2015 | Asian History Books

America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger

March 25, 2015

Fought in a small Asian country unfamiliar to most Americans at the time, the Vietnam War became a cause that divided the nation and defined a counter-culture. The first televised war, newscasters became a force creating the greatest anti-war movement in history, while American boys suffered and died in jungles and rice paddies against guerilla […]
I Have Arrived, I Am Home: Celebrating 20 Years of Plum Village Life

March 25, 2015

VeryGood large oversized paperback. The book is tight, square, text is unmarked, some light shelf wear. This item does not ship priority Sale Price:$13.50 1888375256
Historical Moments: Changing Interpretations of America’s Past, Volume 2

March 25, 2015

Each chapter in this unique compilation, designed to be informative and thought-provoking, offers an examination of incidents from The Civil War through the 20th Century, important to the development of the American Nation. It features a mix of primary and secondary source materials on approximately 30 selected “moments” in American history. Designed for use in […]
Facing West: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building

March 25, 2015

American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism. In his reinterpretation of “winning” the West, Drinnon links racism with colonialism and traces this interrelationship from the Pequot War in New England, through American expansion westward to the Pacific, and beyond to the Phillippines and Vietnam. He cites parrallels between the slaughter of […]
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan

March 25, 2015

In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and dinners under the stars. On December 8 all that changed, as Japanese bombs began raining down on American bases in Luzon, and this […]
His Holiness the Dalai Lama: The Oral Biography

March 25, 2015

The Dalai Lama is the most beloved spiritual and political leader of our time. For believers and nonbelievers alike, this gentle monk embodies the spirit of compassion, love, and nonviolent resistance to tyranny. His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws upon interviews with more than fifty individuals to present readers with an uncommonly intimate portrait of […]
How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook

March 25, 2015

Designed to work with the acclaimed course text How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology, the How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook introduces classical Chinese to advanced beginners and learners at higher levels, teaching them how to appreciate Chinese poetry in its original form. Also a remarkable stand-alone resource, the volume illuminates China’s major […]
The Tarikh-i-Rashidi of Mirza Muhammad Haidar, Dughlát. A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia: An English Version

March 25, 2015

Edited by N. Elias. Translated by E. Denison Ross. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1895 edition by Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Ltd., London. Sale Price:$32.99 1421249251
Thailand’s Political History: From the 13th century to recent times

March 25, 2015

First appearing in 2005 and quickly selling out, this fully revised edition of Thailand’s Political History continues in the same style as the first but with its scope dramatically widened. While the first edition began with a portrait of late Ayutthayan society, the new edition steps back to the thirteenth century, tackling some of the […]
An Introduction to Classical Tibetan

March 25, 2015

Classical Tibetan, with origins dating to the seventh century, is the language found in a huge corpus of surviving Tibetan, mostly Buddhist, texts; native Tibetans still employ this language, today, when writing on religious, medical or historical subjects. This book aims to provide a rapid introduction to the main elements of Classical Tibetan, so that […]

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