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World History - Asia -

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 6 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One
    Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land - by Sven Lindqvist

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781847085214 | ISBN 10: 1847085210

    In Terra Nullius, Sven Lindqvist travels 7,000 miles through Australia, lyrically describing its landscape, flora and fauna, while telling the history of the country, and revealing the shocking treatment of the Aboriginal peoples.�Lindqvist's title ... more

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  • Cover image of book Black Country to Red China: One Girl
    Black Country to Red China: One Girl's Story from War-torn England to Revolutionary China - by Esther Cheo Ying

    £8.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780099536031 | ISBN 10: 009953603x

    Born in pre-Revolutionary China and brought up in the Midlands, Esther Cheo Ying returned to China in 1949 after a traumatic childhood, convinced that there she would find the happiness and sense of belonging she longed for. Caught up in the turmoil ... more

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  • Cover image of book Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Alice Albinia
    Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River - by Alice Albinia

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780719560057 | ISBN 10: 0719560055

    One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion; today it ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
    Mao: The Unknown Story - by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday

    £12.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780099507376 | ISBN 10: 0099507374

    Jung Chang's Wild Swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and reaching a wider readership than any other book about China. Now she and her husband Jon Halliday have written a groundbreaking biog ... more

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  • Cover image of book Aboriginal Australians: First Nations of an Ancient Continent by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker
    Aboriginal Australians: First Nations of an Ancient Continent - by Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker

    £7.95   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780500301142 | ISBN 10: 050030114x

    Here is a lively, vibrantly illustrated social and cultural history of the Aboriginal Australians, from their origins to the present day. The book explores the spiritual beliefs and Dreamings of the Indigenous people, their complex social structures ... more

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  • Cover image of book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies
    1421: The Year China Discovered the World - by Gavin Menzies

    £10.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780553815221 | ISBN 10: 0553815229

    In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their orders were 'to proceed all the way to the end of the ear ... more

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