Asia
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The Vanishing Sea: The Tale of How the Aral Sea Became the Aral Desert
$18.99 Add to cartThis artful and thought-provoking picture book shares the little-known story of the disappearance of the Aral Sea–and the loss of livelihood and biodiversity as fishing villages and ships were left s… [more below]
- Author: Mirtalipova, Dinara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 179722459X
- Language: English
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Last Mughal, an enlightening book that explores with remarkable compassion and expansive insight nine varieties of religious devotion in India today.
In portraits of people we m- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0307474461
- Language: English
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What You Never Knew about Blackpink
$8.99 Add to cartTheir concerts sell out in seconds. They are social media superstars. But that’s old news. What don’t you know about the K-pop group Blackpink? With high-interest, carefully leveled text, this book go… [more below]
- Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies
- Author: Bolte, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669072967
- Language: English
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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century’s End
$23.00 Add to cartWhen the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers could not call his death a death, nor could they refer to him by his proper name. To do so would have exposed them to terrorism from the vig… [more below]
- Author: Field, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 09 1993
- ISBN10: 0679741895
- Language: English
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With You in Spirit: A Qing Ming Story
$18.99 Add to cartA little girl and her family come together to honor her late grandfather on Qing Ming or Tomb-Sweeping Day in this heartwarming story about celebrating ancestors.
Join a young girl and her family as t- Author: Liao, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0593806972
- Language: English
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This Was Funnier in China: An American Comedian’s Cross-Cultural Journey
$28.99 Add to cartA heartfelt, one-of-a-kind memoir chronicling the hilarious, absurd, and thought-provoking experiences of an American pursuing comedy in China, learning first-hand how humor does and doesn’t translate… [more below]
- Author: Appell, Jesse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1668087561
- Language: English
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From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey
$19.99 Add to cart“A page-turner…deeply moving, beautifully written, and most inspiring. When I reached the last page, my heart was filled with joy and gratitude.” — Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai
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- Author: Thwe, Pascal Khoo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 02 2003
- ISBN10: 0060505230
- Language: English
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In Xanadu: A Quest
$19.00 Add to cartWilliam Dalrymple’s award-winning first book: his classic, fiercely intelligent and wonderfully entertaining account of his journey across Marco Polo’s 700-year-old route from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the… [more below]
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 18 2012
- ISBN10: 0307948889
- Language: English
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Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
$33.00 Add to cartFrom renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dik?tter, a commanding new history of China’s path to Communism.
The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in th- Author: Dikötter, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1639733973
- Language: English
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Korean Conversation Made Natural: Engaging Dialogues to Learn Korean
$8.99 Add to cartHaving trouble understanding or conversing with native Korean speakers? If so, try this book!
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with conversational dialogues in Korean that use 100 perc
- Author: Guru, Language
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: August 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1950321339
- Language: English
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Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond
$19.99 Add to cart‘Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book … finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor‘ Tarquin Hall, Sunday Times
‘Dynamic, original and supremely readable‘ Maya J- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1408888823
- Language: English
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Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Forging of a New World
$29.95 Add to cartAs the international order begins to crumble, this incisive book asks what the rise of the Asian superstates means for the future.
The Western-dominated world we have known for the past three hundred- Author: Cable, Vince
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1526179822
- Language: English
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Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America
$19.99 Add to cartAn inspirational memoir about an abandoned young boy who escaped the devastating famine in North Korea and came to America in search of survival, freedom, and the pursuit of his wildest dreams. “Riv… [more below]
- Author: Kim, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0544705270
- Language: English
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Mr. Kuroki’s Garden
$18.95 Add to cartAn uplifting picture book about the true story of a man who planted thousands of his wife’s favorite flower in their small Japanese town after she suffers the loss of her sight. An epic love story tha… [more below]
- Author: Renaud, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 162371575X
- Language: English
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Onsen and Ryokan of Japan: Traditional Spa and Bathing Culture
$65.00 Read moreExperience the timeless tranquility of Japan’s onsens and ryokans, where tradition, design, and wellness harmonize.
Rooted in centuries-old traditions, Japan’s onsens and ryokans are living expressions
- Author: Gestalten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 3967041972
- Language: English
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Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China That Changed History
$22.99 Add to cartSilk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable – war and humiliation. Much … [more below]
- Author: Pembroke, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1761451987
- Language: English
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Wrestlers of the Grassland
$20.95 Read moreA charming introduction to the strength and nobility of Inner Mongolian wrestlers. — Kirkus Reviews
Every day, they gather: the wrestlers of the grassland. With arms of steel and bodies malleable like
- Author: Liu, Hao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890632333
- Language: English
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The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
$30.00 Add to cartAn indelible, deeply reported human narrative of contemporary China in which the country’s carefully regulated internet offers a lens into the broader national tension between freedom and control
In t- Author: Liu, Yi-Ling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0593491858
- Language: English
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The Princess and the Grain of Rice
$18.99 Add to cartA sweet, funny Korean Princess and the Pea retelling, written by critically acclaimed Korean American author Tina Cho. A new classic in the making!
In the mountains of Joseon, Jeongsoon has a heart as- Author: Cho, Tina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0374392250
- Language: English
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Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Greatest Disaster
$35.00 Read moreA detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy that saw the USA enter World War II.
In this the first comprehensive treatment of Pearl Harbor since the early 1990s- Author: Stille, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1472865316
- Language: English
