Search Results: Authors starting with O from Asia Bookroom

臺北.[Taipei].: 臺灣省文獻委員會. [Taiwan sheng wen xian wei yuan hui].. 民國 94 (2005).. Colour maps, illustrations some in colour, pages 266-296, notes, author's inscription upper cover, very good in wrappers. Text in English with Chinese introduction. 26 x 18.2cm. An offset print of the《 臺灣文獻》 "Taiwan Reference" vol. 56 no. 3. .

London.: William Kimber.. 1962.. Map, 207pp, one page creased, lightly browned and soiled endpapers, edges foxed, large Rangoon bookseller's stamp front free endpaper, cloth boards worn and marked, a sound reading copy. Lt. Colonel Balfour Titus Oatts and his team of skilled guerrillas relive their exhilarating and dangerous true-life stories. .

Malabar, Florida.: Robert E. Krieger.. Reprint.. 1985.. 171pp, appendices, index. Edges trifle foxed, a very good hardback copy. .

Tokyo.: Tokyo Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha.. (1938).. Black and white illustrations, xix + iii + iiviii + 399pp, index, signature of prior owner title page, pale foxing first and last leaves and edges, minor ink numbering front free endpaper, light wear and marking covers, dulled gilt lettering spine, still a sound copy. .

Honolulu.: University of Hawai'i Press.. 1996.. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 271pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, paperback. "Prior to World War II, State Shinto, which was centered on the worship of the emperor and Yasukuni Shrine's cult of war dead, was established in support of the government and militarism. Since the end of the Occupation, Japanese conservatives have sought to restore State Shinto's institutions even as expanded military budgets have placed Japan among the top five countries in defense spending. This timely book focuses on the struggles against government attempts to revive "the emperor system" and Japan's prewar military presence. Organized around case studies and based on extensive interviews, To Dream treats the operations of the Japanese court system thoroughly and uncovers important cases regarding religious liberty that remain little known even among specialists on modern Japanese history and society. It shows that litigation has been brought… Read More

London.: Robert G. Sawyers Publishing.. N.d. (c.1979).. Colour and black and white illustrations, 195pp, appendices, selected bibliography, very good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. 31.5 x 22.5cm. From late Edo to early Meiji, Shibata Zeshin made his mark in the art world through his painting and exquisite lacquering. This book in English is thoroughly covered from the point of view of Western art experts and surveyors. .

Tokyo: G.H. Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.. 1950.. Maps, many folding colour, 73pp, wrappers trifle browned, marked, corners bumped, ex-library, library stamp upper cover. .

United Kingdom: HarperCollins Publishers. 1984.. Map, 288pp, little browning to edges, a good hardback in dustjacket. .

Tokyo.: Obunsha.. 1956.. Black and white photographic plates, xix + 327pp, index, title label on spine, light foxing endpapers and edges, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Volume II Centenary Cultural Council Series. Describes life in the Meiji Period, with chapters on the opening of Japan at the end of the shogunate and its effects, the change of social conditions, transition and development of economic policy; development of a monetary system, light & heavy industries, mining, transporation and communication, agricultural and marine industries and foreign trade. .

Canberra.: Australian National University Press.. [Reprint].. 1977. Original publisher's green cloth, with red title label lettered in gilt. xxxvi +1005pp, addenda and corrigenda and list of scientific names, which have to be changed as compared with the 1931 edition. Numerous black & white botanical illustrations. 24 x 16cm. Near fine copy, clean and sound. English edition of "Indische Groenten" originally published in 1931 Dutch East Indies. .

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard U.P.. 1982.. Map, xi + 299pp, black and white illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, appendices, red cloth-covered board extremities a little rubbed and bumped, spine a touch dulled, markings and annotations in pen throughout, label remnant front pastedown, very sound copy. Examines the three basic aspects of provincial administration - law and society, fiscal affairs, and personnel to better understand Ch'ing bureaucracy. .

Canberra.: Research School of Pacific Studies, A.N.U.. 1993.. vii + 284pp, glossary, bibliography, index, some light marking inside pages, still readable, covers in good condition, a good copy. The papers in this volume span debates on social and economic issues during two decades of change and development in Papua New Guinea. Policy and planning issues of concern during the years prior to and following independence in 1975 included the development of appropriate community-based health, education and social welfare programs and services, training of social development personnel, and the role of women and youth in a changing society. A major theme is that growing inequalities in access to education, employment and basic services have contributed to the law and order problems which now pose a particular challenge to Papua New Guinean policymakers and planners. .

Canberra.: Research School of Pacific Studies, A.N.U.. 1984.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, iii + 162pp, appendices, bibliography, index, small quarto, good copy in rubbed and shelf-worn paperback. Political and Social Change Monograph 5. .

Canberra.: New Guinea Research Unit.. 1970.. x + 57pp, appendix, index, paperback, quarto, a good copy. Indigenous Shareholding, Indigenous Entrepreneurs and their Narrow Horizon, Legal Structure and Indigenous Business Enterprise: the Need for Change. .

Bangkok.: White Lotus & Ava House.. Reprint.. (c.2000).. Folding maps and plans, colour and black and white illustrations a little blurred, xxvi + 435pp, index, paperback. First published in 1907. "A British colonial officer's evocative description of Burma's past written in the form of a guide to twelve Burmese cities and temple sites: Mandalay, Ava, Amarapura, Sagaing, Tagaung, Pagan, Prome, Sri Ksetra, Po-u-daung, Thaton, Pegu, and Mergui. It is full of detail and first-hand observation and can still, despite the passage of time, inform and afford the modern traveller many insights." Herbert 95. .

New Delhi.: Manohar.. 1977.. viii + 204pp, appendices, index, dustjacket little worn, now protected, endpapers little browned. Articles on Islamic proselytisation, conversion to Christianity, the Baha'i Faith in Malwa, the Buddhist movement, reconversion to Hinduism, the Christians of Ceylon, Buddhism in post-independence Sri Lanka. .

London.: Curzon Press.. 1991.. 280pp, appendices, index, bibliography, very good copy in dustjacket. Small mark upper corner front free endpaper. .

New Jersey.: Mason Crest Publishers.. 2006.. Children's non-fiction, hardback. "Islam is one of the world's three great monotheistic faiths, and today it is practiced by more than a fifth of the world's population. The region in which most Muslims live, often called the Islamic world, includes more than 50 countries and stretches across three continents." (Publisher's description). .

New York.: Pegasus.. 2017.. Colour photographic plates, ix + 349pp, notes, index. A very good hardback copy in like dustjacket. "The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to global giant in the four decades is illuminated by another, equally fascinating, narrative beneath its surface - the story of the country's emerging artistic avant-garde and the Chinese people's ongoing struggle for freedom of expression. By following the stories of nine contemporary Chinese artists, The Phoenix Years shows how China's rise unleashed creativity, thwarted hopes, and sparked tensions between the individual and the state that continue to this day. It relates the heady years hope and creativity in the 1980s, which ended in the disaster of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Following that tragedy comes China's meteoric economic rise, and the opportunities that emerged alongside the difficult compromises artists and others have to make to be citizens in modern China. Foreign correspondent Madeleine O'Dea has… Read More

Canberra.: Australian War Memorial.. Reprint.. 1968.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 533pp, appendix, index, very good in lightly worn dustjacket. Vol II of Series 3 (Air) Australia In The War Of 1939 - 1945. The operations and problems of the RAAF in the War against Japan from April 1943. .