2015 | Asian History Books

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
Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema

March 22, 2015

Since the 1960s, Hong Kong cinema has helped to shape one of the world’s most popular cultural genres: action cinema. Hong Kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles. How do we account for this […]
Stanley Kwan’s Center Stage (The New Hong Kong Cinema)

March 22, 2015

Hjort argues that Stanley Kwan’s contribution in Center Stage is to develop an approach to nonfiction filmmaking that is realist without being naïve. The value of the film’s reflexive dimension, Hjort shows, has nothing to do with poststructuralist skepticism but with the compelling manifestation of a communicative model that serves as an alternative to hierarchical […]
The Anunnaki of Nibiru: Mankind’s Forgotten Creators, Enslavers, Saviors, and Hidden Architects of the New World Order

March 22, 2015

Many historical and scriptural findings not included in the Canonical Bible, have now come to light. Access to texts such as the Lost Book of Enoch, the Nag Hamadi Gospels, and the Book of Jubilees, among others is now widely available and, when synthesized and correlated with existing documents like the Bible and Qu’ran, merits […]
Plumeria in Thailand: A Guide to 235 Varieties

March 22, 2015

Plumeria in Thailand : A Guide to 235 Varieties lists and illustrates 235 horticultural varieties and species of mainly Thai origin-many of them never described before. The plumeria of frangipani is a magnificent flowering tropical tree, unrivaled for its exquisite colors and fragrances. Written for the beginner as well as for the specialist it provides […]
The Voice that Remembers: One Woman’s Historic Fight to Free Tibet

March 22, 2015

When Adhe Tapontsang–or Ama (Mother) Adhe, as she is affectionately known–left Tibet in 1987, she was allowed to do so on the condition that she remain silent about her twenty-seven years in Chinese prisons. Yet she made a promise to herself and to the many that did not survive: she would not let the truth […]
Kinkaseki : One Day at a Time

March 22, 2015

Arthur Thitherington has led the fight for justice for the treatment the POWs received at the hands of the Japanese. For more than 50 years he has battled to gain a meaningful apology from the Japanese Government and for compensation for what he and his comrades suffered. In “Kinkaseki: One Day at a Time,” he […]
The Secret History (Penguin Classics)

March 22, 2015

A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire’s official chronicler, and his “History of the Wars of Justinian” proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor’s reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different – and dangerous – history to be published only once its author […]

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