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Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat by Patrick McCarthy
RRP: $29.23$22.17Treasured 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... -
The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China Michael Sheridan 9781035413485
RRP: $33.13$25.08Xi 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... -
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
RRP: $31.18$23.13The 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... -
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349245
RRP: $42.90$29.17'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... -
China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen by David Hinton
RRP: $35.08$23.67Apologies 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 -
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman
RRP: $35.10$21.59Apologies 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: $33.13$26.09When 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... -
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan 9781783352661
RRP: $19.48$10.94SHORTLISTED 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... -
I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten by Wilhelm Richard
RRP: $33.13$19.91Find 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... -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu 9780981162614
$10.18Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz by Derek Pua 9781947766044
RRP: $19.50$13.81Apologies 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: $19.48$12.95Introducing 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... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Mao's China, 1949-76 by Andrew Flint
RRP: $20.48$18.76Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten 9780141999708
RRP: $29.23$21.35The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for... -
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
RRP: $25.33$17.73*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history; a gripping story of sisterhood and betrayal from the bestselling author of Wild Swans.They were the most famous sisters in China... -
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future Chun Han Wong 9781472158512
RRP: $48.75$32.72'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary ReviewFrom one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian... -
China: An Epic Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
RRP: $21.43$8.01THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Bravo; this is a big, complex and utterly involving portrait of 19th-century China' THE TIMESThe internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in his new epic: China China in the nineteenth... -
The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, his heirs and the founding of modern China by John Man
RRP: $21.43$15.15Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia... -
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
RRP: $25.33$17.73A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels - an epic story of warring factions in the era of China's Han dynastyPart historical and part legend, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and... -
China's Republic by Diana Lary
RRP: $44.83$38.14Twenty-first century China is emerging from decades of war and revolution into a new era. Yet the past still haunts the present. The ideals of the Chinese Republic, which was founded almost a century ago after 2000 years of imperial rule, still resonate... -
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
RRP: $25.33$17.32Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival. ... -
The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten
RRP: $58.50$42.80The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for... -
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose
RRP: $21.43$15.15Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded... -
Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding by Roel Sterckx
RRP: $25.33$17.73Shortlisted for the PEN Hessel-Tiltman Prize'A terrific book, rich and endlessly thought provoking. . . If you are looking for one book to understand the core ideas of Chinese civilisation, read this' - Michael WoodAn engrossing history of ancient... -
On China by Henry Kissinger
RRP: $33.13$23.95In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since then has been more intimately connected with the country at the highest level than any other western figure. This book distils his unique... -
Indelible City: Dispossesion and Defiance in Hong Kong by Louisa Lim
RRP: $25.33$17.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Stella Prize 2023 (Australia) and Non-Fiction, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2023 (Australia) and Non-Fiction, Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2023... -
From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World by Elidor Mehilli
RRP: $72.15$64.00Elidor Mehilli has produced a groundbreaking history of communist Albania that illuminates one of Europe's longest but least understood dictatorships. From Stalin to Mao, which is informed throughout by Mehilli's unprecedented access to previously... -
Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell by Xuelei Huang 9781009207041
RRP: $58.50$49.30In this vivid and highly original reading of recent Chinese history, Xuelei Huang documents the eclectic array of smells that permeated Chinese life from the High Qing through to the Mao period. Utilising interdisciplinary methodology and critically... -
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
RRP: $33.13$22.37A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to... -
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler
RRP: $39.00$26.79An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history. The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the... -
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny by Ai Weiwei
RRP: $21.43$13.88A 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... -
Collins Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters : Trusted support for learning by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: $21.43$14.14The home of trusted Mandarin dictionaries for everyday language learning. Learn how to write 250 of the commonest Chinese characters, with stroke by stroke guidance on every page. With thousands of characters to learn, beginning to... -
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... -
Chinese Battleship vs Japanese Cruiser: Yalu River 1894 Benjamin Lai 9781472828408
RRP: $27.28$19.01The 1894-95 war between China and Japan, known in the West as the First Sino-Japanese War, lasted only nine months, but its impact resonates today. The Chinese Beiyang (Northern) Fleet was led by her flagship, Dingyuan, and her sister ship, Zhenyuan,... -
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... -
Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic by Mike Chinoy
RRP: $58.50$46.20Reporting on China has long been one of the most challenging and crucial of journalistic assignments. Foreign correspondents have confronted war, revolution, isolation, internal upheaval, and onerous government restrictions as well as barriers of... -
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang 9780099532392 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.33$4.47Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese... -
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
RRP: $25.33$17.73Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese... -
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... -
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 Frank Dikoetter 9781408886366
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...