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The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition by Jonathan Fenby
RRP: €22.60€16.20In 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... -
The Indian Mutiny Julian Spilsbury 9780753824023
RRP: €13.08€9.06An epic true story of treachery, revenge and courageThe Indian Mutiny is a real page-turner, an epic story with surprising modern parallels. Fomer army officer-turned-TV scriptwriter, Julian Spilsbury is the ideal author to take us back to the desperate... -
The Great Mutiny: India 1857 by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: €21.41€15.41'By far the best single-volume description of the mutiny yet written' - Economist A beautifully written and meticulously researched narrative history of the great Indian uprising of 1857 by one of our most acclaimed living historians. First published in... -
The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective by Gregory L. Possehl 9780759101722
RRP: €55.93€49.11The Indus Civilization of India and Pakistan was contemporary with, and equally complex as the better-known cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. The dean of North American Indus scholars, Gregory Possehl, attempts here to marshal the state of... -
The War That Never Was by Duff Hart-Davis
RRP: €20.22€14.61For the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s. In a covert operation organised over whisky and sodas in the clubs of Chelsea and Mayfair, a group... -
From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party by Tony Saich 9780674293915
RRP: €24.93€19.37"The definitive, candid, and absorbing history of a political organization...A vital account, based on magnificent research, that shows the party as a colossal, relentless, and enduring machine."-Jane Perlez, former Beijing Bureau Chief, New York... -
Incarnations: A History of India in 50 Lives by Sunil Khilnani
RRP: €15.46€11.11'Incarnations makes the mind fly across time, place and history. You may smile as, mentally, you walk alongside Khilnani up some flinty slope. You will keep thinking about what he said long after' Daily TelegraphFor all of India's myths, its sea of... -
Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom Sanjeev Sanyal 9789356996557
RRP: €19.03€15.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356996557Author Sanjeev SanyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India -
The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors Abraham Eraly 9780753817582
RRP: €20.22€13.93A history of the great Mughal rulers of India, one of the world's greatest empires.In December 1525 Babur, the great grandson of the Mongol conqueror Tamberlaine, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army and some cannon. At the battle... -
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan by Jonathan D. Spence 9780393315561
RRP: €23.79€19.79Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must... -
Seventeen: the new novel from the bestselling Japanese sensation Hideo Yokoyama 9781786484628
RRP: €13.08€9.06FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR: A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER - FOR FANS OF SPOTLIGHT AND AFTER THE CRASH.'He's a master' New York Times Book Review'Very different . . . to almost anything out there'... -
All the Lives We Never Lived: Shortlisted for the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award Anuradha Roy 9780857058188
RRP: €13.08€7.94"A writer of great subtlety and intelligence . . . a beautifully written and compelling story of how families fall apart and what remains of the aftermath" Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 "The book everyone is talking about... -
The Avoidable War?: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the Us and China by Kevin Rudd
RRP: €29.75€23.22The 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... -
Cheng Tzu's Thirteen by Chen Man Ch'ing 9781583942208
RRP: €20.22€13.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583942208Author Cheng Man-ch'ing aFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Frog LtdPublisher Frog LtdWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 13mm -
Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land by Joel Brinkley
RRP: €17.84€17.22A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history- the streets of Phnom Penh are paved skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this facade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a... -
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
RRP: €17.84€13.03'A monumental yet intimate biography, a vivid portrait of the man, the statesman and the saint' The TimesMahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or... -
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore by Michael Dylan Foster 9780520271029
RRP: €29.75€25.22Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to... -
This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian
RRP: €15.46€10.47SHORTLISTED 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... -
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
€25.75B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. It offers a scholarly critique of Hindu... -
Lee Kuan Yew by Graham Allison
RRP: €23.79€15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539500Author Graham AllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron
RRP: €15.46€11.11A journey along the greatest land route on earth, from the master of travel writing Colin Thubron On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the... -
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of the Second World War by Saul David
RRP: €15.46€10.36'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life'... -
Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India by Stanley Wolpert 9780195393941
RRP: €25.57€15.86Britain'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... -
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia by Pankaj Mishra 9780241954669
RRP: €13.08€9.51Pankaj 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,... -
The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything by Christine Gross-Loh
RRP: €13.08€9.51The 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... -
Setting the East Ablaze: Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia Peter Hopkirk 9780719564505
RRP: €13.08€9.06'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' Peter Hopkirk's book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the... -
Book of Tea: Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic Okakura Kakuzo 9784805314869
RRP: €10.70€7.21Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the... -
Maymyo Days: Forgotten Lives of a Burma Hill Station Stephen Simmons 9786164510760
RRP: €35.70€23.92To many the words Hill Station are evocative of an exotic and exciting vision when the subjects of the British Colonial Government gloried in the Hill Stations of India and Burma. Beautifully constructed holiday towns built at 3,000 feet or more where... -
Indochina: An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954 by Pierre Brocheux 9780520269743
RRP: €35.70€28.19Combining new approaches with a groundbreaking historical synthesis, this accessible work is the most thorough and up-to-date general history of French Indochina available in English. Unique in its wide-ranging attention to economic, social,... -
The Struggle for Taiwan: A History by Sulmaan Wasif Khan 9780241674857
RRP: €29.75€20.97A gripping account of the past and future of TaiwanIn the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one relatively minor issue was the future of the Japanese colony of Taiwan, a large island some one hundred miles off the coast... -
The Gate and the Wall: A History of China and Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan
RRP: €29.75€7.91'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times 'An authoritative history' Financial Times 'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter ... -
The Invention of China by Bill Hayton
RRP: €14.27€12.39Bill Hayton tells the story of how "China" came to think of itself as China-and what it means for our world today "[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism."-Foreign Policy In this compelling and highly-readable account, Hayton shows how China's... -
The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West by Alistair Shearer
RRP: €15.46€14.43How 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... -
Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao's Stratagem to the Rise of Xi by Victor Shih
RRP: €32.12€27.13For the first time since Mao, a Chinese leader may serve a life-time tenure. Xi Jinping may well replicate Mao's successful strategy to maintain power. If so, what are the institutional and policy implications for China? Victor C. Shih investigates how... -
Beijing Rules: China's Quest for Global Influence by Bethany Allen 9781529367812
RRP: €13.08€9.06LONGLISTED 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... -
India: A History in Objects by T. Richard Blurton
RRP: €35.70€24.28An authoritative visual history of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present. Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects, this... -
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976 Frank Dikoetter 9781408856529
RRP: €17.84€13.22Acclaimed by the Daily Mail as 'definitive and harrowing', this is the final volume of 'The People's Trilogy', begun by the Samuel Johnson prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. 'The seminal English language work on the subject' Sunday Times 'A major... -
A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World by Rana Mitter
RRP: €20.22€15.32China is now poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. Rana Mitter goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful... -
Access to History: Indian Independence 1914-64 Second Edition Tim Leadbeater 9781471838125
€30.48Exam 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... -
Japonisme: Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more by Erin Niimi Longhurst
RRP: €15.46€10.36A Japanese-inspired guide to living a happier, more fulfilled life. Japonisme explores the Japanese art of findingcontentment and includes practical tips and tricksto live a happier, healthier, more thoughtful life.What is your ikigai...