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Publisher CommentsWhat do we really know about Burma and its history? And what can Burma’s past tell us about its present and even its future? For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burma—through sanctions and tourist boycotts—only to see an apparent slide toward even harsher dictatorship. Now Thant Myint-U tells the... read more>>>
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Publisher CommentsThe classic portrayal of court life in tenth-century Japan
Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving elegantly across a w... read more>>>
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Publisher Comments"Compulsive reading." --The New York Times "Retells the story of conquest, complacency and disaster with verve and veracity."--The New Yorker "All the excitement and contention of one of those Errol Flynn pictures about the Khyber Pass and the wild Northwest Frontier: officers disguised as natives, wild cavalry charges, massacres, the courageous young captains and the hid... read more>>>
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