Shattered Lands
'A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian' – PETER FRANKOPAN 'This book is a revelation … both original and important' – MISHAL HUSAIN A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and...Paperback$3699Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Afghanistan
In this monumental, authoritative new history of Afghanistan, Jonathan L. Lee places the current conflict in its historical context and challenges many of the West's preconceived ideas about the country. Lee chronicles the region's monarchic rules and the Durrani dynasty, focusing on the reigns of each ruler and their efforts to balance tribal, ethnic, regional and religious factions, moving on...Paperback$5799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Wisdom of Ancient Japan
The Wisdom of Ancient Japan by Saori Okada invites you to discover your sense of purpose, foster gratitude, and learn to live in the moment. This is a beautiful celebration of ancient Japanese culture. Some of the most important mindsets in modern culture are derived from ancient Japanese times. From discovering your sense of purpose with Ikigai to fostering gratitude...Hardback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Hero Born
NOW A RECORD-BREAKING FILM STARRING THE UNTAMED'S XIAO ZHAN The Chinese LORD OF THE RINGS - now in English for the first time. The series every Chinese reader has been enjoying for decades - 300 million copies sold. One of TIME magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time. "Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips late August
1421
1421: The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies presents a revolutionary argument that challenges the traditional history of global exploration. On 8 March 1421, an immense fleet, the largest the world had ever witnessed, set sail from China. These mighty ships, some stretching nearly five hundred feet in length, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal...Paperback$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Geek in Japan
Created specifically for fans of Japanese 'cool culture,' A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available. Reinvented for the internet age, it is packed with personal essays and hundreds of photographs and presents all the touchstones of traditional and contemporary culture in an entirely new way. A Geek in Japan decodes the...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Breakneck
From an indispensable voice on China (Evan Osnos) comes a riveting, first-hand account of China's seismic progress. America used to pride itself on ambition. Today, it looks stuck. Meanwhile, China has been busy building the future. Over the past six years, technology analyst Dan Wang lived through China's astonishing, messy progress and the dissolution of its relationship to the West....Hardback$6500Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid August
The Tragedy of Liberation
In The Tragedy of Liberation, Frank Dikötter delves deep into the seismic social and political upheaval that followed Mao Zedong's rise to power in 1949, when he hoisted the red flag over Beijing’s Forbidden City. Rather than liberating the country, the communist revolutionaries dismantled the old order and established a repressive system that infiltrated every aspect of Chinese life. This...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Spice
The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific. Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans, they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could reach Europe only via a complex web of trade routes, and for decades Spanish and Portuguese...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Shadow of the Silk Road
Vintage Voyages- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind. Colin Thubron's beautiful prose unfolds along the Silk Road, unearthing a richly layered past on his most ambitious journey. On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Last Mughal
On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vestige will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Vietnam
Vietnam by Max Hastings is an unparalleled exploration of the Vietnam War, providing a gripping and comprehensive account of this turbulent period. Drawing on three years of meticulous research and interviews with individuals from all sides of the conflict, Hastings offers an epic narrative that vividly brings to life the ground-breaking events and personal experiences of those who lived through...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Mao's Great Famine
Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter is a harrowing chronicle of one of the most tragic periods in human history. During the years from 1958 to 1962, China's pursuit of rapid industrialisation and agricultural collectivisation under Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward resulted in an unimaginable humanitarian disaster. This ambitious policy aimed to transform China into a global superpower within a...Paperback$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Anarchy
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple meticulously charts the rise of the East India Company from a modest enterprise to a formidable colonial force. Set against the backdrop of a crumbling Mughal Empire and a burgeoning British dominance, the book provides a captivating narrative of power, ambition, and historical upheaval. In August 1765, a pivotal moment in history occurred as the...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
God's Chinese Son
Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must be read. At the center of this history of China's Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student...Paperback$6200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
To Love and Be Loved
From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a “powerful” (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that is “rich in reflection on contemporary sanctity” (George Weigel). Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to inspire charitable work...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
At the Edge of Empire
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 At the Edge of Empire is lauded by the likes of Francis Fukuyama as "a brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples." Edward Wong is praised by Barbara Demick as "about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find." In 1962, Edward Wong's father, disillusioned with Communism,...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Voice for the Voiceless
In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people. The Dalai Lama has had to contend with the People’s Republic of China his entire life. He was 15 years old when communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, only 19 when he had his first...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Forgotten Highlander
The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart is an astonishing and deeply moving memoir of survival, resilience, and courage in the face of incomprehensible hardship. At the age of nineteen, Urquhart, a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, was captured by Japanese forces in Singapore during World War II. His ordeal was just beginning; he was forced to labour on the infamous...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday is a groundbreaking biography that offers an unprecedented look into the life of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China. This meticulously researched book, written by the celebrated author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang, and her husband, historian Jon Halliday, sheds new light on one of...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Tokyo Junkie
60 years of observation: an American journalist's memoir about Tokyo's modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball. Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world. Follow author Robert Whiting (The...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
A History of Japan
In this newly revised edition of their classic work, Mason and Caiger trace the enthralling evolution of modern Japan from its early pre-history through the post-Cold War period to the collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990s. New findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilisation and the birth of Japanese culture. Not merely a chronology...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
The Cultural Revolution
Acclaimed by the Daily Mail as 'definitive and harrowing', this is the final volume of ‘The People’s Trilogy', begun by the Samuel Johnson prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. The Cultural Revolution by Frank Dikötter meticulously examines one of the most turbulent and destructive periods in modern Chinese history. Taking place between 1966 and 1976, the Cultural Revolution was an attempt by...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
From Third World to First
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth-highest per capita real income? The story of that...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid August
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan by Jack Weatherford is a masterful work that redefines our understanding of one of history's most enigmatic figures. Far from the merciless conqueror of lore, Weatherford paints a nuanced portrait of Genghis Khan, revealing a leader of strikingly progressive ideals for his time. Drawing from extensive historical research, Weatherford traces Khan's meteoric rise from obscure origins to becoming...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid August
Origami Paper 200 sheets Japanese Shibori 8 1/4" (21 cm)
This pack contains 200 extra large (8.25 inch) origami sheets printed with indigo shibori designs. Shibori is a hand-dyeing technique from Japan that typically involves folding, twisting, or bunching cloth to create a unique pattern—sort of like an ancient form of tie-dye. These colourful origami papers were developed to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The...Notebook / blank book$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Red Dawn Over China
From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter – ‘the historian of China’ (Spectator) – a commanding new history of China’s path to Communism, brought to the people at the barrel of a gun. The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio
Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals. The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the towering figures in modern Chinese literature. He saw his great, almost unmanageable task as an attempt to write China into the new era - to provide an ancient country, devastated...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Victorious in Defeat
An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century’s most powerful and controversial figures. Victorious in Defeat explores the life of Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975), who led the Republic of China for almost fifty years, starting in 1926. He was the architect of a new, republican China, a hero of the Second World War,...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Spirit of Shinto
An immersive look at Japan's indigenous religion and how it can impact our daily lives. In The Spirit of Shinto, longtime Japan resident and bestselling author Hector Garcia (Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life and The Book of Ichigo Ichie) offers an engaging introduction to the history, principles, and continuing influence of Shintoism in Japan. Garcia...Hardback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Revolusi
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize A true masterpiece of narrative history, Revolusi reveals Indonesia's epic revolution as the great turning point of the 20th century. A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world. On a sunny morning in August 1945, a handful of...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Japan
Japan tells the story of British royal contact with Japan between 1603 and 1937, when the exchange of exquisite works of art was central to both diplomatic relations and cultural contact. As a result, the Royal Collection has one of the most significant holdings of Japanese works of art in the western world. Featuring new research and stunning photography, the...Hardback$12000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
In the Service of the Shogun
In 1600, English helmsman William Adams washed ashore in Japan and was interrogated by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan's most powerful warlord and soon-to-be shogun. Far from executing Adams as a pirate, Ieyasu made him one of his most trusted advisers. This biography traces Adams's rise from humble pilot to a position of immense influence in Japan's foreign relations. It unravels the...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Red Emperor
Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one of Communist China's ruling families, the young Xi was...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
India: A Wounded Civilization
"A devastating work, but proof that a novelist of Naipaul's stature can often define problems quicker and more effectively than a team of economists and other experts" - The Times In 1964, V. S. Naipaul published An Area of Darkness, his semi-autobiographical account of a year in India. Two visits later, prompted by the Emergency of 1975, he came to...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
A New Voyage Round the World
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round the World (1697) is an incomparably vivid, chaotic and fascinating account by the pirate, explorer and naturalist William Dampier of his many adventures. The world he describes sprawls all the...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Conquering the North
The Great Wall of China – stretching from the arid rises of Gansu province to the cold waters of the Bohai Sea – remains an enduring symbol of Chinese might. And yet, for all its grandeur, the Wall also marks a vulnerability: an ever-present reminder of old battle lines and never-ending tension with China’s northern neighbours. Travelling by sacred mountains...Hardback$5499Elsewhere:$6499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Secret History of the Mongols
An inventive translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan. 'By the Power of Eternal Heaven; By the Protection of the Majestic Imperial Fortune.' Born a poor nomad in an unforgiving world, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan transformed the thirteenth century, ultimately ruling an empire that would stretch from Korea to Crimea and Syria...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The Golden Throne
An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century, from the author of The Lion House. Istanbul, 1538. The greatest of the Ottoman Sultans is at the pinnacle of world power, while his family and future are at the mercy of their own dynastic law—whichever of his five sons succeeds him must...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Life and Death in Shanghai
This is a first-hand account of China's Cultural Revolution. Life and Death in Shanghai is written by Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao. She was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Red Memory
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023 WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2023 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Red Memory by Tania Branigan delves into the haunting and turbulent period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a decade that has left an indelible mark on the...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Krakatoa
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester offers a meticulously detailed account of one of the most violent volcanic events in modern history—the cataclysmic eruption of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This riveting chronicle delves into the rich tapestry of science, history, and human drama, bringing to life a story of unparalleled destruction and its far-reaching consequences. Winchester skillfully interweaves narratives...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Stranger in the Shogun's City
Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley is a captivating narrative that explores the vibrant and dynamic world of Edo, now known as Tokyo, during the early 19th century. Through the life of an unconventional woman named Tsuneno, the book offers a unique and refreshing perspective on Japanese history, placing women's lives at the forefront of the historical narrative....Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Boys in Zinc
Mesmerising, haunting stories from the Soviet-Afghan War collected by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. From 1979 to 1989, Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet Union talked about a 'peace-keeping' mission, the dead were shipped back in sealed zinc coffins. Boys in Zinc presents...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Empress Dowager Cixi
From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang delivers an extraordinary account of the woman who single-handedly propelled China into the modern age. Discover the captivating life story of Empress Dowager Cixi, the concubine who rose from relative obscurity to become the most influential woman in Chinese history. In her groundbreaking biography, Empress Dowager...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips late August 
India
Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resumé The Times Literary Supplement India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, it was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander the Great it was a land of clever naked philosophers and indomitable, elephantine armies. At the height of the Mughal empire, India boasted nearly a quarter of the world economy,...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Journal Under the Wave off Kanagawa, Lined Paperback
Celebrate the timeless beauty of Japanese art with this lined journal, featuring a masterpiece by a renowned ukiyo-e artist. This lined, paperback journal from Tuttle Publishing features Under the Wave off Kanagawa also known as The Great Wave (1830-1832) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji." This art has influenced Western artists and musicians like...Paperback$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Frommer's Japan
Frommer's books aren't written by committee, by A.I., or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We use seasoned, locally-based journalists like David McElhinney, who lives in Japan and has been published widely, covering the country's extraordinary culinary and arts scenes, including manga and anime; Japanese history and religious traditions;...Paperback$6499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Silk Silver Opium
Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries, and trade, but also what became inevitable – war and humiliation. Much about China's modern relationship with the West is the product of its past inter-reactions, conflicts, victories, and humiliations. The South China Sea was the place from where the ultimately...Paperback$4299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Cartographic Japan
Miles of shelf space in contemporary Japanese bookstores and libraries are devoted to travel guides, walking maps, and topical atlases. Young Japanese children are taught how to properly map their classrooms and schoolgrounds. Elderly retirees pore over old castle plans and village cadasters. Pioneering surveyors are featured in popular television shows, and avid collectors covet exquisite scrolls depicting sea and...Hardback$9199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Cambodia
A fascinating look at the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia “A richly detailed study that goes a long way toward explaining the contradictions, corruption and complexity of Cambodia.”—Ron Gluckman, Wall Street Journal To many in the West, the name Cambodia still conjures up indelible images of destruction and death, the legacy of the...Paperback$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Origami Paper 500 sheets Japanese Folk Prints 6" (15 cm)
This paper pack contains 500 origami papers printed with designs from traditional Bingata folk fabrics. These paper packs make an excellent resource for all different kinds of folding, crafting and scrapbooking projects. The package includes folding sheets as well as a booklet with instructions so that folders can start right away. This origami paper pack includes: 500 sheets of high-quality...Notebook / blank book$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Journal Morning Glories & Cricket, Hiroshige Lined Paperback
Celebrate the timeless beauty of Japanese art with this lined journal, featuring a masterpiece by a renowned ukiyo-e artist. This lined, paperback journal from Tuttle Publishing features Morning Glories and Cricket (1843-47) from the series "A Compendium of Flowers of the Four Seasons" by Utagawa Hiroshige (1787-1858). Utagawa Hiroshige was one of the most prominent ukiyo-e artists. He is best...Paperback$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Japanese Design
Asian art expert Dr. Patricia Graham guides readers through the aspects of Japanese art and design we've all come to appreciate—whether it's a silk kimono, a carefully raked garden path, or modern snack food packaging. From the ten key characteristics of Japanese design to the Shinto and Buddhist influences on its aesthetics, Japanese Design serves as a great resource for...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Hokusai Prints Note Cards - 12 Cards
This beautiful stationery set includes six prints by Katsushika Hokusai, the artist behind the world-famous "The Great Wave off Kanagawa." Hokusai lived and worked in what is now modern day Tokyo during the Edo Period. Blank inside for your own message, these cards are perfect to convey a heartfelt note for any occasion. Hokusai Prints Note Cards - 12 Cards...Miscellaneous print$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Book of Tea
Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonisation, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters. The Book of Tea doesn't focus on the Tea Ceremony itself, but the Zen Buddhist thought behind it...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A History of the Samurai
A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end—an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed, and bravery that is central to an understanding of the Japanese character and Japanese history. It describes in detail the core Samurai philosophy of Bushido, 'the way of the warrior', a complex code of conduct embracing ideals...Hardback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
A Brief History of Vietnam
A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous history. A Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land that has risen from the ashes of war to become the newest Asian tiger economy. This book expertly examines the history of a people and a nation with ancient roots, which only took its current shape in the...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia
The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different identities today! Singapore and Malaysia sit astride the sea lanes linking East with West — vital choke points in the world's commerce. Since ancient times, ports along the Silk Road of the Sea were populated by peoples from around the globe who came here to...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Great Game
For nearly a century, the two most powerful nations on earth—Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia—fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it The Great Game, a phrase immortalised in Kipling's Kim. When play first began, the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end,...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The China Mirage
James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans—including FDR's grandfather, Warren Delano—who in the 1800s made their fortunes in the China opium trade. Meanwhile, American missionaries sought a myth: noble Chinese peasants eager to Westernise. The media propagated this mirage, and FDR believed that supporting Chiang Kai-shek would make China America's best friend in Asia. But Chiang was on his...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Lost Enlightenment
In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In...Paperback$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Other Rivers
More than twenty years after teaching English to China's first boom generation at a small college in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach the next generation. At the same time, Hessler's twin daughters became the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand in their local primary school. Through reconnecting with his previous students, now in their...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
History of Art in Japan
History of Art in Japan is a fully illustrated overview of Japanese art, written by one of Japan's most distinguished art historians. This masterful account of the country's exceptional cultural heritage sheds light on how Japan has nurtured distinctive aesthetics, prominent artists, and movements that have achieved global influence and popularity. A leading authority on Japanese art history, Tsuji Nobuo...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
A concise history of an uprising that took down a three-hundred-year-old dynasty and united the great powers. The year is 1900, and Western empires are locked in entanglements across the globe. The British are losing a bitter war against the Boers while the German kaiser is busy building a vast new navy. The United States is struggling to put down...Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$6800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Last Tiger
Inspired by true stories from the authors' grandparents' lives during one of the darkest periods in Korean history, The Last Tiger is a debut young adult fantasy novel about the power of love to give voice to a broken people. In a colonised land where tigers are being hunted to extinction and ancient magic stirs, two star-crossed teens - Lee...Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Tokyo Noir
A darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vice that is equal parts history lesson, true-crime expose, and memoir. It's 2008, and it's been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking clove cigarettes, and Tadamasa Goto, the most powerful...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Genghis Khan
The greatest story of military conquest in history from a 'master storyteller' (Guardian). Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power, eclipsing Alexander the Great,...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
China
Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume. Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast narrative of appalling loss, superhuman endeavour, and incredible invention that has made China the superpower it is today. From the...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Afgantsy
As a former ambassador to Moscow, Rodric Braithwaite brings unique insights to the Soviet War in Afghanistan. The story has been distorted not only by Cold War propaganda but also by the myths of the nineteenth century Great Game. It moves from high politics of the Kremlin to the lonely Russian conscripts in isolated mountain outposts. The parallels with Afghanistan...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
At Home in Japan
What would it be like to move to Japan, leaving everyone you know behind, to become part of a traditional Japanese household? At Home in Japan tells an extraordinary true story of a foreign woman who goes through an amazing transformation, moving from a suburban lifestyle in California to a new life in Japan. She dedicates 30 years of her...Hardback$2300Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Japan's War
A new perspective on Japan during the Asia-Pacific War, using remarkable first-hand Japanese source material. Even after eighty years since the end of a conflict that killed thirty-five million people, there remains deeply-felt bitterness and anger about the way the Asia-Pacific War was fought, especially by the Japanese. The war in the East stretched from Hawaii to India - with...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Smoke And Ashes
'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history embraces opium's entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars . . . But it's Ghosh's big-picture thinking that has made his nonfiction so influential . . . A huge achievement' The New York Times Book Review From the nineteenth century, the...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
An Autobiography
First published in two volumes in 1927 and 1929, with a second edition in 1940, this is Gandhi's account of his early spiritual progress towards truth and the circumstances of his life that led him to a practical application of the principles of conduct for which he was revered.Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Judgement at Tokyo
A work of singular importance . . . balanced, original, human, accessible, and riveting - Philippe Sands, author of East-West Street. From the prizewinning author of the acclaimed The Blood Telegram, comes a landmark, magisterial history of the postwar trial of Japan's leaders as war criminals—and their impact on the modern history of Asia and the world. In the weeks...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Istanbul
Istanbul by Bettany Hughes is an enthralling and richly detailed narrative that delves deep into the heart and soul of this mesmerising city. Spanning a timeline of over 6,000 years, Hughes brings to life the myriad stories, cultures, and civilisations that have converged upon this unique crossroads between East and West. A city of many names and faces - Byzantium,...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Return of a King
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013 'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph 'Dazzling' Sunday Times | 'Magnificent' Guardian | 'Sparkling' Daily Telegraph A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple. In the spring of 1839, Britain commenced its first ambitious foray into Afghanistan. Nearly...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Koh-i-Noor
Koh-i-Noor by Anita Anand and William Dalrymple offers the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old Maharaja of Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. In a sombre and public ceremony, the frightened...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Sparks
An inspiring testament to China's dissident historians and activists, from the 1940s to the present. A documentary filmmaker who uncovered a Mao-era death camp; an independent journalist who gave voice to the millions who suffered through Covid; a magazine publisher who dodged the secret police—these are some of the people who make up Sparks—China's Underground Historians and their Battle for...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
India in the Persianate Age
India in the Persianate Age by Richard M. Eaton is a sweeping and authoritative account of a transformative period in the history of the Indian subcontinent. This meticulously researched and elegantly written work spans the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries, a time when the region underwent profound changes due to its interactions with Central Asia and the Iranian plateau. Eaton...Paperback$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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