Asian History
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Shadow of the Silk Road: (Vintage Voyages)
Colin ThubronCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50Colin Thurbons beautiful prose unfolds along the Silk Road, unearthing a richly layered past on his most ambitious journey. On buses, donkey carts,...
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The Art of War: Annotated Edition
Sun TzuCurrent price €9.89Original price €10.99For two and a half thousand years The Art of War has been the core text of military strategy and planning, providing leaders with enduring insights...
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The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits
Joshua FrydmanCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mytholog...
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Bettany HughesCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve' GUARDIAN'Richly entertaining and imp...
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Samurai Weapons: Tools of the Warrior
Don CunninghamCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50Unlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samuraiWhile the samurai is well known as the military nobility of medieval Japan, their range o...
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The Ninja, The Secret History of Ninjutsu: Ancient Shadow Warriors of Japan
Kacem ZoughariCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Here, for the first time, is an in-depth, factual look at the entire art of ninjutsu, including the emergence of the ninja warriors and philosophy ...
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The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan
Eric BlehmCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Set in the imme...
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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
William DalrympleCurrent price €16.28Original price €18.50SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013 'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph 'Dazzling' Sun...
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The Book of Tea
Okakura KakuzoCurrent price €15.23Original price €17.50The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.Par...
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Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Alan TansmanCurrent price €14.39Original price €15.99With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japanese literature is infused from its beginnings with written traditions from around the globe...
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The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Curt KrausCurrent price €14.39Original price €15.99China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, ...
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The Kaiser''s Mission to Kabul: A Secret Expedition to Afghanistan in World War I
Jules StewartCurrent price €20.69Original price €22.99In 1915, at the height of World War I, the Central Powers sent a secret mission, led by Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, to...
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Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe
Anne ApplebaumCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50A 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 ...
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The World Beneath Their Feet: The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
Scott EllsworthCurrent price €26.98Original price €32.50The 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards of the History of the YearShortlisted for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year'A gripping history' T...
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The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
Michael Dylan FosterCurrent price €25.08Original price €29.50Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai,...
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Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World''s Most Infamous Diamond
Anita AnandCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor Tarquin Hall, Sunday Tim...
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The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze
George SoltCurrent price €35.99Original price €39.99A rich, salty, and steaming bowl of ramen noodle soup climbed its way onto the international culinary scene and, from Tokyo to New York, is now a s...
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The Cambridge History of Communism 3 Volume Paperback Set
Cambridge University PressCurrent price €89.99Original price €99.19The Cambridge History of Communism is an unprecedented global history of communism in the twentieth century. With contributions from a team of lead...
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Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
Shashi TharoorCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharo...
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The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives
Christopher HardingCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the h...
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Ezra F. VogelCurrent price €29.25Original price €32.50Winner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award FinalistAn Economist Best Book of the Year | A Financial Times Book of the Year...
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The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
William DalrympleCurrent price €16.28Original price €18.50THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZ...
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Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Paul FrenchCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul FrenchTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A first-rate murder story...
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The Swords of Silence the
Shaun CurryCurrent price €15.54Original price €18.50'AN INTELLIGENTLY PRESENTED HISTORICAL FANTASY THAT PROVOKES THOUGHT FROM THE START' THE BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETYWhere once new ideas and beliefs we...
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The Modi Effect: Inside Narendra Modi''s campaign to transform India
Lance PriceCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50How did a 'chai wallah' who sold tea on trains as a boy become Prime Minister of India? On May 16, 2014, Narendra Modi was declared the winner of...
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The Cultural Revolution: A People''s History, 1962-1976
Frank DikoetterCurrent price €14.39Original price €15.99Acclaimed by the Daily Mail as ''definitive and harrowing'', this is the final volume of ''The People''s Trilogy'', begun by the Samuel Johnson pri...
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A Traveller''s History Of Southeast Asia: (2nd Edition)
J.M. BarwiseCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Current price €16.99Original price €19.99Save 15% -
Simone
Viet Thanh NguyenCurrent price €19.31Original price €22.99When Simone is awakened by her mom as a wildfire threatens their home, it is the beginning of a life-changing journey. On their way to take shelter...
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Countering China''s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance
Michael Scott SobolikCurrent price €24.75Original price €27.50The United States is in the midst of a new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and America is losing. That claim, at the core of Micha...
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The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
A N KuropatkinCurrent price €21.59Original price €23.99Current price €21.59Original price €23.99Save 10% -
The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
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The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect
Sir Monier Monier-WilliamsCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Current price €17.99Original price €19.99Save 10% -
The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect
Sir Monier Monier-WilliamsCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Current price €17.99Original price €19.99Save 10% -
The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 2; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
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Discovering Kazakhstan: A Traveler''s Guide
William JonesCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50Current price €14.88Original price €17.50Save 15% -
Art and Modernism in Socialist China: Unexplored International Encounters 19491979
Taylor & Francis LtdCurrent price €125.27Original price €143.99This edited volume will be the first book examining the art history of Chinas socialist period from the perspective of modernism, modernity, and gl...
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Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Odd Arne WestadCurrent price €30.59Original price €33.99From an award-winning historian, a concise overview of the deep and longstanding ties between China and the Koreas, providing an essential foundati...
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The Chronicler of China: Juan González de Mendoza, between Mission, Empire and History (Sixteenth- to Seventeenth Centuries)
Diego SolaCurrent price €129.59Original price €143.99This monograph provides an analysis and contextualization of an extraordinarily successful book, the History of the Great Kingdom of China (Rome 15...
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The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect
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Run Through the Jungle: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam: Studies and Observations Group (Macv-Sog), 1964-1972, Volume 1
Shawn FisherCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99Current price €19.79Original price €21.99Save 10% -
A Sarong for Clio: Essays on the Intellectual and Cultural History of ThailandInspired by Craig J. Reynolds
Cornell University PressCurrent price €116.99Original price €129.99A Sarong for Clio testifies to an ongoing intellectual dialogue between its ten contributors and Craig J. Reynolds, who inspired these essays. Conc...
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