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Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work and Ideas by Mahatma Gandhi Publisher Comments Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma (“great soul”), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century and during this... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market 
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, Revised and Updated by David K Shipler Publisher Comments The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. In this monumental work, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan Synopsis Brian Keenan's release from captivity was the first ray of hope for those hostages held in the Middle East. He describes the plight of his fellow hostages with first-hand knowledge. The language he uses reflects his past efforts as a poet in describing... (read more) Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mountain of Fame: Portraits in Chinese History by John E Wills Publisher Comments "It is a great achievement to make the historical figures so accessible, with vivid details that seem to have escaped the attention of earlier historians. In scope, method, and quality, .. . This book is unique."--Kwang-Ching Liu, University of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Search for Modern China (2ND 99 Edition) by Jonathan D. Spence Publisher Comments In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky) The Search for Modern Chinaoffers a matchless... (read more) List Price $65.75 Your price: $42.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Negara : the Theatre State in 19TH Century Bali (80 Edition) by C. Geertz Publisher Comments Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The great hill stations of Asia by Barbara Crossette Publisher Comments For the European and later the American colonial soldier, the civil administrator and his clerk, the merchant, the missionary, and the families who followed them east of Suez, daily life was less a matter of advancing the glory of God or empire than a... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang Publisher Comments In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tibetan Civilization (72 Edition) by R. A. Stein Publisher Comments An overall view of the Tibetan civilization, both ancient and modern Tibet. This book relates developments in Tibet to those in the rest of Asia.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Between Memory and Desire by R Stephen Humphreys Publisher Comments Middle Easterners today struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. In recent decades Islam has become central to this struggle, and almost every issue involves fierce, sometimes violent debates... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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To Change China: Western Advisers in China by Jonathan D Spence Publisher Comments "To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah Publisher Comments Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The idea of India by Sunil Khilnani Publisher Comments The key book on India in the postnuclear era, with a new Introduction by the author.Our appreciation of the importance of India can only increase in light of the recent revelations of its nuclear capabilities. Sunil Khilnani's exciting, timely study... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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China : a Macro History ((2ND)97 Edition) by Ray Huang Publisher Comments Distinguished scholar Ray Huang takes a fresh look at the full sweep of Chinese history from Neolithic times to the present.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Conflict in Asia: Korea, China-Taiwan, and India-Pakistan by Uk Heo Publisher Comments Much of the world reaped a peace dividend with the end of the Cold War, yet Asia has seen little reduction in tensions and military spending. Three Cold War era conflicts-those dividing China and Taiwan, North and South Korea, and India and Pakistan... (read more) List Price $46.75 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia by George Crane Publisher Comments Hailed as "magical", this "Los Angeles Times" bestseller is a fascinating book tracing a mystical journey with an unlikely pair, a young monk and his American poet friend, into the soul of an ancient religion and inside the mind of a Buddhist master.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Iranians by Sandra Mackey Publisher Comments The Iranians explores Iran in the context of its old and complex culture, for throughout its history Iran has struggled with two warring identities-one evolving from the values, social organization, and arts of ancient Persia, the other from Islam. By... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Civil Society in Central Asia by Holt M. Ruffin Publisher Comments Central Asia, known as the home of Tamerlane and the Silk Road, is a crossroads of great cultures and civilizations. In 1991 five nations at the heart of the region -- Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- suddenly became... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung Publisher Comments Chapter One phnom penhApril 1975 Phnom Penh city wakes early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat. Already at 6 A.M. people in Phnom Penh are rushing and bumping... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple Synopsis In the course of 12 months in Delhi, Dalrymple peels back the successive layers of history, using material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing stories with the present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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