Témata Seznamy Trendy Nové
Zahájit zkušební období
EnglishEnglish
EspañolSpanish
简体中文Chinese
繁體中文Chinese (Traditional)
FrançaisFrench
DeutschGerman
日本語Japanese
PortuguêsPortuguese
ItalianoItalian
한국어Korean
РусскийRussian
NederlandsDutch
العربيةArabic
PolskiPolish
हिन्दीHindi
Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
SvenskaSwedish
ΕλληνικάGreek
TürkçeTurkish
ไทยThai
ČeštinaCzech
RomânăRomanian
MagyarHungarian
УкраїнськаUkrainian
IndonesiaIndonesian
DanskDanish
SuomiFinnish
БългарскиBulgarian
עבריתHebrew
NorskNorwegian
HrvatskiCroatian
CatalàCatalan
SlovenčinaSlovak
LietuviųLithuanian
SlovenščinaSlovenian
СрпскиSerbian
EestiEstonian
LatviešuLatvian
فارسیPersian
മലയാളംMalayalam
தமிழ்Tamil
اردوUrdu
SoBrief

Asie

Prastaré tradice a moderní ambice se střetávají na nejlidnatějším kontinentu světa, kde staletí staré kultury formují inovace a mocenskou dynamiku zítřka. Najdete zde rozsáhlá vyprávění o ekonomické transformaci, intimní portréty společenských změn a hluboké sondy do sil, které určují klíčovou roli Asie v jednadvacátém století.

Asie Shrnutí knih

To Live
od Yu Hua
A Chinese heir loses the family fortune to crooked dice, then outlives everyone he loves.
4.32
26 000+
📜 Modern Chinese History🌾 Rural China💔 Quiet Devastation📚 Family Saga👴 Old Man Narrator
To Live Shrnutí
Imerzivní
To Live
A Chinese heir loses the family fortune to crooked dice, then outlives everyone he loves.
od Yu Hua 1992 250 stran
4.32
26 000+ hodnocení
📜 Modern Chinese History🌾 Rural China💔 Quiet Devastation📚 Family Saga👴 Old Man Narrator
Pakistan
od Anatol Lieven • 2011
Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.
4.12
2 000+
🗳️ South Asian Politics👥 Kinship Politics💬 Failed State Debate🪖 Military And Politics🔬 Political Anthropology
Pakistan Shrnutí
Imerzivní
Pakistan
Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.
od Anatol Lieven 2011 592 stran
4.12
2 000+ hodnocení
🗳️ South Asian Politics👥 Kinship Politics💬 Failed State Debate🪖 Military And Politics🔬 Political Anthropology
The Jakarta Method
od Vincent Bevins • 2020
Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.
4.61
18 000+
📚 Cold War History🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🔴 Anticommunism⚡ State Violence🕵️ Covert Operations
The Jakarta Method Shrnutí
Imerzivní
The Jakarta Method
Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.
od Vincent Bevins 2020 320 stran
4.61
18 000+ hodnocení
📚 Cold War History🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🔴 Anticommunism⚡ State Violence🕵️ Covert Operations
AI Superpowers
od Kai-Fu Lee • 2018
China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.
4.09
16 000+
🤖 Ai And Automation🇨🇳 Chinese Technology🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry💼 Job Displacement🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration
AI Superpowers Shrnutí
AI Superpowers
China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.
od Kai-Fu Lee 2018 275 stran
4.09
16 000+ hodnocení
🤖 Ai And Automation🇨🇳 Chinese Technology🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry💼 Job Displacement🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration
I Am Malala
od Malala Yousafzai • 2012
At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.
4.16
600 000+
🏫 Girls Education⚔️ Taliban Rule📢 Education Activism🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond
I Am Malala Shrnutí
I Am Malala
At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.
od Malala Yousafzai 2012 328 stran
4.16
600 000+ hodnocení
🏫 Girls Education⚔️ Taliban Rule📢 Education Activism🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond
From Third World to First
od Lee Kuan Yew • 2000
No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.
4.46
4 000+
🇧🇧 Nation-Building🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism🇵🇸 Postcolonial States🇸🇬 Singapore Model🏆 Meritocracy
From Third World to First Shrnutí
From Third World to First
No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.
od Lee Kuan Yew 2000 752 stran
4.46
4 000+ hodnocení
🇧🇧 Nation-Building🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism🇵🇸 Postcolonial States🇸🇬 Singapore Model🏆 Meritocracy
The Silk Roads
od Peter Frankopan • 2015
History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.
4.17
49 000+
🌍 World History🏔️ Central Asian History🐫 Trade Routes🌏 East-West Exchange🏛️ Empire Building
The Silk Roads Shrnutí
The Silk Roads
History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.
od Peter Frankopan 2015 656 stran
4.17
49 000+ hodnocení
🌍 World History🏔️ Central Asian History🐫 Trade Routes🌏 East-West Exchange🏛️ Empire Building
Mandle
od Sohn Won-Pyung • 2017
A Korean boy unable to feel loses his family. A violent stranger becomes his only companion.
4.14
100 000+
🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist🤝 Unlikely Friendship🏠 Found Family🕊️ Orphaned Protagonist🌱 Grief And Healing
Mandle Shrnutí
Mandle
A Korean boy unable to feel loses his family. A violent stranger becomes his only companion.
od Sohn Won-Pyung 2017 272 stran
4.14
100 000+ hodnocení
🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist🤝 Unlikely Friendship🏠 Found Family🕊️ Orphaned Protagonist🌱 Grief And Healing
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
od Natsu Hyuuga • 2019
Sold into the imperial harem, an apothecary becomes a food taster and poison detective to survive.
4.55
5 000+
👑 Court Intrigue🩺 Medical Mystery🔥 Slow Burn Romance🌿 Apothecary Heroine💔 Forbidden Romance
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Shrnutí
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Sold into the imperial harem, an apothecary becomes a food taster and poison detective to survive.
od Natsu Hyuuga 2019 275 stran
4.55
5 000+ hodnocení
👑 Court Intrigue🩺 Medical Mystery🔥 Slow Burn Romance🌿 Apothecary Heroine💔 Forbidden Romance
Vegetariánka
od Han Kang • 2007
A Seoul wife quits meat. Her family fights for her body. She has begun to leave it.
3.65
400 000+
🩸 Body Horror🧠 Psychological Horror✊ Bodily Autonomy🎨 Artistic Obsession🥗 Food Refusal
Vegetariánka Shrnutí
Vegetariánka
A Seoul wife quits meat. Her family fights for her body. She has begun to leave it.
od Han Kang 2007 158 stran
3.65
400 000+ hodnocení
🩸 Body Horror🧠 Psychological Horror✊ Bodily Autonomy🎨 Artistic Obsession🥗 Food Refusal
Bushido
od Inazō Nitobe • 1899
An unwritten samurai code, not scripture, built Japan's conscience, and it is not finished yet.
3.83
10 000+
🗡️ Samurai Ethics🎋 Japanese Philosophy⚔️ Warrior Codes🏛️ Virtue Ethics🏯 Feudal Japan
Bushido Shrnutí
Bushido
An unwritten samurai code, not scripture, built Japan's conscience, and it is not finished yet.
od Inazō Nitobe 1899 120 stran
3.83
10 000+ hodnocení
🗡️ Samurai Ethics🎋 Japanese Philosophy⚔️ Warrior Codes🏛️ Virtue Ethics🏯 Feudal Japan
The Way of Zen
od Alan W. Watts • 2011
Zen claims truth cannot be spoken. Watts explains the philosophy, history, and practices anyway.
4.16
23 000+
🧘 Zen Buddhism📜 Eastern Philosophy☯️ Taoism🕉️ Mahayana Buddhism☝️ Non-Duality
The Way of Zen Shrnutí
The Way of Zen
Zen claims truth cannot be spoken. Watts explains the philosophy, history, and practices anyway.
od Alan W. Watts 2011 256 stran
4.16
23 000+ hodnocení
🧘 Zen Buddhism📜 Eastern Philosophy☯️ Taoism🕉️ Mahayana Buddhism☝️ Non-Duality
The Baburnama
od Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur • 1531
A Central Asian king conquered the land he hated and wrote it all down.
3.95
500+
👑 Mughal Empire🏔️ Central Asian History📜 Medieval Memoir⚔️ Conquest Narrative🐫 Timurid Dynasty
The Baburnama Shrnutí
The Baburnama
A Central Asian king conquered the land he hated and wrote it all down.
od Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531 608 stran
3.95
500+ hodnocení
👑 Mughal Empire🏔️ Central Asian History📜 Medieval Memoir⚔️ Conquest Narrative🐫 Timurid Dynasty
India After Gandhi
od Ramachandra Guha • 2007
Born in chaos and dismissed as ungovernable, India became the world's largest democracy.
4.39
18 000+
🇮🇳 Indian History🏛️ Postcolonial History🏗️ Nation Building🗳️ Democratic Endurance💔 Partition History
India After Gandhi Shrnutí
India After Gandhi
Born in chaos and dismissed as ungovernable, India became the world's largest democracy.
od Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 stran
4.39
18 000+ hodnocení
🇮🇳 Indian History🏛️ Postcolonial History🏗️ Nation Building🗳️ Democratic Endurance💔 Partition History
Destiny Disrupted
od Tamim Ansary • 2009
For centuries, Muslim empires were the center of the world. Then the story got rewritten.
4.40
13 000+
🕌 Islamic History📖 Narrative History🔄 Counter-Narrative✨ Islamic Golden Age🏛️ Colonialism And Empire
Destiny Disrupted Shrnutí
Destiny Disrupted
For centuries, Muslim empires were the center of the world. Then the story got rewritten.
od Tamim Ansary 2009 390 stran
4.40
13 000+ hodnocení
🕌 Islamic History📖 Narrative History🔄 Counter-Narrative✨ Islamic Golden Age🏛️ Colonialism And Empire
History of Modern India
od Bipan Chandra • 2009
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
4.08
2 000+
🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism✊ Anti-Colonialism📜 Modern Indian History
History of Modern India Shrnutí
History of Modern India
From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.
od Bipan Chandra 2009 352 stran
4.08
2 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Colonial India🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Economic Imperialism✊ Anti-Colonialism📜 Modern Indian History
In Order to Live
od Yeonmi Park • 2015
Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.
4.48
100 000+
🏃 North Korean Defectors🔗 Human Trafficking🚫 Life Under Dictatorship🌏 Cultural Assimilation📚 Education As Liberation
In Order to Live Shrnutí
In Order to Live
Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.
od Yeonmi Park 2015 273 stran
4.48
100 000+ hodnocení
🏃 North Korean Defectors🔗 Human Trafficking🚫 Life Under Dictatorship🌏 Cultural Assimilation📚 Education As Liberation
Medieval India
od Satish Chandra • 1997
The Mughal Empire: built by cannons, held by tolerance, broken by orthodoxy. Two centuries, one arc.
3.97
351
🕌 Mughal Empire🏰 Medieval India👑 Imperial History📜 Dynastic History☪️ Indo-Islamic History
Medieval India Shrnutí
Medieval India
The Mughal Empire: built by cannons, held by tolerance, broken by orthodoxy. Two centuries, one arc.
od Satish Chandra 1997 550 stran
3.97
351 hodnocení
🕌 Mughal Empire🏰 Medieval India👑 Imperial History📜 Dynastic History☪️ Indo-Islamic History
The Singapore Story
od Lee Kuan Yew • 1998
To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.
4.29
3 000+
🌏 Southeast Asia📜 Decolonization🏗️ Nation Building📖 Political Memoir🛡️ Anti-Communism
The Singapore Story Shrnutí
The Singapore Story
To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.
od Lee Kuan Yew 1998 680 stran
4.29
3 000+ hodnocení
🌏 Southeast Asia📜 Decolonization🏗️ Nation Building📖 Political Memoir🛡️ Anti-Communism
Rosarita
od Anita Desai • 2024
She came to Mexico to study. A stranger claims her mother did the same, decades ago.
3.16
4 000+
🖤 Absent Mother🃏 Unreliable Storyteller🤫 Family Silences🔍 Search For Origins🚂 Partition Echoes
Rosarita Shrnutí
Rosarita
She came to Mexico to study. A stranger claims her mother did the same, decades ago.
od Anita Desai 2024 112 stran
3.16
4 000+ hodnocení
🖤 Absent Mother🃏 Unreliable Storyteller🤫 Family Silences🔍 Search For Origins🚂 Partition Echoes
Q & A
od Vikas Swarup • 2005
After winning a fortune on a quiz show, a penniless waiter must defend his impossible knowledge.
4.03
39 000+
🪙 Rags To Riches🧒 Orphan Protagonist👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family🎭 Dark Comedy🇮🇳 Contemporary India
Q & A Shrnutí
Q & A
After winning a fortune on a quiz show, a penniless waiter must defend his impossible knowledge.
od Vikas Swarup 2005 318 stran
4.03
39 000+ hodnocení
🪙 Rags To Riches🧒 Orphan Protagonist👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family🎭 Dark Comedy🇮🇳 Contemporary India
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
od Jack Weatherford • 2010
Genghis Khan's daughters held the Silk Road. The sons buried them; a widow rebuilt the empire.
3.93
4 000+
🏹 Mongol Empire🐪 Silk Road👑 Women Rulers⚔️ Warrior Women📜 Erased History
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Shrnutí
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
Genghis Khan's daughters held the Silk Road. The sons buried them; a widow rebuilt the empire.
od Jack Weatherford 2010 352 stran
3.93
4 000+ hodnocení
🏹 Mongol Empire🐪 Silk Road👑 Women Rulers⚔️ Warrior Women📜 Erased History
Greek Lessons
od Han Kang • 2011
A woman silenced by trauma joins a Greek class taught by a man losing his sight.
3.60
49 000+
🖋️ Korean Literary Fiction🫥 Sensory Loss💞 Wordless Bond🌫️ Melancholy🧘 Meditative Pace
Greek Lessons Shrnutí
Greek Lessons
A woman silenced by trauma joins a Greek class taught by a man losing his sight.
od Han Kang 2011 192 stran
3.60
49 000+ hodnocení
🖋️ Korean Literary Fiction🫥 Sensory Loss💞 Wordless Bond🌫️ Melancholy🧘 Meditative Pace
Pachinko
od Min Jin Lee • 2017
Abandoned and pregnant, Sunja weds a minister. In Japan, her family fights a century to belong.
4.34
600 000+
🏠 Multigenerational Saga🇰🇷 Korean Diaspora🤫 Secret Parentage💔 Forbidden Love🪷 Quiet Resilience
Pachinko Shrnutí
Pachinko
Abandoned and pregnant, Sunja weds a minister. In Japan, her family fights a century to belong.
od Min Jin Lee 2017 496 stran
4.34
600 000+ hodnocení
🏠 Multigenerational Saga🇰🇷 Korean Diaspora🤫 Secret Parentage💔 Forbidden Love🪷 Quiet Resilience
I Am Malala
od Malala Yousafzai • 2014
A Pakistani schoolgirl's blog angered the Taliban. They answered with a bullet on her school bus.
4.34
36 000+
📚 Girls' Education✊ Youth Activism🚫 Taliban Oppression💪 Feminist Activism🌍 Global Education
I Am Malala Shrnutí
I Am Malala
A Pakistani schoolgirl's blog angered the Taliban. They answered with a bullet on her school bus.
od Malala Yousafzai 2014 230 stran
4.34
36 000+ hodnocení
📚 Girls' Education✊ Youth Activism🚫 Taliban Oppression💪 Feminist Activism🌍 Global Education
Sympatizant
od Viet Thanh Nguyen • 2015
A communist spy in Saigon's army follows his general to America and a brewing counter-revolution.
4.01
100 000+
🕵️ Double Agent🎭 Unreliable Narrator🖤 Dark Satire✍️ Confessional Voice🌏 Postwar Diaspora
Sympatizant Shrnutí
Sympatizant
A communist spy in Saigon's army follows his general to America and a brewing counter-revolution.
od Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 384 stran
4.01
100 000+ hodnocení
🕵️ Double Agent🎭 Unreliable Narrator🖤 Dark Satire✍️ Confessional Voice🌏 Postwar Diaspora
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
od Keigo Higashino • 2019
Three thieves hiding in an abandoned shop discover they can mail advice to the past.
4.4
44 000+
✉️ Letters Across Time🔗 Interconnected Lives🏪 Small-Town Japan💭 Unlikely Counselors🤝 Found Family
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store Shrnutí
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Three thieves hiding in an abandoned shop discover they can mail advice to the past.
od Keigo Higashino 2019 320 stran
4.4
44 000+ hodnocení
✉️ Letters Across Time🔗 Interconnected Lives🏪 Small-Town Japan💭 Unlikely Counselors🤝 Found Family
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world
od S. Jaishankar • 2020
India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.
3.92
1 000+
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌏 Asian Geopolitics🇨🇳 China India Relations🌊 Indo Pacific Geopolitics⚖️ Balance Of Power
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world Shrnutí
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world
India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.
od S. Jaishankar 2020 240 stran
3.92
1 000+ hodnocení
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌏 Asian Geopolitics🇨🇳 China India Relations🌊 Indo Pacific Geopolitics⚖️ Balance Of Power
Kruh žen Lady Tan
od Lisa See • 2023
In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.
4.35
200 000+
📜 Real Historical Figure👩‍⚕️ Female Physician🤝 Cross-Class Friendship👯 Female Solidarity🔍 Family Secrets
Kruh žen Lady Tan Shrnutí
Kruh žen Lady Tan
In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.
od Lisa See 2023 352 stran
4.35
200 000+ hodnocení
📜 Real Historical Figure👩‍⚕️ Female Physician🤝 Cross-Class Friendship👯 Female Solidarity🔍 Family Secrets
The Home and the World
od Rabindranath Tagore • 1916
A colonial Bengali wife falls for a nationalist leader; her principled husband refuses to stop her.
3.83
6 000+
🏛️ Colonial Bengal💔 Love Triangle🌸 Female Awakening⚖️ Torn Loyalties💍 Marriage Under Strain
The Home and the World Shrnutí
The Home and the World
A colonial Bengali wife falls for a nationalist leader; her principled husband refuses to stop her.
od Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 stran
3.83
6 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Colonial Bengal💔 Love Triangle🌸 Female Awakening⚖️ Torn Loyalties💍 Marriage Under Strain
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
od Wu Cheng'en • 1980
A stone-born monkey rebels against heaven, then guards a monk journeying west for sacred scriptures.
4.26
2 000+
🐒 Trickster Hero🌩️ Celestial Rebellion🛕 Buddhist Pilgrimage🦋 Transformation Magic🏯 Ancient China
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Shrnutí
The Journey to the West, Volume 1
A stone-born monkey rebels against heaven, then guards a monk journeying west for sacred scriptures.
od Wu Cheng'en 1980 544 stran
4.26
2 000+ hodnocení
🐒 Trickster Hero🌩️ Celestial Rebellion🛕 Buddhist Pilgrimage🦋 Transformation Magic🏯 Ancient China
The Japanese Mind
od Roger J. Davies • 2002
Japan runs on unwritten rules. Twelve everyday concepts reveal the logic beneath the surface.
3.72
1 000+
🗾 Japanese Society🌏 Cross-Cultural🤫 Indirect Communication🎁 Social Obligation🎋 Japanese Aesthetics
The Japanese Mind Shrnutí
The Japanese Mind
Japan runs on unwritten rules. Twelve everyday concepts reveal the logic beneath the surface.
od Roger J. Davies 2002 280 stran
3.72
1 000+ hodnocení
🗾 Japanese Society🌏 Cross-Cultural🤫 Indirect Communication🎁 Social Obligation🎋 Japanese Aesthetics
Heaven
od Mieko Kawakami • 2009
Two outcasts pass secret notes in class, building a hidden world that feels like the only salvation.
3.78
91 000+
🖊️ Epistolary Friendship🤝 Outsider Solidarity✊ Bullying Survivor🌱 Quiet Resilience🏫 School Cruelty
Heaven Shrnutí
Heaven
Two outcasts pass secret notes in class, building a hidden world that feels like the only salvation.
od Mieko Kawakami 2009 192 stran
3.78
91 000+ hodnocení
🖊️ Epistolary Friendship🤝 Outsider Solidarity✊ Bullying Survivor🌱 Quiet Resilience🏫 School Cruelty
Ostrov mořských žen
od Lisa See • 2019
Two haenyeo divers share a bond deeper than the sea until a massacre tears them apart.
4.32
100 000+
🧜‍♀️ Haenyeo Divers💔 Broken Friendship🕯️ Political Massacre👩‍👩‍👧 Matrifocal Culture🌱 Generational Healing
Ostrov mořských žen Shrnutí
Ostrov mořských žen
Two haenyeo divers share a bond deeper than the sea until a massacre tears them apart.
od Lisa See 2019 374 stran
4.32
100 000+ hodnocení
🧜‍♀️ Haenyeo Divers💔 Broken Friendship🕯️ Political Massacre👩‍👩‍👧 Matrifocal Culture🌱 Generational Healing
The Sound of Waves
od Yukio Mishima • 1954
A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.
3.77
24 000+
🐚 Pastoral Romance💙 Class Divide Romance⚔️ Rival Suitor✨ Lyrical Prose🌊 Gentle Romance
The Sound of Waves Shrnutí
The Sound of Waves
A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.
od Yukio Mishima 1954 183 stran
3.77
24 000+ hodnocení
🐚 Pastoral Romance💙 Class Divide Romance⚔️ Rival Suitor✨ Lyrical Prose🌊 Gentle Romance
From Plassey to Partition
od Sekhar Bandyopadhyay • 2004
Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.
4.20
1 000+
🇮🇳 Modern Indian History🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Colonial Economies✊ Nationalist Movements💔 Partition Of India
From Plassey to Partition Shrnutí
From Plassey to Partition
Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.
od Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004 523 stran
4.20
1 000+ hodnocení
🇮🇳 Modern Indian History🇬🇧 British Empire💰 Colonial Economies✊ Nationalist Movements💔 Partition Of India
The Lover
od Marguerite Duras • 1984
A French girl, a Chinese millionaire, and a colonial affair that becomes her lifelong wound.
3.70
75 000+
📖 Autofiction🇫🇷 French Colonialism💰 Transactional Desire💔 Age Gap Romance🌸 Sexual Awakening
The Lover Shrnutí
The Lover
A French girl, a Chinese millionaire, and a colonial affair that becomes her lifelong wound.
od Marguerite Duras 1984 117 stran
3.70
75 000+ hodnocení
📖 Autofiction🇫🇷 French Colonialism💰 Transactional Desire💔 Age Gap Romance🌸 Sexual Awakening
Red Scarf Girl
od Ji-li Jiang • 1997
A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.
3.80
17 000+
🇨🇳 Chinese History🏮 Cultural Revolution🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir⚖️ Political Persecution🕊️ Loss Of Innocence
Red Scarf Girl Shrnutí
Red Scarf Girl
A Shanghai schoolgirl's life shatters when she discovers her family is branded a class enemy.
od Ji-li Jiang 1997 285 stran
3.80
17 000+ hodnocení
🇨🇳 Chinese History🏮 Cultural Revolution🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir⚖️ Political Persecution🕊️ Loss Of Innocence
The Housekeeper and the Professor
od Yōko Ogawa • 2005
A housekeeper and her son become family to a mathematician who forgets them each morning.
4.05
99 000+
📐 Mathematics In Fiction🫂 Found Family👴👦 Intergenerational Bond🧠 Living With Amnesia🍂 Bittersweet
The Housekeeper and the Professor Shrnutí
The Housekeeper and the Professor
A housekeeper and her son become family to a mathematician who forgets them each morning.
od Yōko Ogawa 2005 180 stran
4.05
99 000+ hodnocení
📐 Mathematics In Fiction🫂 Found Family👴👦 Intergenerational Bond🧠 Living With Amnesia🍂 Bittersweet
Kokoro
od Natsume Sōseki • 1914
A Tokyo student obsesses over a reclusive older man whose silence guards a confession of betrayal.
4.04
43 000+
🧠 Psychological Novel📜 Japanese Classic🎓 Mentor Student Bond💔 Love Triangle✍️ Confessional Narrative
Kokoro Shrnutí
Kokoro
A Tokyo student obsesses over a reclusive older man whose silence guards a confession of betrayal.
od Natsume Sōseki 1914 256 stran
4.04
43 000+ hodnocení
🧠 Psychological Novel📜 Japanese Classic🎓 Mentor Student Bond💔 Love Triangle✍️ Confessional Narrative
Co hledáte, najdete v knihovně
od Michiko Aoyama • 2020
A Tokyo librarian helps five lost souls find new direction with unexpected gifts and curated books.
4.03
100 000+
🗼 Everyday Tokyo🏢 Career Crossroads📚 Library As Sanctuary🧶 Wise Mentor🎨 Rediscovering Art
Co hledáte, najdete v knihovně Shrnutí
Co hledáte, najdete v knihovně
A Tokyo librarian helps five lost souls find new direction with unexpected gifts and curated books.
od Michiko Aoyama 2020 304 stran
4.03
100 000+ hodnocení
🗼 Everyday Tokyo🏢 Career Crossroads📚 Library As Sanctuary🧶 Wise Mentor🎨 Rediscovering Art
First They Killed My Father
od Loung Ung • 2000
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
4.36
55 000+
💀 Cambodian Genocide🪖 War Memoir👧 Child Survivor🕯️ Genocide Testimony💔 Family Separation
First They Killed My Father Shrnutí
First They Killed My Father
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
od Loung Ung 2000 288 stran
4.36
55 000+ hodnocení
💀 Cambodian Genocide🪖 War Memoir👧 Child Survivor🕯️ Genocide Testimony💔 Family Separation
Persian Fire
od Tom Holland • 2005
An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.
4.17
11 000+
🏛️ Ancient History🦁 Persian Empire🏺 Ancient Greece⚔️ Greco-Persian Wars🗡️ Military History
Persian Fire Shrnutí
Persian Fire
An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.
od Tom Holland 2005 447 stran
4.17
11 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Ancient History🦁 Persian Empire🏺 Ancient Greece⚔️ Greco-Persian Wars🗡️ Military History
Chinese Cinderella
od Adeline Yen Mah • 1999
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
4.08
41 000+
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect📚 Academic Refuge👧 Motherless Daughters
Chinese Cinderella Shrnutí
Chinese Cinderella
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
od Adeline Yen Mah 1999 205 stran
4.08
41 000+ hodnocení
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect📚 Academic Refuge👧 Motherless Daughters
The Long Game
od Rush Doshi • 2021
A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.
4.03
1 000+
🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy♟️ Grand Strategy⚖️ Hegemonic Transition🧿 Offensive Realism📊 Economic Statecraft
The Long Game Shrnutí
The Long Game
A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.
od Rush Doshi 2021 432 stran
4.03
1 000+ hodnocení
🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy♟️ Grand Strategy⚖️ Hegemonic Transition🧿 Offensive Realism📊 Economic Statecraft
The Anarchy
od William Dalrymple • 2019
A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.
4.20
19 000+
📜 Colonial History🏢 Corporate History💰 Economic Plunder⚔️ Mercenary Armies📉 Corporate Malfeasance
The Anarchy Shrnutí
The Anarchy
A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.
od William Dalrymple 2019 544 stran
4.20
19 000+ hodnocení
📜 Colonial History🏢 Corporate History💰 Economic Plunder⚔️ Mercenary Armies📉 Corporate Malfeasance
Life for Sale
od Yukio Mishima • 1968
After a failed suicide, a copywriter sells his life. His first client: seduce a wife.
3.70
15 000+
💀 Existential Crisis🌌 Surreal Journey🎭 Dark Satire💰 Human Commodity🩸 Blood Bond
Life for Sale Shrnutí
Life for Sale
After a failed suicide, a copywriter sells his life. His first client: seduce a wife.
od Yukio Mishima 1968 192 stran
3.70
15 000+ hodnocení
💀 Existential Crisis🌌 Surreal Journey🎭 Dark Satire💰 Human Commodity🩸 Blood Bond
The Beautiful Tree
od Dharampal • 1983
Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.
4.38
184
🏛️ Colonial Education🌿 Indigenous Knowledge📚 Caste And Education🇬🇧 British Raj Education🌍 Cultural Imperialism
The Beautiful Tree Shrnutí
The Beautiful Tree
Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.
od Dharampal 1983 436 stran
4.38
184 hodnocení
🏛️ Colonial Education🌿 Indigenous Knowledge📚 Caste And Education🇬🇧 British Raj Education🌍 Cultural Imperialism
India that is Bharat
od J. Sai Deepak • 2021
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
4.42
1 000+
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought🏛️ Cultural Imperialism🌐 Eurocentrism Critique
India that is Bharat Shrnutí
India that is Bharat
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
od J. Sai Deepak 2021 472 stran
4.42
1 000+ hodnocení
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought🏛️ Cultural Imperialism🌐 Eurocentrism Critique
The Dream of the Red Chamber
od Cao Xueqin • 1791
A jade-born youth drifts through poetry and passion while his noble family slides toward ruin.
3.54
220
🏯 Family Saga🏚️ Declining Aristocracy💔 Love Triangle💭 Unspoken Love🌧️ Melancholic
The Dream of the Red Chamber Shrnutí
The Dream of the Red Chamber
A jade-born youth drifts through poetry and passion while his noble family slides toward ruin.
od Cao Xueqin 1791 966 stran
3.54
220 hodnocení
🏯 Family Saga🏚️ Declining Aristocracy💔 Love Triangle💭 Unspoken Love🌧️ Melancholic
Home
Search
Swipe
Library
Get App
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
📖 Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
 —
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📜 Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
 —
📥 Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
 —
Risk-Free Timeline
Dnes: Získejte okamžitý přístup
Poslouchejte celá shrnutí více než 26 000 knih. To je přes 12 000 hodin audia!
Den 2: Připomínka zkušební verze
Pošleme vám upozornění, že vaše zkušební období brzy končí.
Den 3: Začíná vaše předplatné
Platba vám bude stržena Jul 27,
můžete kdykoli předtím zrušit.
Consume 2.8× More Books
2.8× more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
— Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
— Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
— Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Unlock a world of fiction & nonfiction books
26,000+ books for the price of 2 books
Read any book in 10 minutes
Discover new books like Tinder
Request any book if it's not summarized
Read more books than anyone you know
#1 app for book lovers
Lifelike & immersive summaries
30-day money-back guarantee
Download summaries in EPUBs or PDFs
Cancel anytime in a few clicks
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel