Popular Asian Essay Books

Find essay books written by authors from Asia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (6)


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Forgotten Women: The Leaders by Zing Tsjeng EN

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Country: Asia / Singapore flag Singapore
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Selected for the Evening Standard present gift guide of the year 'To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - indy100 'Here's to no more forgotten women.' Evening Standard The women who shaped and were erased from our history. The Forgotten Women series will uncover the lost histories of the influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and c... continue

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Homo Deus : by Yuval Noah Harari EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
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THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERSapiensshows us where we came from. Homo Deusshows us where we?re going.Yuval Noah Hararienvisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deusexplores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.It asks the fundamental questions- how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?'Homo Deuswill shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before? Daniel Kahneman

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How to Cure a Fanatic by Amos Oz EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
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Proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents a vision of a world that can be made to move toward peace as firmly as it has spiraled in recent years toward brutality and war. - from publisher information.

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Light in Gaza : Essays for the Future by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze EN

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Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
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Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be.