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	Eyewitness Guide China  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 672 PAGES A hefty, richly illustrated guide to sites, attractions and places throughout China. With excellent maps and hundreds of full color photographs and site diagrams. A 50-page appendix covers where to stay, eat, draink and shop. The guide covers all China from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to Sichuan, Yunnan, Zinjiang and Tibet. (CHN242, $30.00)
	Search for Ancient China  •  Corinne Debaine-Francfort ARCHAEOLOGY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES With information on everything from jewelry to emperors' tombs, this pocket-size, illustrated encyclopedia covers a wide scope of discoveries in China from prehistory to the dazzling 400-year Han empire. The concise text is complemented by 150 illustrations, most in color.The book includes sections on the Great Wall, terracotta warriors (not discovered in Xi'an until 1974!) and other well known monuments. (CHN69, $12.95)
	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China  •  Jung Chang BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2003 •  PAPER  • 524 PAGES • FAVORITE A riveting tale of three generations spanning the end of Old China, Mao's regime and the Japanese occupation. Chang chronicles the enormous changes in China since 1929 through her family's story, one that includes arrest during the Cultural Revolution, exile to the Sichuan wilderness and the bewildering state of China today. It's quite a tale, wonderfully told without a trace of rancor or bitterness. Living in London since 1978, Chang visits her mother back in China every year. You can imagine Chang with notebook in hand back in the family apartment absorbed in the stories of her much-loved mother. The book opens with the statement, "At the age of 15 my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. It was 1929 and China was in chaos." (CHN04, $16.00)
	China Map  •   International Travel Maps 2006 •  MAP A fine, double-sided map of China, at a very good scale of 1:3,800,000, featuring colorful shaded relief, indexed with an inset map of central Beijing. Fifth edition. It also shows parts of Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma. (CHN06, $11.95)

	Eyewitness Guide Beijing and Shanghai  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood synopsis of the top attractions in two of China's most fascinating cities. (CHN385, $23.00)
	Odyssey Guide Xi'an, Shaanxi & the Terracotta Army  •  Kevin Bishop   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A convenient, illustrated guide to Xi'an, ancient capital of China. With color photographs, insightful essays on culture and history, and a series of wonderfully chosen literary excerpts. (CHN34, $23.95)
	The Chinese Kitchen  •  Eileen Yin-Fei Lo   • FOOD  •  An authoritative compendium of Chinese recipes and information about food-oriented cultural practices. Eileen Yin-Fei Lo has written a cookbook that doubles as an introduction to China itself. (CHN134, $39.95)
	China  •  Paula Regan   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A lavishly illustrated overview of China and its people, this marvelously produced compilation features stunning double-page photographs of mountains, plains, rivers and forests, an excellent illustrated timeline, archival illustrations, profiles of diverse individuals, cultural highlights and a sampling of ancient and modern buildings. (CHN453, $40.00)
	China Shakes the World, A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America  •  James Kynge   • HISTORY  •  A well-written and researched report on China's economic ascent, its complexities and issues, by the former Financial Times bureau chief in Beijing. (CHN353, $14.95)
	China, A New History  •  John Fairbank  •  Merle Goldman   • HISTORY  •  A sweeping history of China from the Paleolithic to Tiananmen, revised with a new chapter by Merle Goldman. A standard for history buffs. (CHN11, $21.00)
	China, Inc. How the Rise of the Next Superpower Changes America and the World  •  Ted C. Fishman   • HISTORY  •  An economist and former commodities trader, Ted Fishman draws on statistics, case studies and interviews in this lively economic history and guide to understanding China's spectacular economic growth and future prospects. (CHN305, $16.00)
	China, Its History and Culture  •  W. Scott Morton   • HISTORY  •  A concise survey of Chinese history, people and culture from the Neolithic to present times. Morton weaves together politics, culture and history, and includes selections from literature and arts, anecdotes and illustrations. (CHN22, $18.95)
	Dragon Rising, An Inside Look at China Today  •  Jasper Becker   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Asia scholar Jasper Becker examines the pertinent questions and issues facing modern China and its relationship to the global economy. (CHN365, $18.95)
	Oracle Bones, A Journey Between China's Past and Present  •  Peter Hessler   • HISTORY • NEW  •  In this fine portrait of tumult and tradition, Hessler (River Town) finds clues to modern China's realites in the personal stories of peasants, scholars, day laborers and activists. (CHN316, $15.95)
	The Good Women of China, Hidden Voices  •  Xinran Xue   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An oral history of women in modern China, using a popular radio call-in show as a source. (CHN256, $13.95)
	The Great Wall, China Against the World, 1000 BC - 2000 AD  •  Julia Lovell   • HISTORY  •  The Who, Why and Wherefore of the Great Wall, this marvelous history demolishes myths (no, the wall is not a continuous structure of great antiquity, much of it was built in the 1600s) with fresh insight and wit. (CHN308, $15.00)
	The Great Wall, From Beginning to End  •  Michael Yamashita  •  William Lindesay   • HISTORY  •  Lindesay's informative text accompanies 160 photographs by Yamashita, who spent a year photographing along the 4,000-mile expanse. (CHN451, $29.95)
	The Search for Modern China  •  Jonathan Spence   • HISTORY  •  A sweeping history of China including events until 1989, geared for an undergraduate audience. With maps, charts and black-and-white photographs. (CHN98, $29.95)
	The Arts of China  •  Michael Sullivan   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A comprehensive survey of Chinese visual arts and culture through the ages. It's a lively overview, thoroughly illustrated and accessible. It covers bronzes, ceramics, painting and architecture, from the Neolithic to the modern. (CHN16, $41.95)
	Born Red, A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution  •  Yuan Gao   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The memoir of a young man, the son of a government official, who joins the Cultural Revolution against the wishes of his family. (CHN255, $27.95)
	Chinese Lessons, Five Classmates and the Story of the New China  •  John Pomfret   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Pomfret chronicles the lives and fates of his classmates from the University of Nanjing, where he was an exchange student in 1981, in this dramatic account of tumultuous change. (CHN382, $15.00)
	Mao Zedong  •  Jonathan Spence   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A biographical account of Mao Zedong by the Yale sinologist, writer and historian, tracking the life of the Chinese ruler from his provincial upbringing through his powerful reign. (CHN66, $13.00)
	Mr. China, A Memoir  •  Tim Clissold   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An excellent portrait of contemporary China. Clissold writes with humor and insight in this entertaining account of his encounters with the Chinese and the Chinese way of doing business. (CHN306, $14.95)
	Red China Blues, My Long March from Mao to Now  •  Jan Wong   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Jan Wong tells of her experiences in the "hermetically sealed bubble of Maoism" as one of two westerners to attend Beijing University, then offers a first-hand account of recent reforms in China. (CHN37, $15.95)
	Red Dust, A Path Through China  •  Ma Jian  •  Flora Drew   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An astounding memoir by an urban poet, painter and writer on the road to Tibet. A vagabond, rebel, and Buddhist, Jian abandons his Beijing life for a 3-year southwestern journey through Tibet, Burma, and Guizhou Province. (CHN150, $15.00)
	To the Edge of the Sky  •  Anhua Gao   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The autobiography of a Chinese woman whose hopes and health were wrecked by the Cultural Revolution. (CHN190, $27.95)
	To the Storm, The Odyssey of a Revolutionary Chinese Woman  •  Yue Daiyun  •  Carolyn Wakeman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The heartrending tale of a professor of literature at Beijing University, accused of being a right-wing supporter in 1957 and relocated to a rural peasant commune in order to "correct" her political views. (CHN254, $22.95)
	Anthology of Chinese Literature, Volume I: From the Earliest Times to the Fourteenth Century  •  Cyril Birch  •  Donald Keene   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A banquet of love stories, operatic plays, drinking poems and other traditional Chinese writing up to the Ming Dynasty. (CHN388, $15.95)
	Anthology of Chinese Literature, Volume II: From the 14th Century to the Present Day  •  Cyril Birch   • ANTHOLOGY  •  An excellent collection of representative verse, song, stories, essays and excerpts from classic novels, a sampling of Chinese writing over the last 700 years. (CHN14, $16.50)
	Three Kingdoms, A Historical Novel  •  Lo Kuan Chung  •  Moss Roberts   • ANTHOLOGY  •  First published in the 14th-century, this epic saga is a compilation of fact and fiction based on ancient storytelling traditions. It's a fantastic tale of heroes and villains, monsters and wizards, fighting for the control of China during the last days of the Han Dynasty (150 AD). (CHN57, $24.95)
	Travelers' Tales China  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger  •  Sean O'Reilly   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This eclectic compendium reveals China's history and culture as told by its mostly modern travelers. Contributors include Peter Hessler, Mark Salzman, Gretel Ehrlich and Ji-Li Jiang. (CHN217, $18.95)
	Empire of the Sun  •  J. G. Ballard   • LITERATURE  •  Ballard's widely acclaimed novel of an English boy in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation, drawn from his own experiences. It's a powerful tale of the upheaval and trauma of war. (CHN265, $13.00)
	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan  •  Lisa See   • LITERATURE  •  Set in 19th-century Hunan, Lisa See's bestselling novel follows the friendship and fate of two Chinese women over 80 years. (CHN393, $14.00)
	The Good Earth  •  Pearl Buck   • LITERATURE  •  The modern classic that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1931. Drawing heavily on Buck's personal experience as a young newlywed in rural China, it is the plainly told story of a poor farmer and his stalwart wife. (CHN15, $14.00)
	Waiting  •  Ha Jin   • LITERATURE  •  A spare, haunting story of a military doctor who tries for 18 years to divorce his peasant wife so he can marry a more sophisticated nurse at his hospital. Greatly evocative of quotidian life in China during the Cultural Revolution and after. (CHN80, $13.95)

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