Empire of the Winds by Philip Bowring

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Category: HISTORY

Nusantaria - often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' - is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the world's largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following the last Ice Age to today. ...Show more

THESE SIXTY YEARS 1837 TO 1897 : A SKETCH OF BRITISH PROGRESS UNDER QUEEN VICTORIA by F M HOLMES, W J GORDON AND D J LEGG

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St Petersburg : A Cultural History by SOLOMON VOLKOV

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TWENTY YEARS IN SARAWAK 1848-68 : A FLOURISH FOR THE BISHOP AND BROOKE'S FRIEND GRANT by MAX SAINT

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THE WHITE RAJAHS : A HISTORY OF SARAWAK FROM 1841 TO 1946 by STEVEN RUNCIMAN

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The Modern History of Japan by W. G. Beasley

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Japan : From Prehistory to Modern Times by John Whitney Hall

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How to Teach Classics to Your Dog - A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Philip Womack

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Category: HISTORY

It should have been a beautiful moment between a man and his dog. Philip Womack made a quip about Cerberus, the three-headed hell-hound, but for Una, the beloved lurcher, it was all Greek. Then she ran off after a squirrel. And Womack was left to wonder what else she didn't know about the great civilisa tions of the past.   The Greeks and the Romans laid the foundations of so much of what we read, listen to and watch today, from the baked pies of Game of Thrones to the Lotus-eaters of Love Island. In this unique introduction, Womack leads Una and us on a fleet-footed odyssey through the classical world. You'll learn to tell your Odysseus from your Oedipus, your Polyxena from your Polydorus...but the story of the hunting dogs that tore their own master apart may be best left for another day. ...Show more

FOOD CULTURE IN COLONIAL ASIA : A TASTE OF EMPIRE - SIGNED by Cecilia Leong-Salobir

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Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Ser.

Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisine between 1858 and 1963. Domestic cookbooks, household management manuals, memoirs, diaries and travelogue s are used to investigate the culinary practices in the colonial household, as well as in clubs, hill stations, hotels and restaurants. Challenging accepted ideas about colonial cuisine, the book argues that a distinctive cuisine emerged as a result of negotiation and collaboration between the expatriate British and local people, and included dishes such as curries, mulligatawny, kedgeree, country captain and pish pash. The cuisine evolved over time, with the indigenous servants preparing both local and European foods. The book highlights both the role and representation of domestic servants in the colonies. It is an important contribution for students and scholars of food history and colonial history, as well as Asian Studies. d history and colonial history, as well as Asian Studies. ...Show more

The Elizabethan Renaissance - The Cultural Achievement by A. L. Rowse

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The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance by John Hale

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Looks at European history between 1450 and 1620, describes the intellectual life and social conditions of the period, and discusses the cultural changes that took place.

THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS by JOYCE MARLOW

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