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Pakistan
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
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In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an... (read more)

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    Magic and Mystery in Tibet

    Alexandr David Neel
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    A Grand Tour of Asia

    Hania Tallmadge
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    Imperial China 900-1800

    Frederick W Mote
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Afghanistan
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The Places In Between
The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart
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In January 2002, Rory Stewart survived a walk across Afghanistan by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. In this memoir, he writes about heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers... (read more)

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China Revolutionary 1911 to 1949
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
by Simon Winchester
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In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—Time) brings to life the... (read more)

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China Peoples Republic 1949 to Present
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China Road: a Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power (07 Edition)
China Road: a Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power (07 Edition)
by Rob Gifford
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Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The... (read more)

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China Mao Tse Tung
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Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang
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Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before — and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him — this is the most authoritative life of Mao... (read more)

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Central Asia
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Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
by Peter Hopkirk
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THE GREATGAME: THE EPIC STORY BEHIND TODAY'S HEADLINES Peter Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asoa has been hailed as essential reading with that era's legacy playing itself out today. The Great Game... (read more)

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India British
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Soldier Sahibs: The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier
Soldier Sahibs: The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier
by Charles Allen
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A colourful piece of narrative history which describes the military achievements of a band of men who fought on the North West frontier to defend British interests in India in the mid-nineteenth century. Allen weaves their individual stories into a true... (read more)

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Vietnam
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Ho
Ho
by David Halberstam
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One of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, Ho Chi Minh was founder of the Indochina Communist Party and its successor, the Viet-Minh, and was president from 1945 to 1969 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). In... (read more)

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The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama
The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama
by Thomas Laird
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The Story of Tibet is a work of monumental importance, a fascinating journey through the land and history of Tibet, with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama as guide. Over the course of three years, journalist Thomas Laird spent more than sixty hours... (read more)

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Planet India : Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of Our World (07 Edition)
Planet India : Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of Our World (07 Edition)
by Mira Kamdar
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India is everywhere: on magazine covers and cinema marquees, at the gym and in the kitchen, in corporate boardrooms and on Capitol Hill. Through incisive reportage and illuminating analysis, Mira Kamdar explores India's astonishing transformation from a... (read more)

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