Popular Asian Historical Books
Find historical books written by authors from Asia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (105)
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him EN
CambodiaDescription:
A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed. Reprint.
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places : A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts EN
VietnamDescription:
Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind.
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Zealot : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan EN
IranDescription:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most eni... continue
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