Asia
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Uttara: The Book of Answers
Of the seven books that comprise the Valmiki Ramayana, the Uttara Kanda is the final and perhaps the most problematic: Rama banishes his...RM77.00 -
Van Gogh and Japan
“All my work is based to some extent on Japanese art” –Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh’s (1853–1890) encounter with Japanese ukiyo-e...RM193.50 -
Vanishing Beauty: Asian Jewelry and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection
This book commemorates the remarkable gift of over 400 works from the collection of Barbara and David Kipper to the Art Institute of Chicago These...RM322.00 -
Village China at War: The Impact of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945
This groundbreaking study on the forging of Chinese communism in the furnace of the anti-Japanese war focuses on North China, where the CCP first...RM135.00 -
Violence and Belonging: Land, Love and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan
Most studies of violence in the Middle East and South Asia come from the perspective of honour or political violence By contrast, this important...RM160.00 -
Warisan Nusa: Malaysian Cultural Heritage
In 1985 Ilse Noor, a renowned artist working in etching and aquatint, was commissioned to produce twenty-four etchings of some of Malaysia’s most...RM90.00 -
What Is Religious Authority? Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia
This compelling book draws on Ismail Fajrie Alatas’s unique insights as an anthropologist to provide a new understanding of Islamic religious...RM139.90 -
Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia
China and India have always been separated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across...RM42.00 -
Where Were You? : A Profile of Modern Slavery
Where Were You: A Profile of Modern Slavery by Matthew Friedman provides an up-to-date overview of human trafficking, a largely ignored present-day...RM75.00 -
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India
From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted Return of a King, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that...RM99.00 -
Who Really Feeds the World?
The world’s food supply is in the grip of a profound crisis Humanity’s ability to feed itself is threatened by a wasteful, globalised...RM90.00 -
Why Did They Kill? : Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide
Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead...RM153.70 -
Wind / Pinball: Two Novels
The first two short novels--never before widely available in the US--by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly translated, in one volume, with a...RM60.00 -
Women And Politics In Asia: A Springboard For Democracy
Why study the nexus of gender, politics and democracy in Asia What kind of democracy and political participation can we conceptualize and identify...RM125.00 -
Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives and Daughters of the British Empire in India
The apparent glamour of the Indian Raj continues to fascinate long after the British quit the subcontinent But along with the beauty of the Indian...RM56.90 -
Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theatre
Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theatres, many translated...RM132.00 -
World Heritage Japan
Author and photographer John Lander takes the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage sites of Japan as a starting point for exploring the country's...RM150.00 -
Writer’s Postcards
Part travelogue, part memoir, and part commentary, Writer’s Postcards is a collection of essays that examine imagination and culture through the...RM59.95