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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the W… OL15233654W
Destiny disrupted Destiny disrupted Mir Tamim Ansary We in the west share a common narrative of world history—that runs from the Nile Valley and Mesopotomia, through Greece and Rome and the French Revolution, to the rise of the secular state and the tr… OL1856493W
The last crusaders The last crusaders Barnaby Rogerson The Crusades were the bridge between medieval and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the little explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for they m… OL18584444W
The Silk Roads The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan,Peter FRANKOPAN "Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of… OL19666939W
The fourth revolution The fourth revolution John Micklethwait "From the bestselling authors of The Right Nation, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state. Dy… OL19981805W
Beyond the tiger mom Beyond the tiger mom Maya Thiagarajan "Beyond the Tiger Mom" is a brilliant book hard-hitting and brutally honest but also balanced, insightful, and funny." Amy Chua, author of "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom" Dispel the hype and myths abo… OL20028070W
Islam evolving Islam evolving Taner Edis "How is Islam adapting to the rapid changes of the 21st century? Despite political unrest and terrorism, the author argues that many Muslim societies are successfully developing their own versions of… OL20030587W
The girl at the baggage claim The girl at the baggage claim Gish Jen "A personal, provocative, informative, and entertaining study of the different idea Asians and Westerners have of the self and how this plays out in our differing approaches to art, learning, politic… OL20048124W
Border Thinking on the Edges of the West Border Thinking on the Edges of the West Andrew Davison "Drawing on scholarly and life experience on, and over, the historically posited borders between "West" and "East," the work identifies, interrogates, and challenges a particular, enduring, violent i… OL21258814W
Journeys East Journeys East Harry Oldmeadow “The West’s modern encounter with the East, particularly in the religious domain, was one of the most momentous events of our time…[yet] despite the many distinguished studies in the field, there [is… OL224167W
The end of conceit The end of conceit Patrick Chabal,Patrick Chabal "In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issue of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, social, and economic issues in today's globalized world - our t… OL22646164W
Aneignung und Abgrenzung Aneignung und Abgrenzung Tonio Hölscher,Kai Trampedach,Nicolas Zenzen The volume brings together the contributions of a meeting of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context", held at the University of Heidelberg. The focus is on the antithesis betw… OL23306747W
Les peuples premiers Les peuples premiers Jérôme Bimbenet Présentation de nombreuses sociétés autochtones des cinq continents et des dangers auxquels elles sont confrontées. L'auteur dresse un bilan de leur situation dramatique, des enjeux qui pèsent sur le… OL24428399W
The enemy at the gate The enemy at the gate Andrew Wheatcroft In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple," as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding sevente… OL2504181W
When Shakespeare lost the plot When Shakespeare lost the plot Subhuti Anand Waight "Posing a clever analogy to the well-known line of Hamlet, to be or not to be, the author exposes the superficiality of Western culture and points to the deeper dimension of Eastern meditation. To be… OL27297898W
Inventions and Trade Inventions and Trade Struan Reid Relates the story of the trade that developed between China and Europe, the sharing of science and inventions between the two areas, and the two great paths, the Silk and Spice Routes, that connected… OL2752409W
Worlds at War Worlds at War Anthony Pagden Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden's mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the "clash of civilizations" between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas… OL2909760W
Intersecting worlds - ambassadors and painters Intersecting worlds - ambassadors and painters Suna ve İnan Kıraç Vakfı "Bringing together a careful selection of works from the Orientalist Painting Collection of the Suna and Inan Kıraç Foundation, the "Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters" exhibition at the P… OL29242000W
Britain, détente, and changing East-West relations Britain, détente, and changing East-West relations White, Brian There is little systematic analysis available of Britain's contribution to East-West relations since 1945, and in particular of Britain's contribution to East-West detente. In general, British attemp… OL4122608W
Hurra, wir kapitulieren! Hurra, wir kapitulieren! Henryk M. Broder Sind wir noch zu retten oder haben wir schon kapituliert? Henryk M. Broder, einer der unterhaltsamsten und scharfsinnigsten Köpfe in Deutschland, analysiert in seinem neuesten Essay die gegenwärti… OL873273W
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