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By: Frank Diktter
ISBN: 9781408886359
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 9th February 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A groundbreaking chronicle of the violent early years of the People's Republic of China by the author of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Mao's Great Famine.
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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: 9780500519707
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The history of China brilliantly told and brought vividly to life through 7,000 years of objects from fine art to the everyday.
(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.
(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: 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.
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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.
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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.
(Paperback)
By: Diana Darke
ISBN: 9780500298183
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2024
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Alain Danielou
ISBN: 9780892819232
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2003
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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Due to the continuity of its civilization and the diversity of its cultures, India is like a history museum. Danielou's observations of India create a thoroughly engaging and readable journey through time, with a marvelous level of detail and comprehensiveness.
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By: Jonathan Clements
ISBN: 9781472143204
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Founder of China's Yuan dynasty, legendary resident of Xanadu and rebuilder of medieval Beijing
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By: Frank Welsh
ISBN: 9780006388715
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1997
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This is a one-volume history of Hong Kong, revised and updated in time for the handover to China in June 1997. It evokes the place and the characters of those who shaped it, from its buccaneering origins to its post-war growth.
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By: Martin Ewans
ISBN: 9780060505080
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Examines the history, people, politics, religion, geography, and culture of Afghanistan, offering a revealing portrait of the war-ravaged nation and the Taliban regime and including new information covering events up to spring 2002.
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By: Helena Norberg Hodge Hodge
ISBN: 9780712606561
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2000
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2000
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. Passionately argued, it raises important questions about the whole notion of progress, and explores the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. At the same time, the story of Ladakh serves as a source of inspiration for our own future.
