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  • Tibet

    An Unfinished Story

    par Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper ...
    Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspirational fantasy, a modern morality play about the failure of brutality to subdue the human spirit. Tibet also exercises immense "soft power" as one of the lenses through which the world views China. This book traces the origins and manifestations of the ... En savoir plus

    $28.79 CAD

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  • The Impossible State

    North Korea, Past and Future

    par Victor Cha ...
    From a seasoned advisor, "a meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy" ( Foreign Affairs).In The Impossible State, international-policy expert and former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

    The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia

    par Peter Hopkirk ...
    The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning.In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The History of Genghis Khan

    A Detailed Biography of the Mongol Conqueror and Emperor

    par Jacob Abbott ...
    In "The History of Genghis Khan," Jacob Abbott deftly chronicles the life and conquests of one of history's most formidable figures. Written in an accessible narrative style, Abbott employs vivid imagery and clear exposition to unravel the complexities of Genghis Khan'Äôs ascent from obscurity to the ruler of the largest contiguous empire in history. The book situates Genghis Khan within the ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Man Who Would Be King

    The First American in Afghanistan

    par Ben Macintyre ...
    The untold story of the nineteenth-century American Quaker who tried to build a kingdom in Afghanistan: "A thrilling real-life yarn." — BooklistIn the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan. He declared himself Prince of Ghor, Lord of the Hazarahs, ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • Everything Under the Heavens

    How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power

    par Howard W. French ...
    From the former New York Times Asia correspondent and author of China's Second Continent, an incisive investigation of China's ideological development as it becomes an ever more aggressive player in regional and global diplomacy.For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Genghis Khan

    The Man Who Conquered the World

    par Frank McLynn ...
    Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for the Renaissance, condemned by others for being the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Omens and Superstitions of Southern India (Annotated with photos)

    par Edgar Thurston ...
    This is the Annotated Version of the Original book. This Book has lots of photos and pictures related to the book too. We had tried to annotate this version by adding a summary at the end of the book in red font. We had added approx. 50% to 55% of the Summary worth 48000 approx. words.As the Name Suggest this book describes all the omens and superstitions as well as culture, traditions, and ... En savoir plus

    $1.37 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • India

    A Short History

    par Andrew Robinson ...
    Collections series A Short History
    India’s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present dayIndia has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants – which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices ... En savoir plus

    $17.49 CAD

  • Angry Nation

    Turkey since 1989

    par Kerem Öktem ...
    Collections series Global History of the Present
    Since its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the Middle East, economically backward, inward looking, marred by political violence, yet a staunch NATO ally, it has been eyed with suspicion by both 'East' and 'West'. The momentous changes in the regional and world order after 1989 have catapulted ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales

    Modifié par Haruo Shirane ...
    Collections series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Burton Watson and Haruo Shirane, renowned translators and scholars, introduce English-speaking readers to the vivid tradition of early and medieval Japanese anecdotal (setsuwa) literature. These orally narrated and written tales drew on both local folk tradition and continental sources. Taken from seven major anthologies of anecdotal literature compiled between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • Old Stories Retold

    Narrative and Vanishing Pasts in Modern China

    par Andrew G. Stuckey ...
    Old Stories Retold explores the ways modern Chinese narratives dramatize and embody the historical sense that links them to the past and to the Chinese literary tradition. Largely guided by Walter Benjamin's discussions of history, G. Andrew Stuckey looks at the ways Chinese narrative engages a historical process that pieces together fragments of the past into new configurations to better serve ... En savoir plus

    $136.99 CAD