Aasia

A city of contrasts, Beijing has ancient temples and edgy art districts, winding hutongs and futuristic architecture - all within a stone's-throw of the awe-inspiring Great Wall of …

Kun murhat ja rutto saapuvat samaan kaupunkiin...Rutto on vallannut keisarillisen Kiinan pääkaupungin. Tappava tauti ei ole kuitenkaan ainoa asia, joka herättää asukkaissa pelkoa. …

Vinner av Nobelprisen i litteratur 2024!I Gwangju i Sør-Korea i 1980 slås et folkeopprør brutalt ned av hæren. Blant de drepte ungdommene leter fjorten år gamle Dong-ho etter sin …

From the author of Another Kyoto and Lost Japan, a rich, personal exploration of the culture and history of Bangkok, and an essential guide for anyone visiting the cityAlex Kerr …

'Following Tanaka's wisdom is an easy way to start making life feel just a little more balanced' the IndependentThe Japanese wisdom of chowa offers a fresh perspective on how to …

The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages The two-year-long siege of Acre …

Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person's camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish …

Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of …

A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land   The religious wars of the crusades are renowned for their military engagements. But the period was …

'The whole thing sparks astonishingly to life' ObserverWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of …