2015 | Asian History Books

The Lion, the Sun and the Eternal Blue Sky

March 25, 2015

The Mongols are often demonised for their assault on the Persian Empire. According to some sources, the destruction of Baghdad with its attendant loss of life was the greatest disaster ever to befall a country or a people. The century-long reign of the Persian Il-khans they regard as a period of oppression and economic failure, […]
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery

March 25, 2015

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Sale Price:buy at discount B004UJ33AG
Singapore at Random: Facts, figure, quotes and anecdotes on Singapore (At Random Series)

March 25, 2015

Singapore at Random, an illustrated collection of Singapore trivia, contains anecdotes, statistics, quotations, diagrams, facts, recipes, advice, folklore and other unusual and often useful tidbits. Compiled and researched by a dedicated team of researchers and editors at Editions Didier Millet, and having unearthed an abundance of Singaporean trivia, the team has discerningly selected thousands of […]
History of Bokhara from the Earliest Period down to the Present: Composed for the First Time after Oriental Known and Unknown Historical Manuscripts

March 25, 2015

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1873 edition by Henry S. King & Co., London. Sale Price:$20.70 1402118279
Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60 (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series)

March 25, 2015

This is a collection of administrative dispatches from the 1910s through the early 1960s which illuminate not only rural life in Hong Kong but also Hong Kong government policies during the post-World War II period. The authors of the reports include such notable figures as Eric Hamilton, Walter Schofield, S. H. Peplow, Paul Tsui, Austin […]
Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior

March 25, 2015

Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs–the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now. With his years of action-packed mission experience and a top training role, Lieutenant Commander Denver understands exactly how tomorrow’s soldiers are recruited, sculpted, motivated, and deployed.Now, Denver […]
A Century of Thai Cinema (River Books)

March 25, 2015

Thais began shooting films in 1900; cinema soon became a very popular form of entertainment, which had its “golden age” in the 1930s. This book provides both a history of Thai cinema and a visual record of all the associated memorabilia, including movie posters. Sale Price:$29.69 0500976031
Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers

March 25, 2015

In today’s world hunter-gatherer societies struggle with seemingly insurmountable problems: deforestation and encroachment, language loss, political domination by surrounding communities. Will they manage to survive? This book is about one such society living in the monsoon rainforests of western Nepal: the Raute. “Kings of the Forest” explores how this elusive ethnic group, the last hunter-gatherers […]
Face Off: China, the United States, and Taiwan’s Democratization

March 25, 2015

Taiwan’s first presidential election, in 1996, sparked a Sino-U.S. military showdown that resulted in the biggest show of U.S. naval force in East Asia since the Vietnam War. This book is the first to explore the origins and triangular dynamics of that historic confrontation. Analyzing the key decisions and misperceptions that led to the Taiwan […]
It Was Like This

March 25, 2015

Book by Redwood, Mabel Winifred Sale Price:$29.99 0753198096

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