afterlife of Art by Miryam Sas
RRP: £23.99£19.19In Feeling Media Miryam Sas explores the potentialities and limitations of media theory and media art in Japan. Opening media studies and affect theory up to a deeper engagement with works and theorists outside Euro-America, Sas offers a framework of... -
To End a Civil War: Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka by Mark Salter
RRP: £25.00£22.43Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. In May 2009 came the war's violent end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil... -
The China Nexus by Benedict Rogers
RRP: £18.95£12.64Benedict Rogers first went to China at age 18 to teach English for six months in Qingdao (1992), three years after the Tiananmen Square massacre. That opened the door to a thirty-year adventure with China, from teaching English in schools and hospitals... -
Orientalism: History, Theory and the Arts by John M. MacKenzie 9780719045783
RRP: £19.99£18.22The Orientalism debate, inspired by the work of Edward Said, has been a major source of cross-disciplinary controversy in recent years. John MacKenzie offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of this vast literature of Orientalism and brings to the subject... -
Elegance of Japanese Art: Edo Rimpa Bird and Flower Painting by Momo Miyazaki 9784756250643
RRP: £29.99£19.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756250643Author Momo MiyazakiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd. -
The Way of Tea: Health, Harmony, and Inner Calm by Aaron Fisher
RRP: £13.99£10.95Clarity. Health. Peace of mind. These are the goals of The Way of Tea.In this book, readers will learn more about all aspects of tea-from the practical to the spiritual-and how they can implement the accompanying ancient traditions into their modern life... -
China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties by Mark Edward Lewis
RRP: £21.95£18.02After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. Mark Lewis traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more... -
The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything by Christine Gross-Loh
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Sunday Times Top 10 and International Bestseller: Ancient Chinese philosophy for modern life from Harvard's most popular professor The first book of its kind, The Path offers a profound guide to living well through making small changes to our... -
Radical: A Life of My Own by Xiaolu Guo
RRP: £18.99£13.61**An Observer Book of the Year**The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on striving for a life of her own'When it comes to spinning light and shadow on the... -
Genghis Khan by John Man
RRP: £14.99£10.95Genghis Khan - creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen - is one of history's immortals. In Central Asia, they still use his name to frighten children. In China, he is honoured as the founder of a dynasty. In Mongolia he is the father of... -
'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms by Naoko Abe
RRP: £14.99£10.95The irresistible story of Japanese cherry blossoms, threatened by political ideology and saved by an unknown Englishman'This is not just a tale of trees, but of . . . endeavour, war and reconciliation' Sunday TimesCollingwood Ingram, born in 1880, became... -
In Xanadu: A Quest by William Dalrymple 9780006544159
RRP: £10.99£7.25One of the most successful, influential and acclaimed travel books of recent years from the author of 'Return of a King', which has been shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize. At the age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple left his college in... -
Dao De Jing in Clear English: Including a Step-by-Step Translation by Lao Tzu 9781732063808
RRP: £14.95£13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732063808Author Lao TzuFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Imagin8 LLCPublisher Imagin8 LLCWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm -
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors by Daniel Tudor
RRP: £13.99£9.20What is life in North Korea really like?This fascinating book by celebrated journalists Daniel Tudor and James Pearson explores that very question. The authors interview experts and tap a broad variety of sources to provide a startling insider's view of... -
The Words of Gandhi by Mahatma Gandhi
RRP: £8.99£7.56Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were during his long and inspiring life. His enlightening thoughts and beliefs, especially on violence and the atomic bomb, reveal his eloquent foresight about our contemporary world. The words of one of the... -
The Great Wonders of China by Jonathan Fenby 9780500297841
RRP: £12.99£8.13The magnificent wonders of China, ancient and modern, revealed by an international team of leading scholars from Asia and the West. China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth and holds a unique global place in the 21st century, this book's... -
In the Cool Shade of Compassion: The Enchanted World of the Buddha in the Jungle by Kamala Tiyavanich
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies 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 Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914 by Robert Bickers
RRP: £16.99£12.28In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of... -
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition by Jonathan Fenby
RRP: £18.99£13.61In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim of oppression, war and famine... -
This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian
RRP: £12.99£8.56SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015SHORTLISTED FOR RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2016In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to a bloody end the stubborn and complicated civil war in Sri Lanka. For... -
Moth: One of the Observer's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021 by Melody Razak
RRP: £9.99£6.80Observer's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021 Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott PrizeShortlisted for the Author's Club Best First Novel AwardHarper's Bazaar's 'Five Debut Female Authors to Read This Summer''Powerful and heartbreaking'Observer'Gripping..... -
She's on the Money by Victoria Devine 9781761044137
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761044137Author Victoria DevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House AustraliaPublisher Random House Australia -
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikötter 9781526634306
RRP: £12.99£8.78'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times 'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan *A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR* How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today?... -
The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Great Successor is an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life is swathed in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he supposedly ate so much Swiss cheese... -
Access to History: China 1839-1997 by Michael Lynch
£25.61Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West by Alistair Shearer
RRP: £12.99£11.95How did a venerable Indian spiritual discipline turn into a GBP20 billion-a-year mainstay of the wellness industry? What happened along yoga's winding path from the caves and forests of the sages to the gyms, hospitals and village halls of the modern...