Asian Art History

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
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    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
    • By: Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Alexander Bennett - translator
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
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    • The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code....

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    • A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
    • By: Thomas Cleary
    • Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
    • Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
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    • With a bright, conversational narrative by Thomas Cleary, this book is indispensable to corporate executives, students of Asian culture, martial artists, or anyone sincerely interested in Japan and its people....

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    • East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu
    • By: Jonathan Clements
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Clements
    • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 10-21-21
    • Language: English
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    • From Shaolin warrior monks to the movies of Bruce Lee, a new history of the evolution of East Asian styles of unarmed combat, from kung fu to ninjutsu....

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    • By: Hiroaki Sato
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-16
    • Language: English
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    • In Legends of the Samurai, Hiroaki Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors....

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    • How India Influenced the Beatles
    • By: Susan Shumsky DD
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
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    • The spiritual journey of the Beatles is the story of an entire generation of visionaries in the sixties who transformed the world. The Inner Light illumines hidden meanings of the Beatles' India-influenced lyrics and sounds, decoded by Susan Shumsky....

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    • The History and Principles of China’s Most Explosive Martial Art
    • By: Danny Xuan, John Little
    • Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese kung fu in the world today, with more than four million practitioners. This guide will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the martial arts, from beginner to master....

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    • America's Century-Long Hunt for Asian Art Treasures
    • By: Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac
    • Narrated by: George Backman
    • Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • North American museums now possess the greatest collections of Chinese art outside of East Asia itself. How did it happen.? Listen to find out...

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    • Dispatches from a Precarious State
    • By: Declan Walsh
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals....

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    • The Strategy of Musashi
    • By: Miyamoto Musashi
    • Narrated by: Alec Sand
    • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-11
    • Language: English
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    • Legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy and zen philosophy....

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    • Japan and the Art of Survival
    • By: David Pilling
    • Narrated by: Tim Andes Pabon
    • Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 67 ratings
    • In Bending Adversity, Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan....

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    • An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
    • By: Sujatha Gidla
    • Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
    • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 05-22-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was educated by Canadian missionaries in the 1930s....

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    • By: Katherine Paterson
    • Narrated by: Laurie Birmingham
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-14
    • Language: English
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    • From her childhood in China to the moment she won her first National Book Award, literary icon Katherine Paterson shares the personal stories that inspired her children's books....

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    • An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
    • By: James C. Scott
    • Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    • Length: 15 hrs
    • Release date: 02-04-25
    • Language: English
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    • From the acclaimed author and scholar James C. Scott comes the compelling account of Asian peoples who until recently have stemmed the vast tide of state-making to live at arm’s length from any organized state society.

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    • How Japan Saved American Style
    • By: W. David Marx
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 91 ratings
    • In Ametora, cultural historian W. David Marx traces the Japanese assimilation of American fashion over the past 150 years....

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    • By: Elizabeth Partridge
    • Narrated by: June Angela
    • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
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    • This important work of nonfiction discusses powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration captured by three photographers—Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams—along with firsthand accounts of this grave moment in history....

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