The Book Company: New Products - Asia

Travels in China

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:39:29 +0000

For the first time in English! Milescu's remarkable work takes you on a thrilling journey back to the 17th century when he was dispatched to China. But it's more than just a diplomatic tale; it's a captivating adventure of exploration. Follow the footsteps of this curious Moldavian as he travels..

Price: $39.99

Ilkhanid Capital Cities (Transcultural Interactions)

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 03:57:16 +0000

Ilkhanid Capital Cities studies the capital cities founded by the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran during the Ilkhanid period (1256–1335). It primarily focuses on two major cities in the northwest of Iran, Ghazaniyya and Sultaniyya, and examines how the court-sponsored urban projects in these two ..

Price: $125.00

A Love Illicit (Return of the Condor Heroes Volume 2)

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:49:36 +0000

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD.

"Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly ..

Price: $24.00

The Mongol Empire (Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China)

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:14:18 +0000

Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: believing he was divinely protected, he united warring clans to create an empire that ran across much of Asia. Under his grandson, Kublai Khan, the vision evolved into a more complex religious ideology, justifying further expansion. Kublai double..
Price: $21.99

Lost Japan (Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:44:27 +0000

Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over 30 years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the h..
Price: $21.99

Japan by the Hour (Risk and Reinvention in the Love Hotel Industry)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:07:50 +0000

When Stephen D. Mansfield moved to Japan as a young derivatives trader, he expected fast markets, long hours, and the codes of a new culture. He did not expect to build a career inside the deeply misunderstood world of Japanese love hotels.

Part memoir, part business odyssey, Japan b..
Price: $21.95

Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising Economy (The Textile Industry before the Pacific War)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:09:10 +0000

From the 1870s to the 1930s the textile industry was Japan's largest manufacturing industry and it had a predominantly female labour force. This book examines the institutions of the labour market during this period of economic development.
Price: $233.99

Mao, Stalin and the Korean War (Trilateral Communist Relations in the 1950s)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:27 +0000

This book examines relations between China and the Soviet Union during the 1950s, and provides an insight into Chinese thinking about the Korean War.
Price: $233.99

ASEAN's Diplomatic and Security Culture (Origins, Development and Prospects)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:19:58 +0000

Examining the origins of ASEAN's diplomatic and security culture, this book assesses whether it is likely to remain salient as the political, economic and security context in which regional leaderships operate is undergoing further change.
Price: $233.99

Stitches on Time (Colonial Textures and Postcolonial Tangles)

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:52:36 +0000

Destined to become a key work of subaltern studies and a crucial intervention in postcolonial scholarship, Stitches on Time probes the relationships between empire and modernity, nation and history, the colonial and the postcolonial, and power and difference. Saurabh Dube combines hist..
Price: $112.95