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THE BABYLONIAN WORLD
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 52.95The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon. Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary... more...
Nationalism and Ethnoregional Identities in China
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95Western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from large empire to unified nation. This book brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society. more...
The Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India
University of California Press 2013; US$ 85.00This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen?s important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and Macedonian culture spread deep into Asia, with colonists settling as far away as Bactria and India. In this book, Cohen provides historical narratives, detailed... more...
Little Green
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books 2013; US$ 17.99I was born in a small city near the East Sea, when the Great Cultural Revolution began. My name is Little Green, my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom. When I was ten years old, our leader had died and the revolution ended. And this is how I remember it. When Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in... more...
Little Green
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books 2013; Not AvailableI was born in a small city near the East Sea, when the Great Cultural Revolution began. My name is Little Green, my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom. When I was ten years old, our leader had died and the revolution ended. And this is how I remember it. When Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in... more...
Little Green
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books 2013; Not AvailableI was born in a small city near the East Sea, when the Great Cultural Revolution began. My name is Little Green, my country Zhong Guo, the Middle Kingdom. When I was ten years old, our leader had died and the revolution ended. And this is how I remember it. When Chun Yu was born in a small city in China, she was born into a country in... more...
China
Ch. Links Verlag 2013; US$ 10.77Hauptbeschreibung China boomt. Manager, Existenzgründer, Studenten oder Praktikanten versuchen ihr Glück in der neuen Wirtschaftsmacht. Dabei ist es nicht einfach, sich in diesem Land zurechtzufinden. Marcus Hernig schreibt von den Schwierigkeiten, in China Fuß zu fassen, und vom Glück, mit Chinesen zusammenzuleben. Aus langjähriger Erfahrung gibt... more...
Beyond Duty
Wiley 2013; US$ 14.95Under the blazing Iraqi sun in the summer of 2007, Shannon Meehan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, ordered a strike that would take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians. He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought he was protecting his men. He thought that he would only kill the enemy, but in the ruins of the strike, he discovers his mistake... more...
Iraq
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95The removal of the regime of Saddam Hussein and the reconstruction of the Iraqi state were critical components of US foreign policy towards the Middle East in the aftermath of 9/11. It was hoped that Iraq, free from the oppression of Saddam's tyranny, would be transformed into a beacon of democracy in the Middle East. Iraq has indeed been transformed,... more...
New Qing Imperial History
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95New Qing Imperial History uses the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911). Well-known contributors argue that the Qing was not simply another Chinese dynasty, but was deeply engaged in Inner Asia... more...









