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هو رجل قصير القامة، كبير المقام، استطاع أن يقود مسيرة الاستقلال الهندية عن الإمبراطورية البريطانية بنجاح، في وقت عُدت فيه الإمبراطورية البريطانية في أوج قوتها. كان «غاندي رجل فكر وحركة، يمزج بين معت……続きを見る

Calling all Bali dreamers! This brand new travel guide, "Bali Tourist Guide: Your Ultimate Travel Buddy" by Godfrey London, is your key to unlocking the magic of Bali, also known as the "Island of t……続きを見る

These chapters aim to provide a comprehensive exploration of religion in medieval Southeast Asia, focusing on temples, tantric traditions, artistic expressions, religious diversity, and the broader ……続きを見る

For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the "Tantric sex" currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a simple answer: there is none. Swe……続きを見る

In contemporary Manila, slums and squatter settlements are peppered throughout the city, often pushing right up against the walled enclaves of the privileged, creating the complex geopolitical patte……続きを見る

Neither Donkey nor Horse tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China’s explo……続きを見る

Europeans and Americans tend to hold the opinion that democracy is a uniquely Western inheritance, but in The Common Cause, Leela Gandhi recovers stories of an alternate version, describing a transn……続きを見る

In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man ……続きを見る

When we think of composers, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestraーsomeone alone in a study, surround by staff paperーand in Europe and America this image generally has ……続きを見る

This is a story of tides and coastlines, winds and waves, islands and beaches. It is also a retelling of indigenous creativity, agency, and resistance in the face of unprecedented globalization and ……続きを見る

An edited version of the book translated by James Alexander Robertson from 1906 from the Italian narration. With foreword and afterthoughts. Many errors and mistakes have been corrected and many exp……続きを見る

Alverdian explores how a distinct national character of maritime governance has influenced the nature of Indonesia's aspiration to go beyond archipelagic towards a maritime nation, through focusing ……続きを見る

In 2014, after a decade of political turmoil, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) carried out Thailand's 13th coup since the country's transformation from absolute to constitutional mona……続きを見る

Celebrated historian of World War II James Holland chronicles the astonishing Allied victory at the Battle of the Admin Box in Burma (now Myanmar), a turning point of the war in the Far East In Febr……続きを見る

Explore the overlooked life of Tiun Chhang-miâ, the Taiwanese woman behind the nineteenth century's most accomplished missionary, George Leslie Mackay. Tiun Chhang-miâ (1860?-1925), a Fujian-Taiwane……続きを見る

This book documents the political and cosmological processes through which the idea of ‘total territorial rule’ came into being in the context of early- to mid-nineteenth-century Ceylon (Sri Lanka).……続きを見る

Losing Hearts and Minds explores the loss of British power and prestige in colonial Singapore and Malaya from the First World War to the Malayan Emergency. During this period, British leaders relied……続きを見る

Bangkok ist zwar weltberühmt für seine unzähligen Massagesalons, doch birgt die Hauptstadt Thailands unglaublich viele historische Schätze, die den Besucher in ihren Bann ziehen. Einige der buddhist……続きを見る

Saigon est la ville du mal jaune, terrible langueur qui envahit les anciens européens « français ou américains », ayant vécu au Viêtnam. Le soir, devant un verre, le souvenir resurgit avec les image……続きを見る

Bangkok by night draws its lifeblood from the realms of the steamy and the seamy. The capital of Thailand is world-famous for its innumerable massage parlours, yet at the same time the city is rich ……続きを見る

Saigon is the city known for the unexplainable languidness that possessed the “French and American” Europeans that lived in Vietnam. At night, in front of a drink, the memories of flowery young girl……続きを見る

Saigon – eine Stadt, die in manch einem Europäer oder Amerikaner, der dort einmal gelebt hat, Heimweh erweckt. Die bunten Bilder der Erinnerungen an Mädchen in ihrer traditionellen Kleidung, an die ……続きを見る

Bangkok attire par sa vie nocturne aux mœurs sulfureuses. la capitale thaïlandaise doit sa renommée aux innombrables salons de massage. Cette ville est également riche de trésors chargés d’Histoire.……続きを見る

An acadrmic book, delving into overall structure and operation of the society of the Thai people, compared to Europe (and China and others). It concerns the "shape" and relations in society, dynamic……続きを見る

Learn about Sri Lanka's long past, from 500 BC to the present day. In this concise account, we learn about how the Sinhalese people moved, how Buddhism spread, and how Dutthagamani united the island……続きを見る

In the 50 years since the CIA’s secret war against Communists in Vietnam ended, Hmong Americans have built new lives in a country they fought for, even though they did not belong to it. When the Uni……続きを見る

This revised and updated guide to the Vietnam War charts the unforgettable story of America's longest and most controversial conflict, 50 years on from its end. Hundreds of insightful images and a c……続きを見る

The driving idea behind this study is to provide a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the Islamic conquests in Asia by examining the diverse factors that drove the expansion. This includes ……続きを見る

Four decades have elapsed since the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme was introduced in 1984. It has been raised and debated at every general election since ー even as Singapore's ……続きを見る

Scott Walker's The Edge of Terror offers a gripping account of courage, death, and survival in the war-torn islands of the Philippines. As Japanese military strategists planned their secret offensiv……続きを見る