Asian Reads
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Orientalism
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publica...
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Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
HardcoverOriginal price $90.00 - Original price $90.00Original price $90.00$112.99$112.99 - $112.99Current price $112.99| /Of profound importance in late antiquity, the Sasanian Empire is virtually unknown today, except as a counterpoint to the Roman Empire. In this h...
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The Silk Road: A New History with Documents / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $49.99 - Original price $49.99Original price $49.99$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /The Silk Road is iconic in world history; but what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty...
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Orientalism: A Reader / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /A selection of key readings that provide an introduction to the intense 20th century debates around OrientalismIn the period of decolonization th...
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Southern Arabia
PaperbackOriginal price $25.95 - Original price $25.95Original price $25.95$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is...
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The Travels of Ibn Battúta: Explorations of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, China and India from 1325 to 1354, An Autobiography
PaperbackOriginal price $12.98 - Original price $12.98Original price $12.98$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Ibn Battúta was a geographer and traveller who spent decades roaming distant lands; these are his journeys, translated to English by celebrated sch...
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Travels of Ibn Battúta: Explorations of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, China and India from 1325 to 1354, An Autobiography
HardcoverOriginal price $24.98 - Original price $24.98Original price $24.98$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Ibn Battúta was a geographer and traveller who spent decades roaming distant lands; these are his journeys, translated to English by celebrated sch...
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Travels in the Levant: The Observations of Pierre Belon of Le Mans on Many Singularities and Memorable Things Found in Greece, Turkey, Judaea
PaperbackOriginal price $36.00 - Original price $36.00Original price $36.00$42.99$42.99 - $42.99Current price $42.99| /In 1546, Pierre Belon - already a naturalist of some renown - travelled to Constantinople in the entourage of the French Ambassador to Suleiman the...
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The Great Railway Bazaar
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /From legendary writer Paul Theroux, an epic journey across Europe and Asia in this international best-selling classic of travel literature: “Funn...
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Lonely Planet Jordan 11
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Lonely Planet's Jordan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Div...
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Lonely Planet Pocket Dubai 6
PaperbackOriginal price $13.99 - Original price $13.99Original price $13.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Lonely Planet's Pocket Dubaiis your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Browse the labyrinthine s...
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Lonely Planet Turkey 16
PaperbackOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Lonely Planet's Turkey is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular ...
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Iran: A Modern History
PaperbackOriginal price $27.00Original price $27.00 - Original price $27.00Original price $27.00Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /A masterfully researched history of Iran from 1501 to 2009“The defiant spirit of [Iran] is brought to life in this monumental history of the past...
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Turkey - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
PaperbackOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /Don't just see the sights--get to know the people.At first glance, Turkey may seem Westernized and entirely "modern"--but appearances can be mislea...
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Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354
PaperbackOriginal price $13.95 - Original price $13.95Original price $13.95$20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /2023 Reprint of the 1929 U.S. Edition. Illustrated Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Soft...
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The Breakup of India and Palestine: The Causes and Legacies of Partition
HardcoverOriginal price $140.00 - Original price $140.00Original price $140.00$162.99$162.99 - $162.99Current price $162.99| /These chapters provide deeply researched narratives of the links between partition in India and Palestine in 1947. It focuses on the shared dynamic...
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The Persians: An Enthralling Guide to the History of Persia and the Persian Empire
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The Iranian Plateau has an extensive history dating back to 100,000 BCE!Today, Persia is known as the country of Iran, but long ago, Persia was onc...
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Ein Sommer im Orient
PaperbackOriginal price $17.30 - Original price $17.30Original price $17.30$23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Ein Sommer im Orient, wurde als ein Hauptwerk in der gesamten Menschheitsgeschichte anerkannt, und wir haben Vorkehrungen getroffen, um seine Bewah...
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Founding Territorial Cults in Early Japan: Traces of a Forgotten Ritual in Ancient Myths and Legends
HardcoverOriginal price $77.00 - Original price $77.00Original price $77.00$88.99$88.99 - $88.99Current price $88.99| /The first book that deals with the territorial cults of early Japan by focusing on how such cults were founded in ownerless regions. Numerous ancie...
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Qu Yuan and the Chuci: New Approaches
HardcoverOriginal price $155.00 - Original price $155.00Original price $155.00$169.99$169.99 - $169.99Current price $169.99| /In this volume, leading scholars of early Chinese literature offer new, multi-faceted research on the ancient anthology Lyrics of Chu (Chuci). Thro...
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Beyond the Silk and Book Roads: Rethinking Networks of Exchange and Material Culture
HardcoverOriginal price $139.00 - Original price $139.00Original price $139.00$152.99$152.99 - $152.99Current price $152.99| /Silk Road studies has often treated material artifacts and manuscripts separately. This interdisciplinary volume expands the scope of transcultural...
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Persian Historiography across Empires
PaperbackOriginal price $44.99 - Original price $44.99Original price $44.99$53.99$53.99 - $53.99Current price $53.99| /Persian served as one of the primary languages of historical writing over the period of the early modern Islamic empires of the Ottomans, Safavid...
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The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam
PaperbackOriginal price $36.00 - Original price $36.00Original price $36.00$50.99$50.99 - $50.99Current price $50.99| /At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar declared himself the most sac...
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Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /By the author of Destiny Disrupted: An enlightening, lively, accessible, history of Afghanistan from 1840 to today, from the Afghan point of view...
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