Legend Of Asia

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Alex Rowson
The Young Alexander
This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great – one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier years have until now been a mystery. Alexander the Great’s story often reads like fiction: son to a snake-loving mother and a battle-scarred father; tutored by Aris...
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Devin Jordan
The Dragon's Pearl
When Niccolo Polo vanishes on an expedition to Asia and his family writes him off as dead, sixteen-year-old Marco knows that it’s up to him to rescue his father. He sets out on a dangerous journey—but it is not the adventure he bargained for. Marco comes face to face with the magical Eastern wor...
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Three Ways to Be Alien: Travails and Encounters in the Early Modern World (The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures)
Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s Three Ways to Be Alien draws on the lives and writings of a trio of marginal and liminal figures cast adrift from their traditional moorings into an unknown world. The subjects include the aggrieved and lost Meale, a “Persian” prince of Bijapur (in central India, no less)...
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Tom Vitale
In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world, and what it was like to work with a legend.  "The most complete picture yet of Bourdain's complex and conflicted charac...
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Marco Tabilio
Marco Polo: Dangers and Visions
The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy. As a young man, he headed eastward with his father and his uncle toward the lands of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Their journey from Europe into Asia, marked by risks, setbacks, and discoveries, tr...
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Thor Duffin
The Heart of China
The Ming Dynasty is corrupt and dying. The Minister of Finance knows that it cannot be saved, but believes that a new and better dynasty can rise from its ashes. He sets about to hide away a massive treasure, both monetary and cultural, and distributes clues to its location on the day Beijing falls ...
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Michael Fishel
The Art Of Big O: Foreword by Roger Dean - Hardcover
The Art Of Big O is a beautifully illustrated 8.5 x 11 in. 272 page hardcover book that tells the story of The BIG 'O' publishing company that first burst upon the swinging London art and music scene during those wild and wonderful psychedelic 60s and throughout the 1970s up until 1980. This poster,...
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Gail de Vos
The Watkins Book of Urban Legends
A comprehensive and entertaining collection of urban legends from around the world, with a history and analysis of the origin of each tale, compiled by a leading authority in the field. A rich and unique collection of folktales and urban legends from around the world. Each story comes with an acco...
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Lawrence James
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British Raj: under its rule, Indians learned to see th...
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Fourth Level Manufacturing
Fourth Level MFG 12" Yin Yang Koi Fish, Asian Wood Wall Art, Zen Home Decoration for Yoga and Meditation, Good Chakra Energy Spiritual Altar Decor,
Inspiring Design - Koi art has long held spiritual significance for success and perseverance in Asian cultures, including Chinese, Japanese and Buddhism. This Chinese koi is an excellent zen wall hanging to channel your spiritual energy and fortune. Anime wall art for those intrigued by its unique d...
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Sun Tzu
The Art of War (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it as been by military leaders since ancient t...
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Kristina Pérez
Sweet Black Waves (The Sweet Black Waves Trilogy, 1)
Two proud kingdoms stand on opposite shores, with only a bloody history between them.   As best friend and lady-in-waiting to the princess, Branwen is guided by two principles: devotion to her homeland and hatred for the raiders who killed her parents. When she unknowingly saves the life of her ene...
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Matt Waters
King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great
The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to Northeastern Africa and from Southeastern Europe to the Indus Valley. It was the dominant geopolitical force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in the 330s BCE. Much of the empi...
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Karel Bakkes
Prompted: A Fable about a Human Soul in the Age of AI
If you are successful but tired. Accomplished but restless. This book was written for you. A boy in a Saigon alley hands Alex a crumpled note with three words: What’s prompting you? Alex has built the career most people envy. Title. Influence. Security. He has done everything right. And yet one mo...
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Larry Gara
The Presidency of Franklin Pierce (American Presidency Series)
Franklin Pierce was one of the least known, least liked, and least successful presidents in American history. In this new study of his administration, historian Larry Gara makes no attempt to revive Pierce’s reputation. Instead he provides a clear analysis of Pierce’s shortcomings as well as his...
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John Boardman
Alexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day
An illustrious scholar presents an elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great’s representations in art and literature through the ages John Boardman is one of the world’s leading authorities on ancient Greece, and his acclaimed books command a broad readers...
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Meet the World Books
Lunar New Year (Global Festivals and Celebrations Series)
Discover Asia's Lunar New Year in this fun and easy-to-read children's book! Did you know that over 2 billion people celebrate Lunar New Year every year? Did you know that the Chinese zodiac legend started with a race across a river? Did you know that Lunar New Year officially ends 15 days later wi...
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James T. Costa
Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector o...
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Professor Todd C Wehner
Cucurbits (Crop Production Science in Horticulture)
Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book continues to provide complete coverage relating to the production of cucurbits, including cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes and watermelons. These crops are grown worldw...
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Jonathan Clements
Rebel Island: The Incredible History of Taiwan
The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle―and the renewed threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a ‘ball of mud’, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area sma...
$20.00
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