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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Publisher Comments A National Book Award finalist and National Book Critics Circle finalist, Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy is a remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper 
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A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice by Malalai Joya Publisher Comments Malalai Joya was named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People of 2010. An extraordinary young woman raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan, Joya became a teacher in secret girls schools, hiding her books under her burqa so the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Places In Between by Rory Stewart Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pacific Century : the Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia (3RD 07 Edition) by Mark Borthwick Publisher Comments The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly emerging as the global economic and political powerhouse of the twenty-first century. Looking at both Southeast and East Asia, this richly illustrated volume stresses broad, cross-cutting themes of regional history... (read more) List Price $58.00 Your price: $44.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua by Robert H. Blumenfield Publisher Comments Beginning in the mid-thirteenth century, the kilns of Dehua, capital of the Fujian Province in southeast China, began producing brilliant white porcelain pieces, the likes of which had never been seen before. Today, blanc de Chine pieces are some of the... (read more) Your price: $75.00 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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Power Struggle Over Afghanistan: An Inside Look at What Went Wrong--And What We Can Do to Repair the Damage by Kai Eide Publisher Comments Based on the author's own conversations with President Karzai and other Afghan politicians, as well as prominent international representatives, Power Struggle Over Afghanistan is a Norwegian diplomat's account of his two years at the United Nations. Eide... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi by Steve Inskeep Publisher Comments In recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented change in human life: for the first time in history, more people now live in cities than in the countryside. As Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep so aptly puts it, we are living in the age of the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Publisher Comments In 1993, following a failed attempt to ascend K2, Greg Mortenson was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers in Pakistan and promised to build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au Of... by Ronald Takaki Publisher Comments In a blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad Staff Pick In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands by Leo K. Shin Publisher Comments Leo Shin traces the roots of China's modern ethnic configurations to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Challenging the traditional view that China's expansion was primarily an exercise of incorporation and assimilation, Shin argues that as the center... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker Publisher Comments A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating,... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Empires of the Silk Road (09 Edition) by Christopher I. Beckwith Publisher Comments "Empires of the Silk Road is a major scholarly achievement. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of the history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present. But it is much more than a simple narrative of events in what is... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers by Peter Tomsen Publisher Comments As Ambassador and Special Envoy on Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, Peter Tomsen has had close relationships with Afghan leaders and has dealt with senior Taliban, warlords, and religious leaders involved in the regions conflicts over the last two decades.... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Search for the Panchen Lama by Isabel Hilton Publisher Comments In May 1995, a seven-year-old Tibetan boy and his family were taken from their home by Chinese security forces. They have not been seen since. The boy's devotees believe him to be the eleventh incarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second most important... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon Publisher Comments Chapter 1 Bangkok, 1862 The Siamese steamer "Chow Phya," most modern of the ships plying between Singapore and Bangkok, came to anchor outside the bar at the mouth of the River Chow Phya. A troupe of circus performers were hanging over the rails trying... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid Publisher Comments Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban--the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization--into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad by Bruce O Riedel Publisher Comments Pakistan and the United States have been locked in a deadly embrace for decades. Successive American presidents from both parties have pursued narrow short-term interests in the South Asian nation, and many of the resulting policies proved... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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