Titres dans Asie

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination. “A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.”—W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved...

Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.

This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who—in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old—joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps—a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their call sign was "ten dead, zero alive." This book offers a new perspective on these infamous suicide pilots. It is not a chronicle of war, nor is it a collection of research papers compiled by scholars. It is a transcript of Odachi's words.

Uncover the epic maritime history of a forgotten Asian empire that transformed the Indian Ocean through naval supremacy. From the fertile riverine plains of the Kaveri delta to the sprawling trade routes of Southeast Asia, experience a sweeping narrative of ambition and conquest. Perfect for...

The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Motion Picture Artwork © Universal Studios 2014. All Rights Reserved. In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louis Zamperini had already transformed himself from child delinquent to prodigious athlete, running in the Berlin Olympics. Now he must embark on one of the Second World War’s most extraordinary odysseys.

Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but gradually Suki Kim, too, learns the tune and, without noticing, begins to hum it. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields - except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST).

In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine army and police, hostile islanders, and eventually successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers, convinced that World War II was still being fought and waiting for the day when his fellow soldiers would return victorious.

For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China two full years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yet its drama of invasion, resistance, slaughter, and political intrigue remains little known in the West.

Spanning nine countries, filled with heroic tales of bold decisions and self-sacrifice, and probing vast historical undercurrents, "The Miracle" takes readers inside private boardroom meetings, heated business negotiations, factory floors, and presidential cabinet sessions for a behind-the-scenes look at the events that shaped Asia's economic ascent - and will shape the world in the century to come.

For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the beginning, as Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman make dramatically clear in this powerfully original book.

According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. But the full repercussions of China's ascendancy-for itself and the rest of the globe-have been surprisingly little explained or understood.

The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran). It explores Roman dealings with the Kushan Empire which seized power in Bactria (Afghanistan) and laid claim to the Indus Kingdoms. Further chapters examine the development of Palmyra as a leading caravan city on the edge of Roman Syria and consider trade ventures through the Tarim territories that led Roman merchants to Han China.

How China used a network of surveillance to intern over a million people and produce a system of control previously unknown in human history Novel forms of state violence and colonization have been unfolding for years in China’s vast northwestern region, where more than a million and a half...

Adéntrate en el enigma arqueológico de un santuario budista monumental devorado por la selva y su fascinante rescate. Ya sea que busques un viaje inmersivo durante tu trayecto diario o una reflexión evocadora sobre la memoria cultural, esta narración te transporta directamente a las antiguas...

麻薬貿易という経済の劇薬がいかにして巨大な帝国の土台を食い破り、世界史を揺るがす崩壊の連鎖を生み出したのか、避けられない没落のメカニズムを鮮烈に解き明かします。毎日の通勤時間や知的な探求を求める夜の...

苛酷な大草原のどん底からユーラシアを呑み込む巨大なモンゴル帝国はいかにして誕生したのか、神話化された英雄のヴェールを剥ぎ取り、冷徹な史実と遊牧社会の力学から歴史のうねりを追体験する壮大な歴史ノンフィ...

何百年もの間、ヒマラヤ奥地の氷河湖に放置されてきた数百体の白骨という歴史の空白を、最新の遺伝学と人類学の光で照らし出す、静謐でありながらエネルギッシュな知的探求の旅へようこそ。通勤の喧騒から離れたい...

Revive la épica historia urbana de una aldea samurái que venció al fuego y la guerra para volverse una metrópolis. Ideal para tu trayecto diario o si preparas un viaje a Japón, este relato inmersivo te sumerge en el fascinante choque entre tradición milenaria y modernidad acelerada. Camina...

Explora la fascinante historia de un imperio asiático que unió la India antes de fracturarse bajo la ambición colonial. Acompaña a audaces conquistadores centroasiáticos que forjaron una potencia colosal mediante brillantes experimentos políticos y alianzas impensables. Esta narración...

絶対的な権力を誇ったローマ帝国を崩壊へと導いた遊牧騎馬民族の圧倒的な軍事力と、冷徹な国際政治の駆け引きを鮮やかに描き出す古代史ノンフィクション。毎日の通勤時間を、ユーラシア大陸を駆け抜ける壮大な歴史...