Asia category: 8064 books
by Lee Kuan Yew
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Lee Kuan Yew played the pivotal role in Singapores transition from British Crown Colony to independent developing nation, and on to the economically powerful and diplomatically influential city-state it is today. Throughout this surprising and at times painful journey, he has proved a charismatic...
by Nicholas Grossman, Dominic Faulder
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world's longest-serving head of state and one of its most intriguing leaders. Born in the United States and educated in Europe, he unexpectedly became king of Thailand in 1946, acceding to the throne after the tragic death of his brother. The story of his life, reign...
Perfect Hostage
A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The “absorbing . . . charming and persuasive” story of Nobel Peace Prize–winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the world’s best-known prisoner of conscience (Publishers Weekly).
As one senior UN official put it, Burma is a country where “just to turn your head can mean imprisonment or death.”...
Lee Kuan Yew
The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy.
When Lee Kuan Yew speaks, presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, and CEOs listen. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and...
by S R Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Once a teenage runaway, living rough in a colonial port city, S R Nathan rose to become two-term president of prosperous, independent Singapore. In this exceptional book, he shares the story of his personal journey, set against the backdrop of modern Singapore history.He tells his own story,...
by Carmen Navarro Pedrosa
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
First released in 1969, during a time of great uncertainty for the Philippines, this unauthorized biography of one of the most intriguing women in the world was banned in her own country. For writing it, Carmen Pedrosa, with her family, was exiled to London for 20 years.Despite that, The Untold Story...
Under the Holy Lake
A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Inaccessible for most of its history, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has long fascinated the West. Today, wealthy travelers are admitted in small groups, but in 1987, when Ken Haigh arrived as a volunteer to teach in a small high school, foreign travelers were as hard to find in the kingdom...
by Vince Stead
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Disfruta de ti mismo, como paso en los zapatos de un marinero Marina, que viaja por todo el mundo, en un destructor, un portaaviones, y una oferta del submarino, y las visitas de 16 países! Podrás viajar por barco de la Armada, y ver algunos países muy interesantes, con tiendas, bares, y las historias...
The Life of Marpa the Translator
Seeing Accomplishes All
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Marpa the Translator, the eleventh-century farmer, scholar, and teacher, is one of the most renowned saints in Tibetan Buddhist history. In the West, Marpa is best known through his teacher, the Indian yogin Nâropa, and through his closest disciple, Milarepa. This lucid and moving translation of...
Tee mit Buddha
Mein Jahr in einem japanischen Kloster
Language: German
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Als Michaela Vieser in einem japanischen Kloster landet, ist Buddhismus für sie kaum mehr als ein Modewort. Ein Jahr bleibt sie an dem abgelegenen Ort, zu dem sie als erste Frau aus dem Westen Zutritt erhält. Sie singt und betet mit den Mönchen, wird in die Geheimnisse der Teezeremonie, des Schwertkampfes...
India
From the sublime to the ridiculous (With Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
This book described about the true life of India, the land Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Rogers used to travel. There were some amazing angles you should know about India. The contents of this book consisted of
Americans Complimented Scene at Jain and Rahm Temple A Strange Occurrence A Hindu...
by Nicholas Pettas
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
The last uchi deshi (live-in student) of Sosai Oyama Masutatsu, Nicholas Pettas, takes you along on his adventure as an eager, 18-year-old boy going from Copenhagen, Denmark to the other side of the globe. Here, in Tokyo, Japan, he doesn't just find himself in another country, but in a different world...
Karate Stupid
A True Story of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
The Japanese Instructors' Course is infamous in the Karate world. In 1997 it had been running for 50 years, with less than one hundred people successfully completing it - only four of which had been non-Japanese. In the same year Scott Langley was at the top of his game, a third degree black belt, captain...
Etiquette Guide to Japan
Know the rules that make the difference!
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Farewell to faux pas!
Minding your manners is an acquired skill, but what serves you well elsewhere could trip you up in Japan. Save yourself possible embarrassment with Etiquette Guide to Japan. An inside look at Japanese social graces, it answers all the questions of the thoughtful traveler....