Asian category: 13860 books
Bushido
The Spirit of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
There are eight virtues of Bushido, the code of the samurai: justice, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty, and self-control. These virtues comprise the essence of Japanese cultural beliefs, which are still present today.
Inazo Nitobe, one of Japan's most respected scholars,...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
It’s okay for Thais to believe in ghosts—it’s their birthright. But why is Vincent Calvino seeing ghosts, and why are they so angry? Calvino is haunted by a series of deaths in Rangoon and Bangkok, when he stumbles onto a new murder case—but is it a new case, or an old one returned from the...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
In Crackdown visual art becomes a powerful take down tool to push back against the oligarchs. People adjust to the surveillance state and its agents who are emergent forces. Post-coup Thailand is the setting as high tech competes with traditional power in a battle for hearts and minds. It is a noir...
Digital Archetypes
Adaptations of Early Temple Architecture in South and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
This unique book presents a broad multi-disciplinary examination of early temple architecture in Asia, written by two experts in digital reconstruction and the history and theory of Asian architecture. The authors examine the archetypes of Early Brahmanic, Hindu and Buddhist temple architecture from...
by David Chang, Peter Meehan
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
**With 200,000+ copies in print, this New York Times bestseller shares the story and the recipes behind the chef and cuisine that changed the modern-day culinary landscape. **
Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku. A once-unrecognizable word, it's now synonymous with the...
The Chinese Takeout Cookbook
Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
America’s love affair with Chinese food dates back more than a century. Today, such dishes as General Tso’s Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Egg Rolls are as common as hamburgers and spaghetti. Probably at this moment, a drawer in your kitchen is stuffed with Chinese takeout menus, soy sauce...
Pok Pok
Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A guide to bold, authentic Thai cooking from Andy Ricker, the chef and owner of the wildly popular and widely lauded Pok Pok restaurants.
After decades spent traveling throughout Thailand, Andy Ricker wanted to bring the country's famed street food stateside. In 2005 he opened Pok Pok, so named...
by Gray Tuttle
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Over the past century and with varying degrees of success, China has tried to integrate Tibet into the modern Chinese nation-state. In this groundbreaking work, Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering...
Japan 1941
Countdown to Infamy
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionize how we think of the war in the Pacific.
When Japan launched hostilities against the United States in 1941, argues Eri Hotta, its leaders, in large part, understood...
China 1945
Mao's Revolution and America's Fateful Choice
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
A riveting account of the watershed moment in America’s dealings with China that forever altered the course of East-West relations
As 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China’s Communist rebels—their soldiers treated their American counterparts as heroes, rescuing...
by Eleanor L. Pray
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
In 1894, Eleanor L. Pray left her New England home to move with her merchant husband to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. Over the next thirty-six years � from the time of Tsar Alexander III to the early years of Stalin�s rule � she wrote more than 2,000 letters chronicling her family life...
The Korean War
A History
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED.
For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence...
Unruly Waters
How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's History
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
From a MacArthur "Genius," a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to tame its waters
Asia's history has been shaped by her waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil Amrith reimagines Asia's history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts,...
The Book of Tea Classic Edition
Classic Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves. A keepsake enjoyed by tea lovers for over a hundred years, The Book of Tea Classic Edition will enhance your enjoyment and understanding...