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China(2009) KEAY, JOHNThree thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
India(2010) KEAY, JOHNThe most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India aVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
China(2006) FAIRBANK, JOHN KING,GOLDMAN, MERLEJohn King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date and provides an epilogueVezava: Mehka47,68 € -
Hidden Bhutan(2012) UITZ, MARTINDescribes how the Bhutanese, in pursuit of the principle of Gross National Happiness, are carefully moving towards a more modern future, including a constitution and democracy, whilst preserving their traditional society and attempting to conserve the envVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
History of the Arab Peoples(2013) HOURANI, ALBERTIn a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the presVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Levant(2011) MANSEL, PHILIPThe first English-language history of the Levant in the modern ageVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East(2016)A wide-ranging analysis of whether tribes and tribal identities are becoming more rather than less pronounced in the contemporary Middle East.Vezava: Trda68,91 € -
Trespassers on the Roof of the World(2006) HOPKIRK, PETER'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily TelegraphVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Games without Rules(2014) ANSARY, TAMIMBy the author of West of Kabul, East of New York and Destiny Disrupted: An enlightening, lively, accessible, history of Afghanistan from 1840 to today, from the Afghan point of view, that illuminates how Great Power conflicts have interrupted an ongoing,Vezava: Mehka22,80 € -
Lion and the Tiger(2005) JUDD, DENISTelling the story of the remarkable British impact upon India, this book examines what the Raj really meant for the British and their Indian subjects. Among the questions explored are whether the British were intent on development or exploitation, whetherVezava: Mehka48,45 € -
Short History of Byzantium(2013) NORWICH, JOHN JULIUSConstantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330 and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the Byzantine Empire became a beacon of grand magnificence and depraved decadence. In this book, the author provides the definitive inVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Songs of Blood and Sword(2011) BHUTTO, FATIMATells the story of a family of rich feudal landlords - the proud descendents of a warrior caste - who became powerbrokers in Karachi, Pakistan.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Khartoum(2006) ASHER, MICHAELThe British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. This work presents an account that shedsVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
China: A History (Volume 1)(2010) TANNER, HAROLD M.An introduction to the political, social, and cultural history of China that provides an account of the development of Chinese civilisation from its beginnings onwards. It includes illustrations, a full complement of maps, a chronological table, extensiveVezava: Mehka43,23 € -
China: A History(2009) TANNER, HAROLD M.Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of important themes - such as the ethnic diversity of the early empires. It includes a general introduction, chronoloVezava: Mehka53,21 € -
Inside the Kingdom(2010) LACEY, ROBERTSaudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country's roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Six Records of a Life Adrift(2011) SHEN FUA memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfulVezava: Mehka26,60 €
