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 $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
China Peoples Republic 1949 to Present by Ted C Fishman Publisher Comments China today is visible everywhere -- in the news, in the economic pressures battering the globe, in our workplaces, and in every trip to the store. Provocative, timely, and essential -- and updated with new statistics and information -- this dramatic... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Rory Stewart Publisher Comments In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used 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 $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) List Price $15.95 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used 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) List Price $12.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Rick Steves Publisher Comments Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers how to take the Do-It-Yourself Dresden Baroque Blitz Tour or the Short and Scenic Black Forest Joyride? With Rick Steves’ Germany and Austria 2008, travelers can experience Steves' favorite destinations in... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Inazo Nitobe Synopsis There are eight virtues of Bushido, the code of the samurai: justice, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty, and self-control. These virtues comprise the essence of Japanese cultural beliefs, which are still present today. Inazo... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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 $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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Friday May 9, 2008
Indonesia Malaysia and Singapore by Giles Milton
Publisher Comments A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas. The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored. Yet 370 years ago, Run's... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Ian Baker Synopsis The Heart of the World recounts an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of beyul, or mystical sanctuaries, lies at the... (read more) Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Gavin Menzies
Publisher Comments On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. When... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Sheridan Prasso Publisher Comments Few Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, dangerous, and mysterious. Despite — and because of — centuries of East-West interaction, the stereotypes of Western... (read more) List Price $18.50 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your Price $21.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by William Dalrymple Publisher Comments In this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment in history. The last Mughal emperor, Zafar, came to the... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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