Asian history

This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game.

No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet.

'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize.

This text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier, which in the late 1990s forms the volatile boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia.

The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth.

For as long as people have been migrating to London, so has their music.

In the twenty-first century, religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism of all kinds.

Against the Machine is a fascinating look at how the Internet is reshaping the way we think about ourselves and the world.

Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil.

'Marble enigma, most photographed of structures, the Taj Mahal lends its name to a prime brand of Indian tea bags and stands too as the world's great, extravagant monument to eternal love.

Edwin Lutyens' Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval in Northern France, visited annually by tens of thousands of tourists, is arguably the finest structure erected by any British architect in the twentieth century.

The Secrethas sold millions of copies worldwide.

A theoretical investigation into the culture of precarious work, digital consumption and personal flexibility, calling for a counter-discourse of resistance.

'Fascinating, panoramic, wonderful' Tom HollandA magical book which explores how the world was seen at twelve points in history, through twelve extraordinary maps and the minds of those who made themWhat you see depends on where - and when - you are looking from.

A pacy, fresh and surprising portrait of Japan and the Japanese - from David Pilling, award-winning writer and Asia Editor of the Financial TimesDespite years of stagnation, Japan remains one of the world's largest economies and a country which exerts a remarkable cultural fascination.

China's Silent Army is a revealing and gripping piece of investigative journalism into the unknown extent of China's global power, from China-based reporters Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Ara joThis book stems from the remarkable, determined work of these two China-based journalists who, frustrated by the facile, pro-business commentary of so much writing on China and the evasions of Beijing's official pronouncements, took a drastic decision: to see for themselves just how rapidly China is spreading its influence around the world.

DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST AND INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARThroughout the 1990s a vast conflict was brewing.

Culloden was the last battle on British soil.

At a time when the influence of Islam and the Arab world dominate newspaper headlines as a result of bloodshed and terrorist threats, it will come as a welcome relief to learn of Sultan Qaboos.

Arthwyr ap Meurig, der wahre König Arthur, im Schatten der Normannen & Franken, ist meine deutsche Übersetzung der historischen Bücher von Wilson & Blackett.

How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite.

The first volume in a three-volume set, this is a study of the rise of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam during the first six Muslim centuries.

In October 2015, the Chinese Communist Party banned its 88 million members from excessive drinking, improper sexual relationships and holding golf club memberships.

For more than a century successive US and UK governments have sought to thwart nationalist, socialist and pro-democracy movements in the Middle East.

A mystical story: breaking traditional boundaries, new thought, practices, insights, and a way of knowledge.

The artist is dead.

A blast from the past; direction to the future?

Who could believe the Masters Koot Humi and Morya would have such a sense of humour!

The secrets of the Sufi medicine wheel, a journey to love and power

Bourbon is booming, and this guide will teach you all you need to know.

'The Ultimate G&T' -- Jamie Oliver'The best tonic on the planet' -- Ashton KutcherThe first cocktail book to put the mixers centre-stage, from brilliant Fever-Tree brand and created by leading bartenders around the world.

Beyond the Lectionary offers experiences of scripture that will surprise, enlighten, provoke and challenge.

Leftist observers of China's political economy, whether they are adulatory or dismissive, have fundamentally misunderstood the role of the market

For over three decades, China exercised unprecedented control over the reproductive habits of its billion citizens.

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2014 PICK A TOP TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR PICK BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A gripping account of the 1978 Camp David summit when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, one which endures to this day.

In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma.

A fresh look at the origins and development of Islam, this is a fascinating reconstruction of the era of the first three generations of Muslims.

What is a shogun?

Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani (1879 1957) was a political activist, Islamic scholar, and supporter of Gandhi during the struggle for India's independence.

The greatest of the Mughal emperors, Jalal ad-Din Akbar (1542-1603) was a formidable military tactician and popular demagogue.

This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period.

A completely revised edition offering insight into the key economic, social and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and region as a wholeCombining factual information with a critical approach which probes the nature of culture and identity, this concise yet authoritative account paints a graphic picture of an area stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayan mountains.

Nasr presents the peaceful course for defeating terrorism and bringing stability and democracy to the Middle EastCombining historical narrative with eye-opening on-the-ground research, "e;Meccanomics"e; introduces a Muslim world we've never seen before; one that is being transformed by booming economies and a vibrant middle class that will tip the balance away from extremists.

Am I unlucky because of the terrible things that happened to me as a child, or am I lucky because of the life I lead now?

Kevin J.

'A splendid, exciting book' Daily Mirror'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday ExpressOnly three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya.

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