Asia category: 8064 books
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household...
by Shannon Young
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
In this collection, twenty-six women reveal the truth about expatriate life in modern East Asia through original works of memoir and creative non-fiction. Their experiences are varied and unique, demonstrating that expat women's lives go far beyond the stereotypical. The writers hail from a dozen...
Hello Asia, Vietnam
Vietnam, putting emphasis on practical interest and reality
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Vietnamese people tend to be gentle yet show strong independence. Also, rather than saving face, they focus on practical interests and prioritize reality to the past. Let's explore the representative symbols and culture of Vietnam, the country that values practicality and reality.
by James A. Millward
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
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,...
Burma in Revolt
Opium and Insurgency since 1948
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999
In 1948, Burma was a promising young democracy with a bustling free market economy and a standard of living that surpassed nearly all of its other Asian neighbours. Fifty years later, Burma is one of the poorest nations in the world, with a military dictatorship in Rangoon and 50,000 armed rebels...
by Vivienne Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC
Level: A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016
Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History...
Hello Asia, Thailand
A Buddhist country prioritizing Bunkun and courtesy
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
What is the reason behind elephants being considered as sacred and mystical creatures in Thailand? It is because the virtues required by almost every religion can be found in the characteristics of elephants. Thailand is a true Buddhist country with millions of Buddhist temples and monks respected...
by Xinru Liu
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
The Silk Road was the contemporary name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads during the Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE), in...
Collective Goods
Collective Futures in East and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
This edited collection explores issues surrounding the provision of collective goods within the context of post-crisis East and Southeast Asia. It includes case studies on Korea, Indonesia, China, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore among others.
Exciting Singapore
A Visual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
This Singapore travel pictorial captures the art, culture, and people of the Pacific's leading city.
Located in the heart of Asia, the island republic of Singapore is a dynamic place full of surprises and contrasts. East meets west, with both contradiction and harmony as this city state strives...
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 2
People Power in the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Indonesia 19472009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The grassroots movements in nine places in East Asia in the 1980s and 1990s are empirically reconstructed in this volume. Asian history, especially radical history, is a subject often glossed over in the West. Seeking to remedy that, this book begins with an overview of late-20th-century history,...
by William Sparrow
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Sexy, entertaining, and thoroughly informative, this collection of reports offers a glimpse into what is enticing, insightful, and unknown about sex in Asia. It looks at the sex scenes and unseens in the ‘usual suspects’ of Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan as well as in less obvious...
Asia Betrayed
How Churchill Sacrificed the Far East to Save England
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
"Somebody knew. Who knew?" Did Winston Churchill lure Japan into attacking Pearl Harbor as a cynical ruse to pull the United States into the war against the Nazis to save England? Did he deliberately weaken the defenses of Singapore and Hong Kong to convince the Japanese to jump? Did he...
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Written by locals, Fodor's Essential Vietnam travel guidebook offers expert advice and insider tips for all tastes and budgets. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease and make the most out of your visit to Vietnam. Join Fodor’s...