Asia category: 8064 books
Education-at-Large
Student Life and Activities in Singapore 19451965
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
The first part of the book contains documentation of a groundbreaking exhibition held in 2007 on student activities and societal engagements during post-war Singapore 1945–1965 and transcripts of forums held in conjunction with it. The second half centres on oral history accounts of mostly former...
A Geek in Korea
Discovering Asia's New Kingdom of Cool
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
For every fan of K-Pop music, Korean Wave dramas and Kimchi—or anyone intrigued by Korea and Korean culture—A Geek in Korea is a hip, new guide to the land of the Samsung smartphone and Gangnam Style.
Author Dan Tudor first arrived in Korea on the eve of the 2002 World Cup when South Korea...
The Rebel of Rangoon
A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015
An epic, multigenerational story of courage and sacrifice set in a tropical dictatorship, The Rebel of Rangoon captures a gripping moment of possibility in Burma (Myanmar)
Once the shining promise of Southeast Asia, Burma in May 2009 ranks among...
An American in Shanghai
Reflections on Living in New China
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
For almost three tumultuous decades, insurance and investment fund executive Russell R. Miller, plied his trade in China and Southeast Asia. Buying and selling companies, setting up new ones and moving into public service by creating cultural and educational organizations — all the while witnessing...
by Jacob Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2014
The book "Genghis Khan" by Jacob Abbott nowadays is in the public domain, but a great work has been done by Publisher to this version to make an electronic book that contrasts favorably to the original version. A lot of errors that exist in the free versions have been corrected; proper navigation...
Mongolia
Travels in An Untamed Land
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
For seventy years Mongolia was all but closed to the west - a forbidden country, shrouded in darkness. Jasper Becker had long dreamed of exploring the sweeping land that lay just beyond China’s Great Wall and when communism disintegrated, he finally did. Setting out from Kublai Khan’s capital,...
by Morris Rossabi
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Mongols carved out the largest land-based empire in world history, stretching from Korea to Russia in the north and from China to Syria in the south, and unleashing an unprecedented level of violence. But as Morris Rossabi reveals in this Very Short...
by Paul Lococo, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008
It was through bitter experience growing up on the harsh and unforgiving steppes of Mongolia that Genghis Khan learned to trust few people and to be vigilant of the personalities and events around him. As a result of an early life filled with hardship, betrayals, and constant struggle, Genghis Khan developed...
The Man Who Would Be King
The First American in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
The Riveting Account of the American Who Inspired Kipling's Classic Tale and the John Huston Movie
In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan....
MacArthur's Spies
The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
**"MacArthur's Spies reads like Casablanca set in the Pacific, filled with brave and daring characters caught up in the intrigue of war—and the best part is that it's all true!" —Tom Maier, author of Masters of Sex
A thrilling story of espionage, daring and deception set in...
The American Heroes Collection
Hal Moore, Shadow Commander, and American Guerrilla
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Three stirring military portraits—including a biography of the Vietnam War hero who wrote the New York Times bestseller, We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.
Hal Moore: A heroic commander in the Vietnam War, Harold G. Moore cowrote the New York Times–bestselling memoir of the battle at...
The Imperial Japanese Army
The Invincible Years 1941–42
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
The German offensives which crushed Poland in 1939 and swallowed most of Western Europe in less than two months in 1940 have been well documented and heavily studied, however, the overall picture of the remarkable Japanese offensive land campaign in 1941–42 has received less attention. In this fascinating...
Demokrasi
Indonesia in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Indonesia, a nation of thousands of islands and almost 250 million people, straddles the junction of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has presided over 6 per cent average yearly growth of its economy, to surpass $1 trillion. If this rate continues, Indonesia...
by Uzo Marvin
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
The Vietnamese people represent a fusion of races, languages, and cultures, the elements of which are still being sorted out by ethnologists, linguists, and archaeologists. As was true for most areas of Southeast Asia, the Indochina Peninsula was a crossroads for many migrations of peoples, including...