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2024 Winner, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, The Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute One of the Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2023 Named a Booklist Editors' …

Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's "just war," the destination for an additional thirty thousand US troops in an effort to shore up …

Rarely has a state changed its character so completely in so short a period of time. Previ- ously content to play a role befitting its small size, Qatar was a traditional, …

This clear and engaging book provides a concise overview of the Ming-Qing epoch (1368–1912), China’s last imperial age. Beginning with the end of the Mongol domination of China in …

During the eighteenth century, China’s new Manchu rulers consolidated their control of the largest empire China had ever known. In this book Susan Naquin and Evelyn S. Rawski draw …

Discover the blacksmithing techniques used to make 10 traditional Japanese objects with insights from the artisans and rare glimpses inside their workshops. The art of …

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon. Yoga has taken the world by storm and is even seeing renewed popularity in India. Both in India and abroad, adults, children and …

Konflikten i Israel-Palestina började inte med den Hamas-ledda aktionen mot södra Israel den 7 oktober 2023. Den långa förhistorien, som började redan före Israels bildande 1948, …

Han är en av de mest tongivande rösterna i den kinesiska litteraturen av idag. En av allt färre, eftersom många författarkollegor tvingats in i tystnad eller självcensur. Yan …

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EAST AND MADE IN INDIAThere's no better gift to give or receive than a great cookbook, and this collection of tasty, meat-free Indian dishes is the …