2015 | Asian History Books

The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present: A Cultural History (Studies of Nationalities)

March 22, 2015

In this study of the modern Uzbeks, Professor Edward A. Allworth provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of an important group of Muslim people who live within the boundaries of the Soviet Union. After the Russians and the Ukranians, the Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union and the strongest of a […]
Lords of Life: A History of the Kings of Thailand

March 22, 2015

The history of the Chakri dynasty, rulers of Siam until the change of regime in 1932, written by Price Chula Chakrabongse. Sale Price:$34.79 616733935X
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

March 22, 2015

Turning away from the privileged world of the “eminent Victorians,” Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) explored, mapped, and excavated the world of the Arabs. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence’s […]
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

March 22, 2015

At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet. His father was posted there in 1952, and this memoir is his telling of that youth, a time when he had access to the corners of a colony normally closed to a “Gweilo,” a “pale fellow” like him. His […]
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature (Cambridge Library Collection – Zoology) (Volume 2)

March 22, 2015

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist who is best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth century’s foremost biologists. These volumes, first published in 1869, contain Wallace’s acclaimed and highly influential account […]
Foreign policy in the Far East,

March 22, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$14.19 B00085SJYG
The Vale of Kashmir

March 22, 2015

A world-renowned photographer’s spectacular tribute to the land and people of this remote region.The Vale of Kashmir celebrates the people and landscape of Kashmir and the unique way of life that has developed there. John Isaac set out to create a work that would honor both the cultural complexity and the breathtaking beauty of this […]
Pakistan: A Hard Country

March 22, 2015

In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadis and the fears of their enemies. Yet […]
Never Without Heroes: Marine Third Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam, 1965-70

March 22, 2015

FOUR CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR,THIRTEEN NAVAL CROSSES,SEVENTY-TWO SILVER STARS . . .In four and a half years in Vietnam, the Marines of the Third Reconnaissance Battalion repeatedly penetrated North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries by foot and by helicopter to find enemy forces, learn the enemy’s intentions, and, when possible, bring deadly fire down on his […]
Dateline Jerusalem: An Eyewitness Account of Prophecies Unfolding in the Middle East

March 22, 2015

History’s final chapter will be written in Jerusalem.When an Iranian president thunders amurderous threat or an obscure Turkish drunkard has a dream in Mecca or aJewish couple from Brooklyn lands at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, theseevents might seem disconnected. But they’re not. In Dateline Jerusalem,CBN News correspondent Chris Mitchell connects the dots and unveils Jerusalemas […]

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