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    The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by

    FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST - A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF THE DIFFUSION OF INDIAN IDEAS

    'A master storyteller ...

    5+ in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan by

    'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying - that very few international observers ...

    3 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World by

    The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific

    Spices ...

    3 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar by

    An immersive, magisterial portrait of Myanmar, told through the story of its hidden railways

    In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • The Struggle for Taiwan: A History by

    A gripping account of the past and future of Taiwan

    In the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence by

    'I witnessed the dwindling glow of the British Empire. I saw small men entrusted with great jobs, playing with the destiny of millions'

    Mishal Husain ...

    on order
  • At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China by

    'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir by

    In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan by

    This book takes us on a sweeping journey through the ebbs and flows of Pakistan's history, from the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation to contemporary ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong by

    'Vivid, atmospheric, packed with brilliant story-telling' - Humphrey Hawksley, former BBC Beijing, Hong Kong and Asia Correspondent

    '[An] entertaining guide, rich in anecdote and understanding for ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 06th!
  • The Great Port Cities of Asia: In History by

    The history of Asia can be told through its great port cities: Guangzhou (Canton), Shanghai, Nagasaki, Basra, Aden, Jeddah, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Colombo, Batavia ...

    due for release Nov 2024
  • Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses by

    The first volume in a prize-worthy two-book series on each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War, first in Hiroshima and then ...

    on order