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Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo 9780892132942
RRP: £39.99£37.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892132942Author Michael A. CremoFormat HardbackPage Count 914Imprint Bhaktivedanta Book TrustPublisher Bhaktivedanta Book TrustWeight(grams) 1545g -
Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93 for OCR Second Edition by Vivienne Sanders
£26.80Exam 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... -
Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by Michael Asher
RRP: £12.99£9.09The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure more thrilling than any fiction. The story begins with the massacre of the 11,000 strong Hicks Pasha column in 1883. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero... -
India by Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display by Saloni Mathur 9780520252318
RRP: £30.00£22.82"India by Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display" maps for the first time a series of historical events - from the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day - through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the... -
Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China by Dominic Ziegler
RRP: £16.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143109891Author Dominic ZieglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Savage Beasts by Rani Selvarajah
RRP: £8.99£6.46'A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!' Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin 'Absorbing and thoughtful...full of page-turning drama and vibrantly drawn characters. Bold and illuminating' Claire Heywood, author of... -
The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan by Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang 9781108746878
RRP: £24.99£20.29Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang examines one of the least understood migrations in modern East Asia - the human exodus from China to Taiwan when Chiang Kai-shek's regime collapsed in 1949. Peeling back layers of Cold War ideological constructs, he tells a very... -
The Meiji Restoration by W. G. Beasley 9781503608269
RRP: £27.99£24.06For Japan, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 has something of the significance that the French Revolution has for France: it is the point from which modern history begins. In this now classic work of Japanese history, the late W. G. Beasley offers a... -
Maymyo Days: Forgotten Lives of a Burma Hill Station by Stephen Simmons 9786164510760
RRP: £30.00£19.18To 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... -
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna by Betty De Shong Meador
RRP: £21.99£18.79The earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna, who lived in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BCE. High Priestess to the moon god Nanna, Enheduanna came to venerate the goddess Inanna above all gods in the Sumerian pantheon... -
Fall of Malaya and Singapore by Jon Diamond 9781473845589
RRP: £17.99£12.68In just 10 weeks from 8 December 1941 to mid February 1942, British and Imperial forces were utterly defeated by the numerically inferior Japanese under General Yamashita. British units fought hard on the Malayan mainland but the Japanese showed greater... -
Selected Works of D.T. Suzuki, Volume IV: Buddhist Studies by Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki
RRP: £50.00£38.41Daisetsu Teitar Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside Japan encountered Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and for nearly a century his work and legacy have contributed... -
Women Warriors and Wartime Spies of China by Louise Edwards 9781316509340
RRP: £22.99£19.56In this compelling new study, Louise Edwards explores the lives of some of China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies through history. Focusing on key figures including Hua Mulan, Zheng Pingru and Liu Hulan, this book examines the ways in which... -
Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan by Ian Buruma
RRP: £12.99£8.56In this highly original and now classic text, Ian Buruma explores and compares how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their violent pasts, and investigates the painful realities of living with guilt, and with its denial.As Buruma... -
The Fight for Everest 1924 by E. F. Norton 9781910240397
RRP: £24.00£19.51In 1924 Mount Everest remained unclimbed. Two British expeditions had already tackled what was known to be the highest mountain on Earth. The first, in 1921, found a route to the base. The second, in 1922, attempted the summit, reaching a record height... -
Christ's Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £14.99£9.32The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire ... -
Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping by Klaus Mühlhahn 9780674248311
RRP: £22.95£17.99"Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence [that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China."-William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead?It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng... -
AKBAR: The Great Mughal by Ira Mukhoty
RRP: £40.99£40.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389836042Author Ira MukhotyFormat HardbackPage Count 642Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher Aleph Book CompanyWeight(grams) 831gDimensions(mm) 230mm *... -
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's Opium Wars with China 1839-1860 by Mark Simner 9781781557174
RRP: £28.00£20.02During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to... -
Forgotten Armies: Britain's Asian Empire and the War with Japan by Christopher Bayly
RRP: £16.99£12.28The vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany, providing huge quantities of soldiers and raw materials and key part of an... -
Rose by Li-Young Lee 9780918526533
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780918526533Author Li-Young LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 71Imprint BOA Editions, LimitedPublisher BOA Editions, LimitedWeight(grams) 127g -
Maiwand: The Last Stand of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment in Afghanistan, 1880 by Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding 9780752445373
RRP: £19.99£14.69On 27 July 1880 the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment fought a terrible battle on the dusty plains of Afghanistan. The battle went down in history as a massacre which effectively wiped out the regiment. They lost 10 officers and 276 men. Nonetheless, their... -
The Book Of Samurai by Antony Cummins
RRP: £25.00£16.58THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION OF A SAMURAI SCHOOL CURRICULUM, THE BOOK OF SAMURAI SERIES IS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SAMURAI WARFARE. Book One: Fundamental Teachings reveals to the samurai student the basic traditions of... -
Josiah the Great: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £12.99£8.48The amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan. In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant,... -
Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan by Elisabeth Leake 9780198846017
RRP: £30.00£20.95A new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - an invasion whose consequences are still felt in Afghanistan and across the wider world. On 24 December 1979, Soviet armed forces entered Afghanistan, beginning an occupation that would last... -
Tantra: enlightenment to revolution by Imma Ramos
RRP: £35.00£23.92Tantra: enlightenment to revolution explores the radical philosophy that transformed the religious, cultural and political landscape of India and beyond. Originating in early medieval India, Tantra has been linked to successive waves of revolutionary... -
The Oxford History of Modern China by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom 9780192895202
RRP: £13.99£10.53'excellent' LSE Review of Books China is the world's most populous country and newest superpower, whose place on the international stage can only be understood through the lens of its modern history. The Oxford History of Modern China is essential... -
Mao: A Very Short Introduction by Delia Davin 9780199588664
RRP: £8.99£6.45As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from... -
Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924 by Philip Mansel
RRP: £16.99£10.03Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history of Constantinople (formerly known as Byzantium) absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror... -
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen 9781847247674
RRP: £14.99£9.32In September 1298, the rival Italian republics of Genoa and Venice fought a fierce sea battle at Curzola off the rocky coast of southern Dalmatia. Against the odds the Venetians, led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of the Doge, were defeated. Among the... -
Spying for the People: Mao's Secret Agents, 1949-1967 by Michael Schoenhals
RRP: £22.99£16.18Since the end of the Cold War, the operations of secret police informers have come under the media spotlight and it is now common knowledge that vast internal networks of spies in the Soviet Union and East Germany were directed by the Communist Party. By... -
A Short History of South-East Asia by Peter Church
RRP: £19.00£17.67Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area,... -
The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India by Supriya Gandhi 9780674987296
RRP: £27.95£24.10The definitive biography of the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, whose death at the hands of his younger brother Aurangzeb changed the course of South Asian history.Dara Shukoh was the eldest son of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor, best known for... -
Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe by Anne Applebaum
RRP: £12.99£9.09A vivid and human glimpse into Europe's borderlands as they emerged from Soviet rule - back in print after nearly 20 years'In this superb book, in which one senses the spirit of Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz, the dramatic world of the Eastern borderlands... -
The Lost World of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris
RRP: £14.99£13.63A fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval world's greatest empires For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world... -
Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq by Patrick Crowley
RRP: £18.99£14.40The siege of Kut is a story of blunders, sacrifice, imprisonment and escape. The allied campaign in Mesopotamia began in 1914 as a relatively simple operation to secure the oilfields in the Shatt-al-Arab delta and Basra area. Initially it was a great... -
A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World by Rana Mitter
RRP: £15.99£12.01China 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... -
The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II by Ian Buruma
RRP: £20.00£13.86'A multiple biography with overlapping chronology is a tricky feat and Buruma pulls it off magnificently.' Ben Macintyre, The TimesOn the face of it, the three characters here seem to have little in common - aside from the fact that each committed... -
Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present, Expanded and Updated Edition by Jonathan L. Lee 9781789145885
RRP: £25.00£17.62In this monumental, authoritative new history of Afghanistan, Jonathan L. Lee places the current conflict in its historical context and challenges many of the West's preconceived ideas about the country. Lee chronicles the region's monarchic rules and... -
The Battle For China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution by Mobo Gao 9780745327808
£30.33--Shows that the Mao era was benficial for most Chinese citizens-- "A powerful mixture of political passion and original research, a brave polemic against the fashionable view on China. ... Aims a knockout blow at Jung Chang's recent book on Mao,...