Asia – My Books

Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914: Engineering Triumphs That Transformed Meiji-era Japan

by Dan Free

Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era.The importance of early railways in th...

Mughal and Rajput Portraiture: Art, Representation and History

by Crispin Branfoot

Deriving from Persian artistic techniques, Mughal portraiture reached its apogee during the reigns of the great Mughal emperor-patrons Akbar, Shah Jahan and Jah...

A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA

by Joshua Kurlantzick

The untold story of how America’s secret war in Laos in the 1960s and 1970s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and...

Japan: An Adult Coloring Book with Japanese Cultural Designs, Beautiful Asian Women, Floral Kimono Dresses, and Relaxing Nature Scenes

by Jade Summer

2017 AMAZON BEST SELLER This incredible adult coloring book by best-selling artist Jade Summer is the perfect way to relieve stress and aid relaxation while en...

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

by James Tod

Excerpt from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India, Vol. 3 of 3 Origin of the Shaikhavati federation - Its cons...

The Rajputs; A Fighting Race: A Short Account of the Rajput Race, Its Warlike Past, Its Early Connections with Great Britain, and Its Gallant Services … Present Moment at the Front (Classic Reprint)

by Thakur Shri Jessrajsinghji Seesodia

Excerpt from The Rajputs; A Fighting Race: A Short Account of the Rajput Race, Its Warlike Past, Its Early Connections With Great Britain, and Its Gallant Servi...

The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. a Descriptive Handbook of All the Known Species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera Inhabiting That Region, with … Along the Border; With Numerous…; V. 3

by Lionel De 1852-1901 Niceville

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced...

The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. a Descriptive Handbook of All the Known Species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera Inhabiting That Region, with … Along the Border; With Numerous…; V. 1

by Lionel De 1852-1901 Niceville

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced...

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. 2 of 3: Or the Central and Western, Rajput States of India (Classic Reprint)

by James Tod

Excerpt from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. 2 of 3: Or the Central and Western, Rajput States of IndiaAjmer - Ancient Jain Temple - Its architecture ...

Divine Pleasures: Painting from India’s Rajput Courts. The Kronos Collections

by Terence McInerney

This splendidly illustrated publication features over 90 important paintings from the predominantly Hindu Rajput tradition of Indian painting, and are highlight...