Author: Naoko Abe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The incredible--and improbable--story of how an English eccentric saved Japan's beloved cherry blossoms from extinction. Collingwood Ingram--known as "Cherry" for his...
Author: Thant Myint-U Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Six years ago, Burma seemed to be in the midst of a miraculous transformation, from the darkest of dictatorships...
Author: Fredrik Logevall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 864 WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY The struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the...
Author, Lan Yan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 432 Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th...
Author: Powell, Colin L Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 656 Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He...
Author: Sunil Khilnani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A classic since it was first published in 1997, The Idea of India is a magisterial historical study that...
Author: Ian Buruma Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the...
Author: Robert K. Brigham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The American war in Vietnam was concluded in 1973 under the terms of a truce that were effectively identical to...
Author: Michael Sheridan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 'Impressive ... Fascinating' Sunday Times 'An authoritative history' Financial Times 'Gripping and richly researched' Rana Mitter A superb new...
Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The untold story of the first nomadic empire and the making of China. 'Man does for the reader that...
Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 A journalistic tour de force, this wide-ranging collection by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Stilwell and...
Author: Eric Dezenhall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends...
Author: Sunil Amrith (University of Cambridge) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 From a MacArthur Genius, a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to...
Author: Michael Vatikiotis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries' FINANCIAL TIMES...
Author: Mark Wilson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Leigh and Jason are inseparable. But when Jason is conscripted and sent to fight in Vietnam, they are divided...
Author: Tim Weiner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The New York Times Bestseller A shocking and riveting look at one of the most dramatic and disastrous presidencies in US...
Author: Victor H. Mair Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 China is the most populous country on earth, and has the longest history of any modern nation. Its cultural and...
Author: Sujatha Gidla Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Like one in six people in India, Sujatha Gidla was born an untouchable. While most untouchables are illiterate, her family was...
Author: Christopher Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Two thousand years of Japanese history, told through interconnected portraits of twenty fascinating individuals Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils...
