https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/loutit/rss/search?query=%22East%20and%20West.%22&searchType=subject&origin=core-catalog-explore&view=groupedRSS for NodeSun, 15 Mar 2026 04:55:47 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5402231https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5402231Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5402231147BKA New History From Muhammad to the Presentenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691263533/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5282630https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5282630Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5282630147BKA 4,000-year Historyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593729793/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C4500101https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C4500101Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4500101147BKA New History of the Vikings From Scandinavia to the Silk Roadsenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781643138695/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C2762923https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C2762923Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2762923147BKA New History of the Worldenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101946329/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5122511https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C5122511Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5122511147BKThe Epic Intelligence War Between East and Westenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668000694/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C2369367https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C2369367Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2369367147BKHow the Arabs Transformed Western Civilizationenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781596914599/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C2461235https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S147C2461235Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2461235147BKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594202841/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=Destiny Disrupted, “a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world,” (San Francisco Chronicle) tells the history of the world from the Islamic point of view, and restores the centrality of the Muslim perspective, ignored for a thousand years.
In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history with the evolution of the Muslim community at the center. His story moves from the lifetime of Mohammed through a succession of far-flung empires, to the tangle of modern conflicts that culminated in the events of 9/11. He introduces the key people, events, ideas, legends, religious disputes, and turning points of world history, imparting not only what happened but how it is understood from the Muslim perspective.
He clarifies why two great civilizations—Western and Muslim—grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive—had somehow hijacked destiny.
With storytelling brio, humor, and evenhanded sympathy to all sides of the story, Ansary illuminates a fascinating parallel to the narrative usually heard in the West. Destiny Disrupted offers a vital perspective on world conflicts many now find so puzzling.]]>https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C239431https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C239431Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/239431980EBOOKA History of the World Through Islamic Eyesenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780786741502/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next.
"A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world.” —The Wall Street Journal
From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts.
 
Frankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth century—this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.
Also available: The New Silk Roads, a timely exploration of the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now—as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East.]]>https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C2356277https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C2356277Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2356277980EBOOKA New History of the Worldenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101946336/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=At once provocative and laugh-out-loud funny, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother ignited a global parenting debate with its story of one mother’s journey in strict parenting.
Amy Chua argues that Western parenting tries to respect and nurture children’s individuality, while Chinese parents typically believe that arming children with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence prepares them best for the future. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother chronicles Chua’s iron-willed decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, the Chinese way – and the remarkable, sometimes heartbreaking results her choice inspires. Achingly honest and profoundly challenging, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is one of the most talked-about books of our times.]]>https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C543163https://loutit.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C543163Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://loutit.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/543163980EBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101475454/MC.GIF&client=lakep&type=xw12&oclc=By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize

In 2007, Time magazine named him one of the most influential novelists in the world. He has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. The New York Times Book Review called him simply “a genius.” Now David Mitchell lends fresh credence to The Guardian’s claim that “each of his books seems entirely different from that which preceded it.” The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a stunning departure for this brilliant, restless, and wildly ambitious author, a giant leap forward by even his own high standards. A bold and epic novel of a rarely visited point in history, it is a work as exquisitely rendered as it is irresistibly readable.
The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes, and typhoons comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fiancée back in Holland.
But Jacob’s original intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city’s powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken. The consequences will extend beyond Jacob’s worst imaginings. As one cynical colleague asks, “Who ain’t a gambler in the glorious Orient, with his very life?”
A magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author.
Praise for The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
 
“A page-turner . . . [David] Mitchell’s masterpiece; and also, I am convinced, a masterpiece of our time.”—Richard Eder, The Boston Globe
 
“An achingly romantic story of forbidden love . . . Mitchell’s incredible prose is on stunning display. . . . A novel of ideas, of longing, of good and evil and those who fall somewhere in between [that] confirms Mitchell as one of the more fascinating and fearless writers alive.”—Dave Eggers, The New York Times Book Review
 
“The novelist who’s been showing us the future of fiction has published a classic, old-fashioned tale . . . an epic of sacrificial love, clashing civilizations and enemies who won’t rest until whole family lines have been snuffed out.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
 
“By any standards, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a formidable marvel.”—James Wood, The New Yorker
 
“A beautiful novel, full of life and authenticity, atmosphere and characters that breathe.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR

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