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The Rape of Nanking
by Iris Chang  
Publisher Comments In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered -- a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
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The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds
by Jonathan D. Spence Publisher Comments China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. Now Jonathan Spence, our foremost historian of Chinese politics and culture, tells us, in his elegant new book, how the West has understood China over seven centuries....
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The Iranians
by Sandra Mackey Synopsis Provides a portrait of the troubled nation of Iran and the complex religious, historical, political, and cultural forces--especially the dichotomy between Islam and the culture of ancient Persia--that continue to shape it....
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, Revised and Updated
by David K Shipler Publisher Comments The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. In this monumental work, revised and more relevant than ever, David Shipler delves...
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Venture of Islam, Volume I : the Classical Age of Islam (74 Edition)
by Marshall G. S. Hodgson Publisher Comments The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization...
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Rickshaw Beijing
by David Strand Synopsis 'A lucid and interesting analysis of Beijing society and politics in the generally confusing era of the 1920s...From Strand's careful account one realizes that the social and political life of Beijing even under warlordism was organized and integrated to...
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An Evil Cradling
by Brian Keenan Synopsis Brian Keenan's release from captivity was the first ray of hope for those hostages held in the Middle East. He describes the plight of his fellow hostages with first-hand knowledge. The language he uses reflects his past efforts as a poet in describing...
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China: A Macro History
by Ray Huang Synopsis Distinguished scholar Ray Huang takes a fresh look at the full sweep of Chinese history from Neolithic times to the present....
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Conflict in Asia: Korea, China-Taiwan, and India-Pakistan
by Uk (edt) Heo Publisher Comments Much of the world reaped a "peace dividend" with the end of the Cold War, yet Asia has seen little reduction in tensions and military spending. Three Cold War era conflicts-those dividing China and Taiwan, North and South Korea, and India and Pakistan...
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Bones of the Master : a Journey To Secret Mongolia (00 Edition)
by George Crane Synopsis Having fled Red Army troops in 1959, monk Tsung Tsai persuades his American neighbor--40 years later--to travel with him back to his birthplace at the edge of the Gobi desert. Their search takes them from frontier towns, mud villages, and lost temples to...
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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
by William Dalrymple Synopsis In the course of 12 months in Delhi, Dalrymple peels back the successive layers of history, using material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing stories with the present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in...
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The Palestinian Liberation Organisation: People, Power and Politics (Cambridge Middle East Library)
by Helena Cobban Publisher Comments This is a comprehensive political analysis of the PLO. A correspondent in Beirut from 1976 to 1981, Helena Cobban has been able to study developments at close quarters and use documentary sources and first-hand recollections which have never been...
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Contemporary South Asia #0001: Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective
by Ayesha Jalal Publisher Comments Challenging the view that a shared colonial legacy led to contrasting patterns of political development in South Asia--democracy in India and authoritarianism in Pakistan and Bangladesh--Ayesha Jalal argues that, despite differences in form, central...
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The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence
by Anthony Read and David Fisher Publisher Comments At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain finally granted independence to the peoples of India. The Raj, that most romantic of all the great empires, was no more: India became the world's largest democracy, Pakistan the world's largest Muslim nation and not...
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The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia (Vintage Departures)
by Stan Sesser Synopsis A rare and illuminating look at one of the most fascinating places in the world--a place of tyranny and repression that is also a place of beautiful people who warmly welcome the visitor, of ancient cultural traditions that still thrive today, of great...
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The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret Place
by Ian Baker
Publisher Comments The myth of Shangri-la originates in Tibetan Buddhist beliefs in beyul, or hidden lands, sacred sanctuaries that reveal themselves to devout pilgrims and in times of crisis. The more remote and inaccessible the beyul, the vaster its reputed qualities....
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Search for Modern China (2ND 99 Edition)
by Jonathan D. Spence Synopsis This new edition includes a new final chapter covering events following Tiananmen Square and there is additional material on the 18th century, the roots of Chinese communism, and the relationsip between Mao and Stalin at the time of the Korean War....
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Negara : the Theatre State in 19TH Century Bali (80 Edition)
by C. Geertz Synopsis Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost...
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Averting the Apocalypse: Social Movements in India Today
by Arthur Bonner Publisher Comments There are two Indias: the caste and class elite who hold all power and make up 10 to 15 percent of the population, and everyone else. Averting the Apocalypse is about everyone else. Arthur Bonner, a former New York Times reporter with long experience as...
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Angkor
by Jean Pier Grandjean Publisher Comments The great temple complex of Angkor Wat, the architectural gem of the Khmer dynasty, was built between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. It rises 200 feet from the Cambodian jungle floor like a gigantic mandala, its walls adorned throughout with scenes...
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