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The Bamboo Chest 2nd Edition: An Adventure in Healing the Trauma of War
ISBN: 9780970358059 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Publishers Weekly Haunted by childhood memories of Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive, Frederick "Cork" Graham hatches a harebrained scheme in the spring of 1983. He withdraws from his first year in college and uses his school funds to purchase photography equipment and a plane ticket for Thailand. After harrowing events in search of a first big story along the Laotian border, Graham takes to sea and is imprisoned by the Vietnamese. He answers his interrogators accusations of spying by telling them he arrived in Bangkok to start a career as foreign correspondent, and that Richard...
From Publishers Weekly Haunted by childhood memories of Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive, Frederick "Cork" Graham hatches a harebrained scheme in ...
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Farewell Vietnam, A Time to Remember: War, peace and the mass exodus stories retold
ISBN: 9781975715397 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Malays: Their Promblems and Future
ISBN: 9789839541618 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Trung Sisters Revisited
ISBN: 9781508888598 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book deals with the origins of Vietnam, especially the Dongsonian civilization with its characteristic bronze drums. The year was 39 CE when the Lac people under the Trung's leadership revolted against the Chinese yoke and threw them out of Vietnam. The Trung Sisters reigned for almost three years when they had to face a new Chinese army sent to subdue them. The Trung Sisters were the first warriors and Queens to define the identity of the unique Vietnamese culture. They instilled and sowed the concepts of freedom and independence, seeds that took a long time to blossom. They showed the...
The book deals with the origins of Vietnam, especially the Dongsonian civilization with its characteristic bronze drums. The year was 39 CE when the L...
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The Arthur May Story: Hong Kong 1941-45
ISBN: 9781500859824 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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My Philippines: An Appeal at Restoring the Filipino Psyche
ISBN: 9798769358951 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Philippine-American War: A Captivating Guide to the Philippine Insurrection That Started When the United States of America Claimed Possession o
ISBN: 9781950924097 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century
ISBN: 9780300266405 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Philippine History and the Destiny of the Filipino People
ISBN: 9781546988748 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Under the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Invasion - Occupation - Liberation
ISBN: 9781724618894 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Over There and Back Again: Việt Nam and Mỹ A Story of War, Peace, Love and Family
ISBN: 9798505391303 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Family Dynamics in China: A Life Table Analysis
ISBN: 9780299126346 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Family Dynamics in China was the first English-language demographic profile by a Chinese author of contemporary population trends and family structure in China. Author Zeng Yi constructs a viable mathematical model for extending existing family status life table models to the three-generational family that is still common in China and the rest of Asia. He uses that model to compare the dynamics of family structure in China before and after the dramatic drop in fertility that followed the 1979 implementation of stringent family size limits. Family Dynamics in China was the first English-language demographic profile by a Chinese author of contemporary population trends and family... |
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Where Hornbills Fly: A Journey with the Headhunters of Borneo
ISBN: 9781780767741 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once headhunters under the rule of White Rajahs and briefly colonized before independence within Malaysia, the Iban Dayaks of Borneo are one of the world's most extraordinary indigenous tribes, possessing ancient traditions and a unique way of life. As a young man Erik Jensen settled in Sarawak where he lived with the Iban for seven years, learning their language and the varied rites and practices of their lives. In this compelling and beautifully-wrought memoir, Erik Jensen reveals the challenges facing the Iban as they adapt to another century, whilst fighting to preserve their identity and...
Once headhunters under the rule of White Rajahs and briefly colonized before independence within Malaysia, the Iban Dayaks of Borneo are one of the wo...
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Drifting into Politics: The Unfinished Memoirs of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman
ISBN: 9789814695305 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the unfinished autobiography of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the medical doctor who held key government positions in the first two decades of Malaysian nation building, and who was an important early player within UMNO, the country's dominant political party.
This is the unfinished autobiography of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the medical doctor who held key government positions in the first two decades of M...
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Cambodia: From Pol Pot to Hun Sen and Beyond
ISBN: 9780300211733 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating analysis of the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia
A fascinating analysis of the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia
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Philippine Illusions and Realities
ISBN: 9781479380992 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During more than 15 years of active journalistic work both in the Philippines and New York City from 1923 - 1937, Pedro de la Llana tried to serve the cause of independent thinking in his day. This collection of his journalistic writings is an amalgamation of things literary, cultural, political, social, economic, philosophic, and even religious and now serves as historical documentation of the issues of that time period. The editorials caused a great deal of controversy in their time, and may serve to remind the reader of the interesting period in the social and political development of the...
During more than 15 years of active journalistic work both in the Philippines and New York City from 1923 - 1937, Pedro de la Llana tried to serve the...
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Notes and Memories of Cambodia
ISBN: 9781934431238 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Visayans
ISBN: 9781436391672 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Tales of old Batavia
ISBN: 9789888273492 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The city of Jakarta, today the capital of Indonesia, has had other incarnations and other names, most notably as the regional headquarters of the Dutch East Indies when it was known around the world as Batavia. As the capital of the Netherlands highly unlikely empire in the far east of Asia, Batavia was for 200 years the lynchpin for the international spice trade. This book features highlights from the fascinating history of one of the most great cities of Asia."
The city of Jakarta, today the capital of Indonesia, has had other incarnations and other names, most notably as the regional headquarters of the Dutc...
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Low and Fast: Memories of a Cold War Fighter Pilot
ISBN: 9781952311079 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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