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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
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, Leslie T....
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The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power
by Tariq Ali Publisher Comments Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It is the only Islamic state to have nuclear weapons. Its border with Afghanistan extends over one thousand miles and is the likely hideout of Osama bin Laden. It has been under military...
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An Enormous Crime Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeathe Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in So
by Bill Hendon Publisher Comments THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Enormous Crime is nothing less than shocking. Based on thousands of pages of public and previously classified documents, it makes an utterly convincing case that when the American government withdrew its forces from...
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India: In Word and Image
by Eric Meola Publisher Comments India is rapidly becoming one of the pre-eminent leaders of the twenty-first century. For more than a decade, Eric Meola has returned repeatedly to India, photographing the people, temples, landscapes, architecture, celebrations, and art of this uniquely...
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
by Dang Thuy Tram Publisher Comments At the age of twenty-four, Dang Thuy Tram volunteered to serve as a doctor in a National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province. Two years later she was killed by American forces not far from where she worked...
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My Family and Other Saints
by Kirin Narayan Publisher Comments In 1969, young Kirin Narayan’s older brother, Rahoul, announced that he was quitting school and leaving home to seek enlightenment with a guru. From boyhood, his restless creativity had continually surprised his family, but his departure shook up...
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India
by Dk Publishing Synopsis Through stunning photography and insightful text, "India" covers the landscape, history, people, culture, and architecture of this vibrant nation....
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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
by Alex Von Tunzelmann Publisher Comments At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the British Empire withdrew from India, inviting in all the exhilaration and turmoil of a newly free society. In this vivid, atmospheric popular history, Alex von Tunzelmann chronicles these times through...
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Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country
by Mike Kim Synopsis Escaping North Korea provides a rare and unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. It recounts firsthand experiences of enduring famine, women's sex trafficking experiences, and torture in the gulags, as well as inspirational...
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China Since Tiananmen 2ND Edition
by Joseph Fewsmith Publisher Comments In a new edition of his path-breaking analysis of political and social change in China since the crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989, Joseph Fewsmith traces developments since 2001. These include the continuing reforms during the final years of Jiang...
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Island of Bali (Periplus Classics)
by Miguel Covarrubias Publisher Comments Originally published in 1937, Island of Bali is still considered the most authoritative text on Bali and its fascinating people. A birds-eye view of Balinese life and culture, Island of Bali includes a survey of the islands' history, geography and social...
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The Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head
by William Lindesay Publisher Comments A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume offers an extraordinary portrait of perhaps the worldandrsquo;s most famous structure. Carrying his camera and a file of vintage photographsandmdash;the earliest dating from...
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Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam
by Zahid (edt) Hussain Publisher Comments After September 11, 2001, Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, vowed to fight extremism in his country and has since established himself as a key ally in America's global war on terror. But as veteran Pakistani journalist and commentator Zahid Hussain...
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India Express: The Future of the New Superpower
by Daniel Lak Publisher Comments In evocative prose and with street-level reporting, Daniel Lak argues that India has become a global superpower because of its religion, caste, politics, and poverty, and not in spite of it. He looks presciently to the future, and...
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Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
by Joe Studwell Publisher Comments Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are home to five hundred million people, yet their economies are dominated by only fifty families whose interests range from banking to real estate, shipping to sugar, gambling to lumber. At their peak, eight of the world...
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The Indian Mutiny
by Julian Spilsbury Publisher Comments By 1857, the British East India Company was India’s de facto ruler, having won the subcontinent by subterfuge and force of arms. Discontent was rising however, and in the following spring, entire regiments of Indian troops turned on their British...
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A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1200
by M C Ricklefs Publisher Comments Recognized as the most authoritative general account of Indonesia, this revised and expanded fourth edition has been updated in light of new scholarship. New chapters at the end of the book bring the story up to the present day, including discussion of...
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China in a Mirror
by Sabrina Michaud Publisher Comments Using the mirror as their motif, seasoned photographers Roland and Sabrina Michaud pair traditional Chinese artworks, some of which date back eight centuries, with their own photographs of China taken over a period of nearly twenty years. The pairings...
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Tibet: Land of Exile
by Patricio Estay Synopsis Patricio Estay has dedicated six years of his photographic work to various aspects of Tibet. This book captures his many subjects, including the Dalai Lama; the Tibetan population in exile; the school for refugee children created by Jetsun Pema, sister...
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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
by Somaly Mam Publisher Comments A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Somaly Mam Foundation. A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when...
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