Asia Politics

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    • Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943
    • By: Erika Lee
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 07-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.7 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. This landmark law changed the course of US immigration history, but we know little about its consequences....

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    • A Warning to America
    • By: Col. Grant Newsham
    • Narrated by: Axel Bosley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 03-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.1 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • A warning about America’s impending war with China. The conflict is coming, a former Marine intelligence officer shows, and we’re not ready. But it’s not too late to prepare....

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    • One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations
    • By: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.0 out of 5 stars 2,741 ratings
    • In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya....

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    • The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
    • By: Peter Hopkirk
    • Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
    • Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars 755 ratings
    • The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams....

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    • The Fight for Our Future
    • By: Maria Ressa
    • Narrated by: Maria Ressa, Rebecca Mozo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.8 out of 5 stars 356 ratings
    • From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize comes an impassioned and inspiring memoir that chronicles her career fighting fascism, filled with insights and advice for standing against authoritarian bullies and confronting disinformation and lies. It includes a foreword by Amal Clooney.

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    • Collected Nonfiction
    • By: Arundhati Roy
    • Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
    • Length: 36 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.8 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment....

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    • A History
    • By: Erika Lee
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 181 ratings
    • In the past 50 years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States....

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    • Revised Edition
    • By: R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.0 out of 5 stars 292 ratings
    • A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan....

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    • Inside the World's Most Secret State
    • By: John Sweeney
    • Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 07-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.3 out of 5 stars 659 ratings
    • North Korea is like no other tyranny on Earth. Its citizens are told their home is the greatest nation in the world, and Big Brother is always watching....

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    • A New History
    • By: Valerie Hansen
    • Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 07-31-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.0 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archaeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes....

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    • Power and Money in Central Asia
    • By: Alexander A. Cooley PhD, John Heathershaw
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 3.9 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics, and security dynamics....

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    • A History of Asian Americans
    • By: Ronald Takaki
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 24 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.8 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. This is a powerful and moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores....

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    • By: Shashi Tharoor
    • Narrated by: Andrew Hoffland
    • Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one of the world’s oldest and greatest religions. Starting with a close examination of his own belief in Hinduism, he ranges far and wide in his study of the faith....

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    • A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
    • By: Michael Booth
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 209 ratings
    • There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....

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    • A History
    • By: Stanley Karnow
    • Narrated by: Edward Holland
    • Length: 27 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 700 ratings
    • In this comprehensive history, Stanley Karnow demystifies the tragic ordeal of America's war in Vietnam....

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    • A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
    • By: Loung Ung
    • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
    • Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,264 ratings
    • One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five....

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    • A New History
    • By: Christopher Goscha
    • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
    • Length: 23 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.3 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
    • A major achievement, Vietnam offers the grand narrative of the country's complex past and the creation of the modern state of Vietnam....

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    • The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment
    • By: Mei Fong
    • Narrated by: Janet Song
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 152 ratings
    • When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birthrates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature....

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    • The Struggle over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion
    • By: Humphrey Hawksley
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.6 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific. This is where authoritarian China is trying to rewrite international law and challenge the democratic values of the US and its allies....

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    • The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
    • By: Nisid Hajari
    • Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
    • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars 289 ratings
    • Nobody expected the liberation of India and birth of Pakistan to be so bloody - it was supposed to be an answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled by the British for centuries....

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