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Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China by Susan Brownell Publisher Comments Click here to see an article on Beijing's Games and Susan Brownell in the Wall Street Journal. Why is hosting the Olympic Games so important to China? What is the significance of a quintessential symbol of Western civilization taking place in the heart... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $24.01 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Vishnu's Crowded Temple by Maria Misra Publisher Comments As it enters its sixtieth year of independence, India stands on the threshold of superpower status. Yet India is strikingly different from all other global colossi. While it is the world’s most populous democracy and enjoys the benefits of its... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $22.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan by Ben Macintyre Publisher Comments The Riveting Account of the American Who Inspired Kipling's Classic Tale and the John Huston Movie In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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China: Contemporary Political, Economic, and International Affairs by David Denoon Publisher Comments Chinas dramatic transformation over the past fifteen years has drawn its share of attention and fear from the global community and world leaders. Far from the inward-looking days of the Cultural Revolution, modern China today is the worlds fourth largest... (read more) List Price $16.80 Your price: $16.17 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Sino-Soviet Split by Lorenz M. Lüthi Publisher Comments A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the international communist movement apart. InThe Sino-Soviet Split, Lorenz L thi tells... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $29.24 Google eBooks - Electronic
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External Trade Bulletin of the ESCWA Region by United Nations Publisher Comments This is the 11th issue of this bulletin which offers a wide selection of trade data regarding countries in the ESCWA region. It is divided in three sections containing: summary tables on overall trade, trends and share of the region in total world trade,... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution by Jiaqi Yan Publisher Comments The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution occurred in the second decade after Mao Zedong and his comrades came to power in 1949. A comprehensive narrative account of this colossal event, written by Yan Jiaqi, one of the principal leaders of China's pro... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $44.38 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Mao's People: Sixteen Portraits of Life in Revolutionary China by B. Michael Frolic Publisher Comments "How do we apply Chairman Mao's Thought to get fat pigs?" Squad Leader Ho (who knew the most about pigs) replied that, according to Chairman Mao, one must investigate the problem fully from all sides, and then integrate practice and theory. Ho concluded... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $23.03 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Silk Weavers of Kyoto: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry by Tamara K. Hareven Publisher Comments Silk Weavers examines the family and work patterns of manufacturers and weavers engaged in the production of luxury silks and brocades for Kimono in Nishijin, Japan's historic weaving district in Kyoto.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $25.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang Publisher Comments “Ever since the spectacular success of Chang’s Wild Swans we have waited impatiently for her to complete with her husband this monumental study of China’s most notorious modern leader. The expectation has been that she would rewrite modern Chinese... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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To the Islands by Paul Battersby Publisher Comments To the Islands offers a unique perspective on the evolution of economic, social and political interconnections between Australia and its island region spanning two centuries, from the early years of British colonization to the present day. The book... (read more) List Price $30.99 Your price: $27.50 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West by Benazir Bhutto Publisher Comments Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack that killed nearly two hundred of her countrymen. But she... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Household Welfare and Vietnam's Transition by David Dollar Publisher Comments Vietnam's rapid growth has transformed the country, reducing poverty from about 75 percent of the population to about 50 percent. At the same time, its transition from a planned to a market economy has created new challenges for public policy in a wide... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.18 Google eBooks - Electronic
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India: A Wounded Civilization by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul Publisher Comments A series of personal encounters throughout Indira Gandhi's India clearly reveals the overwhelming problems and agonies of the nation torn by overpopulation, poverty, and dissent. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying by Bingying Xie Publisher Comments The author shares her life story, including her childhood attempts to receive an education, her experiences as a soldier, and her later accomplishments as a writer.... (read more) Your price: $28.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Somewhere inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling Publisher Comments On March 17, 2009, Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were working on a documentary about North Korean defectors who were fleeing the desperate conditions in their homeland. While filming on the Chinese–North Korean border, they were chased down by... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Blood on the Lens by Jim Burroughs Publisher Comments Murder is an effective way to gain power over others. Kill its leaders, and a country can be yours. Kill the people or ruthlessly intimidate them, and you can control their territory. Kill the journalists-or the story-and the truth of what is happening... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $24.41 Google eBooks - Electronic
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On the Margins of Japanese Society by Carolyn S. Stevens Publisher Comments Japan is regarded as a society that provides "cradle to grave" security to those who conform to its standards. Carolyn Stevens' ethnographic study of social life in Kotobuki, an inner city district of Yokohama, documents the lives of those who have... (read more) List Price $195.00 Your price: $187.69 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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House-girls Remember: Domestic Workers in Vanuatu by Margaret Rodman Publisher Comments Of all the Pacific nations only Tonga has retained a complete and lasting political independence. Find out how the shrewd, determined King of Tonga, Tupou I, teamed up with Wesleyan missionary and opportunist Shirley Baker to bring this about.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $12.42 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Letters to Dalia by Hani Soubra Publisher Comments I have long felt the need to tell the true story of events I have personally experienced in the Middle East. I want to reach out to a global audience by conveying messages of hope and peace that can be shared all over the world. This book explores the... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $11.53 Google eBooks - Electronic
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