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    • The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
    • By: Adam Brookes
    • Narrated by: Adam Brookes
    • Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-23
    • Language: English
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    • Told for the first time in English and playing out across a vast historical canvas, this “compelling story of art, war, and adventure” (Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs: 1613-1918) follows the small group who, when faced with war’s onslaught on civilization, chose to resist....

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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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    • By: Lian Xi
    • Narrated by: Feodor Chin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The staggering story of the most important Chinese political dissident of the Mao era, a devout Christian who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the regime....

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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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    • 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
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 106 ratings
    • 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
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
    • 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
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • 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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    • 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
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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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
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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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
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    • 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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    • 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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    • A New Translation by Michael Nylan
    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
    • Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • For the first time in any modern language, a female scholar and translator reimagines The Art of War....

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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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