by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  
Powells.com Staff Pick Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there... (read more) Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
China Peoples Republic 1949 to Present by J Maarten Troost
Powells.com Staff Pick Lost on Planet China is a must-read. The book, like its subject matter, contains multitudes. It's a travel-history-political-business-humor book. Roll Bill Bryson, Daniel Boorstin, and Thomas Friedman together and you get an idea of the scope of Troost's... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Andrew X Pham
Publisher Comments Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey—a solo bicycle... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Ian Baker Publisher Comments One of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory, "The Heart of the World" is an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on Earth--and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world's most acclaimed travel writer re-creates his 25,000-mile journey through eastern Europe, central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, and... (read more) Your Price $28.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jack Weatherford Publisher Comments The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader... (read more) Your Price $10.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
Indonesia Malaysia and Singapore by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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China Revolutionary 1911 to 1949 by Simon Winchester
Powells.com Staff Pick A truly fascinating book. Winchester captures the mood of China during the chaos of WWII and shows just how enormous an endeavor Joseph Needham undertook in writing his scientific history "for an audience already highly prejudiced against China and the... (read more) Your Price $27.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Ahmed Rashid Publisher Comments The #1 New York Times bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West. Ahmed Rashid is "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter" (Christopher Hitchens). His unique... (read more) Your Price $22.50 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Gavin Menzies Publisher Comments On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas." When the fleet returned home in October 1423, the emperor had fallen,... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Arundhati Roy
Publisher Comments Arundhati Roy, the author of The God of Small Things, explores the politics of writing and the price of "development" driven by profit. Roy challenges the idea that only "experts" can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the human costs of... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your Price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Emma Larkin Publisher Comments In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Loung Ung
Publisher Comments From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. Until the age of five, Lounge Ung... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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