Títulos en Asia

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The wooden oxen and gliding horses were one of history's quietly brilliant inventions — and the story of how they were used holds a lesson every modern leader needs. Eighteen hundred years ago, the great strategist Zhuge Liang faced an impossible...

'This is narrative history at its best' - John Keay, historian and author of India: A History 'The Carnatic Wars will keep all connoisseurs of historical detail and atmosphere riveted.' - T.C.A. Raghavan, author and former Indian diplomat In the mid-eighteenth century, a contest between two...

Uncover the immersive history of the Mughal Empire and the turbulent urban epic behind an architectural marvel. Perfect for your daily commute or armchair travel, this transportive journey explores five centuries of explosive growth, political intrigue, and imperial ambition along the Yamuna...

Experience the gripping military history of an underdog Asian power shattering European dominance in a clash of empires. Perfect for a focused commute, this intense narrative plunges you into the failed diplomacy, surprise attacks, and bloody campaigns of 1904. Discover how the shockwaves of...

Discover how a flood-prone Asian basin conquered brutal geography to become a global metropolis of urban resilience. Whether you are navigating a busy morning commute or planning your next overseas adventure, this immersive urban history transports you straight to the bustling streets of East...

Dive into the ultimate underwater archaeology mystery where Hindu mythology meets cutting-edge marine science. Perfect for your morning commute or deep-focus listening, this evocative journey transports you to the glittering coastal kingdom of Lord Krishna. Experience the awe-inspiring collision...

Discover how a forgotten maritime empire mastered global trade and diplomacy to command the ancient world's wealth. Perfect for a long commute or an afternoon of deep focus, this immersive history revives an island kingdom that transformed geography into unimaginable power. Step into the...

Uncover the dramatic military history and medieval empire-building that forged North India before the Mughal conquests. Perfect for an educational commute, this epic narrative transports listeners to the thirteenth century, where Turkic and Afghan dynasties seized vast territories through...

Discover the lost Silk Road caravan merchants who dominated ancient global trade and united vast desert empires. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical journey explores the oasis city-states that served as the connective tissue between Byzantium and early China. Step into an...

'Thought-provoking and inspiring. This book is at once a fascinating insight into the little-known ways of female samurai, an inspiring guide for life and a beautiful tribute to an indomitable woman.' Beth Kempton, bestselling author of Wabi Sabi 'Rimika Tanaka's highly engaging first book makes...

John Wukovits tells of the most dramatic naval battle of the Pacific War and the incredible sacrifice of the USS Samuel B. Roberts. On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts, along with the other twelve vessels comprising its unit, stood between Japan's largest battleship force ever sent to sea...

While Galileo was suffering under house arrest at the hands of Pope Urban VIII, the Thirty Years War was ruining Europe, and the Pilgrims were struggling to survive in the New World, work began on what would become one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Taj Mahal. Built by the Moghul emperor...

During the last years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent some of its most elite troops to unfamiliar lands in Central Asia to fight a vaguely defined enemy, which eventually defeated their superior number with unconventional tactics. Although the Soviet leadership initially saw the invasion as a victory, many Russian soldiers came to view the war as a demoralizing and devastating defeat, the consequences of which had a substantial impact on the Soviet Union and its collapse.

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Bringing together the military mights of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean...

Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yōkai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water sprites, to shape-shifting kitsune foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers. Popular today in anime, manga, film, and video games, many yōkai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. The Book of Yōkai invites listeners to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them.

ملحمة الانعتاق من الفؤاد والجسد إنها رواية حب مستحيل فرق القدر بين المحبين، ولكنه لم يفرق بين الأفئدة. فتاة منحت قلبها وجسدها ‏لحبيب، إلّا أنها نبذته وثارت...

As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a...

'Irrefutable and beautiful' New York Times 'Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world' YOKO OGAWA, author of The Memory Police, Yomiuri Shibun The year is 1903, and tenacious and spirited Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan, becoming the protégée of Shinonome, the...

La guerre du Pachinko : La bataille pour le contrôle de l'industrie japonaise du flipper est un livre incontournable pour quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire et à la culture du Japon, aux jeux d'argent et à l'évolution de l'industrie du jeu. Il s'agit d'une exploration complète et captivante de l'émergence, de l'essor et du déclin du pachinko, le jeu de flipper bien-aimé des Japonais.

Today, mobile connections are so readily accessible that it is perhaps easy to forget the time when only the elite had access to a phone provided by the sole operator: the Government of India. It all changed in the early 1990s as liberalisation stirred the Indian economy out of its decades of...