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  • The Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776–1923

    par David S. Katz ...
    This book is about the principal writings that shaped the perception of Turkey for informed readers in English, from Edward Gibbon’s positing of imperial Decline and Fall to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic (1923), illustrating how Turkey has always been a part of the modern British and European experience. It is a great sweep of a story: from Gibbon as standard textbook, through Lord ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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    *Explore Angkor Wat - Includes dozens of images of its architecture, reliefs, and more!*Includes an introduction to the history of the Khmer and the Sanskrit epics which inspired Angkor WatHinduism is one of the worlds great religions, dominating the Indian subcontinent for most of the last millennium, and its largest temple is an unbelievably magnificent structure located in Angkor, Cambodia ... En savoir plus

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  • Asia's Reckoning

    China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century

    **A Financial Times Best Book of 2017“A shrewd and knowing book.” —Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal“A compelling and impressive read.” —The Economist“Skillfully crafted and well-argued.” —Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times“An excellent modern history. . . . provides the context needed to make sense of the region’s present and future.” —Joyce Lau, South China Morning PostA history of the ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Daodejing

    par Laozi ...
    Traduit par Edmund Ryden ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    'Of ways you may speak, but not the Perennial Way; By names you may name, but not the Perennial Name.' The best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and Life-Force is a work that defies definition. It encapsulates the main tenets of Daoism, and upholds a way of being as well as a philosophy and a religion. The dominant ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Emperor of Japan

    Meiji and His World, 1852–1912

    par Donald Keene ...
    The renowned Japanese scholar " brings us as close to the inner life of the Meiji emperor as we are ever likely to get" ( The New York Times Book Review ).When Emperor Meiji began his rule in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, ... ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Beauty

    Hunting the Wild Blue Poppy

    par Bill Terry ...
    Beyond Beauty is the story of a remarkable journey that Bill Terry and his wife, Rosemary, undertook when they joined a party of Dutch and British alpine plant hunters intent on botanizing on the roof of the world. The expedition travelled in a convoy of eight jeeps over roads that were rarely paved and occasionally terrifying. They crossed fifteen passes, some as high as 5,000 metres (16,500 feet ... En savoir plus

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  • Banaras

    CITY OF LIGHT

    par Diana L. Eck ...
    The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world—as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally Hindu and as symbolic of the whole of Hindu culture as Banāras. In this eloquent, finely observed study ... En savoir plus

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  • King Faisal of Saudi Arabia

    Personality, Faith and Times

    In 1964 Faisal bin Abdul Aziz became king of a country holding a quarter of the world's oil reserves, also home to Mecca and Medina. He was called 'the most powerful Arab ruler in centuries'. Eleven years later, in front of television cameras, his nephew shot him at point-blank range. In this authoritative biography, Alexei Vassiliev tells the story of a pious, cautious and resolute leader who ... En savoir plus

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  • China's World

    The Foreign Policy of the World's Newest Superpower

    In the next decade China's actions on the world stage will affect us all. A new superpower, with the largest population and GDP on the globe, there are now fears that China is becoming more assertive. Here, award-winning China expert Kerry Brown guides us through China's foreign policy, from its skirmishes with US Navy destroyers in the South China Sea to its arguments with Japan over the Senkaku ... En savoir plus

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  • Who Ate Up All the Shinga?

    An Autobiographical Novel

    Traduit par Stephen Epstein, Young-nan Yu ...
    par Wan-suh Park ...
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    Park Wan-suh is a best-selling and award-winning writer whose work has been widely translated and published throughout the world. Who Ate Up All the Shinga? is an extraordinary account of her experiences growing up during the Japanese occupation of Korea and the Korean War, a time of great oppression, deprivation, and social and political instability.Park Wan-suh was born in 1931 in a small ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Ottoman Turks

    An Introductory History to 1923

    par Justin Mccarthy ...
    Justin McCarthy's introductory survey traces the whole history of the Ottoman Turks from their obscure beginnings in central Asia, through the establishment and rise of the Ottoman Empire to its collapse after World War One under the pressures of nationalism. Vividly illustrated with many maps, this introductory overview is designed for non-specialists but is written with great authority and with ... En savoir plus

    $136.99 CAD

  • Epistolary Korea

    Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosôn, 1392-1910

    Modifié par JaHyun Kim Haboush ...
    By expanding the definition of "epistle" to include any writing that addresses the intended receiver directly, JaHyun Kim Haboush introduces readers to the rich epistolary practice of Chos?n Korea. The Chos?n dynasty (1392-1910) produced an abundance of epistles, writings that mirror the genres of neighboring countries (especially China) while retaining their own specific historical trajectory. ... En savoir plus

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