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The Tatas, Freddie Mercury & Other Bawas: An Intimate History of the Parsis by Coomi Kapoor 9780143459811
RRP: $23.16$17.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143459811Author Coomi KapoorFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Penguin Random House IndiaPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm *... -
The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600: Commercial Networks and Urban Autonomy by Wim Blockmans 9780367872946
RRP: $59.33$51.77The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600 explores the links between maritime trading networks around Europe, from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to the North and Baltic Seas. Maritime trade routes connected diverse... -
Kublai Khan by John Man 9780553817188
RRP: $15.47$10.87In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decreeKublai Khan lives on in the popular imagination thanks to these two lines of poetry by Coleridge. But the true story behind this legend is even more fantastic than the poem would have us believe. He... -
The Book Of Samurai by Antony Cummins
RRP: $32.25$20.47THE 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... -
The Islamic World: A History in Objects by Ladan Akbarnia
RRP: $38.64$28.28This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it provides... -
Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison by David P. Chandler
RRP: $32.25$24.74The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. David Chandler, a world-renowned historian of Cambodia, examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon... -
Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship by Stephen Vines
RRP: $25.80$23.04'Defying the Dragon' tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi's China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in... -
Victorious in Defeat: The Life and Times of Chiang Kai-shek, China, 1887-1975 by Alexander V. Pantsov
RRP: $38.70$32.06An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years,... -
Tantra: enlightenment to revolution by Imma Ramos
RRP: $45.15$32.03Tantra: 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 Incredible History of the Indian Ocean by Sanyal, Sanjeev 9780143446019
RRP: $10.26$7.61An adaptation of The Ocean of Churn for young readersWhen did the first humans arrive in India and how did they get here?What are Roman artefacts from hundreds of years ago doing in a town near Puducherry?How did merchants from Arabia end up near... -
Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India by Lata Mani
RRP: $37.41$28.48"Contentious Traditions" analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. Though the prohibition of widow burning in 1829 was heralded as a key step forward for women's emancipation in modern India, Lata Mani argues that the women who... -
The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide by Azeem Ibrahim 9781849049733
RRP: $21.92$19.31According to the United Nations, Myanmar's Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Only now has the media turned its attention to their plight at the hands of a country led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet the... -
Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld by David E. Kaplan 9780520274907
RRP: $32.25$25.26Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow... -
Malaya and Singapore 1941-42: The fall of Britain's empire in the East by Mark Stille
RRP: $21.92$15.84For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth to the myth of the Imperial Japanese Army's invincibility, the victory left both Burma and... -
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine by Ilza Veith 9780520288263
RRP: $32.25$24.74The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine has become a landmark in the history of Chinese civilization. Written in the form of a dialogue in which the emperor seeks information from his minister Ch'I-Po on questions of health and the art of... -
Japan's Asian Allies 1941-45 by Philip Jowett
RRP: $15.47$11.40During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941-45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no... -
A Compendium of Medieval World Sovereigns by Timothy Venning
RRP: $161.25$139.14The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access 'who's who' with details on the identities and dates, ages and wives, where known, of heads of... -
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives by Carole Hillenbrand
RRP: $58.05$50.50At the 900th anniversary of the Crusader capture of Jerusalem, it is timely to reflect on how the phenomenon of the Crusades influenced the Muslim world, then and now, militarily, culturally and psychologically. This book discusses a group of themes... -
A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century by Charles Holcombe
RRP: $37.40$34.60Charles Holcombe begins by asking the question 'what is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution,... -
A Short History of South-East Asia by Peter Church
RRP: $24.51$21.78Explore 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,... -
Tanaka 1587: Japan'S Greatest Unknown Samurai Battle by Stephen Turnbull 9781912866496
RRP: $25.74$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866496Author Stephen TurnbullFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations by Martin Goodman
RRP: $24.50$17.56In Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, Martin Goodman explores the history of a titanic struggle whose repercussions are still felt today. In 70CE, after four years of Jewish rebellion, Roman legions devastated the great city of... -
A Fistful of Kung Fu: Hong Kong Movie Wargame Rules by Andrea Sfiligoi
RRP: $16.76$14.96A Fistful of Kung Fu brings the hyper-kinetic, bullet-spraying, demon-slaying, kung-fu-fighting action of Hong Kong movies and Asian cinema to the wargames tabletop. In a modern world walking a precarious line between the advances of next-generation... -
The Eurasian Steppe by Warwick Ball
RRP: $32.24$26.69From nomadic peoples to conquering empires, from tales of Amazon women to art nouveau, and from golden grave goods to the formation of countries that still exist today, Ball shows how the steppe has continually shaped Europe's destiny.About the... -
Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Stathis Kalyvas
RRP: $14.18$10.02Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be a politically secure nation with a healthy economy. Today, Greece can be found at the center of the economic maelstrom in Europe. Beginning in late 2008, the Greek economy entered a nosedive that would... -
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire by Prashant Kidambi 9780198843139
RRP: $38.70$27.54Cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English, it has famously been said. Today, the Indian cricket team is a powerful national symbol, a unifying force in a country riven by conflicts. But India was represented by a cricket team long... -
The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey through India by Dean Mahomet
RRP: $34.83$31.11This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company's army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H... -
Another India: The Making of the World's Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–77 by Pratinav Anil
RRP: $32.25$27.84'Another India' tells the story of the world's biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of Indian Muslims--elite and subaltern, secular and clerical, activist and apolitical--it brings the experience of... -
The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War by S. C. M. Paine 9781107676169
RRP: $29.66$23.50The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and became the one non-European great power, its leaders... -
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: An extraordinary diary of courage from the Vietnam War by Dang Thuy Tram
RRP: $19.34$14.13'THE VIETNAMESE ANNE FRANK'Last Night I Dreamed of Peace is the moving diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. Not only is it an important slice of... -
Structure of the Seraglio: European Fantasies of Asiatic Despotism by Alain Grosrichard
RRP: $23.21$19.74Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) has justly attracted great respect and attention for its account of Western perceptions and representations of the Orient, but the English-speaking world has for too long been unaware of another classic in the same field... -
Asia as Method: Toward Deimperialization by Kuan-Hsing Chen
RRP: $33.53$30.01Centering his analysis in the dynamic forces of modern East Asian history, Kuan-Hsing Chen recasts cultural studies as a politically urgent global endeavor. He argues that the intellectual and subjective work of decolonization begun across East Asia... -
How to Read Buddhist Art by Kurt A. Behrendt 9781588396730
RRP: $25.74$22.37An indispensable introduction to the evolution of Buddhist imagery from its origins in India through its spread to China, Japan, and South Asia For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist... -
Coffee Life in Japan by Merry I. White
RRP: $32.25$24.74This fascinating book - part ethnography, part memoir - traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. Merry White traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian... -
Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
RRP: $20.63$14.98Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend? Joyce Tyldesley's lively book explores the life and times of Egypt's greatest king. Ramesses II was the archetypal Egyptian pharoah: a mighty warrior, an extravagant... -
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi
RRP: $18.05$12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739822590Author Hiroki TakahashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Honford StarPublisher Honford Star -
Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond by Ahmed Rashid 9780755647101
RRP: $20.63$17.31A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the Taliban began terrorizing Afghan security forces, civilians and the government in Kabul. By August 2021,... -
Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923 by Gennifer Weisenfeld 9780520271951
RRP: $70.95$54.88Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923 - this fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the... -
Mao's Last Revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar
RRP: $33.48$27.37The Cultural Revolution was a watershed event in the history of the People's Republic of China, the defining decade of half a century of communist rule. Before 1966, China was a typical communist state, with a command economy and a powerful party able to... -
1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India by Anam Zakaria 9780143454038
RRP: $28.32$19.56The year 1971 exists everywhere in Bangladesh-on its roads, in sculptures, in its museums and oral history projects, in its curriculum, in people's homes and their stories, and in political discourse. It marks the birth of the nation, its liberation...