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1	Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies more books like this by Ian Buruma, Avishai Margalit A pioneering investigation of the lineage of anti-Western stereotypes that traces them back to the West itself. Twenty-five years ago, Edward Said's Orientalism spawned a generation of scholarship on the denigrating and dangerous mirage of "the East" in the Western colonial mind. But "the West" is the more dangerous mirage of our own time, Ian ... see all copies from £2.63! new only from £6.54! \| first editions
2	God's Dust: A Modern Asian Journey more books like this by Ian Buruma Ian Buruma spent a year travelling in eight countries from Burma's rural isolation to the sexual Disneyland of Thailand and the sterile suburbia of Singapore. This book blends history, personal observation, interviews and reportage which portrays an Asia suffering a crisis of cultural identity. Buruma considers how deeply each culture has been ... see all copies from £2.70! new only from £9.55! \| first editions
3	Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance more books like this by Ian Buruma Buruma returns to his native land to explore the brutal murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of an Islamic extremist. see all copies from £1.99! new only from £1.99! \| first editions
4	Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance more books like this by Ian Buruma In 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that insulted the prophet Mohammed. Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the shocking event and its larger meaning. see all copies from £8.40! new only from £9.53!
5	Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 more books like this by Ian Buruma A concise study of 100 years of Japanese history in which that island nation transformed itself through its engagement with the West and with modernity, while remaining, in many aspects, protective of its own character and culture. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from £6.14! new only from £6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The China Lover more books like this by Ian Buruma In his enthralling new novel, Buruma uses the life of the starlet Yamaguchi Yoshiko as a lens through which to understand the lure of erotic fantasies in the conquest of nations. "The China Lover" reveals the catastrophic results when theater and politics blend in a lethal manner. see all copies from £10.59! new only from £14.34!
7	The Missionary and the Libertine: Love and War in East and West more books like this by Ian Buruma see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.36! \| first editions
8	Geisha: The Life, the Voices, the Art more books like this by Jodi Cobb, Ian Buruma (Introduction by) In remarkable detail, and with the cooperation of geisha in Kyoto and Tokyo, this beautiful book captures the private world of the geisha, revealing her in her role as a human work of art--the perfect woman artistically, conversationally, and erotically. 95 color photos. see all copies from £10.93! new only from £10.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Berlin in Lights: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler (1918-1937) more books like this by Charles Kessler (Translator), Ian Buruma (Introduction by) Berlin in Lights, chosen as a New York Times Notable Book, is the collection of German aristocrat Harry Kessler's diaries between the two world wars. Count Harry Kessler (1868-1937), the son of a German banker and an Irish beauty, was a diplomat and publisher who moved easily among the worlds of art, politics, and society. He lived in Berlin but ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £11.29! \| first editions
10	Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan more books like this by Ian Buruma Between the early 1930s and 1945, a European country and an East Asian country embarked on the most destructive colonial adventure the world has ever seen, and committed atrocities which the victims and their children have never been able to forget. This book explores the ways in which the Germans and the Japanese have come to terms with the past, ... see all copies from £8.44! first editions
11 view cover	Voltaire's Coconuts, Or, Anglomania in Europe more books like this by Ian Buruma Voltaire's Coconuts is a wonderfully engaging and witty combination of history and biography which looks at how Europeans have been fascinated by all that it means to be English. Dutch by birth, Buruma came to live in England in 1990 for the third time in his life and noticed a new mood of introspection. Englishness was a subject of endless ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.01! \| first editions
12 view cover	Anglomania: A European Love Affair more books like this by Ian Buruma For a tiny island, England has always exercised an inordinately strong influence over the culture, politics, and imaginations of Europeans and Americans. This book traces that influence through the lives of some of its most distinguished vessels--Goethe, Voltaire, Marx, and Isaiah Berlin all appear in this book as devotees of the uniquely British ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.15! \| first editions
13 view cover	Playing the Game more books like this by Ian Buruma A fictional biography of Prince K.S. Ranjitsinhji, the legendary cricketer. Littered with cameos of personalities such as W.G. Grace, Gandhi, Disraeli and C.L.R. James, and heroic innings at Lord's, tiger-shoots and Indian palaces, the novel is about cultural identity, impersonation and dandyism. see all copies from £1.99! new only from £7.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing more books like this by Ian Buruma Through interviews with Chinese dissidents both in exile and in China, Buruma reviews the history of modern China, relates the horrible prison experiences of those arrested by the state, examines the complexities of issues such as human rights, and considers the state of the current regime and prospects for change. A New York Times Notable Book ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.99! \| first editions
15	Behind the Mask more books like this by Ian Bruma see all copies from £6.07! first editions
16 view cover	Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion more books like this by Andrew Bolton, Ian Buruma (Introduction by) see all copies from £16.35! new only from £16.35!
17	Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, Drifters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes more books like this by Ian Buruma see all copies from £9.41! first editions
18 view cover	Conversations with John Schlesinger more books like this by Ian Buruma "I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what's behind it." -John Schlesinger The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema's most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger's nephew, reveals the director's private world in a series of in ... see all copies from £6.14! new only from £7.39!
19 view cover	India: A Mosaic more books like this by Ian Buruma, Robert Silvers (Editor), Barbara Epstein (Editor) How can we understand India today, fifty years after Independence and only months after its nuclear tests outraged the world? The novelist Arundhati Roy has written, specially for this collection, a fierce denunciation of the Indian nuclear program, which serves as an introduction to nine essays on India, all originally published in "The New York ... see all copies from £7.50! new only from £9.05! \| first editions
20	Tokyo: Form & Spirit more books like this by Kenneth Frampton, Ian Buruma, James R. Brandon Essays discuss the evolution of Tokyo's art and architecture from the seventeenth century to the present and the coexistence of technology and tradition. see all copies from £9.87! new only from £37.88! \| first editions
21 view cover	Occidentalism: a Short History of Anti-Westernism by Ian; Margalit Buruma, Avishai see all copies from £2.62! new only from £2.62!
22 view cover	Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels From La to Beijing by Ian Buruma 'I believe that Communist Party rule will end in China; sooner or later all dynasties do. But when or how, I cannot say...It was with these questions in mind that I travelled through the Chinese-speaking world between 1996 and 2001. There was an unmistakable stink of political, social and moral decay in the People's Republic, the smell of a ... see all copies from £1.97! new only from £1.97!
23	Japanese Mirror Heroes more books like this by Ian Buruma A fascinating study of the way the Japanese portray themselves in their popular culture. see all copies from £17.29! first editions
24 view cover	Occidentalism by Ian; Margalit Buruma, Avishai 'Occidentalism' is an investigation into the hostile stereotypes of the Western world that fuels the hatred at the heart of movements such as Al Qaeda. A work of extraordinary range and erudition, it enlarges significantly our understanding of the world in which we live. see all copies from £7.03! new only from £7.03!
25 view cover	Anglomania: Una Fascinacion Europea by Ian Buruma, Javier Calzada (Translator) see all copies from £21.17! new only from £60.61! \| first editions

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