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Hiroshima

By: Hersey, Professor John

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Perfection Learning: March 1989

Seller ID: 388513

ISBN: 0812415825

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used - Good

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" ("The New York Times").
Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final ch...
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Warriors Of The Steppe: A Military History Of Central Asia, 500 B.c. To 1700 A.d.

By: Hildinger, Erik

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Da Capo Press: July 1997

Seller ID: 391504

ISBN: 1885119437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The first book to examine the nomads of Asia from a purely military perspective, from the ancient Scythians to the Manchu conquest of China. Across these two thousand years, the horse archer armies of the steppe-considered here as a unified phenomenon, linked by their reliance on mass cavalry tactics and the composite bow-resembled an unstoppable "force of nature" which sedentary people, except in rare instances, were unable to resist.
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Timeless India

By: Ian Westwell

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Chartwell Books: November 2007

Seller ID: 295967

ISBN: 0785823174

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Rise of Modern China

By: Immanuel C.Y. Hsu

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: January 1983

Seller ID: 315733

ISBN: 019581360x

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Introduction To Japanese History: Before The Meiji Restoration

By: Inoue Mitsusada

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai: January 1968

Seller ID: 315705

ISBN: B0095ZDYLS

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A Concise History of China

By: J. A. G. Roberts

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Harvard University Press: December 1999

Seller ID: 367275

ISBN: 0674000757

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The centuries-long complexity of China's political experience, the richness of its culture, and the drama of its economic unfolding are the hallmarks of this short but sweeping history. China's own history is entwined with its response to the West in a rich tapestry depicting its peoples, rulers, and society. More than a nuanced history of a vast continent, this study is sensitive to the multifaceted and changing interpretations of China that have been offered over the years.

In this overarching book, J. A. G. Roberts refers to recent archeological finds--the caches of bronze vessels f...
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

By: Jack Weatherford

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Crown: March 2011

Seller ID: 386443

ISBN: 0307407160

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut their story from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving only a hint of a father's legacy for his daughters.

The queens of the Silk Route turned their father's conquests into the world's first truly international empire, fostering trade, education, and religion throughout their territories and creating an economic system that stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean. Outlandish stories of these powerful queens trickled out of...
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A History of Chinese Civilization

By: Jacques Gernet

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: February 1985

Seller ID: 347928

ISBN: 0521316472

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Written with an elegant and flowing narrative, the essential virtue of Jacques Gernet's classic book is to see the history of Chinese civilization as a whole. Yet within the synthesis of the trends - social, political, religious, scientific, artistic that make up China's past and present, the author never loses sight of the telling detail which brings history to life. A History of Chinese Civilization is illustrated with a wide range of photographs, many maps, line drawings and tables. A detailed chronological table and full bibliography complement the text.
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The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By: James A. Millward

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press: April 2013

Seller ID: 332042

ISBN: 0199782865

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The phrase "silk road" evokes vivid scenes of merchants leading camel caravans across vast stretches to trade exotic goods in glittering Oriental bazaars, of pilgrims braving bandits and frozen mountain passes to spread their faith across Asia. Looking at the reality behind these images, this Very Short Introduction illuminates the historical background against which the silk road flourished, shedding light on the importance of old-world cultural exchange to Eurasian and world history.

On the one hand, historian James A. Millward treats the silk road broadly, to stand in for the cross-cult...
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Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China

By: James Palmer

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Basic Books: January 2012

Seller ID: 369043

ISBN: 046501478X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more than a half-million people, China was already gripped by widespread social unrest. As Mao lay on his deathbed, the public mourned the death of popular premier Zhou Enlai. Anger toward the powerful Communist Party officials in the Gang of Four, which had tried to suppress grieving for Zhou, was already potent; when the government failed to respond swiftly to the Tangshan disaster, popular resistance to the Cultural Revolution reached a boiling point.

In Heaven Cracks, Earth...
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India Waits

By: Jan Myrdal

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press: January 1986

Seller ID: 226041

ISBN: 0941702073

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Jan Myrdal, the son of Nobel Laureates Gunnar and Alva Myrdal, has become widely regarded as Sweden's most important writer and intellectual, with a national importance possible only in a country like Sweden. When he had a heart attack a few years ago, the largest daily newspaper, a sensational tabloid, Expressen, had its front page completely filled with a headline about it. On his 60th birthday cabinet ministers, labor leaders, religious leaders as well as writers and artists came to his door with gifts (he lives two hours from Stockholm).
In this country, he is known mainly for his writi...
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Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now

By: Jan Wong

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Anchor: June 1997

Seller ID: 317760

ISBN: 0385482329

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believer--and one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing University--her education included wielding a pneumatic drill at the Number One Machine Tool Factory. In the name of the Revolution, she renounced rock & roll, hauled pig manure in the paddy fields, and turned in a fellow student who sought her help in getting to the United States. She also met and married the only American draft dodger from the Vietnam War to seek asylum in China.
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The Chinese

By: Jasper Becker

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Free Press: December 2000

Seller ID: 334302

ISBN: 0684844125

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

China's 1.25 billion people comprise nearly a quarter of the world's population. More people live in China than in North America, the European Union, and the former Soviet countries combined. But what do we really know about these millions of people? And what is the future of their frequently misunderstood, increasingly powerful country?
In "The Chinese," Jasper Becker, China's premier resident western correspondent, strips the country of its myths and captures the Chinese as they really live. For nearly two decades Becker has lived in China, and reported from areas where western journalis...
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Nanjing Requiem: A Novel

By: Jin, Ha

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Pantheon: October 2011

Seller ID: 396558

ISBN: 0307379760

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The award-winning author of "Waiting "and "War Trash" returns to his homeland in a searing new novel that unfurls during one of the darkest moments of the twentieth century: the Rape of Nanjing.
In 1937, with the Japanese poised to invade Nanjing, Minnie Vautrin--an American missionary and the dean of Jinling Women's College--decides to remain at the school, convinced that her American citizenship will help her safeguard the welfare of the Chinese men and women who work there. She is painfully mistaken. In the aftermath of the invasion, the school becomes a refugee camp for more than te...
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From Dominoes to Dynamos: The Transformation of Southeast Asia

By: John Bresnan

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations: May 1994

Seller ID: 369035

ISBN: 0876091664

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

The demise of Americas Cold War-era foreign policy has transformed Southeast Asias relationship with the United States. No longer seen in the political context of communist containment, the countries of Southeast AsiaThailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Vietnamare becoming increasingly powerful players in the world economy. Their unparalleled economic growth will dramatically affect the U.S. economy and its relations to other regional powers such as Japan and China. How well the United States responds to this challenge and to the opportunity to forge new relationships...
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The Great Chinese Revolution 1800-1985

By: John King Fairbank

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Harper Perennial: August 1987

Seller ID: 368278

ISBN: 006039076X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Examines the transformation of Imperial China to Communist China, discusses the social and cultural changes that have occurred, and looks at modern economic development in China.

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Japanese militarism,: Its cause and cure,

By: John McGilvrey Maki

Price: $9.95

Publisher: A.A. Knopf: January 1945

Seller ID: 315822

ISBN: B0007DP40G

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

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Party Leadership and Revolutionary Power in China (Contemporary China Institute Publications)

By: John Wilson Lewis

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: July 1970

Seller ID: 315783

ISBN: 0521096146

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Originally published in 1970, this volume consists of essays by twelve leading scholars from the United States and Britain, all of whom concentrated their studies on the problems of China. Their papers were originally written for a conference on the Chinese Communist Party, held at Ditchley Park, England, in July 1968. During the discussions, a number of themes emerged as the factors governing the evolution of the Party. These related to problems of leadership, power and the revolutionary struggle within the Party and their effect on Chinese society. The authors subsequently revised their pape...
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The Chan's Great Continent, China in Western Minds

By: Jonathan D. Spence

Price: $5.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: September 1998

Seller ID: 135321

ISBN: 0393027473

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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. Ranging from Marco Polo's own depiction of China and the mighty Kublai in the 1270s to the China sightings of three twentieth-century writers of acknowledged genius -- Kafka, Borges, and Calvino -- Spence explores Western thought on China through a remarkable array of expression. Peopling Spence's account are Iberian adventurers, Jesuit missio...
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The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution

By: Jonathan D. Spence

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: October 1982

Seller ID: 188693

ISBN: 0140062793

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"A milestone in Western studies of China." (John K. Fairbank)
In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants--the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists who shaped and were shaped by the turbulent events of the twentieth century. By skillfully combining literary materials with more conventional sources of political and social history, Spence provides an unparalleled look at China and her people and offers valuable insight into the continuin...
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