by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  
Powells.com Staff Pick Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by George Crile Publisher Comments Charlie Wilson's War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
China Peoples Republic 1949 to Present by J Maarten Troost
Powells.com Staff Pick Lost on Planet China is a must-read. The book, like its subject matter, contains multitudes. It's a travel-history-political-business-humor book. Roll Bill Bryson, Daniel Boorstin, and Thomas Friedman together and you get an idea of the scope of Troost's... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your Price $16.06 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
China Revolutionary 1911 to 1949 by Simon Winchester
Powells.com Staff Pick A truly fascinating book. Winchester captures the mood of China during the chaos of WWII and shows just how enormous an endeavor Joseph Needham undertook in writing his scientific history "for an audience already highly prejudiced against China and the... (read more) Your Price $27.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Andrew X Pham
Publisher Comments Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey—a solo bicycle... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Gavin Menzies Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling author of 1421 offers another stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of the European Renaissance to Chinese exploration in the fifteenth century The brilliance of the... (read more) Your Price $22.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Ian Baker Publisher Comments One of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory, "The Heart of the World" is an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on Earth--and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
Indonesia Malaysia and Singapore by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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by Jack Weatherford Publisher Comments The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Loung Ung
Publisher Comments From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. Until the age of five, Lounge Ung... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Chris Rowthorn Publisher Comments Written by a team of Japanese-speaking authors, this updated guide offers unique and expert coverage of such off-the-beaten track destinations as Okinawa and the Southwest Islands. 176 maps.... (read more) Your Price $28.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Arundhati Roy Publisher Comments Just in time for the elections, Arundhati Roy offers us this lucid briefing on what the Bush administration reallymeans when it talks about "compassionate conservativism"and "the war on terror."Roy has characteristic fun in these essays, skewering the... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Arthur Herman
Powells.com Staff Pick An ambitious and masterful work of history, Herman's sweeping narrative details the 40-year rivalry between two incredible figures. Recommended by Chandler, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
Japan Contemporary 1945 to Present by Haruki Murakami Publisher Comments From Haruki Murakami, internationally acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood, a work of literary journalism that is as fascinating as it is necessary, as provocative as it is profound. In March of 1995, agents of a Japanese... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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