Asia category: 8064 books
by Michael Webster
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Thailand is one of Asia's leading tourist destinations and a treasure trove for anyone interested in wildlife. This little guide to the birds of Thailand is an excellent introduction for birdwatchers, residents and visitors to the country alike. It covers 252 of the birds that are regularly seen in...
by Pauline Fiene-Severns, Mike Severns, Ruth Dyerly
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Learn about the many kids of tropical seashells with this useful and portable reference book.
This handy pocket guide introduces 170 mollusk species found in Southeast Asia. These fascinating shelled animals vary greatly in shape and size, with equally diverse behaviors. As a quick reference...
Birmanie : Dieux, or et frontières
L'Âme des Peuples
Language: French
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre
L’aube se lève sur les collines de Pagan hérissées de temples. Le brouillard du lac Inle se dissipe. À Rangoon, la pagode Schwedagon brille de tous ses feux d’or, tandis que les robes rouges des bonzes ressemblent...
Lim Chong Yah: An Autobiography
Life Journey of a Singaporean Professor
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Why are some nations rich and others poor? Why do the citizens of some countries lead a happy, prosperous life while others struggle in terrible want?
This book takes the reader through the eventful life journey of one of Singapore's best known economists and educators, Professor Lim Chong...
Vietnam Today
A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
"Pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams."
Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is...
Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire
Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2015
Having monopolized Central Asian politics and culture for over a century, the Timurid ruling elite was forced from its ancestral homeland in Transoxiana at the turn of the sixteenth century by an invading Uzbek tribal confederation. The Timurids travelled south: establishing themselves as the new...
by Henry Keppel
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
James, Rajah of Sarawak,KCB (born James Brooke; 29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) was a British adventurer whose exploits in areas of the British Empire led to him becoming the first White Rajah of Sarawak.
In 1833, He inherited £30,000, which he used as capital to purchase a 142-ton...
by Anne Davison
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
This book tells the story of the Mughal Empire, which lasted from 1526 to 1857. The early Mughals, who were ethnic Turco-Mongol and descendants of Timur, or Tamerlane, came from Central Asia. They introduced many aspects of Persian culture into India, for example literature, painting and architecture....
The Formation of Turkey
The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum: Eleventh to Fourteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
From Byzantium to the Mongols to the Sultans of Rum, this acclaimed book offers an important insight into the evocative history of Turkey before the coming of Ottoman power.
Turkey forms a historical bridge between Europe and Asia and as such has played a pivotal role throughout history. The...
Clothing for Liberation
A Communication Analysis of Gandhi's Swadeshi Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
This is the first analysis of Gandhi's dressing style in terms of communication theory and an exploration of the subliminal messages that were subtly communicated to a large audience. Peter Gonsalves chooses three famous theorists from the field of communication studies and looks at Gandhi through...
by Marco Morra
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Il viaggio in treno lungo la storica linea ferroviaria, da Mosca a Pechino, attraverso al Siberia, la Mongolia e la Cina, per oltre novemila chilometri.
Da un caffè di piazza Barberini, dove nasce l’Idea del Viaggio, alla stazione Yaroslavskij di Mosca, l’autore descrive minuziosamente la quotidianità,...
by Wayne Jex
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
These are some of the people I have met in my journeys to Tibet and nearby areas in Asia. The purpose of this book is very simple. It is to connect the person viewing this book to the people of Tibet; from the beggars who came to our camps of foreigners looking for food or a little money, to highly...
The Epic of Gesar of Ling
Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years, and Coronation as King
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
The epic of Gesar has been the national treasure of Tibet for almost a thousand years. An open canon of tales about a superhuman warrior-king, the epic is still a living oral tradition, included on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This book is a translation...
India Charm Offensive
An Expat Pilot Flies The South Asia Jungle
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
"Exuberant—and funny—without neglecting the seriousness of surviving a year of love and war." —Kirkus Reviews
Here, we enjoy a triple feature: excellent writing, fascinating stories, and learning the rich first-hand experience of an American contract helicopter pilot. Sobotta...