Asia
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Karate for Kids
$13.95 Add to cartA fun and accessible introduction to studying karate–designed specifically with the interests and capabilities of young martial artists in mind.
First-time martial arts students are not just starting- Series: Martial Arts for Kids
- Author: Rielly, Robin L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0804835349
- Language: English
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When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
$31.99 Add to cartBrilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nin… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 0871406896
- Language: English
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The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 Bc-89 Ad: The Struggle of China and a Steppe Empire Told Through Its Key Figures
$34.95 Read moreThrough a series of novelistic biographies that showcase the pivotal roles and actions of those involved, dive into a centuries-long fight for survival for the Han empire that resulted in a golden age… [more below]
- Author: Crawford, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1526790661
- Language: English
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The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
$20.00 Read moreThe Frozen Chosen is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the 1st Marine Division from November to December 1950, following the intervention of Red China in the Korea
- Author: Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1472824881
- Language: English
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P Is for Poppadoms!: An Indian Alphabet Book
$19.99 Read moreFrom New York Times bestselling authors Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal comes a charming and unique alphabet book celebrating the rich culture, delicious foods, and fascinating animals of India.
Fr- Author: Sehgal, Kabir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1534421726
- Language: English
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The Silk Road: Explore the World’s Most Famous Trade Route with 20 Projects
$15.95 Read moreFrom Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas across Central Asia between two major centers of civilization, the Mediterranean Sea and China. In The Silk Road: E
- Series: Build It Yourself
- Author: Ceceri, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1934670626
- Language: English
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Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
$16.00 Read moreIn this “exquisite personal blend of philosophy and engagement, inner quiet and worldly life” (Los Angeles Times), an acclaimed author returns to his longtime home in Japan after his father-in-law’s s… [more below]
- Author: Iyer, Pico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1101973463
- Language: English
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China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen
$21.95 Read moreA beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.
Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century- Author: Hinton, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1611807131
- Language: English
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution
$24.00 Add to cartThe dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution–a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigra… [more below]
- Author: Zia, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0345522338
- Language: English
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We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin
$19.95 Read more“Miller’s terrific book reminds that Russia made moves toward the East five hundred years ago, and explains why ignoring the Russian factor in Asian geopolitics today would be a big mistake.”
–Michael- Author: Miller, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0674292146
- Language: English
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China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China
$35.00 Read moreChina’s mid-twentieth-century wars pose extraordinary interpretive challenges. The issue is not just that the Chinese fought for such a long time–from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 1937 unti
- Author: Van de Ven, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0674983505
- Language: English
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Ngeow Cher Seong: A Family Tradition of Peranakan Jewellery
$12.90 Read moreA young Hakka arrives in Singapore, settles down, and finds small successes. The good life is short-lived when the Japanese invade Singapore and he loses everything. He eventually makes a comeback bec… [more below]
- Author: Seah, Shawn Li Song
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9811268908
- Language: English
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Mahatma Gandhi
$8.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the father of India.
As a young teenager in India,- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #25
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284288
- Language: English
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Unusual Tales from Indian Mythology
$34.95 Read moreThis gift edition features the greatest mythological stories retold by India’s favorite author Sudha Murty.
Filled with innumerable unusual legends of powerful gods and demons, alluring creatures an- Series: Unusual Tales from Indian Mythology
- Author: Murty, Sudha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 990
- Publish Date: October 01 2022
- ISBN10: 143458000
- Language: English
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Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella
$11.95 Read moreA retelling of the Cinderella story, set in the Philippines. Part of the Cinderella Around the World series.
“Mother, Oh, Mother, Bathala, Creator of the Earth, Anitos, Spirits of my ancestors, Hear me
- Series: Cinderella
- Author: de la Paz, Myrna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1885008449
- Language: English
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Empire of Horses: The First Nomadic Civilization and the Making of China
$17.95 Read moreAn authoritative and rich history of the remarkable Xiongnu culture–a lost empire which preceded the Mongols and even China itself.
The author of landmark histories such as Genghis Khan, Attila, and- Author: Man, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1643136917
- Language: English
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No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs
$28.99 Read more*Shortlisted for the Moore Prize on Human Rights Literature*
A powerful memoir by Nury Turkel that lays bare China’s repression of the Uyghur people. Turkel is cofounder and board chair of the Uyghur H… [more below]
- Author: Turkel, Nury
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1335469567
- Language: English
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age
$20.00 Read moreAs China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.
- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0345803027
- Language: English
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The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation
$17.00 Read more“To quietly persevere in storing up what is learned, to continue studying without respite, to instruct others without growing weary–is this not me?”
Confucius is recognized as China’s firs
–Confucius- Series: Classics of Ancient China
- Author: Ames, Roger T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 07 1999
- ISBN10: 0345434072
- Language: English
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Singapore: World City
$29.95 Add to cartWith stunning photographs and insightful commentary this travel pictorial and Singapore travel guide captures the dynamism of a remarkable Pacific nation.
In just a few short decades, Singapore has tr- Author: Inglis, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 080484335X
- Language: English
