Asia
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A Gentle Occupation
- £40.00
- Dirk Bogarde's 1st novel, set in the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at an outpost in the Java Sea. Whilst attempting to return the island to Dutch control, they are subject to violent attacks by the locals…
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A Single Pilgrim
- £20.00
- Norman Lewis (1908-2003) was a brilliant journalist, novelist and above all travel writer. This is his third novel. Graham Greene described Lewis as "one of the best writers, not of any particular decade, but of our century"
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Among The Mountains: Travels Through Asia: Travels In Asia
- £60.00
- Wilfred Thesiger, this centuryÕs greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although Wilfred Thesiger is still largely associated with the Arabian deserts and the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled extensively at intervals, over the years, among mountains and mountain people in other remote…
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Bunga Emas: contemporary Malaysian Literature (1930-1963)
- £25.00
- Bunga Emas means Golden Flower in Malay, and this anthology includes many pieces originally written in English as well as those translated from Chinese and Tamil, by 22 Malaysian writers.
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Caravan of Dreams
- £12.00
- Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the worldÕs leading experts in Oriental philosophy. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness, relating mythology to reality, illuminating historical patterns, and presenting philosophical…
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Dragon Seed
- £12.00
- Dragon Seed styled as Dragon Seed: A Novel of China Today is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1942. It describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China, immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937. Some characters seek protection in…
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Flight of the White Crows: stories, tales and paradoxes (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- From the cover: Devastatingly original Stories, Tales and Paradoxes about the cheerful horror of West confronting East in the shadow of the Himalayas. Including the 'Pious Puzzles of Ananda Mahadev'
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Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat
- £10.00
- Kai Lung is a Chinese storyteller whose travels and exploits serve mainly as excuses to introduce substories. He is a man of very simple motivations; most frequently, he is animated by a desire for enough taels to be able to feed and clothe himself. This character usually comes into conflict…
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Krishna Fluting, a novel (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- From flap: "Krishna Fluting is a very superior kind of book, all about exotic, barefaced India, where the ancient lunar cold of the Himalayas fights a losing battle against the life force, where Peter Bruff is battered at by gods, demigods and humans, and seems to enjoy it, and comes…
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Seven Poets: Singapore and Malaysia
- £20.00
- From cover: Poets in these two countries who have chosen to write in English are faced with slightly more than the usual difficulties. For many, English is not their first language. But whatever the extent of their familiarity with it, each has to work out a personal style by applying…
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Spying for Empire: The Great Game in Central and South Asia 1757-1947
- £35.00
- The Great Game was the struggle between Russia and Britain for imperial influence over southern and central Asia, immortalised by Rudyard Kipling in his novel Kim. For the British, the threat to India s frontiers compelled them to dispatch diplomats, or more clandestine agents, to survey, map and monitor the…
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The Consul’s File
- £25.00
- Award-winning writer Paul Theroux takes us on a journey through small town Malaysia through the eyes of the exuberant Spencer Savage in his breathtaking novel The Consul's File. Spencer Savage, a young American consul, is posted to Ayer Hitam, a small Malaysian town, in the 1970s. Told to close down…
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A PeopleÕs History of Afghanistan (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan Ð the first book from one of the worldÕs leading war correspondents. In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected AfghanistanÕs hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the…
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The Harmony Silk Factory
- £50.00
- A brilliant novel from a genuinely exciting new voice in British fiction. A novel for anyone who enjoyed The English Patient. Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory…
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The Harmony Silk Factory (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A brilliant novel from a genuinely exciting new voice in British fiction. A novel for anyone who enjoyed The English Patient.Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory is…
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A Gentle Occupation
- £40.00
- Dirk Bogarde's 1st novel, set in the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at an outpost in the Java Sea. Whilst attempting to return the island to Dutch control, they are subject to violent attacks by the locals…
- Add to basket
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A Single Pilgrim
- £20.00
- Norman Lewis (1908-2003) was a brilliant journalist, novelist and above all travel writer. This is his third novel. Graham Greene described Lewis as "one of the best writers, not of any particular decade, but of our century"
- Add to basket
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Among The Mountains: Travels Through Asia: Travels In Asia
- £60.00
- Wilfred Thesiger, this centuryÕs greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although Wilfred Thesiger is still largely associated with the Arabian deserts and the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled extensively at intervals, over the years, among mountains and mountain people in other remote…
- Add to basket
-
Bunga Emas: contemporary Malaysian Literature (1930-1963)
- £25.00
- Bunga Emas means Golden Flower in Malay, and this anthology includes many pieces originally written in English as well as those translated from Chinese and Tamil, by 22 Malaysian writers.
- Add to basket
-
Caravan of Dreams
- £12.00
- Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the worldÕs leading experts in Oriental philosophy. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness, relating mythology to reality, illuminating historical patterns, and presenting philosophical…
- Add to basket
-
Dragon Seed
- £12.00
- Dragon Seed styled as Dragon Seed: A Novel of China Today is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1942. It describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China, immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937. Some characters seek protection in…
- Add to basket
-
Flight of the White Crows: stories, tales and paradoxes (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- From the cover: Devastatingly original Stories, Tales and Paradoxes about the cheerful horror of West confronting East in the shadow of the Himalayas. Including the 'Pious Puzzles of Ananda Mahadev'
- Add to basket
-
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat
- £10.00
- Kai Lung is a Chinese storyteller whose travels and exploits serve mainly as excuses to introduce substories. He is a man of very simple motivations; most frequently, he is animated by a desire for enough taels to be able to feed and clothe himself. This character usually comes into conflict…
- Add to basket
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Krishna Fluting, a novel (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- From flap: "Krishna Fluting is a very superior kind of book, all about exotic, barefaced India, where the ancient lunar cold of the Himalayas fights a losing battle against the life force, where Peter Bruff is battered at by gods, demigods and humans, and seems to enjoy it, and comes…
- Add to basket
-
Seven Poets: Singapore and Malaysia
- £20.00
- From cover: Poets in these two countries who have chosen to write in English are faced with slightly more than the usual difficulties. For many, English is not their first language. But whatever the extent of their familiarity with it, each has to work out a personal style by applying…
- Add to basket
-
Spying for Empire: The Great Game in Central and South Asia 1757-1947
- £35.00
- The Great Game was the struggle between Russia and Britain for imperial influence over southern and central Asia, immortalised by Rudyard Kipling in his novel Kim. For the British, the threat to India s frontiers compelled them to dispatch diplomats, or more clandestine agents, to survey, map and monitor the…
- Add to basket
-
The Consul’s File
- £25.00
- Award-winning writer Paul Theroux takes us on a journey through small town Malaysia through the eyes of the exuberant Spencer Savage in his breathtaking novel The Consul's File. Spencer Savage, a young American consul, is posted to Ayer Hitam, a small Malaysian town, in the 1970s. Told to close down…
- Add to basket
-
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A PeopleÕs History of Afghanistan (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan Ð the first book from one of the worldÕs leading war correspondents. In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected AfghanistanÕs hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the…
- Add to basket
-
The Harmony Silk Factory
- £50.00
- A brilliant novel from a genuinely exciting new voice in British fiction. A novel for anyone who enjoyed The English Patient. Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory…
- Add to basket
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The Harmony Silk Factory (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- A brilliant novel from a genuinely exciting new voice in British fiction. A novel for anyone who enjoyed The English Patient.Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory is…
- Add to basket