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  • A Brief History of Lanna

    Northern Thailand from Past to Present

    de Hans Penth ...
    Lan Na is the name of a conglomerate of Thai city-states that covered roughly the area of modern north Thailand between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Lan Na's influence reached far into the neighbouring regions, most under the leadership of the city-state of Chiang Mai. Beginning with the popular legends, this wide-ranging narrative takes us through prehistoric and protohistoric periods, ... Leer más

    $9.98 USD

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  • Shadow Commander

    The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn—Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero

    de Mike Guardia ...
    The true story of the US Army legend who organized "Blackburn's Headhunters" against Japan in WWII and went on to initiate Special Forces operations in Vietnam.The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942—illuminating the white flags of surrender against the dark sky. Outnumbered and outgunned, remnants of the American-Philippine army surrendered to the forces of the Rising Sun. Yet ... Leer más

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  • The Lady and the Peacock

    The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi

    de Peter Popham ...
    Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi—known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply "The Lady"—has recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment when Burma, after decades of stagnation, is once again in flux.Suu Kyi's remarkable life begins with that of ... Leer más

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  • Fire in the Lake

    The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

    de Frances FitzGerald ...
    A "compassionate and penetrating" landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War ( New York Times Book Review)."Fitzgerald's Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning study of the Vietnam War remains essential reading thirty years after its initial publication." — Library JournalThis magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Bali Chronicles

    Fascinating People and Events in Balinese History

    de Willard A. Hanna ...
    This book tells the story of Bali-the "paradise island of the Pacific"-its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world.Balinese history tells a fascinating story. For a thousand years, the peculiar splendor of BalineseHindu culture came very close to satisfying the social, religious and artistic needs of the people. The arrival of European visitors in the 1920s and 1930s ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Playing with Fire

    Pakistan at War with Itself

    de Pamela Constable ...
    A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country’s founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist Pamela Constable peels back layers of contradiction and confusion ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Burmese Lessons

    A true love story

    de Karen Connelly ...
    Orange Prize–winner Karen Connelly’s compelling memoir about her journey to Burma, where she fell in love with a leader of the Burmese rebel army.When Karen Connelly goes to Burma in 1996 to gather information for a series of articles, she discovers a place of unexpected beauty and generosity. She also encounters a country ruled by a brutal military dictatorship that imposes a code of censorship ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Dragon Ascending

    Vietnam and the Vietnamese

    de Henry Kamn ...
    A firsthand report on contemporary Vietnam presents a portrait of a nation that is struggling under the hold of Communism and places the Vietnam war in the perspective of a four-thousand-year-old history. ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Shooting an Elephant

    de George Orwell ...
    In this powerful essay, George Orwell recounts a moment of moral conflict during his time as a colonial officer in Burma. Ordered to kill a rampaging elephant, he finds himself caught between his own conscience and the expectations of the empire he serves. Shooting an Elephant offers a stark, unsettling look at the contradictions of colonial rule and the ways in which power entraps both the ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

  • Filipino Martial Culture

    de Mark V. Wiley ...
    Widely practiced but not always understood, the Filipino martial arts have a rich history and distinctive character that have not fully been documented until now.Written in the context of Philippine history and culture, Filipino Martial Culture uncovers the esoteric components of the Filipino martial arts and the life histories of the men who perpetuate them. Included are: the history of ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Race and the Education of Desire

    Foucault's History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things

    de Ann Laura Stoler ...
    Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality has been one of the most influential books of the last two decades. It has had an enormous impact on cultural studies and work across many disciplines on gender, sexuality, and the body. Bringing a new set of questions to this key work, Ann Laura Stoler examines volume one of History of Sexuality in an unexplored light. She asks why there has been such a ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Island of Java

    de John Joseph Stockdale ...
    This is the first and most important book about the Island of Java and is essential reading for anyone interested in Javanese history and culture.Originally published in 1811, Island of Java was the first popular work in English to describe what for many centuries was the most important island in the vast Indonesian archipelago. Like most works published during this time, Island of Java recounts ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD