Pol Pot's Cambodia, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Matthew S Weltig
The Birth of Modern India (World History (Lucent))
by John M. Dunn
This is an illustrated recent survey on South-East Asia which is part of a series on countries around the world. The book provides essential background information about the countries, their location, geography and climate, the history of the people, their customs, traditions and religions. However, the emphasis is on the countries as they are today - the agriculture, trade and industry and their influence and relations with other countries -including travel and communication, and the various li...
A powerful and passionate memoir for young readers, Ting-xing Ye tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. When Ting-xing Ye was born her aunt declared, “Ah Si shi ge lao lu ming” – Number Four will have a difficult life – for the signs were unlucky. Events soon bore out this cruel prediction. Here is the true story of fourteen-year-old Ting-xing’s tumultuous life turned upside down by China’s Cultural Revolution. After the deat...
Japan Under the Shoguns (Looking Back S.) (Looking Back)
by Mavis Pilbeam
Discusses the history of Japan during the nearly 700 years when the country was under the rule of military warlords, or shoguns.
Offers a glimpse of daily life in this country, profiling the country's physical geography, resources, economy and development, environment, and history.
Historical examination of the building of China's Great Wall.
Culture In: China Paperback (Culture In . . .)
Vietnam (Economically Developing Countries, #9)
The Wayland Atlas of Rain Forests (The Wayland Atlas Of)
by Anna Lewington
This book puts the Amazon rain forest, its people, plants and animals into perspective allowing children to make comparisons between this and the rainforests in the north-west coast of America to the tip of Australia and South-East Asia. Each continent is introduced with a large introductory map and subsequent feature pages highlight areas children will find particularly interesting.
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy (Crazy Cool China)
by S D Morison
Whispering Bricks, Stories of Love, Loss, and Friendship from Iima
by Siddhartha Bhasker