Asian category: 13860 books
Asia in Washington
Exploring the Penumbra of Transnational Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
For several centuries, international relations has been primarily the purview of nation-states. Key powers have included at various times Great Britain, France, Japan, China, Russia (then the U.S.S.R., and then Russia again), and the nation most influential in international relations for the past...
Korean Vegetarian
Explore the Spicy and Robust Tastes of a Classic Cuisine, with 50 Recipes Shown in 130 Step-by-step photographs
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Explore the spices, textures and harmonious tastes of this remarkable cuisine in more than 50 authentic Korean dishes. A fascinating introduction explains the distinctive Korean approach to food, cooking and eating, and the importance of vegetables, beans and tofu. The recipes then follow in several...
by Christine Kitano
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Christine Kitano's second poetry collection elicits a sense of hunger-an intense longing for home and an ache for human connection. Channeling both real and imagined immigration experiences of her own family-her grandmothers, who fled Korea and Japan; and her father, a Japanese American who was incarcerated...
The House on Dream Street
Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2000
A “vividly detailed” memoir of traveling to the formerly forbidden country and exploring life and culture in Hanoi (Kirkus Reviews).
For years after the Vietnam War, Americans were unable to visit the country, so once tourist visas became available, young Dana Sachs eagerly applied. Born...
by Pingali Suranna
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2002
Composed in the mid-sixteenth century, The Sound of the Kiss, or The Story That Must Never Be Told, could be considered the first novel written in South Asia. Telugu, the language spoken in today's Andhra Pradesh region of southern India, has a classical literary tradition extending over a thousand...
by Christopher G. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
The Great Unravelling Trilogy, as this Calvino trilogy may be called, is about the desperation and hope of individuals seeking freedom who find themselves perilously constrained in Southeast Asia, where human rights and liberty are negatively geared by big men in power.
It is safe to say that...
by John Hail
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The novel starts in a Bangkok bar but soon the reader is transported to the key times and places of Thailand's turbulent political history and to the jungle camps of Thai communist guerrillas and Cambodian rebels. Set in the 1970s and '80s, Bangkok A-go-Go presents a unique vision of the political...
by Henry Albinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Sri Lanka's historical and cultural heritage covers more than 2,000 years. Known as Lanka--the "resplendent land"--in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, the island has numerous other references that testify to the island's natural beauty and wealth. Islamic folklore maintains that Adam and...
Singapore
Negotiating State and Society, 1965-2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
On 9 August 2015, Singapore celebrated its 50th year of national independence, a milestone for the nation as it has overcome major economic, social, cultural and political challenges in a short period of time. Whilst this was a celebratory event to acknowledge the role of the People’s Action Party...
Ancient Silk Trade Routes
Selected Works from Symposium on Cross Cultural Exchanges and Their Legacies in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
As key nodes that connected ancient silk routes traversing China, Japan and India, trading hubs, towns and cities in Java and Sumatra and other places in Asia were key destination points for merchants, monks and other itinerants plying these routes.
Recent archaeological excavations in countries...
The Politics of Refugees in South Asia
Identity, Resistance, Manipulation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Partition and post-colonial migrations – sometimes voluntary, often forced – have created borders in South Asia that serve to oppress rather than protect. Migrants and refugees feel their real home lies beyond the border, and liberation struggles continue the quest for freedoms that have proven...
by Henry Albinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
South Korea history, South Korea Cultural Identity, South Korea Education, South Korea Religion, South Korea Economy, South Korea Government, South Korea culture, South Korea travel guide.A small country, approximately the size of Britain, Korea is located on a peninsula that protrudes southward from...
by Kaiser Haq
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
The Triumph of the Snake Goddess, a prose translation by the scholar and poet Kaiser Haq, is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic in modern English. Haq’s Prologue explores the oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions, and Wendy Doniger’s Introduction examines the significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts.
by Don Hobbs
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
This is a book for anyone who knows some Thai and wants to learn Lao, which is 85% similar to Thai, but with some important differences. This book gives you the shortcuts for changing Thai into Lao, and teaches you the most common Lao words which are different from Thai. Organized by topic.