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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei
RRP: £25.00£16.53A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet... -
Esoteric Theravada: The Story of the Forgotten Meditation Tradition of Southeast Asia by Kate Crosby
RRP: £21.00£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807943Author Kate CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, C.1880-1922 by Chandrika Kaul 9780719061769
RRP: £19.99£17.61This book is the first analysis of the dynamics of British press reporting of India and the attempts made by the British Government to manipulate press coverage as part of a strategy of imperial control. The press was an important forum for debate over... -
The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy by John Robinson 9781849045896
RRP: £25.00£22.03The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby islands local women are flogged... -
Storm from the East: Genghis Khan and the Mongols by Robert Marshall
RRP: £10.99£7.00The greatest conquest in historyGenghis Khan left an empire more than twice the size of Alexander's: his successors went on to conquer and govern an area stretching from Korea to the River Danube. How did a band of nomadic herdsmen achieve so much, so... -
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
RRP: £18.99£14.01'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon's masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives... -
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon 9780330515795
RRP: £9.99£6.87'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon's masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the... -
Korea: A New History of South and North by Victor Cha
RRP: £20.00£17.37A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day "Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations. . . . A crisp and balanced account."-Christopher Harding, The Telegraph ... -
The Prisoner: A Memoir by Hwang Sok-Yong
RRP: £30.00£24.57In 1993, writer and democracy activist Hwang Sok-yong was sentenced to five years in the Seoul Detention Center upon his return to South Korea from North Korea, the country he had fled with his family as a child at the start of the Korean War. Already a... -
The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China by Robert D. Kaplan 9780593242797
RRP: £25.00£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593242797Author Robert D. KaplanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Samurai Castles: History / Architecture / Visitors' Guides by Jennifer Mitchelhill
RRP: £16.99£11.94Japan's ancient castles provide deep insights into the country's compelling military history. Discover the secrets of Japan's feudal past by exploring the most famous castles of the Samurai era. The enormous stone walls, multi-level towers, and... -
Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire by Priya Atwal
RRP: £15.99£14.47In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire stretched throughout northwestern India... -
Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King by Audrey Truschke
RRP: £18.99£15.07The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is one of the most hated men in Indian history. Widely reviled as a religious fanatic who sought to violently oppress Hindus, he is even blamed by some for setting into motion conflicts that would result in the... -
The Great Empires of Asia by Jim Masselos
RRP: £12.99£8.60Asian empires led the world economically, scientifically and culturally for hundreds of years, and posed a constant challenge to the countries of Europe. How and why did those empires gain such power, and lose it? What legacies did they leave? This book... -
Acute Cardiac Care: A Practical Guide for Nurses by Angela Kucia 9781119117780
RRP: £40.95£35.89In the newly revised Second Edition of Cardiac Care: A Practical Guide for Nurses, a team of dedicated and widely recognised nursing medical experts from around the world deliver an invaluable and practical guide for nurses who practice in cardiac care... -
Lee Kuan Yew by Graham Allison
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies 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 -
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World by Frank McLynn
RRP: £16.99£12.68Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power,... -
Creators of Modern China (British Museum): 100 Lives from Empire to Republic 1796–1912 by Jessica Harrison-Hall
RRP: £35.00£23.43Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China. Through telling the lives of one hundred significant individuals, this book explores how China transformed from dynastic empire to... -
Deathsong of the River: A Reader's Guide to the Chinese TV Series "Heshang" by Xiaokang Su 9780939657544
RRP: £7.99£7.10Perhaps the most daring TV documentary series ever produced in mainland China, which directly affected the thinking of Chinese youth on the eve of the 1989 democracy movement. This richly-annotated translation of the original filmscript by Su Xiaokang... -
Tombstone: The Untold Story of Mao's Great Famine by Jisheng Yang
RRP: £14.99£10.95Yang Jisheng's Tombstone is the book that broke the silence on of one of history's most terrible crimesMore people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in... -
Burma Victory, 1944 1945: Photographs from Wartime Archives by Diamond, Jon 9781399008532
RRP: £16.99£12.68General Stilwell's ad hoc force of Merrill's Marauders, American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General Wingate's Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina's airfield in May 1944... -
Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 by R. F. Foster
RRP: £12.99£9.09OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR and OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S MORRIS D. FORKOSCH PRIZE 2016'The most complete and plausible exploration of the roots of the... -
The Fifty Years That Changed Chinese Religion, 1898–1948 by Paul R. Katz
RRP: £20.00£15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924304965Author Paul R. KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams)... -
A Tokyo Romance by Ian Buruma 9781782398028
RRP: £8.99£6.08'The whole thing sparks astonishingly to life' ObserverWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in... -
Imperialism and the Development Myth: How Rich Countries Dominate in the Twenty-First Century by Sam King 9781526171917
RRP: £25.00£22.03China has moved from being one of the poorest societies to a level now similar with other relatively developed Third World societies - like Mexico and Brazil. The dominant idea that it somehow threatens to 'catch up' economically, or overtake the rich... -
Samurai: A Concise History by Michael Wert
RRP: £14.99£10.95The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater,... -
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup
RRP: £19.99£14.05First revealed by a Tibetan monk in the 14th century, Bardo Thodol ("Great Liberation upon Hearing in the Intermediate State") - known more commonly as The Tibetan Book of the Dead - describes the experience of human consciousness in the bardo, the... -
Origins of the Modern Chinese State by Philip A. Kuhn
RRP: £18.99£16.72What is "Chinese" about China's modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. Well before the Opium War, Chinese... -
An Illustrated Guide to Samurai History and Culture: From the Age of Musashi to Contemporary Pop Culture by Gavin Blair
RRP: £24.99£17.38The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture! The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting the nation after a prolonged period of brutal war and... -
Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre by Kim Wagner
RRP: £12.99£11.46A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire: the Amritsar Massacre"Amritsar 1919 chronicles the run up to Jallianwala Bagh with spellbinding, almost minute-by-minute focus. . . . Mr. Wagner's achievement is... -
The Chinese Zodiac: And Other Paths to Luck, Riches, and Prosperity by Aaron Hwang
RRP: £14.99£9.80The Chinese Zodiac is a beautifully illustrated introduction to eastern astrology, perfect for discovering what your sign-Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, or Pig-says about you.Are you loyal like the Dog? Or... -
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones
RRP: £11.99£10.15A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day "Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book."-Kirkus Reviews "Fluently written, impeccably... -
The Gempei War 1180-85: The Great Samurai Civil War by Stephen Turnbull
RRP: £16.99£12.28Internationally renowned samurai expert Dr Stephen Turnbull delves into a pivotal era of Japanese history in this highly illustrated account of The Gempei War a conflict that defined the age and the ethos of the samurai. Never before had there been a... -
Nine Paths: A Year in the Life of an Indian Village by Lexi Stadlen
RRP: £14.99£10.95Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds... Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives us the chance to hear them.On an island at the eastern... -
Samurai: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Wert
RRP: £8.99£6.45The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater,... -
Farewell Dinner for a Spy by Edward Wilson 9781529429077
RRP: £20.00£13.75"A compelling slice of mid-century espionage that expertly blends history with possibility. All comparisons that will inevitably be made with le Carre are entirely apt" Tim Glister'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish... -
Ataturk by Andrew Mango
RRP: £14.99£10.20This biography of Ataturk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath. Born plain Mustafa in Ottoman Salonica in 1881, he trained as an army officer but was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the... -
Mao's China and the Cold War by Jian Chen 9780807849323
RRP: £42.95£40.17This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The success of China's Communist... -
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay 9781408891162
RRP: £12.99£8.32'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow 'Adds the human element to the hard rock. And what a rich vein it is' Michael Palin History has not... -
The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters by Gustav Heldt 9780231163897
RRP: £25.00£19.59Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its...