Asian history

';Bodhisattva of Korean poetry, exuberant, demotic, abundant, obsessed with poetic creation .

Kate Millett was already an icon of American feminism when she went to Iran in 1979.

Poems by Nguyen Phan Que MaiTranslated from the Vietnamese by Bruce Weigl and Nguyen Phan Que MaiNguyen Phan Que Mai is among the most exciting writers to emerge from post-war Vietnam.

Faked in China is a critical account of the cultural challenge faced by China following its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001.

Acclaimed Japanese poet Yorifumi Yaguchi has turned his writing attention to telling what he experienced as a child growing up on the island of Honshu in the late 1930s and '40s.

Landlocked, almost inaccessible to foreigners, Nagaland has been fighting a secret, often brutal war for independence for more than half a century.

Book of My Nights is the first poetry collection in ten years by one of the world's most acclaimed young poets.

Originally published in 1893.

Literary scholars face a new and often baffling reality in the classroom: students spend more time looking at glowing screens than reading printed text.

This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity.

Originally published in 1935, this a translation of the original Chinese text.

Literary scholars face a new and often baffling reality in the classroom: students spend more time looking at glowing screens than reading printed text.

The acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress Orchid'Historically remarkable .

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Some of the most creative of human expression has originated in the collision of cultures.

Originally published in 1870, this unusual work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

Having driven the British and Indian Forces out of Burma in 1942, General Mutaguchi, Commanding the 15th Japanese Army, was obsessed by the conquest of India.

This new edition of Coomaraswamy's classic book, considered his most important work on the philosophy of art, includes all of the revisions Coomaraswamy had wanted to add to the original edition.

This collection of 106 poems by 44 female Tang-era poets is the most comprehensive of its kind.

For more than twenty-five years, The Student Bible Atlas has been a trusted companion for Bible students of all ages and interests.

Shortlisted for the Society of Authors Translation Prize 2019At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born.

In 1322 Sir John Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams.

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This fun, comic-style series that explores China's relationship with its barbarian neighbors.

The Maps of Antietam: An Atlas of the Antietam (Sharpsburg) Campaign is the fourth installment in the Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series.

This is the remarkable account of Medal of Honor recipient Leslie Sabo Jr, whose brave actions in Vietnam and Cambodia were forgotten for over three decades.

"e;The Mercy of the Lord"e; is a 1894 collection of short stories by Flora Annie Steel.

"e;India Through the Ages"e; is a 1911 work by Flora Annie Steel that explores India's fascinating history from the ancient age to the beginning of the eighteenth century.

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

';Bodhisattva of Korean poetry, exuberant, demotic, abundant, obsessed with poetic creation .

In 1851, a sixteen-year-old girl named Yehonala entered the Imperial Palace of China as a concubine third grade, leaving behind her family, the love of her life, and nearly all contact with the outside world.

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Kate Millett was already an icon of American feminism when she went to Iran in 1979.

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At the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan was evolving from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator wrote this book to introduce the rest of the world to his society's traditional values.