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Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China by Dominic Ziegler
RRP: $33.13$22.50Apologies 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: $17.53$12.60'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: $48.73$39.57Dominic 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: $54.58$46.92For 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... -
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna by Betty De Shong Meador
RRP: $42.88$36.64The 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... -
Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by Michael Asher
RRP: $25.33$17.73The 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... -
The Ismaili Assassins: A History of Medieval Murder by James Waterson 9781526760821
RRP: $29.23$21.35The Ismaili Assassins were an underground group of political killers who were ready to kill Christians and Muslims alike with complete disregard for their own lives. These devoted murderers were under the powerful control of a grand master who used... -
Fall of Malaya and Singapore by Jon Diamond 9781473845589
RRP: $35.08$26.33In 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: $97.50$74.90Daisetsu 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: $44.83$38.14In 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: $25.33$16.69In 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: $46.80$38.04In 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: $29.23$19.11The 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: $44.75$35.08"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: $79.93$79.76Apologies 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: $54.60$39.04During 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: $33.13$23.95The 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: $25.33$16.83Apologies 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: $38.98$28.65On 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... -
Josiah the Great: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre
RRP: $25.33$16.54The 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: $58.50$40.85A 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... -
The Oxford History of Modern China by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom 9780192895202
RRP: $27.28$20.53'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: $17.53$12.58As 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: $33.13$18.68Philip 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... -
Spying for the People: Mao's Secret Agents, 1949-1967 by Michael Schoenhals
RRP: $44.83$31.55Since 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... -
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen 9781847247674
RRP: $29.23$19.11In 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... -
The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India by Supriya Gandhi 9780674987296
RRP: $54.50$47.00The 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... -
Kut 1916: The Forgotten British Disaster in Iraq by Patrick Crowley
RRP: $37.03$28.08The 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... -
Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan by Karl F. Friday
RRP: $77.98$68.37Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of... -
A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World by Rana Mitter
RRP: $31.18$23.42China 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: $39.00$27.03'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: $48.75$34.36In 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
$59.14--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,... -
The Confucian Creation of Heaven: Philosophy and the Defense of Ritual Mastery by Robert Eno 9780791401910
RRP: $52.59$46.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791401910Author Robert EnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The Book Collectors of Daraya: A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui
RRP: $19.48$13.77'The Book Collectors of Daraya celebrates the political and therapeutic power of the written word . . . defiant and cautiously optimistic' Financial Times'[An] incredible chronicle . . . The book tells the kind of story that often gets buried beneath... -
Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal
RRP: $35.08$29.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356295940Author Sanjeev SanyalFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 220mm... -
Red Star Versus Rising Sun: Volume 1: The Conquest of Manchuria 1931-1938 by Adrien Fontanellaz
RRP: $58.40$27.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377808Author Adrien FontanellazFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Mountains and Lowlands: Ancient Iran and Mesopotamia by Paul Collins 9781910807088
RRP: $29.25$19.89Ancient Mesopotamia and Iran are usually treated separately or as part of a much broader 'Ancient Near East'. However, the developments that lie at the root of our own world - farming, cities, writing, organised religion, warfare - were forged in the... -
A Modern History of Hong Kong: 1841-1997 by Steve Tsang
RRP: $42.88$36.08This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium... -
Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh by Helena Norberg-Hodge
RRP: $33.13$23.95Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and...