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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French Publisher Comments In the last days of old Peking, where anything goes, can a murderer escape justice? Peking in 1937 is a heady mix of privilege and scandal, opulence and opium dens, rumors and superstition. The Japanese are encircling the city, and the discovery of... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo Publisher Comments From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea, is a man who has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But, as Jon Krakauer... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Saudi Arabia (Middle East in Focus) by Sherifa Zuhur Publisher Comments In this comprehensive introduction to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, author Sherifa Zuhur reveals the fascinating people, culture, politics, and economic development of the largest Arab country of the Middle East. The book provides a detailed summary of... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $67.00 New - Hardcover
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth by James W. Douglass Publisher Comments In 1948, at the dawn of his country's independence, Mohandas Gandhi, father of the Indian independence movement and a beloved prophet of nonviolence, was assassinated by Hindu nationalists. In riveting detail, author James W. Douglass shows as he... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Genghis Khan and Making of Modern World (04 Edition) by Jack Weatherford Publisher Comments The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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India Becoming: A Portrait of Life in Modern India by Akash Kapur Publisher Comments A portrait of incredible change and economic development, of social and national transformation told through individual lives The son of an Indian father and an American mother, Akash Kapur spent his formative years in India and his early adulthood in... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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