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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 € -
Persians(2010) KATOUZIAN, HOMAIran has gained attention mostly for negative reasons but there is much more to the story of this ancient land than can be gleaned from the news. This comprehensive history of Iran covers the history of the area from the foundation of the ancient PersianVezava: Mehka38,00 € -
River of Lost Footsteps(2008) MYINT-U, THANTBurma is ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. Drawing on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the UN, the author has written an illuminating account of how Burma's rich pVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Sri Lanka Reader(2011)Fifty-four images and more than ninety classic and contemporary texts introduce Sri Lanka s recorded history of more than two and a half millennia.Vezava: Mehka46,56 € -
Born Red(1987) GAO, YUANThis is a personal account of the Cultural Revolution. As a student, the author was caught up in dramatic events as, with jeers and chants, students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies. The interplay between the perceptions of father and son offer an addiVezava: Mehka46,56 € -
Constantinople(2006) MANSEL, PHILIP'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William DalrympleVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road(2006) HOPKIRK, PETER'Difficult to put down ... irresistible' Daily TelegraphVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
In Search of Kazakhstan(2008) ROBBINS, CHRISTOPHERKazakhstan is the most surprising country on earth, and certainly one of the most tolerant. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Story of India(2008) WOOD, MICHAELWeaves a narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. This book is a mixture of history and travelogue, and a portrait of India.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Setting the East Ablaze(2006) HOPKIRK, PETER'A gripping account of the terrible, confused struggle for mastery of Central Asia that followed the Russian Revolution' Evening StandardVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Rome and Jerusalem(2008) GOODMAN, MARTINIn 70CE, after four years of Jewish rebellion, Roman legions devastated the great city of Jerusalem. Sixty years later, its ruin was completed when Emperor Hadrian built a new city on top of it that Jews were forbidden even to enter. This title explores tVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Pakistan(2012) KHAN, IMRANBorn only five years after Pakistan was created in 1947, the author has lived his country's history. This title provides an insider's view of a country unfamiliar to a western audience.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
In Search Of The Trojan War(2005) WOOD, MICHAELDetailing the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988, which continues to yield new evidence about the historical city, In Search of the Trojan War takes a fresh look at some of the moVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Racing the Enemy(2006) HASEGAWA, TSUYOSHIHasegawa rewrites the history of the end of World War II in the Pacific by integrating the key actors in the story—the US, the USSR, and Japan. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Truman assumed the presidency, to thVezava: Mehka41,31 € -
China Witness(2009) XINRANIncludes grandparents and great-grandparents who sum up in their own words the vast changes that have overtaken China's people over a century. This book is also at once a journey by the author through time and place, and a memorial to those who have livedVezava: Mehka23,82 €
