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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: $27.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Aching for Beauty by Ping Wang Publisher Comments The author explores the cultural history behind the Chinese custom of footbinding, why Chinese women over 1,000 years endured the practice, and why Chinese men found women's "golden lotuses" so arousing. Photos.... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Frances Wood Publisher Comments Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? Chinas 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 created... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Spirit of Tibet by Alison Wright Publisher Comments This visually stunning, full-color portrait of Tibetan life in exile displays the spirit of Tibetan refugees living in the beautifil mountain settings of northern India and shows how they have preserved the best of their unique culture and identity.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995 by Kenneth J Ruoff Publisher Comments Few institutions are as well suited as the monarchy to provide a window on postwar Japan. The monarchy, which is also a family, has been significant both as a political and as a cultural institution. This comprehensive study analyzes numerous issues... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $10.95 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: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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What Life Was Like in the Land of the Dragon: Imperial China, A.D. 960-1368 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Treason by the Book by Jonathan D Spence From Powells.com Jonathan Spence is the world's most distinguished scholar of Chinese history. He has written numerous critically acclaimed books, including The Search for Modern China (1990), The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolutions 1895-1980 (... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge by Nic Dunlop Publisher Comments Nic Dunlop was born in Ireland in 1969. His work has appeared in numerous publications worldwide. In 1999, he received an award for Excellence in International Journalism from Johns Hopkins for exposing the head of the Khmer Rouge secret police, Comrade... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - 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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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W Dower Publisher Comments Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of astonishing documentary photographs, Embracing Defeat is the fullest and most important history of the more than six years of American occupation, which affected every level of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Forty-Seven Ronin Story by John Allyn Publisher Comments 47 Ronin Story is the classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. In a shocking clash between the warriors and the merchant class of seventeenth century Japan, there emerged the most unlikely... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce Publisher Comments India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the worlds third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China (Studies in Environment and History) by Judith Shapiro Publisher Comments This book tells the story of environmental destruction and human suffering during the Mao years.... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Publisher Comments The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul. After receiving a teaching degree during the civil war—a rare achievement for any Afghan woman—Kamila was subsequently banned from school... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile Publisher Comments A bestseller in hardcover, "Charlie Wilsons War" tells what became of the largest covert operation in history. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol to arms-dealer conventions to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Downfall : the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (99 Edition) by Richard B. Frank Publisher Comments In a riveting narrative that includes information from newly declassified documents, acclaimed historian Richard B. Frank gives a scrupulously detailed explanation of the critical months leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb. Frank explains how... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Factory Girls: From Village To City in a Changing China (08 Edition) by Leslie T. Chang Publisher Comments An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China. China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history. In Factory Girls... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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On China by Henry Kissinger Publisher Comments andquot;Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history.andquot; andmdash;Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network by Gordon Corera Publisher Comments A.Q. Khan was the world's leading black market dealer in nuclear technology, described by a former CIA Director as "at least as dangerous as Osama bin Laden." A hero in Pakistan and revered as the Father of the Bomb, Khan built a global clandestine... (read more) List Price $25.75 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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