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For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia

March 22, 2015

Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though Russia today is plagued by its unrelenting war in Chechnya, Russia’s approach toward Islam once yielded stability. In stark contrast to the popular “clash of civilizations” theory that sees Islam […]
Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes

March 22, 2015

The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world’s highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and […]
Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology

March 22, 2015

To represent the past century of Korean fiction, this definitive collection extends beyond familiar writers, challenges cultural norms, and crosses political borders. By inlcuding stories from neglected female, North Korean, and wolbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged […]
Modern Chinese Stories and Novellas, 1919-1949

March 22, 2015

Brings together some of the best and most historically significant works of short fiction written in China in this century -including such important figures in the development of Chinese modernism as Lu Hsün, Mao Tun, Ting Ling, and Shen Ts’ ung-wen. The companion volume to the highly acclaimed (Columbia, 1978), this new volume presents modernist […]
Not Quite Shamans: Spirit Worlds and Political Lives in Northern Mongolia (Culture and Society after Socialism)

March 22, 2015

The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores how the Darhad people of Northern Mongolia’s remote Shishged Valley have […]
How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology

March 22, 2015

In this “guided” anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents […]
Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600, Abridged Edition (Translations from the Asian Classics)

March 22, 2015

Haruo Shirane’s critically acclaimed Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600, contains key examples of both high and low styles of poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. For this abridged edition, Shirane retains substantial excerpts from such masterworks as The Tale of Genji, The Tales of the Heike, The Pillow Book, the Man’yoshu, and […]
Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond

March 22, 2015

“After we had exchanged the requisite formalities over tea in his camp on the southern edge of Kabul’s outer defense perimeter, the Afghan field commander told me that two of his bravest mujahideen were martyred because he did not have a pickup truck to take them to a Peshawar hospital. They had succumbed to their […]
Churchill’s First War

March 22, 2015

Churchill’s First War A riveting and revelatory account of Winston Churchill’s first campaign – in Afghanistan in the 1890s, offering shocking parallels into today’s Afghan war Full description Sale Price:$24.23 0230758517
Lute: Kao Ming’s P’i-p’a chi (Translations from the Asian Classics)

March 22, 2015

This book brings the collected wisdom of several world-renowned political scientists to bear on what is now termed transitology — the study of changes from an authoritarian regime to a democratic government. Sale Price:$45.48 0231047606

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