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Photography in Cambodia: 1866 to the Present by Nicholas Coffill
RRP: €41.64€28.60A stunning visual journey through Cambodian culture, history, art, struggle, and modernization.Cambodia has two parallel histories. One is the constant stream of adventurers and diplomats, kings and rebels, archaeologists and artists drawn to the... -
The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories by Sumathi Ramaswamy 9780520244405
RRP: €32.13€24.55During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the... -
The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-shek Lost China's Civil War by Parks M. Coble
RRP: €35.70€30.88When World War II ended Chiang Kai-shek seemed at the height of his power-the leader of Nationalist China, one of the victorious Allied Powers in 1945 and with the financial backing of the US. Yet less than four years later, he lost the China's civil war... -
Terriers in India: British Territorials 1914-19 by Peter Stanley
RRP: €35.64€24.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510513Author Peter StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power by Noam Chomsky
RRP: €21.41€14.64Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan "Through the structure of a deeply engaging conversation between two of our most important contemporary public intellectuals, we are... -
The Battle For China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution by Mobo Gao 9780745327808
RRP: €35.69€27.39--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,... -
Zhou Enlai: The Enigma Behind Chairman Mao by Michael Dillon
RRP: €29.74€27.68Enigmatic, Eminence grise, the 'power behind the throne' - these phrases sum up Zhou Enlai's long and varied, but always pivotal, political career in the Chinese Communist Party from the 1920s to 1970s. Born in 1898, Zhou witnessed several of the... -
Pure Land: History, Tradition, and Practice by Charles B Jones
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611808902Author Charles JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power by Sheila A. Smith 9780674293953
RRP: €24.93€19.66"Washington's relationship with Tokyo is generally considered the most important of the United States' 70-odd alliances. In this intimately knowledgeable book, Smith shows how that alliance looks to the Japanese: increasingly unreliable."-Andrew J... -
Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law by Michael C Davis
RRP: €17.84€14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952636134Author Michael C. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian StudiesWeight(grams)... -
Kanji Pict-o-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics by Michael Rowley 9780962813702
RRP: €17.84€16.97"Kanji Pict-o-Graphix offers an engaging way to learn and memorize Kanji."-Rocky Mountain Region Japan Project "A fun book for studying kanji. The illustration reveals more of its contents and method than any description ever could."-Japan Times "It is... -
The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus' Land by Charles J. Halperin
RRP: €94.01€90.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802700114Author Charles J. HalperinFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism by Mircea Raianu
RRP: €33.26€25.82An eye-opening portrait of global capitalism spanning 150 years, told through the history of the Tata corporation.Nearly a century old, the grand facade of Bombay House is hard to miss in the historic business district of Mumbai. This is the iconic... -
Britain in Vietnam: Prelude to Disaster, 1945-46 by Peter Neville
RRP: €64.25€55.78This book is a study of the circumstances leading to British intervention in Vietnam in 1945, and the course and consequences of this intervention. The first part of the work links French colonialism with the native communist insurgency, while examining... -
A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955 by Ronald H. Spector
RRP: €38.07€32.76The end of the Second World War led to the United States' emergence as a global superpower. For war-ravaged Western Europe it marked the beginning of decades of unprecedented cooperation and prosperity that one historian has labeled "the long peace". Yet... -
Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific: Difficult Heritage and the Tr by Shu-Mei Huang 9789888754144
€97.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888754144Author Shu-Mei HuangFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press -
The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation by Alex Dehgan
RRP: €26.18€17.33Post-war Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary biologist Alex Deghan came to Afghanistan and created a startup, Conservation X Labs, to save Afghanistan's unique and extraordinary... -
Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow 9780140265477
RRP: €29.75€20.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140265477Author Stanley KarnowFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)... -
Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division by Arthur Wiknik 9781612006529
RRP: €14.27€9.03An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier's eye view . . . Nam-Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the... -
Savage Summit: The Life and Death of the First Women of K2 by Jennifer Jordan 9780060587161
RRP: €10.70€7.16Here is narrative nonfiction at its most gripping. Journalist Jennifer Jordan chronicled the individual stories of the five courageous women who have climbed K2, the most fearsome mountain in the world. Climbers call K2 "The Savage Mountain." It is not... -
Lost Hong Kong: A History in Pictures by Peter Waller
RRP: €19.03€13.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995749351Author Peter WallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd -
An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad: Scandal in the Raj by Benjamin B. Cohen
RRP: €30.88€24.06The dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial and fall reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals.In April... -
Restless Empire by Ian Barnes 9780674504677
RRP: €61.82€49.49From the first Slavic migrations to the Romanovs' rise to the Putin era, Russia has endured for centuries as a nation whose sheer size and diversity have challenged its rulers and shaped its identity. Restless Empire illuminates the epic sweep of Russian... -
Asian Traditions of Meditation by Halvor Eifring 9780824876678
RRP: €34.45€27.80Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in the formation of Asian cultures that trace much of their heritage to ancient India and China. This volume... -
Savarkar (Part 2, Concluding Volume): A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 by Vikram Sampath
RRP: €47.59€24.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670090310Author Vikram SampathFormat HardbackPage Count 712Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 1045gDimensions(mm) 240mm *... -
Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places by Laurel Kendall
RRP: €35.70€27.16Statues, paintings, and masks-like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums-give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how... -
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 9781529012316
RRP: €20.22€17.98'This is an urgent and compelling account of great bravery and passion. Delphine Minoui has crafted a book that champions books and the individuals who risk everything to preserve them.' Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book In 2012 the rebel suburb... -
The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople by Donald E. Queller
RRP: €35.69€31.40On August 15, 1199, Pope Innocent III called for a renewed effort to deliver Jerusalem from the Infidel, but the Fourth Crusade had a very different outcome from the one he preached. Proceeding no further than Constantinople, the Crusaders sacked the... -
Spider Eaters: A Memoir by Rae Yang 9780520276024
RRP: €29.75€22.76"Spider Eaters" is at once a moving personal story, a fascinating family history, and a unique chronicle of political upheaval told by a Chinese woman who came of age during the turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution. With stunning honesty and a... -
From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia by Dan Slater
RRP: €35.70€27.16Why some of Asia's authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer-and why others haven'tOver the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization-a spectacular record of development... -
Peace, Poverty and Betrayal: A New History of British India by Roderick Matthews 9781787383852
RRP: €29.75€25.68How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the cliches of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews tells a more nuanced story of 'oblige and rule', the foundation of common purpose between... -
We Were Never There Volume 2: CIA U-2 Asia and Worldwide Operations 1957-1974 by Kevin Wright
RRP: €20.17€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070692Author Kevin WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Orientalism by Edward W. Said 9780394740676
€13.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394740676Author Edward W. SaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Mughal World: India's Tainted Paradise by Abraham Eraly
RRP: €20.22€13.73Inside the opulent, decadent world of the Mughal emperorsThe Mughal emperors were larger-than-life figures, men written on a supra-human scale who exercised absolute power. The three centuries of their rule, as laid out in Eraly's previous volume, THE... -
The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180 by Paul Magdalino
RRP: €45.21€41.45The reign of Manuel I (1143-1180) marked the high point of the revival of the Byzantine empire under the Comnenian dynasty. It was, however, followed by a rapid decline, leading to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. This book, the... -
The Knights Hospitaller by Helen Jane Nicholson
RRP: €29.74€24.87Nicholson, one of the UK's leading historians of the medieval military orders...has a flair for clear and uncluttered explanations enlivened with telling detail and quotation. And her account is comprehensive. An attractive volume. HISTORY This short... -
A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea by Joseph McQuade
RRP: €35.69€32.61Using India as a case study, Joseph McQuade demonstrates how the modern concept of terrorism was shaped by colonial emergency laws dating back into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beginning with the 'thugs', 'pirates', and 'fanatics' of the... -
Russian Soldier vs Japanese Soldier by David Campbell
RRP: €19.03€15.86At the turn of the 20th century, the region of Manchuria sat atop a potentially catastrophic political fault line; the ancient strength of China was crumbling, leaving opportunities for both Russia and Japan to claw out new territories from the edges of... -
Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume 2 by Joseph Campbell
RRP: €32.13€21.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608687282Author Joseph CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and Its Neighbors, 10th-14th Centuries by Morris Rossabi
RRP: €36.89€28.50Scholars have long accepted China's own view of its traditional foreign relations: that China devised its own world order and maintained it from the second century B.C. to the nineteenth century. China ruled out equality with any nation: foreign rulers...