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Kojiki: The Birth of Japan: The Japanese Creation Myth Illustrated by Kazumi Wilds

Kojiki: The Birth of Japan: The Japanese Creation Myth Illustrated

Kazumi Wilds

32 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history literary religion medium-paced
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan

636 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

John W. Dower

676 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan by Jonathan D. Spence

God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

Jonathan D. Spence

432 pages • paperback • 1996

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Comfort Women: Japan's Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War by George Hicks

Comfort Women: Japan's Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War

George Hicks

303 pages • paperback • 1995

nonfiction history
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Jung Chang

16 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2013 user-added

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Jack Weatherford

317 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

Tahir Hamut Izgil

272 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction autobiography memoir race religion emotional informative sad medium-paced
24 Hours in Ancient China by Dr. Yijie Zhuang

24 Hours in Ancient China

24 Hours in Ancient History #4

Dr. Yijie Zhuang

272 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Phoenix Kingdoms: Last Splendor of China's Bronze Age by Fan Jeremy Zhang, Jay Xu
Phoenix Kingdoms: Last Splendor of China's Bronze Age
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Fan Jeremy Zhang, Jay Xu

Phoenix Kingdoms: Last Splendor of China's Bronze Age

Fan Jeremy Zhang, Jay Xu

240 pages