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 Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a TimeBest Price: $7.07 I found this book on the bottom shelf in a bookstore at the Albequerque Airport and I hadn't... |  The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle KingdomBest Price: $16.16 I have decided to elevate Joseph Needham to the ranks of my primary heroes. That means he joins... |  One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear WarBest Price: $15.95 The new details uncovered by Mr. Dobbs makes this a "must purchase" for anyone... |  Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45Best Price: $19.83 This is my first Pacific Theatre (in keeping with the author's heritage) non-fiction book and I... |  Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central AsiaBest Price: $16.10 Ahmed Rashid has long been a leading expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Muslim states of... |
 HiroshimaBest Price: $2.50 There are works of fiction and nonfiction that transcend their genres. This is one of those... |  The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean WarBest Price: $14.49 Accurate historic account of the Korean War. I remember the grueling hardships I endured to... |  Wild Swans : Three Daughters of ChinaBest Price: $6.44 I won this great book when I was 18 years old. Until today, after almost two decades, I can... |  Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10Best Price: $11.99 The first 1/2 of the book is pretty much relegated to his upbringing in Texas and then pretty... |  Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldBest Price: $8.50 This is a superb history of Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Hords, without the European and Islamic... |
 Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New ChinaBest Price: $12.00 Excellent. I couldn't put it down. I would like to read more about the people in China and... |  The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City TransformedBest Price: $14.96 "The Last Days of Old Beijing" is written by an American volunteer English teacher in... |  Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World PovertyBest Price: $6.48 This audio book was absolutely wonderful. I found it really inspiring and engaging. I was... |  Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our AgeBest Price: $16.75 This book is a mediocrity at best. An interesting idea that never comes to fruition. The... |  Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous CrewBest Price: $13.00 This an unbelievably well-written book that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and I couldn't... |
 We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of VietnamBest Price: $16.47 In their stunning follow-up to the classic bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young ,... |  Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With TruthBest Price: $7.12 This is easily the most powerful book I have ever read. Gandhi does a great job of telling the... |  The Complete Maus: A Survivor's TaleBest Price: $19.30 Although I am not Jewish I feel the same as the Jews that Holocaust books MUST be read. I was... |  The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three WarsBest Price: $14.88 Sometimes a reader is privileged enough to read a book in which the words, sentences, and... |  Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)Best Price: $7.98 I enjoyed the book very much because author use his point of view to describe his journey... |
 Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New RussiaBest Price: $13.15 I found this to be a solid and compelling piece of investigative journalism on the state of... |  The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among GhostsBest Price: $5.10 The women ancestors of a geeky Chinese-American girl pile up impressive resumes, no worries ! ... |  The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to FreedomBest Price: $8.99 This book has been thoroughly reviewed on Amazon already. I add this review in the hopes on... |  1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the RenaissanceBest Price: $13.98 I read 1421 a few years ago, and am sympathetic to Gavin Menzies thesis that the Chinese... |  The Places In BetweenBest Price: $2.83 Rory Stewart writes an amazing tale that is both raw, authentic and self-deprecating. His... |
 The Bookseller of KabulBest Price: $3.99 This is the depiction of a real Afghani family written by a journalist that wound up in... |  OrientalismBest Price: $8.99 Dr. Said missed the track completely with this supposed historical analysis that is neither... |  Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and VietnamBest Price: $10.91 In his book The Two Vietnams, the late Bernard Fall warned that any comparisons between British... |  Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our TimesBest Price: $5.99 This book was really interesting at first, but I couldn't keep reading beyond a few hundred... |  Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central AsiaBest Price: $4.30 This fellow is an arm chair quack. He grew up in Pakistan, but that's all about it. Now he makes... |
 River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)Best Price: $4.70 Hessler writes candidly about his experiences in China as if he were writing to a friend back... |  All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East TerrorBest Price: $6.95 This is a good history book everyone needs to read. Especially anyone running for political office. |  The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese MedicineBest Price: $12.05 This book is great for the student and profesional alike. It explanes everything in a way that... |  In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern IndiaBest Price: $8.44 This is a terrific, highly readable book on the many facets of political, cultural and economic... |  Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New RussiaBest Price: $17.33 "Petrostate" provides good insights into Russia's comeback after its late 1990s nadir,... |
 The Best and the BrightestBest Price: $8.99 An excellent review of the origins and causes of the Vietnam conflict and a must read for the... |  Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy IndependenceBest Price: $15.06 Bryce positions the book as a comprehensive treatise on energy independence, and it's not. ... |  China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for AmericaBest Price: $3.73 Writing this in 2008, May, I have to say that I enjoyed the book, it left me with an idea of... |  The Nightingale's SongBest Price: $7.94 The "Nightingales's Song" is a remarkable story. I know three of the five characters,... |  The Cold War: A New HistoryBest Price: $8.50 I was impressed with the shipping time. The book was in great condition. All positive feedback... |
 We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in VietnamBest Price: $10.15 This is clearly the best military book I have every read. I couldn't put it down and found... |  Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval EmpireBest Price: $18.76 Judith Herren's study of Byzantium is a quick jaunt into the stream of history for the novice or... |  Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of VietnamBest Price: $7.95 Catfish and Mandala hit close to home. My mother's family live in Vung Tau. So, when I read... |  The Man Who Loved China LP: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle KingdomBest Price: $17.39 Another book well done by Simon Winchester. The large-print version was a joy to read. |  On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American FamilyBest Price: $8.97 I enjoyed this book very much. Amazing to read about one man's dreams and hard work from 4... |
 First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)Best Price: $6.80 I read all but a couple chapters of this book on a flight across the US. It is easy reading and... |  The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War IIBest Price: $7.55 Reading this book reminded me about the unsightly tragedies that happened in Korea during the... |  Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese DaughterBest Price: $2.89 Although there are hundreds of reviews, I had to review this book because it had such an impact... |  A Rumor of WarBest Price: $8.46 I thought this book was the best book on Vietnam that I have ever read. Its a facinating look... |  Flags of Our FathersBest Price: $2.15 I'd read "Flags of Our Fathers" after the superb "Flyboys," and perhaps it... |
 Red Scarf Girl (rpkg): A Memoir of the Cultural RevolutionBest Price: $3.39 A compelling memoir from a girl growing up during the Chinese cultural revolution. Filled with... |  Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue MissionBest Price: $3.44 This book brings an important period during WWII to life with stories that paint the horror that... |  The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated EditionBest Price: $8.95 Josephus is an important proof for the Biblical Account, and an important read for scholars... |  Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle EastBest Price: $14.24 Although Meyer and Brysac don't tell why Americans learn so disastrously little from history,... |  Shadow of the Silk RoadBest Price: $5.75 Colin Thubron's vivid and very well written descriptions make us think about the complexity of... |
 The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the TalibanBest Price: $6.32 "The Punishment of Virtue" gives the reader great insight into the political... |  The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai LamaBest Price: $12.99 Pico Iyer's new book subtitled "The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama" takes... | |||
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