Nonfiction - Asian Reads
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The Camphor Tree and the Elephant: Religion and Ecological Change in Maritime Southeast Asia
PaperbackOriginal price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /What is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and Christian organizat...
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River Life and the Upspring of Nature
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95$38.99$38.99 - $38.99Current price $38.99| /In River Life and the Upspring of Nature Naveeda Khan examines the relationship between nature and culture through the study of the everyday existe...
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Tenkara & Bamboo
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Dear Fellow Fisherman, Are you ready for a new beautiful and fascinating journey to discover Tenkara?The term tenkara refers to the ancient Japanes...
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Red Pandas The Ultimate Book: 100+ Amazing Red Panda Facts, Photos, Quiz & More
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /"Discover the Enchanting World of Red Pandas!" Welcome to Red Pandas: The Ultimate Book, an unforgettable journey into the captivating lives of the...
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Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Korean Environments
PaperbackOriginal price $31.95 - Original price $31.95Original price $31.95$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /Bringing together a multidisciplinary conversation about the entanglement of nature and society in the Korean peninsula, Forces of Nature aims to d...
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Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /Ecological States critically examines ecological policies in the People's Republic of China to show how campaigns of scientifically based environme...
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Insect Histories of East Asia
PaperbackOriginal price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /Interactions between people and animals are attracting overdue attention in diverse fields of scholarship, yet insects still creep within the shado...
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The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Unraveling the Catastrophe of 1984
PaperbackOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /"Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Unraveling the Catastrophe of 1984" delves deep into one of the world's most devastating industrial disasters. This comprehens...
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An Ecological History of Modern China
PaperbackOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /Is environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are ...
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An Ecological History of Modern China
HardcoverOriginal price $105.00 - Original price $105.00Original price $105.00$123.99$123.99 - $123.99Current price $123.99| /Is environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are ...
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Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400-1900
PaperbackOriginal price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /The perception, valuation, and manipulation of human environments all have their own layered histories. So Sumit Guha argues in this sweeping exami...
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Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape
PaperbackOriginal price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /Both before and after the 2011 "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tidal wave, and consequent meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a...
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Microbial Machines: Experiments with Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in India
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Around 2004, members of governmental and nongovernmental organizations, science institutes, and private companies throughout India began brainstorm...
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Hana Kotoba: An Illustrated Floriography Book Featuring the Meanings of Flowers from Around the World.
HardcoverOriginal price $53.75 - Original price $53.75Original price $53.75$58.99$58.99 - $58.99Current price $58.99| /Welcome to the Enchanting World of "Hana Kotoba: The Secret Wisdom of Flowers" - A Journey into the Heart of Floriography Step into the realm of "...
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Rowing to Baikal: Sixty Days on Mongolia's Selenge River
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /After plans were announced for multiple dams in Mongolia's Selenge River watershed, award-winning author and veteran flyfishing guide Peter W. Fong...
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The Amur River: Between Russia and China
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 gripping read with fascinating political insight." (Sunday Times, London) "Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a ...
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Himalaya: A Human History
PaperbackOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains. For centuries, the...
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Where the Great Wall Ends: A China Memoir
PaperbackOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price $15.00$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /Although Jinny's early childhood attempts to dig through the earth to China were unsuccessful, about thirty years later, in 1980, she got her firs...
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Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /An unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love--for re...
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Visible Darkness: Super Storm Yolanda International Name Haiyan
HardcoverOriginal price $13.00 - Original price $13.00Original price $13.00$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In a riveting firsthand account, Emy Cajipe recounts her experience surviving Super Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the city of Tacloban and surro...
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No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /The astonishing true story of the man-eating tiger that claimed a record 437 human lives"Thrilling. Fascinating. Exciting." --Wall Street Journal -...
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Deep Colour
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Deep Colour, by acclaimed poet Diana Bridge, is a fiercely sensory and meticulously crafted collection. These poems respond with graceful precision...
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