Asiens historia

During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred …

Terrorangrebet mod Israel den 7. oktober og den følgende krig mod Hamas i Gaza har vækket de dybeste traumer hos jøder og palæstinensere. Den lange krig i Mellemøsten handler om …

'A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN'A fearless work of …

How Japan adopted and ultimately revived traditional American fashion "A fascinating cultural history." -PeopleA strange thing has happened over the last two decades: the world has …

Midnight in Peking is a gripping true murder mystery by Paul FrenchTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'A first-rate murder story, a thrilling narrative. Hurtles …

The definitive history of modern Vietnam and its diverse and divided past "The best one-volume history of modern Vietnam in English." --Wall Street Journal In Vietnam, …

Between 500,000 to 2 million people died in the Cultural Revolution. Yet a silence remains as to why. Over eleven years in Mao’s China, an all-out assault on ‘class enemies’ took …

The second volume of this ground-breaking trilogy covers the reigns of Ptolemy II, III, IV, V and VI, who between them reigned for a century. Ptolemy III's rule brought the …

Historien om Sidenvägen, den viktiga länken mellan öst och väst, speglar människans drömmar om rikedom och välstånd. Genom heta öknar och över farliga bergspass färdades karavaner …

Acclaimed worldwide, Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the acknowledged classic on rural poverty in India. Three decades after publication, it remains unsurpassed in the scope and …