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A Brief History of Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire Roy Moxham 9781845297473
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Absorbing and sometimes shocking' - Literary Review'A masterful historical study' - The Good Book GuideBehind the wholesome image of the world's most popular drink lies a strangely murky and often violent past. From its first discovery to the present... -
The Avoidable War?: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the Us and China by Kevin Rudd
RRP: £25.00£19.77The 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... -
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng 9781800750852
RRP: £14.99£10.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750852Author Yang JishengFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
The Wing Chun Compendium, Volume One Wayne Belonoha 9781583941294
RRP: £40.00£27.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583941294Author Wayne BelonohaFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
China and Tibet: The Perils of Insecurity by Tsering Topgyal
RRP: £35.00£31.24Over sixty years of violence and dialogue have brought China and the Tibetans no closer to a resolution of their conflict. Tsering Topgyal argues that it is China's sense of insecurity, its perception of itself as a socio-politically weak state, which... -
The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream by Michael Wood
RRP: £32.50£18.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250202574Author Michael WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen
RRP: £18.49£13.68The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was... -
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter 9781408886359
RRP: £16.99£12.58The second installment in 'The People's Trilogy', the groundbreaking series from Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author Frank Dikoetter 'For anyone who wants to understand the current Beijing regime, this is essential background reading' Anne Applebaum ... -
24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Yijie Zhuang 9781789291216
RRP: £12.99£9.09Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibrant and innovative era full of conflicts and contradictions. But as different as the Han culture might have been to... -
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict by Lawrence James 9781474610186
RRP: £22.00£14.56'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a genius for detail' A.N. WilsonBritain and China share a... -
Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French 9780241957172 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.92Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul FrenchTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A first-rate murder story, a thrilling narrative. Hurtles along from one cliffhanger to the next' SpectatorPeking, 1937:The teenage... -
Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French
RRP: £10.99£7.77Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul FrenchTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A first-rate murder story, a thrilling narrative. Hurtles along from one cliffhanger to the next' SpectatorPeking, 1937:The teenage... -
Marco Polo: The Journey That Changed the World by John Man 9780062375070
RRP: £18.99£13.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062375070Author John ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm... -
The Specter of Materialism: Queer Theory and Marxism in the Age of the Beijing Consensus by Petrus Liu 9781478019428
RRP: £19.99£17.54In recent years, queer theory appears to have made a materialist turn away from questions of representation and performativity to those of dispossession, precarity, and the differential distribution of life chances. Despite this shift, queer theory finds... -
Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China by John Delury 9781501765971
RRP: £27.99£20.45Agents of Subversion reconstructs the remarkable story of a botched mission into Manchuria, showing how it fit into a wider CIA campaign against Communist China and highlighting the intensity-and futility-of clandestine operations to overthrow Mao. In... -
China Road: One Man's Journey into the Heart of Modern China by Rob Gifford 9780747593355
RRP: £14.99£10.95Running 3,000 miles from the eat-coast boomtown of Shanghai to the border of Kazakhstan in the north-west, Route 312 - China's 'Route 66' - is a road that Rob Gifford has always wanted to travel. Gifford's journey and his desire to get to the heart of... -
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... -
Chinese Tanks & AFVs: 1950-Present by Martin J Dougherty
RRP: £17.99£12.79With a new world order emerging in the early 21st century, Chinese ground forces have been consistently improved and geared towards quality for costly main battle tanks, while still maintaining a huge number of cheaper AFVs. With 7,450 vehicles, China... -
The Race by Roy Peachey
RRP: £7.99£5.60Get ready for the race of your life... This is what it feels like when I'm running. When I'm running fast, I feel free. 12-year-old Lili is determined to defeat her arch rival in front of the Queen during her school's anniversary celebrations. ... -
In Good Faith: A history of the Vietnam War Volume 1: 1945-65 by Sergio Miller 9781472838469
RRP: £25.00£19.28In Good Faith is the first of a two-volume, accessible narrative history of America's involvement in Indochina, from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon in 1975. The books chart the course of America's engagement with the region, from its... -
Enchanting Embroidery Designs: Whimsical Animal and Plant Motifs to Stitch MiW Morita 9784805316184
RRP: £12.99£8.60Enchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and imaginative stitches.Full of motifs that are both simple and playful, from zany crocodiles, and cuddly cats to big-eared bats and stealthy ravens. This book... -
Made in Hong Kong: Transpacific Networks and a New History of Globalization by Peter E. Hamilton
RRP: £30.00£23.29Between 1949 and 1997, Hong Kong transformed from a struggling British colonial outpost into a global financial capital. Made in Hong Kong delivers a new narrative of this metamorphosis, revealing Hong Kong both as a critical engine in the expansion and... -
The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection by Yingyu Zhang 9780231178631
RRP: £22.00£17.36This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. Sorcerers use charmed talismans for mind control and murder. A pair of dubious monks... -
A Brief History of the Dynasties of China by Bamber Gascoigne
RRP: £12.99£3.51Although China's great empire lasted for longer than any other, no country has suffered so great an imbalance between the fame of its art and obscurity of its history. The names of the great dynasties are familiar, yet who can actually locate a T'ang... -
The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China by Timothy Brook 9780691250403
RRP: £25.00£19.59How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history's mighty empiresIn 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China,... -
Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping by Roger Faligot 9781787386044
RRP: £16.99£15.71In 1920s Shanghai, Zhou Enlai founded the first Chinese communist spy network, operating in the shadows against nationalists, Western powers and the Japanese. The story of Chinese spies has been a global one from the start. Unearthing previously... -
Freedom: How we lose it and how we get it back by Nathan Law
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Nathan Law's agonising account of China's ruthless takeover of Hong Kong provides a terrible insight into Beijing's ambitions - the world needs to read this.' - Jon Snow 'In Freedom, Nathan Law paints a deeply personal portrait of sheer courage... An... -
The Art of Chinese Living: An Inheritance of Tradition (in 4 volumes) by Xiang Yao 9780008400002
RRP: £80.00£54.71Chronicling the traditions of Chinese life and culture, The Art of Chinese Living is a visual cornucopia and an epic cultural immersion into everything from cuisine and history to art and rituals, calligraphy and music to artefacts and interiors, and... -
Peach Blossom Spring: A glorious, sweeping novel about family and the search for home Melissa Fu 9781472277572
RRP: £8.99£6.20***A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***'Glorious and tender . . . I finished it with tears in my eyes' JENNIFER SAINT'A stunning achievement' CHRISTY LEFTERI'An immersive, expertly plotted and elegantly written novel ' SHARLENE TEOWith every misfortune there is a... -
The Art of War [New Translation] by Sun Tzu
RRP: £19.99£14.05Written in the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still used as a book of military strategy today. Napoleon, Mae Zedong, General Vo Nguyen Giap and General Douglas MacArthur all claimed to have drawn inspiration from it. And beyond the world of... -
The Invention of China by Bill Hayton
RRP: £11.99£10.15Bill 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... -
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345522337Author Helen ZiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Cheng Tzu's Thirteen by Chen Man Ch'ing 9781583942208
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies 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 -
Radical: A Life of My Own by Xiaolu Guo 9781529920024
RRP: £10.99£7.77The 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 complexities of living, loving and... -
China's Forgotten People by Nick Holdstock
£24.11One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. With Islamic terrorism in China likely to increase over the next... -
China's Cosmopolitan Empire: The Tang Dynasty by Mark Edward Lewis
RRP: £21.95£17.62The Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age," a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in... -
Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise by Scott Rozelle
RRP: £16.00£11.21As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse. But as Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell show in Invisible China,... -
China's Terracotta Army: Band 09/Gold (Collins Big Cat) by Juliet Kerrigan
RRP: £6.75£6.48When the First Emperor of China died 2,000 years ago, he was buried in a giant tomb. In 1974, this tomb was discovered along with an army of over 6,000 terracotta warriors. Discover the army for yourself and the reason they were buried with the Emperor. ... -
China's Last Empire: The Great Qing by William T. Rowe
RRP: £21.95£17.62In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West.The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three... -
The Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China by Ralph D. Sawyer 9780465072057
RRP: £38.00£37.70The history of China is a history of warfare. Wars have caused dynasties to collapse, fractured the thin facade of national unity, and brought decades of alien occupation. But throughout Chinese history, its warfare has been guided by principles...