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In Cambodia in the 1960s, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge declared war on their own people, enslaving and slaughtering anybody who disagreed with them. Sichan Siv knew he would soon be a target - ending up, perhaps, as one of the millions of anonymous human skeletons buried in his nation's Killing Fields - so he heeded his mother's pleas and ran. Captured and forced to perform slave labor, Siv feared that he'd be worked to death or killed. But he never abandoned hope or his improbable dream of freedom - a dream that liberated him.

‘So wise and so well done. It made me wish it were much longer than it is’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors comes a whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage. If we are...

‘People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does… This is a splendid book – and highly recommended.’ Daily Mail A remarkable piece of investigative journalism into one of the most pervasive and troubling mysteries of recent memory. 01...

American discussions of the Vietnam War tend to gloss over the period from 1972 to the final North Vietnamese offensive in 1975. But these were brutal times for America's South Vietnamese allies combined with a period of intense diplomatic negotiations conducted under the increasing reality that America had abandoned them.

Ho Chi Minh was more than a revolutionary leader—he was the symbol of an entire people’s struggle for independence. Known affectionately as “Uncle Ho,” he became the face of Vietnam’s resistance against colonialism, imperialism, and foreign domination. His life was a journey that spanned continents, ideologies, and decades of conflict, culminating in the creation of a unified Vietnam and a legacy that still shapes the nation today. This book explores Ho Chi Minh’s life, tracing his evolution from a young man in colonial Vietnam to one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century.

The Philippines is a nation forged in the crucible of colonial encounters. For more than three centuries, Spain imposed its rule over the islands, binding them to an empire of faith and monarchy. Then, in the late nineteenth century, the United States arrived, declaring its own brand of democracy, education, and modernisation. Faith, Flag, and Freedom tells the sweeping story of how Spanish Catholicism and American democracy came together—sometimes violently, sometimes harmoniously—to create the Philippines of today.

Featured in Quill and Quire’s 2026 Spring Preview A Globe and Mail Spring 2026 Read Singaporean-Canadian author Joanne Leow sheds light on the underbelly of Singapore's history and the human cost behind its glittering façade. "What unknowable chemical? How slow was this damage, this...

When the robe becomes a weapon, who can stop the violence? We think of Buddhism as a faith of peace—rooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the robe is being turned into a weapon as radical monks and nationalist movements unleash hatred and...

Islands of Fire and Freedom: The Untold Story of the Philippines in World War II by Amihan Ramirez Navarro is a sweeping narrative of courage, tragedy, and resilience set against one of the most devastating chapters of the twentieth century. While much of the world remembers Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin, the Philippines’ ordeal often lingers in the shadows of history. This book brings that forgotten front to the forefront, restoring the voices of a people who endured invasion, occupation, and liberation in a crucible of fire that reshaped their nation forever.

| WINNER OF THE GAJA CAPITAL BUSINESS BOOK PRIZE 2019 | The nineteenth century was an exciting time of initiative and enterprise around the world. If John D. Rockefeller was creating unimagined wealth in the United States that he would put to the service of the nation, a Parsi family with humble...

In 10 Unforgettable Facts About the Vietnam War, Korey Blathewick distils the chaos, courage, and catastrophe of the conflict into ten powerful, revealing chapters that explore what really happened—and why it still matters.

Reog Ponorogo erat kaitannya dengan cerita perjuangan Raja Bantarangin (Raja Kelana Sewandana) untuk meminang Putri Songgolangit dari Kerajaan Kediri. Namun, proses peminangan tersebut penuh dengan tantangan, terutama karena permintaan dari Putri Songgolangit yang cukup sulit. Sang putri meminta Raja Kelana Sewandana menghadirkan arak-arakan yang megah dan belum pernah ada sebelumnya sebagai syarat pernikahan.

Situata nel cuore del sud-est asiatico, la Tailandia tesse senza sforzo un arazzo in cui si intrecciano tradizioni, modernità e bellezze naturali. Avendo esplorato le sue strade vivaci, gustato la sua deliziosa cucina e assorbito il calore della sua gente, ti invito ad intraprendere un viaggio nel Regno di Tailandia. In 'Tailandia: Alla scoperta dei Segreti della Terra dei Sorrisi”,ti guiderò alla scoperta di gemme nascoste e dei sentieri già battuti, offrendo spunti che solo una conoscenza approfondita del luogo può dare.

While the battles of Europe and the Pacific dominate the headlines of World War II, an equally brutal and strategically vital campaign unfolded far from the spotlight—in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The War in the Jungle takes listeners deep into this forgotten theatre of war, where Allied forces battled not only a tenacious Japanese enemy but also some of the harshest terrain and deadliest diseases on Earth.

In Vietnam, the sweeping history of the nation unfolds—from its earliest origins to the present day. Across millennia, emperors, revolutionaries, religious leaders, and foreign powers have all left indelible and often complex marks on this dynamic land. Successive periods of Chinese domination, French colonization, and Japanese occupation brought profound changes, shaping Vietnam’s political, cultural, and social landscape.

Ho Chi Minh wasn’t just a communist. He wasn’t just a nationalist. He was a farmer who watched his homeland get swallowed by empires—and decided to break them from the inside. From French colonialism to American firepower, this book traces the full arc of Vietnam’s 20th century: the lies, the betrayals, the resilience, and the man whose spirit still shapes a nation. Forget what you thought you knew about the Vietnam War. This isn’t just history. It’s a root system with a pulse.

Learn about how the dichotomous twins of idealism and pragmatism, of freedom and power, and of hope and fear are pitched against each other, wrestling for the future of Cambodia. This is Cambodia through the lens of human stories in what journalists and politicians have called 'gripping', 'a tour de force' and 'a must read'.

As a child, Robert Howard was taught by his Granny Callie to always face his threats head-on. Some thirty years later, he emerged from the Vietnam War as America’s most decorated Green Beret. For the first time, Robert Howard’s story is being told in full. Respected military historian...

Making Moros offers a unique look at the colonization of Muslim subjects during the early years of American rule in the southern Philippines. Hawkins argues that the ethnological discovery, organization, and subsequent colonial engineering of Moros was highly contingent on developing notions of time, history, and evolution, which ultimately superseded simplistic notions about race. He also argues that this process was highly collaborative, with Moros participating, informing, guiding, and even investing in their configuration as modern subjects.

The Luzon campaign of 1945 was the longest island campaign of the Pacific War, lasting from January 1945 to September 1945, and only ended with the surrender of Imperial Japan. It is often overlooked or mentioned in passing by most histories of that war, yet hundreds of thousands of Americans and Japanese fought in some of the worst conditions imaginable for eight months to clear Luzon of the invaders.

In August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after WWII.

In this “forensic, unflinching, devastating work of historical recovery” (Sathnam Sanghera), Bud Dajo—an American atrocity bigger than Wounded Knee or My Lai, yet today largely forgotten—is revealed, thanks to the rediscovery of a single photograph. In March 1906, American soldiers on...

Het meeslepende verhaal van een van de grootste vulkaanuitbarstingen aller tijden. In april 1815 vond op het eiland Soembawa, in het toenmalige Nederlands-Indië, de grootste vulkaanuitbarsting sinds mensenheugenis plaats. Deze uitbarsting verbijsterde behalve de plaatselijke bevolking ook de koloniale overheersers. De enorme aswolk die na de eruptie over de wereld dreef, zorgde voor hagel op Sri Lanka en sneeuw in het zuiden van de VS. Twee natuurverschijnselen die daarvoor én daarna nooit meer zijn waargenomen. Het boek volgt de wolk die na de uitbarsting over de hele wereld heen trekt.

Active US involvement in what became known as the Vietnam War (in Vietnam, this conflict is remembered as the American War) began in 1961 and spanned a period of twelve years until the Paris Peace Talks finally brought the deployment of American combat troops to an end in early 1973. Unfortunately, the peace talks didn’t also lead to the end of the civil war between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).

Dear Kobe is horrific, tragic, inspirational, and miraculous. It stands as an important reminder of how precious freedom is and how carefully it should be guarded.

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World demonstrates that piracy is key to explaining the surprising longevity of Spain's Asian empire, which survived the Age of Revolutions and endured almost to the end of the nineteenth century. It offers important new insight into piracy's impact on the trajectory of globalization and European imperial expansion in maritime Asia.

เรื่องราวของพระเจ้าสายน้ำผึ้งกับพระนางสร้อยดอกหมากนั้น มีกล่าวไว้ในพงศาวดารเหนือ ฟังดูเหมือนเรื่องเลื่อนลอย แต่นักประวัติศาสตร์และนักโบราณคดีได้ค้นคว้าแล้วปรากฏว่า พระเจ้าสายน้ำผึ้งนั้นมีตัวจริง เคยเป็นกษัตริย์ซึ่งครองเมืองเก่าที่ตั้งอยู่ที่หนองโสน ก่อนที่พระเจ้าอู่ทองจะสร้างกรุงศรีอยุธยา และเป็นผู้สร้างวัดสำคัญ คือ "วัดพนัญเชิง" และ "วัดมงคลบพิตร" ซึ่งยังปรากฏอยู่ในปัจจุบัน

In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse.

TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “Patricia Evangelista’s searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in the Philippines, but a warning to the rest of the world about the true dangers of...

Days before he was drafted in 1962, Dennis Foley volunteered to join the army in the hopes of someday getting into West Point. He was only eighteen years old. At basic training in Fort Dix, New Jersey, a presentation by two impressive, self-confident special forces sergeants made an indelible impression on him. His career would come full circle. In 1972, wearing a green beret, Foley would be given command of his own A-Team.