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1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
by Gavin Menzies  Publisher Comments On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas." When the fleet returned home in October 1423, the emperor had fallen,...
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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
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...
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Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
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...
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The Man on Mao's Right: From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China's Foreign Ministry
by Chaozhu Ji Publisher Comments No other narrative from within the corridors of power has offered as frank and intimate an account of the making of the modern Chinese nation as Ji Chaozhu's The Man on Mao's Right, Having served Chairman Mao Zedong and the Communist leadership for two...
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China: Getting Rich First: A Modern Social History
by Duncan Hewitt Publisher Comments An intimate and human portrait of a society living in extraordinary times. Welcome to the new China, a nation in motion—whole streets are rebuilt in a week, car ownership is soaring, rural workers migrate to the cities in search of a better life...
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Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China
by Kang Zhengguo Publisher Comments "A mesmerizing read....A literary work of high distinction."—William Grimes, New York Times This "gripping and poignant memoir" (New York Times Book Review) draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of "...
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China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors
by Frances Wood Publisher Comments Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? China’s First Emperor (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. He gave us the name by which China is known in the West and, by his unification or elimination of six states, he...
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The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars
by Andrew X. Pham Publisher Comments From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars. The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed Andrew Pham’s debut, Catfish and Mandala:...
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Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
by Philip P Pan Publisher Comments From an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and one of the leading China correspondents of his generation comes an eloquent and vivid chronicle of the world's most successful authoritarian state -- a nation undergoing a remarkable...
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In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia
by Ronald Spector Publisher Comments The New York Times said of Ronald H. Spector's classic account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, No future book on the Pacific War will be written without paying due tribute to Eagle Against the Sun. Now Spector has returned...
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Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid Publisher Comments The #1 New York Times bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West. Ahmed Rashid is "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter" (Christopher Hitchens). His unique...
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Approaching Yehud; New Approaches To the Study of the Persian Period.
by Jon L. Berquist Book News Annotation The study of Yehud, the Persian colony that included Jerusalem in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, has led to new knowledge about the holy city at that time. The 12 essays of this volume present new research on Old Testament writings that include Ezra...
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The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the First British Expedition to Tibet
by Kate Teltscher Publisher Comments Touching, humorous, and illuminating, this travelogue takes readers back in time to a remarkable, world-shaping moment. With rich language and the help of a remarkable journal, author Kate Teltscher traces two extraordinary journeys across some of the...
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Great Within 2ND Edition
by May Holdsworth Publisher Comments 'This rich blend of history, anecdotal narrative, biographical portraits and illustrations evokes 500 years of imperial China through the story of its palace, the Forbidden City. It describes the emperor\'s ceremonial life, the stultifying world of his...
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China
by Yann (pht) Layma Publisher Comments No Western photographer is as intimately acquainted with China as Yann Layma, who spent nearly half of his twenty-year career working there. Layma’s reportage of this vast country is extraordinarily complete: he portrays city and country...
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