Asia Politics

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    • Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
    • Auteur(s): Donald Keene
    • Narrateur(s): Eric Jason Martin
    • Durée: 38 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-10-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of change during this period in Japan's history....

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    • Auteur(s): Michael Palin
    • Narrateur(s): Michael Palin
    • Durée: 2 h et 54 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-11-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 évaluations
    • In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin ventured into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, camera crew in tow, to gain a glimpse of life in the most notoriously secretive and cut-off nation on earth....

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    • Auteur(s): Inazo Nitobé
    • Narrateur(s): Brian Nishii
    • Durée: 4 h et 24 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-03-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Through a study of the way of the samurai, Nitobe identifies the seven virtues most widely recognized by the Japanese: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, veracity, honor, and loyalty....

    Prix courant: 21,00$ ou 1 crédit

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    • My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea
    • Auteur(s): Charles Robert Jenkins, Jim Fredrick
    • Narrateur(s): John McLain
    • Durée: 7 h
    • Date de publication: 2018-03-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • In January of 1965, 24-year-old US Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World
    • Auteur(s): Bethany Allen
    • Narrateur(s): Emily Woo Zeller
    • Durée: 12 h et 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-08-01
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Beijing Rules is a superb expose which reveals how China learned to master capitalism which it now wields in its own authoritarian form to achieve global dominance....

    Prix courant: 32,62$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Fourth and Revised Edition
    • Auteur(s): Michael Yahuda
    • Narrateur(s): Richard Lyddon
    • Durée: 16 h et 46 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-06-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • This fully revised fourth edition of Michael Yahuda's successful textbook brings the region fully up-to-date, introducing students to the international politics of the Asia-Pacific region since 1945.

    Prix courant: 47,29$ ou 1 crédit

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    • An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
    • Auteur(s): Henry M. Paulson
    • Narrateur(s): Kevin Stillwell
    • Durée: 18 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-04-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • Henry M. Paulson, Jr., former secretary of the US Treasury and CEO of Goldman Sachs, delivers a behind-the-scenes account of China's rise as an economic superpower....

    Prix courant: 39,38$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Exploring the Roof of the World
    • Auteur(s): John Keay
    • Narrateur(s): Nick Holbek
    • Durée: 15 h et 4 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-10-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Himalaya is one of the world's most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions. Historian John Keay introduces us to the myriad mysteries of this vast, confounding and utterly fascinating corner of the planet....

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    • From Mao to Now
    • Auteur(s): David Shambaugh
    • Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
    • Durée: 13 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-04-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over seventy years ago, five paramount leaders have shaped the fates and fortunes of the nation and the ruling Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping....

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    • The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
    • Auteur(s): Kevin Rudd
    • Narrateur(s): Kevin Rudd, Rafe Beckley
    • Durée: 16 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-03-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 évaluations
    • A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable....

    Prix courant: 39,38$ ou 1 crédit

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    • North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World
    • Auteur(s): Sung-Yoon Lee
    • Narrateur(s): Dexter Galang
    • Durée: 6 h et 44 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-09-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • This first book on Kim Jong Un’s increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest generation of North Korea’s secretive and murderous dynasty....

    Prix courant: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
    • Auteur(s): Thant Myint-U
    • Narrateur(s): Assaf Cohen
    • Durée: 9 h et 36 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-11-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U offers an insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II
    • Auteur(s): Madhusree Mukarjee
    • Narrateur(s): James Adams
    • Durée: 12 h et 46 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-09-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • In the tradition of The Rape of Nanking and A Problem from Hell, this account will change the way we think of Churchill and World War II....

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    • Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
    • Auteur(s): Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
    • Narrateur(s): Eric Jason Martin
    • Durée: 8 h et 48 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-09-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Memoir in Halves
    • Auteur(s): Madhur Anand
    • Narrateur(s): Ellora Patnaik, Asha Vijayasingham, Raoul Bhaneja
    • Durée: 9 h et 56 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-06-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of memory with the science of embodied trauma, using the imagined voices of the past and the vital authority of the present....

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    • From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower: A Retelling for Our Times
    • Auteur(s): Linda Jaivin
    • Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
    • Durée: 7 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-11-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
    • Auteur(s): Yasheng Huang PhD
    • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lam
    • Durée: 17 h et 44 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-12-19
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
    • Auteur(s): Yang Jisheng, Stacy Mosher - translator, Guo Jian - translator
    • Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
    • Durée: 26 h et 19 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-03-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Following his groundbreaking and award-winning history of the Great Famine, Yang Jisheng presents the only history of the Cultural Revolution by an independent scholar based in mainland China, and makes a crucial contribution to understanding those years' lasting influence today....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
    • Auteur(s): Scott Carney, Jason Miklian
    • Narrateur(s): Vikas Adam
    • Durée: 15 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-03-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • The deadliest storm in modern history ripped Pakistan in two and led the world to the brink of nuclear war when American and Soviet forces converged in the Bay of Bengal....

    Prix courant: 37,28$ ou 1 crédit

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