Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the ...
 Amazon.com Review: Only in India would the American film Rambo be remade with the title role played by a woman--in a sari, no less! Only in Hong Kong would a man at a cocktail party pick up a woman with the line "What do you think of the dollar?& [... more]
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In The Empire of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey ...
condescending: I couldn't put this book down, i'll give it that much. But I didn't always like it. While the narration was interesting and fairly well written, I felt a rather pretentious, and quite condescending air as he described the mongolians he met [... more]
$22.95
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Orientalism
Unfortunately, Unhistory and a misfed Pretense of facts.: Dr. Said missed the track completely with this supposed historical analysis that is neither historical nor good analysis. While I won't write pages of critique, here are just a few examples of [... more]
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Can Asians Think? Understanding the Divide Between East ...
Read this book and climb out of the PC rut: First of all, the brouhaha over the title simply proves the author's point: Asians and Westerners view things differently. If you care at all about the world, READ THIS BOOK. Really, it's OK. Just treat it like [... more]
$14.00
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Pacific Century: The Emergence Of Modern Pacific Asia, ...
Black and white text books can cure insomnia: I had this book for a US - East Asian affairs class at my local community college. It was a decent text book and contains tons of information about Asian history and the emergence of Asian nations as [... more]
$56.00
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The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year ...
Amazon.com Review: In Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics, carpets are viewed as objects of reverence and expressions of the highest artistic achievement. As the region's second largest export behind oil, they are [... more]
$29.95
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Asia: Cultural Politics in the Global Age
Book Description: This concise introduction to contemporary Asian societies goes beyond the clichés and stereotypes to explore the cultural dynamics of the region. Bringing together a range of excellent "Asian" experiences, the authors [... more]
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East Asia: Tradition and Transformation, Revised Edition
Brian Wayne Wells, Esquire, reviews "East Asia.": This book, originally published in 1973, is authored by John K. Fairbank, Edwin O. Reischauer and Albert M. Craig. It has been revised and updated over the years so that it has remained a very [... more]
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Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times
A book on a Mongol conqueror should have more zap: OK, so maybe Morris Rossabi was right not to speak of this great Khan as "a most excellent barbarian" as if he emerged from some "sandal and Vandal" Hollywood epic. But, this [... more]
$22.95
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The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (Canto original series)
Book Description: The first scholarly study of Tamerlane, the great nomad conqueror who rose to power in 1370 on the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his armies on campaigns of unprecedented scope, ranging from Moscow to Delhi. An important [... more]
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The Dhvanyaloka of Anandavardhana with the Locana of ...
Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780674202788 ISBN: 0674202783 Number Of Pages: 847 Publication Date: 1990-08-20 [... more]
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Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire (Discoveries)
Nice pictures, but....: ... that's about all that this little book has to recommend it. (I'd actually give it more like 1&1/2 stars.) The other thing is the excerpts of source material at the end. It's basically a coffee table book, complete with [... more]
$12.95
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