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Tibet

An Unfinished Story

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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The Impossible State

North Korea, Past and Future

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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Pakistan

A Hard Country

by Anatol Lieven ...

**A sophisticated look at Pakistan—one of the most overlooked, yet vastly consequential, countries of modern times“Lieven’s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history and old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting make this in many ways an excellent primer on Pakistan.” —Wall Street JournalNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Daily Telegraph and The Independent**Since Pakistan’s formation as a ... Read more

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**A sophisticated look at Pakistan—one of the most overlooked, yet vastly consequential, countries of modern times“Lieven’s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history and old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting make this in many ways an excellent primer on Pakistan.” —Wall Street JournalNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Daily Telegraph and The Independent**Since Pakistan’s formation as a
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Genghis Khan

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Genghis Khan was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or ... Read more

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Genghis Khan was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or
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Inside Central Asia

A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran

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"For those who still get their '-stans' mixed up, Hiro's book provides a detailed and nuanced overview of the region." — Financial Times (Best Books of the Year)The nations of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran—the majority of them former Soviet republics—remain little understood in the West even in the post-Cold War era. This book delves into these ... Read more

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"For those who still get their '-stans' mixed up, Hiro's book provides a detailed and nuanced overview of the region." — Financial Times (Best Books of the Year)The nations of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran—the majority of them former Soviet republics—remain little understood in the West even in the post-Cold War era. This book delves into these
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The Man Who Would Be King

The First American in Afghanistan

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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, ... Read more

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Everything Under the Heavens

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

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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Genghis Khan

His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy

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"[Khan's] was an extraordinary, epic story and Frank McLynn does it full justice in a vivid, page-turning biography." — The Spectator (UK)A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror — Genghis Khan — and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th centuryCombining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, ... Read more

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"[Khan's] was an extraordinary, epic story and Frank McLynn does it full justice in a vivid, page-turning biography." — The Spectator (UK)A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror — Genghis Khan — and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th centuryCombining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship,
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Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

by Edgar Thurston ...

This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. In my “Ethnographic Notes in Southern India” (1906), I stated that the confused chapter devoted to omens, animal superstitions, evil eye, charms, sorcery, etc., was a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if ... Read more

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This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. In my “Ethnographic Notes in Southern India” (1906), I stated that the confused chapter devoted to omens, animal superstitions, evil eye, charms, sorcery, etc., was a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if
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India

A Short History

by Andrew Robinson ...

Series 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 ... Read more

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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
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Angry Nation

Turkey since 1989

by Kerem Öktem ...

Series 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 ... Read more

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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
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The Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales

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Series 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, ... Read more

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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,
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