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The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation by Thomas Lamarre
RRP: £21.99£20.10Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that the history,... -
Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 by Richard B. Frank 9781324002109
RRP: £31.99£28.13In 1937 the swath of the globe from India to Japan contained half the world's population but only two nations with real sovereignty (Japan and Thailand) and two with compromised sovereignty (China and Mongolia). All other peoples in the region endured... -
Through the Arc of the Rain Forest by Karen Tei Yamashita 9781566894852
RRP: £12.99£8.63"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." New York Times Book Review "Dazzling . . . a seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction." San Francisco Chronicle "Impressive . . . a flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil." ... -
Bahawalpur: The Kingdom that Vanished by Anabel Loyd
RRP: £26.99£13.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670093779Author Anabel LoydFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House, IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 30mm -
Singapore: A Very Short History: From Temasek to Tomorrow by Alvin Tan 9789811840906
RRP: £9.99£8.43Singapore: A Very Short History - From Temasek to Tomorrow is a fresh, new, and highly-readable account of Singapore's history. It is a sweeping story of discovery, abandonment, rediscovery and development of what is today one of the world's greatest... -
Letters From Iwo Jima: The Japanese Eyewitness Stories That Inspired Clint Eastwood's Film by Kumiko Kakehashi
RRP: £9.99£6.80Based on the letters that inspired Clint Eastwood's filmLETTERS FROM IWO JIMA reveals the true story of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the subject of two films directed by Clint Eastwood. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS tells the story of the US Marines who raised the... -
Last Children Of The Raj, Volume 1 (1919-1939): British Childhoods in India by Laurence Fleming
RRP: £15.00£9.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903660201Author Mark TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dexter HavenPublisher Dexter HavenWeight(grams) 434gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 30mm -
Birth of an Empire by Yuri Pines 9780520289741
RRP: £34.00£26.85In 221 BCE the state of Qin vanquished its rivals and established the first empire on Chinese soil, starting a millennium-long imperial age in Chinese history. Hailed by some and maligned by many, Qin has long been an enigma. In this pathbreaking study,... -
Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler by A. L. Sadler
RRP: £15.99£10.93Uncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series "SHOGUN" in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun... -
ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age by Andre Gunder Frank
RRP: £29.00£22.48Andre Gunder Frank asks us to re-orient our views away from Eurocentrism - to see the rise of the West as a mere blip in what was, and is again becoming, an Asia-centered world. In a bold challenge to received historiography and social theory he turns on... -
A Short History of the Mughal Empire by Michael Fisher
RRP: £14.99£14.34The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in 1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the hands of... -
Slim, Master of War: Burma, 1942-5 by Robert Lyman
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Elegantly written and beautifully produced' TLSHow 'Uncle Bill' won the war in BurmaDefeated and demoralised, British units in the Far East had virtually been ejected from Burma when, in 1943, General W. J. Slim organised, trained and then deployed his... -
Japan: Courts and Culture by Rachel Peat
RRP: £49.95£33.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909741683Author Rachel PeatFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Royal Collection TrustPublisher Royal Collection TrustWeight(grams) 1880g -
Hong Kong by Jan Morris 9780679776482
RRP: £16.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679776482Author Jan MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm... -
British Social Life in India, 1608-1937 by Dennis Kincaid
£16.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788129137487Author Dennis KincaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. -
A History of Malaysia by Barbara Watson Andaya 9780230293540
RRP: £32.99£31.65First published in 1982, this text is widely regarded as a leading general history of the country. This new and revised edition brings the story of this fascinating country up to date, incorporating the latest scholarship on every period of Malaysian... -
Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda by Ruth Harris
RRP: £33.95£26.89From the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of The Man on Devil's Island, the definitive biography of Vivekananda, the Indian monk who shaped the intellectual and spiritual history of both East and West.Few thinkers have had so enduring an impact on... -
Strategy and the Second World War: How the War was Won, and Lost by Jeremy Black
RRP: £14.99£9.80A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War. How the war was won . . . and lost..In 1941, the Second World War became global, when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union; Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor; and... -
The Chinese Communist Party: A Century in Ten Lives by Timothy Cheek 9781108822619
RRP: £19.99£16.42Ten engaging personal histories introduce readers to what it was like to live in and with the most powerful political machine ever created: the Chinese Communist Party. Detailing the life of ten people who led or engaged with the Chinese Communist Party,... -
Hidden Heritage: Rediscovering Britain's Lost Love of the Orient by Fatima Manji
RRP: £10.99£7.77A fresh perspective on British history from award-winning broadcaster Fatima ManjiWhy was there a Turkish mosque adorning Britain's most famous botanic garden in the eighteenth century? How did a pair of Persian-inscribed cannon end up in rural Wales?... -
A Concise History of Hong Kong by John M. Carroll 9780742534223
RRP: £36.00£33.51When the British occupied the tiny island of Hong Kong during the First Opium War, the Chinese empire was well into its decline, while Great Britain was already in the second decade of its legendary "Imperial Century." From this collision of empires... -
The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 by Richard Maxwell Eaton
RRP: £29.00£22.48In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does... -
Works: v. 5: Jewish Antiquities, Bks.I-III by Flavius Josephus
RRP: £24.95£22.92Greco-Roman antiquity's premier Jewish historian.Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in... -
Last Children Of The Raj, Volume 2 (1939-1950): British Childhoods in India by Laurence Fleming
RRP: £15.00£10.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903660218Author Mark TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dexter HavenPublisher Dexter HavenWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 30mm -
India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Subcontinent from c. 7000 BCE to CE 1200 by Burjor Avari
RRP: £43.99£38.44India: The Ancient Past provides a clear and systematic introduction to the cultural, political, economic, social and geographical history of ancient India from the time of the pre-Harappan culture nine thousand years ago up until the beginning of the... -
Gurkha Odyssey: Campaigning for the Crown by Peter Duffell 9781399021920
RRP: £14.99£10.95"A compelling journey through Gurkha history -written with grace and style - it is indeed a wonderful read" - Field Marshal Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC It is 1814 and the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company is at war with a marauding Nepal... -
Obama and China's Rise: An Insider's Account of America's Asia Strategy by Jeffrey A. Bader
RRP: £18.99£18.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815724469Author Jeffrey A. BaderFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia by Jeevan Vasagar
RRP: £10.99£7.40Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed... -
The Mongol Empire in Global History and Art History by Anne Dunlop 9780674279162
RRP: £37.95£29.94With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states reconfigured the basic zones of Eurasian trade and contact. For... -
The Teabowl: East and West by Bonnie Kemske
RRP: £35.00£26.62A complete history of the tea ceremony and teabowls with beautiful pieces from international potters. The teabowl has become an iconic form in contemporary ceramics. Having travelled from Japan, where it was an inherent part of chanoyu, or tea... -
With the Paras in Helmand: A Photographic Diary by Allen, Craig 9781399020886
RRP: £14.99£13.61Craig Allen, a Paratrooper for 29 years, returned to 2 PARA as a reservist and unofficial photographer for the Battlegroups dramatic 2008 Tour in Helmand. As both a respected soldier and photographer he had unrivalled access to the fighting and moved... -
Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma
RRP: £14.99£9.80Many books have been written, and continue to be written, about the Second World War: military histories, histories of the Holocaust, the war in Asia, or collaboration and resistance in Europe. Few books have taken a close look at the immediate aftermath... -
Global Islam: A Very Short Introduction by Nile Green
RRP: £10.49£7.44This book presents the first comprehensive survey of the multiple versions of Islam propagated across geographical, political, and cultural boundaries during the era of modern globalization. Showing how Islam was transformed through these globalizing... -
Nirguna Bhakti in Eastern India: Ideology, Identity and Resistance by Dambarudhar Nath 9789394262256
£89.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789394262256Author Dambarudhar NathFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint Manohar Publishers and DistributorsPublisher Manohar Publishers and... -
History of East Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan by Captivating History 9781647489229
RRP: £22.97£15.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647489229Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm)... -
Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India by Douglas Ober
RRP: £27.99£23.66Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in the early 1800s. Its full-fledged revival, so the... -
Destination Peking by Paul French
RRP: £13.99£8.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887963967Author Paul FrenchFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 438g -
The Greeks in Asia by John Boardman 9780500252130
RRP: £32.00£21.61This book, by Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art, recounts the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam. Boardman examines a... -
How Asia Found Herself: A Story of Intercultural Understanding by Nile Green
RRP: £25.00£20.92A pioneering history of cross-cultural knowledge that exposes enduring fractures in unity across the world's largest continent "Mr. Green has written a book of rigorous-and refreshing-honesty."-Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal A Foreign Affairs... -
Hunted Through Central Asia: On the Run from Lenin's Secret Police by Paul Nazaroff
£28.50'My position was uncomfortable. Here was I, in an absolutely exposed place, with Red Guards and commissars on every side. I had very little money left and no means of transport at all.' Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow...