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By: Justin Marozzi
ISBN: 9780007116126
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2006
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405), the last master nomadic power, one of historys most extreme tyrants, and the subject of Marlowes famous play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland to write this wonderful combination of history and travelogue.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Thant Myint-U
ISBN: 9781786497901
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2021
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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A compelling and timely inside account of the recent crisis in Burma and its troubled journey from dictatorship to democracy.
(Hardback)
By: Eric Enno Tamm
ISBN: 9781582437347
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Counterpoint
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Chronicling his retracing of the route taken through China in 1906 by Baron Gustaf Mannerhein, who was charged by Czar Nicholas II to secretly collect intelligence on China's Qing Dynasty, Tamm delivers a tale of espionage, the Silk Road, and the rise of modern China.
(Hardback)
By: Edvard Vasilievich Rtveladze
ISBN: 9781785513732
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
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This title is a comprehensive guide for those seeking to understand the rich cultural heritage of Central Asia.
(Hardback)
By: Francis Robinson
ISBN: 9780500251348
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Presenting a series of biographical portraits, this book forms a reign-by-reign record of the sultans, shahs, emperors and khans who all shared the Muslim persianate high civilization that flourished from Iran and Central Asia through Afghanistan to India from the 13th to the 20th centuries.
(Paperback)
By: William Dalrymple
ISBN: 9780006550969
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2003
UK Publication Date: 19th April 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted Return of a King, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.
(Paperback, Export/Airside)
By: John Simpson
ISBN: 9781408851920
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: John Simpson
ISBN: 9781408851913
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Alexandra Green
ISBN: 9780714124957
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd November 2023
Publisher: British Museum Press
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(Hardback)
By: Jessica Harrison-Hall
ISBN: 9780500480809
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 27th April 2023
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Brings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the country's transition from dynastic empire to republic.
(Hardback)
By: T. Richard Blurton
ISBN: 9780500480649
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 30th June 2022
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Andrew Robinson
ISBN: 9780500298251
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 9th January 2025
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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This concise history tells India's unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day, with a new preface and postscript.
(Paperback)
By: Piggy Tsujioka
ISBN: 9784805316931
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 22nd December 2022
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Rachel Peat
ISBN: 9781909741683
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 21st May 2020
Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
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(Paperback)
By: Adrien Fontanellaz
ISBN: 9781914377808
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2021
Publisher: Helion & Company
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Volume 1 of the Red Star versus Rising Sun mini-series examines the origins of the rapidly modernizing Imperial Japanese Army and its expansion, largely unfettered by civilian political constraints, into mainland Asia from the late 19th century up until 1938.
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By: Edgar Knobloch
ISBN: 9789622177857
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Publisher: Odyssey Publications,Hong Kong
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Traditionally, the History of Russia has been interpreted from the European standpoint, and has more often than not been based on European sources and methods. Here, the author takes a different approach to the history of Russia. He charts the influences and traditions of the Eastern civilisations in Russian history.
(Hardback)
By: Susan Whitfield
ISBN: 9780500021576
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2019
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Alexandra Green
ISBN: 9780500480878
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 20th February 2023
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Imma Ramos
ISBN: 9780500480625
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2020
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A compelling exploration of Tantric rituals and spirituality, published to coincide with a once-in-a-generation exhibition at the British Museum.
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By: William Lindesay
ISBN: 9789622177963
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2007
Publisher: Odyssey Publications,Hong Kong
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In 1974, near Xi'an in central China, villagers chanced upon what has become one of the world's most astonishing archaeological finds--an 8,000-man army in battle-ready formation, each warrior a life-size figure in pottery made over 2,200 years ago.
(Hardback)
By: Tao Tao Liu
ISBN: 9780500252383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 15th September 2022
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Jim Masselos
ISBN: 9780500294420
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 2nd August 2018
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A unique survey of seven great Asian empires, powerful forces on the world stage during a thousand years of history and that continue to resonate in regional and global politics today.
(Paperback)
By: Jonathan Fenby
ISBN: 9780500297841
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 29th February 2024
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The magnificent wonders of China, ancient and modern, revealed by an international team of leading scholars.
(Hardback)
By: Joshua Frydman
ISBN: 9780500252314
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 14th April 2022
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the canon.
