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Captured in Miniature: Mughal Lives Through Mughal Art by Suhag Shirodhar 9780944142615
€15.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944142615Author Suhag ShirodharFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Grantha CorporationPublisher Grantha CorporationWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 290mm... -
Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian saga by James Clavell
RRP: €15.46€10.98THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CLASSIC SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and... -
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple 9781408864425
RRP: €22.60€18.39FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA ‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was... -
Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World by David Van Reybrouck 9781847927057
RRP: €20.22€17.27A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Harari'Utterly compelling' Financial... -
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
RRP: €16.65€11.23This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion.First... -
The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China Michael Sheridan 9781035413485
RRP: €20.22€15.59Xi Jinping rules over 1.4 billion people and the second biggest economy on earth. He commands huge armed forces and runs a technology programme meant to dominate the globe. His ambition is to take the place of the United States and to change the world... -
Stranger in the Mask of a Deer by Richard Skelton 9781908058843
RRP: €11.89€8.57Stranger in the Mask of a Deer conjures an elemental, dreamlike narrative ranging from the present to the Late-Upper Palaeolithic, when the British peninsula was gradually reoccupied by humans and animals returning from the greater continent after the... -
Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat by Patrick McCarthy
RRP: €17.84€11.96Treasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds... -
Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
RRP: €21.42€10.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307475299Author Jake AdelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins
RRP: €19.03€15.33In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the... -
The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits by Joshua Frydman
RRP: €17.84€11.78The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of... -
An Insider's Guide to the Japanese Martial Arts: A New Look at Japan's Fighting Traditions by Alexander Bennett
RRP: €20.22€14.41The ultimate guide to the Japanese martial arts by the world's foremost expert!Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate insider, having lived in Japan for decades. He holds multiple black belts in Kendo and Naginata, as well as PhDs in Japanese... -
China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen by David Hinton
RRP: €21.41€14.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807134Author David HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten by Pamela Hicks
RRP: €11.89€8.33A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten; a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 20th century's leading figures.Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the 1920s into one of Britain's... -
Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C. by Diane Carlson Evans 9781682619124
RRP: €23.80€16.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682619124Author Diane Carlson EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Permuted PressPublisher Permuted PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 221mm *... -
Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler by A. L. Sadler
RRP: €19.03€13.20Uncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series "SHOGUN" in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun... -
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349245
RRP: €26.18€18.06'An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world' TLS'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday TelegraphWhen Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels... -
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman
RRP: €14.10€13.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735224438Author Jonathan KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349252
RRP: €20.22€15.92When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by... -
Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser
RRP: €13.08€8.88'There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War' John Keegan Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers... -
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
RRP: €19.03€13.89The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal- and forgotten- massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War IIIn December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of... -
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple 9781408864418
RRP: €35.70€25.38FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF INDIA ‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was... -
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy Rahul Bhatia 9781408717899
RRP: €20.22€16.30This is a book of narrative reportage six years in the making. It describes how ideology and technological ambition have reshaped India's nascent democracy and follows a diverse cast of people as they navigate questions of identity and belonging.Book... -
Miyamoto Musashi by Kenji Tokitsu
RRP: €42.84€26.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780834805675Author Kenji TokitsuFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Weatherhill IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm)... -
Birds of Passage: Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801 by Nancy K. Shields 9781780600796
RRP: €15.46€10.51Henrietta is a true original. Clever, vivacious and interested in everything, she managed to balance the demands of high profile public life with that of a caring mother. She was the home-schooled daughter of a bankrupt Earl and more than just a little... -
Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit & Use by Toshio Odate 9780941936460
RRP: €33.31€21.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941936460Author Toshio OdateFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Craven Street BooksPublisher Craven Street BooksDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 15mm -
Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family by Nguyen Qui Duc 9780803226982
RRP: €19.03€16.24In 1968 Nguyen Qui Duc was nine years old, his father was a high-ranking civil servant in the South Vietnamese government, and his mother was a school principal. Then the Viet Cong launched their Tet offensive, and the Nguyen family's comfortable life... -
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan 9781783352661
RRP: €11.89€6.71SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKAn indelible exploration of... -
The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra 9781408715185
RRP: €11.89€6.88'The first in an effervescent new mystery series. . . a treat for historical mystery lovers looking for a new series to savour (or devour)' NEW YORK TIMES'A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding' SUJATA... -
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
RRP: €15.46€10.02THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER,... -
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
RRP: €13.08€9.37WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not... -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu 9780981162614
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Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz by Derek Pua 9781947766044
RRP: €11.90€8.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947766044Author Derek PuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Pacific Atrocities EducationPublisher Pacific Atrocities EducationWeight(grams)... -
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Collins Modern Classics) by Jung Chang
RRP: €11.89€8.71Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Few books have had such an... -
I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten by Wilhelm Richard
RRP: €20.22€14.61Find inspiration from one of the most important books in the world's literature . . . __________ The I Ching is a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience. Used for divination, it is a method of exploring the unconscious; through the... -
Five Broken Blades: The epic fantasy debut taking the world by storm by Mai Corland 9781804186596
RRP: €16.65€13.59Five ruthless killers. Five deadly motives. One King - who must die. Game of Thrones meets Kill Bill in a feast of treason and seduction set against a dazzling fantasy backdrop of Korean history and folklore.**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**The king of... -
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J Bass
RRP: €21.42€14.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Arthur Ross Book Award 2014 and Asia Society's Bernard Schwartz Book Award 2014 and Cundill Prize in Historical Literature 2014 and Lionel Gelber Prize 2014 and... -
The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way by Francesc Miralles
RRP: €17.84€11.96Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.'Ikigai urges individuals to simplify their lives by pursuing what sparks joy for them'... -
Drawing on the Inside: An Artist's Adventure in Kowloon Walled City 1985 by Fiona Hawthorne
RRP: €35.69€28.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887963974Author Fiona HawthorneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 1510g -
Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper
RRP: €26.12€19.85Cundill Prize FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Book of the Year“Superbly original…Breaks new ground by showing how a collective consciousness emerged among revolutionaries.”—The Economist“A clearly written, brilliantly...