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By: Yang Jisheng
ISBN: 9780241956984
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2014
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning.
(Hardback)
By: Lubaaba Al-Azami
ISBN: 9781529371321
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th July 2024
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The dramatic century of England's first forays into India, and the modern world this relationship created.
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By: Peter Hopkirk
ISBN: 9780719564499
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
UK Publication Date: 27th March 2006
Publisher: John Murray Press
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'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily Telegraph
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By: Sunil Amrith
ISBN: 9780141982632
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 2nd January 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Prof. Youqin Wang
ISBN: 9780861542239
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The very purpose of history is to gather up what is about to be lost for ever.
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By: Nusrat Rabbee
ISBN: 9781098357573
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
By: Orville Schell
ISBN: 9780349139647
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.
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By: Thant Myint-U
ISBN: 9780571239641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2012
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Part travelogue, part history, part investigation: a vivid, searching, and timely book about a remote region that is suddenly becoming a geopolitical centre of the world.
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By: Robert Twigger
ISBN: 9781780228402
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2017
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A sweeping biography of the Himalayas by the acclaimed author of RED NILE and ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS
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By: Suki Kim
ISBN: 9781846044830
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2015
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2015
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Her letters are read by censors and she must hide her notes and photographs not only from her minders but also from her colleagues, evangelical Christian missionaries, whose faith she does not share.
As the weeks pass she discovers how easily her students lie, and how total is their obedience to Kim Jong-il.
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By: John Man
ISBN: 9780553820027
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan.
(Hardback)
By: Tariq Omar Ali
ISBN: 9780691170237
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: C.T. Assendelft de Coningh
ISBN: 9781603848367
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2012
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Translation of 2nd volume of memoir entitled Ontmoetingen ter zee en te land [Adventures at sea and on land], published in 1879 by W.C. De Graaff, Haarlem, Netherlands.
(Hardback)
By: C.T. Assendelft de Coningh
ISBN: 9781603848374
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2012
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Gordon Kerr
ISBN: 9781842439685
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
UK Publication Date: 24th January 2013
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
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A Short History of China provides an absorbing introduction to more than 4,000 years of Chinese history, telling the stories of the tyrants, despots, femmes fatales, artists, warriors and philosophers who have shaped this fascinating and complex nation. It describes the amazing technological advances that her scientists and...
(Paperback)
By: Peter Eichstaedt
ISBN: 9781613736647
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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(Hardback)
By: Peter Eichstaedt
ISBN: 9781613745151
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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(Paperback)
By: Gabriel Kolko
ISBN: 9781565842182
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 1995
Publisher: The New Press
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A synthesis of the revolutionary struggle and war in Vietnam - the longest in the past two centuries.
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By: Frederik Van Dam
ISBN: 9781474426053
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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Examines the full stylistic range of the novels and biographies which Trollope explored in his final decade
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By: Colleen Taylor Sen
ISBN: 9781789145960
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 15th August 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A comprehensive, well-illustrated account of the emperor Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty.
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By: Ihsan Ali-Fauzi
ISBN: 9781925495140
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Soeren Urbansky
ISBN: 9780691181684
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Giles Morgan
ISBN: 9781904048831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2007
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
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Recognised as having had a considerable influence on the Renaissance and an impact in the shaping modern Europe, the Byzantine Empire lasted for over a thousand years, created remarkable art and architecture and a lasting cultural and religious legacy that still has significance. This work examines both history and legacy of Byzantine Empire.
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By: Henry Kamm
ISBN: 9781611451269
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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A sobering perspective on Cambodia's recent, often tragic...
