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Savage Continent
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableKeith Lowe's Savage Continent is an awe-inspiring portrait of how Europe emerged from the ashes of WWII. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed and pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing, civil... more...
The Ruling Class of Judaea
Cambridge University Press 1987; US$ 40.00How Rome's misunderstanding of the status criteria of Jewish society led to the revolt of AD 66. more...
1434
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableThe New York Times bestselling author of 1421 offers another stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of the European Renaissance to Chinese exploration in the fifteenth century The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as... more...
Our Vietnam
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 42.99"Laos was never really ours after 1954. South Vietnam is and wants to be." -- McGeorge Bundy, Washington, D.C., 1961 "The Americans thought that Vietnam was a war. We knew that Vietnam was our country." -- Luu Doan Huynh, Hanoi, 1999 Twenty-five years after its end, with many records and archives newly opened and many participants now willing... more...
Jarhead
Scribner 2005; US$ 16.00Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a searing, unforgettable narrative. When the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis, Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a sniper's rifle in his hands.... more...
Language and Society in Japan
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 29.00Nanette Gottlieb's book considers the role of language in Japanese society in relation to identity formation. It covers important questions such as multilingualism, language and nationalism, and literacy and reading habits. Building on the author's previous highly regarded work, it will be essential reading for students and scholars. more...
The Two Koreas and the Great Powers
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 39.00Emphasizing the most recent developments in East Asia, including the ongoing confrontation with North Korea over its nuclear program, this book examines how North and South Korea have emerged separately and in relation to one another in the post-Cold War world. more...
The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 42.00A convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. more...
In the Ruins of Empire
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00The New York Times said of Ronald H. Spector?s classic account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, ?No future book on the Pacific War will be written without paying due tribute to Eagle Against the Sun.? Now Spector has returned with a book that is even more revealing. I n the Ruins of Empire chronicles the startling aftermath... more...
My Land and My People
Grand Central Publishing 2008; US$ 9.99Schooled behind ancient palace walls to become the leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has become a spiritual leader to the world and a leading civil rights advocate. My Land and My People tells the story of his life. more...









