Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
$19.99 AUD
Category: Asian
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father ...Show more
The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher Goscha
$24.99 AUD
Category: Asian
'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republic's political future' Guardian 'Powerful and compelling. Vietnam will be of growing importance in the twenty-first-century world, particularly as China and the US rethink ...Show more
Mao's Great Famine - The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe 1958-62 by Frank Dikötter
$21.99 AUD
Category: Asian | Reading Level: very good
"Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up to and overtake Britain in less than 15 years The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of live ...Show more
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple
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Category: Asian | Reading Level: very good
A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine peopl ...Show more
Asian Waters by Humphrey Hawksley
$75.00 AUD
Category: Asian
Few territories are as hotly contested as the western Pacific Ocean. Across the 1.5 million square mile expanse of the East and South China Sea, six countries lay overlapping claims that date back centuries. China, Vietnam, Korea and Indonesia assert their right to trade routes, deploying military garri ...Show more