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The Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies: The first book, containing his description of the East. Volume 2

March 25, 2015

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1885 edition by The Hakluyt Society, London. Sale Price:$12.20 1402195060
War, Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore

March 25, 2015

Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya’s jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority could do little other than resign themselves to life under Japanese rule. The Occupation […]
Taiwan’s Democracy: Economic and Political Challenges (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

March 25, 2015

Taiwan’s rapid industrialization during the 1960s and 1970s, combined with the democratic revolution that began with the lifting of martial law in 1987 were of deep historic importance. Over the next decade Taiwan’s “political miracle” matched its earlier “economic miracle” creating a vibrant liberal democracy complete with freedom of speech, association and assembly, rule of […]
East Asia: Tradition and Transformation

March 25, 2015

GENERAL HISTORY OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE FAR EAST Sale Price:$29.99 039525812X
Vietnam: The Real War: A Photographic History by the Associated Press

March 25, 2015

To cover the Vietnam War, the Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the great photographic legacies of the 20th century. Collected here are images that tell the story of the war that left a deep and lasting impression on American life. These are pictures that […]
Rose Philippine Duchesne: A Dreamer and a Missionary (Saints and Me!)

March 25, 2015

Rose Philippine Duchesne: A Dreamer and a Missionary tells the story of Rose Philippine Duchesne, who was born in France and did mission work in both St. Charles, MO, and Kansas. The biographies in this new series help the young reader develop an understanding of our real-life heroes, the saints and introduce children ages 4-9 […]
A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong

March 25, 2015

A sweeping history of Hong Kong, Britain’s last colony, documents court intrigues of London and Peking, the heyday of the British Empire, economic development, its role as a refuge from mainland Chinese communism, and the 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty. Sale Price:$7.99 1568360029
Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calendar (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences)

March 25, 2015

Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calender describes the contents of current Tibetan almanacs, from basic mathmatics to symbolic and historical information. Essential for understanding the Kalacakra Tantra’s first chapter, this book describes the origin of the calendrical systems in this Tantra and translates and elucidates the relevant sections from its famous commentary, the Vimalaprabha. The main […]
Bangkok: The Story of a City

March 25, 2015

A fluent and affectionate portrait not only of the city of Bangkok, known to the Thais as `the city of angels’, but also of the dynasty and culture that created it. Cutting through confusion and veiled mystery, Waugh unravels the plots, coups, wars, assassinations, invasions, and counter-coups of two hundred years of history as if […]
The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama (Vintage Departures)

March 25, 2015

For over three decades, Pico Iyer, one of our most cherished travel writers, has been a friend to the Dalai Lama. Over these years through intimate conversations, he has come to know him in a way that few can claim. Here he paints an unprecedented portrait of one of the most singular figures of our […]

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