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	1421, The Year China Discovered America • Gavin Menzies • HISTORY • The controversial story of China's early discovery of America. (CHN216, $15.95)
	About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China • James Mann • HISTORY • A history and analysis of Chinese-American relations. (CHN111, $16.95)
	The Analects of Confucius • D. C. Lao • Confucius • RELIGION • A popular and acclaimed modern translation of the writing of Confucius, an essential introduction to the man and his thoughts. Includes explanatory notes. (CHN123, $10.95)
	Ancient China, Life, Myth And Art • Edward L. Shaughnessy • HISTORY • A brief survey of the artistic, social, cultural, scientific, mathematic, musical, and literary achievements of ancient China. (CHN285, $23.00)
	Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana • Stephanie Elizondo Griest • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The offbeat memoirs of a Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana. (RUS242, $14.95)
	Art in China • Craig Clunas • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Art historian Clunas reevaluates the entire 5,000-year history of art in China by examining all aspects of art production and consumption and placing works in their proper contexts. (CHN247, $27.95)
	Asian Games, The Art of Contest • Irving Finkel • Colin Mackenzie • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A catalogue for an exhibtiion at New York's Asia Society, this book showcases 2,000 years worth of art, objects and equipment depicting and used in games throughout Asia. (CHN317, $45.00)
	Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture • Sarah Handler • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A stunningly illustrated survey of hardwood furniture in China from its earliest origins in the Shang dynasty (c. 1500 to c. 1050 B.C.) to the present. (CHN319, $70.00)
	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress • Sijie Dai • Ina Rilke • LITERATURE • A charming, unexpectedly witty, tale of two teenage boys in China sent off to the countryside during Mao's Cultural Revolution. (CHN159, $11.95)
	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress • Xun Zhou • In this film by by Xun Zhou (based on the novel), two teenage boys are sent off to the countryside in Mao's Cultural Revolution in 1971. (CHN327, $26.98)
	Bamboo Shoots After the Rain, Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan • Ann C. Carver • Sung-Sheng Y. Chang • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology of 14 stories by three generations of Taiwanese women from the 1940s to the 1980s, dealing with issues of sexuality, tradition and politics. (TWN02, $14.95)
	Becoming Madame Mao • Anchee Min • LITERATURE • Min (Red Azalea) follows the arc of the life the woman who would become Madame Mao in powerful strokes in this fine example of historical fiction. (CHN304, $13.95)
	Before the Deluge, The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges • Deirdre Chetham • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT • A vivid portrait of the Three Gorges region of the Upper Yangtze River, by the director of the Asia Center at Harvard. Chetham offers a personal, detailed glimpse into the daily life along the river, its spectacular natural beauty and checkered history, including recent efforts to tame it. (CHN132, $19.95)
	Beijing Map • Borch Maps • This laminated, folded map of Beijing, with a blowup of the city center at a scale of 1:24,000, notes 2008 Olympic venues. With detailed inset maps of the Beijing Metro, tops sights, key attractions, an index and Chinese characters for key place names. (CHN199, $8.95)
	Between Mecca and Beijing, Modernization and Consumption Among Urban Chinese Muslims • Maris Boyd Gillette • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An academic study of the minority Muslim population of Xi'an. (CHN180, $23.95)
	Beyond the Stone Arches, An American Missionary Doctor in China, 1892-1932 • Edward Bliss, Jr. • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An account of a missionary doctor in China. (CHN95, $24.95)
	Big Dragon, The Future of China • Daniel Burstein • Arne de Keijzer • HISTORY • An overview of China's culture, economy, and opportunities for the future. (CHN208, $21.95)
	Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain Around the World • John Carswell • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A richly illustrated survey of the developent and evolution of influential Chinese porcelain. (CAS95, $65.00)
	Bones of the Master, A Journey to Secret Mongolia • George Crane • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An odd, captivating biography of a 75-year-old Zen monk who escaped Inner Mongolia in the wake of China's Great Leap Forward in 1959, and the tale of his unlikely journey back to China with the author. (CHN96, $17.00)
	Bradt Guide The Great Wall of China • Thammy Evans • GUIDEBOOK • Practical, reliable and up-to-date, this Bradt guide covers Beijing and northern China in companionable detail. (CHN351, $22.95)
	Bridge of Birds • Barry Hughart • LITERATURE • A novel of whimsy and fantasy set in ancient China. (CHN117, $7.50)
	Brothers, A Novel • Da Chen • LITERATURE • Two brothers, one illegitimate and the other the acknowledged son of a powerful general, take opposite sides in China's Cultural Revolution. (CHN383, $25.00)
	Buddha • Karen Armstrong • RELIGION • A concise, thought-provoking biography of the Buddha in the Penguin Lives series, written by one of the foremost experts on world religions. (REL09, $14.00)
	Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey • Kenneth Ch'en • RELIGION • A well organized, scholarly history of the development of Mahayana Buddhism in China, originally published in 1964. (CHN151, $45.00)
	Buddhism in Chinese History • Arthur F Wright • RELIGION • A brief overview of the transformation of the culture of pre-modern China by Buddhism and the legacy of Buddhism in modern China, originally presented as a series of six lectures in 1959. (CHN131, $19.95)
	Buddhism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Places • Malcolm David Eckel • RELIGION • A concise introduction to the theology and social practice of Buddhism. Eckel, a professor of East Asian religion, includes short primary sources to present Buddhism in its own words. (CHN248, $17.95)
	Buddhist Art and Architecture • Robert Fisher • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Buddhist art, architecture and iconography in the excellent World of Art series. It includes examples from throughout Asia. (ASA30, $18.95)
	The Cambridge Illustrated History of China • Patricia Buckley Ebrey • HISTORY • A concise, handsomely illustrated survey of Chinese history. Organized chronologically, this book marches confidently through 8,000 years of Chinese civilization, balancing social issues with politics and culture. (CHN79, $36.99)
	Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An) • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • Van Gulilk's translation of 18th-century Chinese detective stories. This is the book that launched the Dutch diplomat and scholar's Judge Dee detective series, drawn from Chinese traditions. (CHN300, $8.95)
	Celestial Realm, the Yellow Mountains of China • Wang Wusheng • NATURAL HISTORY • A photographic celebration of the mist-shrouded granite peaks of the Yellow Mountains celebrated by Chinese landscape painters. (CHN371, $55.00)
	Central China Map • Nelles • A map in the regional series by Nelles from Shanghai west across China, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (CHN65, $10.95)
	The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Winds • Jonathan Spence • HISTORY • Beginning with the narrative of Marco Polo, Spence uses the accounts of historically important Europeans to illuminate the West's perspective of China over the years. (CHN276, $15.95)
	The Changing Face of China, From Mao to Market • John Gittings • HISTORY • A lively history of China from 1949 to the present by a journalist and China expert. Gittings was East Asia corespondent for The Guardian from 1983-2003. (CHN307, $19.95)
	Chasing the Monk's Shadow • Mishi Saran • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Traveling in the footsteps of 7th-century Buddhist monk Xuanzang, Mishi Saran explores the historical, cultural and religious legacies of the Silk Road in China, Central Asia and India. (CHN372, $26.95)
	Chasing the Panda • Michael Kiefer • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The spellbinding tale of an unlikely duo and their successful expedition to Wolong in 1936 to recover a panda bear. (CHN166, $24.95)
	China Candid, The People on the People's Republic • Sang Ye • HISTORY • Journalist Sang Ye (China Lives) brings together interviews with 26 citizens from all over the country for this people's history of modern China. (CHN347, $21.95)
	China Map • Geocart • This folded map shows all of China at a scale of 1:4,000,000 on one side of a 39 X 52 sheet. (CHN360, $15.95)
	China Men • Maxine Hong Kingston • LITERATURE • A novel of three generations of Chinese men adjusting to life in a America. (CHN118, $13.95)
	China Pop: How Soap Operas, Tabloids and Bestsellers are Transforming a Culture • Jianying Zha • HISTORY • A history of contemporary China as seen through its pop culture. Zha, who now lives in the U.S., is an entertaining and insightful commentator on how television, pulp novels and other recent innovations are impacting traditional Chinese culture and society. (CHN277, $13.00)
	The China Reader, The Reform Era • Orville Schell • David Shambaugh • HISTORY • A comprehensive and well-researched sourcebook on China over the last 25 years. (CHN224, $17.95)
	China the Balance Sheet, What the World Needs to Know about the Emerging Superpower • Bates Gill • C. Fred Bergsten • HISTORY • A fact-filled, academic report on Chinese colossus by teams at the Centre for Strategic International Studies and the Institute for International Economics, both think tanks on international economic policy in Washington D.C. (CHN354, $13.95)
	China to 1850, A Short History • Charles O. Hucker • HISTORY • A history of China from the beginning to the Opium Wars. (CHN341, $15.95)
	China Wakes, The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power • Nicholas Kristoff • Sheryl WuDunn • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The authors journeyed from Tibet to Tiananmen, reporting in depth on contemporary China and its cultural dissidents. An engrossing portrait of a nation struggling to hold onto tradition while modernizing its economy. (CHN33, $16.95)
	China Wall Map • National Geographic • A wall map of China from the cartographers at National Geographic. (CHN197, $14.99)
	China's New Cultural Scene, A Handbook of Changes • Marie Claire Huot • HISTORY • A discussion of China's culture in relation to traditional society and the traumatic events of the last fifty years. Huot discusses music from rock to rap, television, theater, and literature. She pays special attention to cinema. Includes an index of artists and works, and a glossary of Chinese words. (CHN330, $22.95)
	China, Inc. How the Rise of the Next Superpower Changes America and the World (Audio Version) • Ted C. Fishman • HISTORY • An audio version of a bestselling economic history of China over the last 30 years and lively guide to understanding China's spectacular economic growth and future prospects. Fishman draws on statistics, case studies, and interviews to document the rapid transformation from economic backwater to industrial behemoth. Read by Alan Sklar. (CHN377, $39.99)
	China, The Panda Adventure • Robert M. Young • NATURAL HISTORY • A dramatization of the true-life travels and travails of Ruth Harkness and her 1936 journey. The film, originally presented in IMAX theatres, is a visually stunning introduction to the giant panda, its history, conservation and habitats. (CHN302, $9.98)
	The Chinese • Jasper Becker • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An insightful, up-to-date account of the contradictions, diversity and potential in contemporary Chinese society and economy, by a veteran journalist and astute observer. (CHN97, $21.95)
	Chinese (Mandarin), Start Speaking Today! • Educational Services Corporation • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute crash course in Mandarin featured in two compact discs and a phrasebook packaged in a vinyl sleeve. Geared for travelers, the course follows the foreign service method -- which focuses on dialogues and useful sentences instead of individual words. (CHN92, $21.95)
	The Chinese Alchemist, An Archaeological Mystery • Lyn Hamilton • MYSTERY • In the search for an 8th century Tang Dynasty silver box, antiques dealer Laura McClintoch stumbles into a dangerous realm of murder and intrigue. (CHN384, $7.99)
	Chinese Art • Mary Tregear • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A quick, but surprisingly thorough survey of Chinese art, including calligraphy and painting, sculpture and ceramics, as well as garden design, architecture, and various crafts. (CHN153, $18.95)
	Chinese Art & Culture • Richard Ellis Vinograd • Robert L. Thorp • HISTORY • An investigation of the continuously evolving tradition of Chinese art. (CHN94, $85.00)
	The Chinese Bell Murders • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • The first in a series of historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN286, $13.95)
	Chinese Buddhist Art • Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky • HISTORY • A very short overview of Chinese Buddhist art with 24 black-and-white and 24 color illustrations in the Oxford University Press Images of Asia series. (CHN252, $24.95)
	Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era • Deborah Davis • Stevan Harrell • HISTORY • A collection of scholarly essays on contemporary Chinese family structures. (CHN203, $37.95)
	Chinese Feasts & Festivals, A Cookbook • S.C. Moey • FOOD • Recipes, illustrations and accompanying text about Chinese culture, traditions and celebrations. (CHN367, $31.95)
	The Chinese Garden • Joseph Cho Wang • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A slim, illustrated guide to Chinese garden design and traditions in the Images of Asia series. With 19 color and 24 black-and-white photographs of gardens in Suzhou and Yangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. (CHN233, $24.95)
	The Chinese Garden: History, Art and Architecture • Maggie Keswick • NATURAL HISTORY • An oversized illustrated survey of Chinese gardens, updated and expanded in this third edition by Alison Hardie. First published 25 years ago, the book is a classic survey of the symbolism, meaning and beauty of Chinese gardens. (CHN198, $39.95)
	The Chinese Gold Murders • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, are taken from the tradition of Chinese detective novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN289, $13.95)
	The Chinese Have a Word for It, The Complete Guide to Chinese Thought and Culture • Boye Lafayette De Mente • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A practical guide to Chinese culture and history through a study of over 300 words and phrases. (CHN185, $17.95)
	The Chinese Lake Murders • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, are taken from the tradition of Chinese suspense novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN288, $12.95)
	The Chinese Maze Murders • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • Judge Dee solves three interwoven mysteries (all involving the governor's garden maze) in this installment. (CHN295, $11.00)
	The Chinese Nail Murders • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • These historical mysteries, featuring a Tang-era Chinese magistrate, follow the tradition of ancient Chinese suspense novels. Apart from the pleasure of the elaborate plots, the books are rich in details of court and daily life in ancient China. (CHN292, $12.95)
	Chinese Poetry, An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres • Wai-Lim Yip • LITERATURE • (CHN174, $23.95)
	Chinese Rugs: A Buyer's Guide • Lee Allane • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the history, techniques and variety of carpets produced throughout China, featuring a helpful buyer's guide. (CHN30, $15.95)
	Chinese, A Language Map • Kristinek Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (CHN284, $7.95)
	Communism, A History • Richard Pipes • HISTORY • A short, fiercely critical history of communism from the ideas of Karl Marx to the end of the 20th century. (GEN367, $13.95)
	Conquering the Desert of Death, Across the Taklamakan • Charles Blackmore • Peter Hopkirk • EXPLORATION • Major Charles Blackmore and his joint Chinese-British expedition bested even the great explorers bested Sven Hedin and Ariel Stein, the first ever land crossing of the fearsome Taklamakan (the name translates as goa nd don't come out). It took the team 59 days and 30 camels to cover the 59 miles. Blackmore's account is iveting for its lack of The brainchild of author Chales Blackmore, the joint British, Chinese and Uyghur team account of an extraordinary two-month-long, 780-mile trek across the high dunes of remote Xianjiang, first published in 1995. (CAS68, $16.95)
	Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon • Chow Yun Fat • In this martial arts fantasy, epic battles and sweeping romance unfold in Imperial China. Featuring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. Run time of 120 minutes. (CHN329, $14.94)
	Culture Shock! China • Iris Wong Po-Yee • Kevin Sinclair • GUIDEBOOK • This guide is a lively introduction to modern Chinese culture and manners. (CHN204, $15.95)
	A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman • Lao Toai-Taoi Ning • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An inspiring account of a lively and driven woman. Born in 1867 and never formally educated, Ning met with one hardship after another as she struggled to support her children without much help from her opium-addicted husband. (CHN274, $22.95)
	Daughter of the River, An Autobiography • Hong Ying • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Ying traces the arc of her life from struggles during the Great Famine through Tiananmen Square in this inspiring tale of coming of age in Chongqing on the banks of the Yangtze. (CHN240, $14.00)
	Death of a Red Heroine • Qui Xiaolong • MYSTERY • Marvelously evocative of Shanghai, and tremendously informative about China's transition towards a market economiy in the 1990's, this award-winning debut of Inspector Chen of the Shanghai police is also a real page-turner. (CHN374, $14.00)
	The Death of Woman Wang • Jonathan Spence • LITERATURE • The turbulent saga about a runaway wife who is murdered by her husband, set in 17th century China and written by one of the foremost western scholars on China. (CHN58, $14.00)
	Did Marco Polo Go to China? • Frances Wood • EXPLORATION • A critical look at the manuscripts and evidence regarding this most famous journey. (CAS28, $35.00)
	Dragon Lady, The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China • Sterling Seagrave • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (CHN229, $18.95)
	Dream of the Red Chamber • Chi-Chen Wang • Tsao Hsueh-Chin • LITERATURE • An ill-fated affair between two doomed lovers is the basis for China's most loved novel. Written in the 18th-century, the stunning story is a wonderful introduction to China. (CHN192, $14.95)
	East Asia, Tradition and Transformation • John Fairbank • Edwin O. Reischauer • Albert M. Craig • HISTORY • A sprawling history of China and Japan, covering ancient through modern times. (ASA18, $171.96)
	Emperor of China, Self-Portrait of K'Ang-His • Jonathan Spence • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (CHN358, $14.95)
	The Emperor's Pearl • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • In this installment the time is 699 A.D. The place is Poo-yang, where Judge Dee must investigate two deaths -- the heart failure of a rower in the annual boat race and a murder committed in a deserted country estate. (CHN296, $12.00)
	Empress Orchid • Anchee Min • LITERATURE • In this novel of the glorious, decadent last days of 19th-Century Imperial China, Min (Red Azalea, Becoming Madame Mao) combines her tale of a young girl from the provinces who marries an emperor -- and then improbably becomes the Last Empress -- with a lovingly re-created portrait of life in the Forbidden City. (CHN267, $14.00)
	Farewell My Concubine • Kaige Chen • The moving story of a fifty-year friendship between two men who meet as children in the Peking Opera. (CHN226, $14.99)
	Feather in the Storm, A Childhood Lost in Chaos • Emily Wu • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Wu's unsentimental account of coming of age during the devastation, chaos and horror of Mao's Cultural Revolution. (CHN381, $26.00)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of China • John MacKinnon • Karen Phillipps • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive field guide to the birds of China, featuring 128 color plates illustrating 1300 species of birds. Contains introductory chapters on the history of ornithology in China, biogeography, and conservation. (CHN85, $116.25)
	The First Emperor of China • Liu Hao Xue • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This historical drama, originally appearing in IMAX theatres, features documentary footage of Emperor Qin's life-sized terracotta army, constructed almost 2,200 years ago in Xi'an. (CHN303, $14.99)
	Five T'ang Poets • David Young • LITERATURE • A collection of T-ang poetry. (CHN157, $14.95)
	Flashman and the Dragon • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • The eighth entry in Fraser's popular series of 19th-century adventures starring Harry Flashman, the womanizing rogue and international troublemaker, set in 1860s China. In this installment, our reluctant hero is hoodwinked into joining the Teiping Rebellion, participates in the Seige of Nanking and ends up as a plaything of the Dowager Empress at the Summer Palace. (CHN116, $15.00)
	Fodor's Beijing and Shanghai • Emmanuelle Morgen • Deborah Kaufman • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, frequently revised guide to Beijing and Shanghai featuring hundreds of annotated listings of where to eat, stay and shop. (CHN253, $17.95)
	Fodor's Beijing's 25 Best • Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • This slim book includes a separate full-color map of the center of Beijing, along with a handy 96-page shirt-pocket guide with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (CHN48, $11.95)
	Fodor's China • David Allan • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, frequently revised guide to China featuring hundreds of annotated listings of where to eat, stay and shop. (CHN314, $24.95)
	Fodor's Exploring China • Christopher Knowles • GUIDEBOOK • This excellent guidebook, featuring maps and color photos, brings old and new China to life, with sections on places to visit, a useful language guide and practical information for getting around. (CHN25, $22.00)
	Fodor's Hong Kong's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • A shirt-pocket guide and map. (HKG09, $11.95)
	The Forbidden City, Center of Imperial China • Gilles Beguin • Dominique Morel • HISTORY • This slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. With a useful chronology and a carefully chosen selection of writings over the ages, it's an indispensable guide to the Forbidden City and the history of imperial China. (CHN32, $12.95)
	A Fortune-Teller Told Me, Earthbound Travels in the Far East • Tizanio Terzani • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A peripatetic journalist sets off to Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Mongolia, China, Japan and other far-flung destinations in this warm, anecdotal account. (SEA35, $14.95)
	Fried Eggs With Chopsticks • Polly Evans • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Subtitled "One Woman's Hilarious Adventures Into a Country and a Culture Not Her Own," this is an offbeat account of travels in China. (CHN362, $14.00)
	Frommer's Beijing • Frommer's • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop. (CHN346, $16.99)
	Frommer's China • Peter Neville-Hadley • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide in the popular series, focusing on attractions, restaurants and accommodations. An excellent planning tool, it also features useful language and menu guides. (CHN207, $24.99)
	Frommer's Shanghai • J.D. Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop. (CHN220, $17.99)
	Frontiers of Heaven, A Journey to the End of China • Stanley Stewart • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A British journalist with wanderlust and a way with the pen, Stewart recounts his rough journey halfway across Asia from Shanghai to Xinjiang along the Great Wall. A Thomas Cook Travel Book of the Year. (CHN237, $14.95)
	Fruitful Sites, Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China • Craig Clunas • HISTORY • A study of Ming Era (1450-1650) gardens in the Jiangnan Valley of the Yangtze, especially in wealthy Suzhou and to a lesser extent in Hangzhou. With 48 illustrations. (CHN175, $24.95)
	Gardens in China • Peter Valder • NATURAL HISTORY • A gorgeous book featuring over 500 color photographs of Chinese gardens in 11 provinces. (CHN176, $59.95)
	The Gate of Heavenly Peace, The Chinese and Their Revolution 1895-1980 • Jonathan Spence • HISTORY • Jonathan Spence, a prolific scholar of Chinese history at Yale, delivers a portrait of Chinese revolution, combining straightforward political history with an intriguing selection of materials by poets, artists and intellectuals. (CHN195, $18.00)
	The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention • Robert Temple • Joseph Needham • HISTORY • The revised, lavishly illustrated edition of Needham's multi-volume, best-selling survey of Chinese innovation over the millennia. Organized thematically, it covers the suspension bridge, wheelbarrow, circadian rhythms, decimal system, seismograph, parachute, gunpowder and rockets. (CHN82, $29.95)
	Giant Pandas In The Wild, Saving an Endangered Species • Lu Zhi • NATURAL HISTORY • A portrait of the giant panda, its habitat in China and international conservation efforts. Includes excellent color photographs by George Schaller and text chronicling the lives of 20 individual pandas. (CHN173, $35.00)
	The Ginger Tree • Oswald Wynd • LITERATURE • The bittersweet tale of an innocent young Scots woman in Asia, rich in the details of life in Japan and China before WWII. (JPN125, $12.95)
	The Girl Who Played Go • Shan Sa • Adriana Hunter • LITERATURE • In this accomplished novel set in a Manchurian city in the war-torn 1930s, two young people -- one of each side of the conflict -- fall in love. (CHN214, $13.95)
	God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories • Tom Bissell • LITERATURE • Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea. (CAS117, $13.95)
	God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan • Jonathan Spence • HISTORY • (CHN178, $17.95)
	The Golden Days • Cao Xueqin • David Hawkes • LITERATURE • The classic enchanting love story set in 18th-century China which follows the Jia family and the magical stone at the center of the tale. (CHN223, $16.00)
	Good Luck Life, The Essential Guide To Chinese American Celebrations And Culture • Rosemary Gong • GUIDEBOOK • A collection of notes and guide to Chinese culture, festivals and traditions, covering food, drink, weddings, and funerals. (CHN333, $14.95)
	Governing China, From Revolution Through Reform • Kenneth Lieberthal • HISTORY • A scholarly political history of China. (CHN112, $28.50)
	The Great Railway Bazaar, By Train through Asia • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux's vintage 1970s journeys across Asia by Train, displaying all his talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. It's great fun. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. (ASA40, $14.95)
	The Great Wall • William Lindesay • HISTORY • A brief history of the Great Wall, with 40 black-and-white and 19 color illustrations, in the Images of Asia series by Oxford Univesity Press. William Lindesay is director of the International Friends of the Great Wall. (CHN251, $24.95)
	The Great Wall • Elizabeth Mann • HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A concise history of the Great Wall told in story format, from the "Wonders of the World" series. With colorful illustrations by Alan Witschonke. (CHN332, $9.95)
	The Great Wall of China • Daniel Schwartz • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This photo-essay, presented in glorious black-and-white, shows the full extent of the Wall. (CHN331, $39.95)
	The Great Wall of China from History to Myth • Arthur Waldron • HISTORY • A scholary history of the famous defensive wall. (CHN130, $31.99)
	A Guide to Chinese Literature • Wilt Idema • Lloyd L. Haft • LITERATURE • A scholarly survey of Chinese literary traditions over the last 3,000 years, organized into five major time periods. Intended for classroom use. (CHN313, $25.00)
	The Haunted Monastery • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • In this installment, Judge Dee inverstiages murder in a Taoist monastery. (CHN297, $9.00)
	Hero • Zhang Yimou • Jet Li stars in this visually stunning martial arts masterpiece by the director of Raise the Red Lantern. Set in ancient feudal China, this simple tale is rendered in breathtaking color. (CHN328, $19.99)
	The High Road to China • Kate Teltscher • HISTORY • A history of the first British mission to Tibet and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China in the 18th century. Teltscher makes extensive use of a fascintating journal kept by one young British envoy. (CHN386, $26.00)
	A History of Chinese Civilization • Jacques Gernet • HISTORY • An informed and scholarly cultural history of China from ancient times, updated for this second edition. Translated from the French by Translated by J. R. Foster and Charles Hartman. (CHN211, $37.99)
	Hong Kong • Jan Morris • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE • A wonderful portrait of Hong Kong by one of our favorite writers. Morris enumerates the many personal pleasures of the city, deftly interweaving reportage, history and culture. (HKG02, $17.00)
	Hong Kong Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folding map of Hong Kong, at a scale of 1:14,000. (HKG15, $6.95)
	Hungry Ghosts, Mao's Secret Famine • Jasper Becker • HISTORY • The definitive work on the devastating famine that overtook China in the 1950s and 1960s. (CHN99, $19.00)
	The Importance of Living • Lin Yutang • RELIGION • A philosophical treatise on living the good life. (CHN121, $16.95)
	In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture • Geremie R. Barme • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Examination of Chinese culture, both "official" and "unofficial." (CHN88, $31.50)
	The Inner Chapters • Chuang Tzu • A. C. Graham • LITERATURE • The oldest pieces of Taoist writing, by one of its greatest philosophers, Chuang Tzu. From the fourth-century B. C. (CHN244, $14.95)
	Insight Guide China • Manfred Morganstern • GUIDEBOOK • In its hallmark style, this Insight Guide combines short essays on the history, politics and culture of China with hundreds of color photographs. It's a short whirlwind introduction to the country. (CHN05, $24.95)
	Insight Guide East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to the history, culture and traditions of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan featuring 250 color photographs and 16 maps. (ASA27, $24.95)
	Insight Guide Shanghai • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A nicely illustrated guide to Shanghai with excellent maps and hundreds of illustrations. (CHN219, $23.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Beijing • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient practical guide to Beijing. (CHN26, $13.95)
	Into the Teeth of the Tiger • Donald S. Lopez Jr. • HISTORY • The memoirs of a World War II pilot in Asia. (ASA39, $17.95)
	Iron and Silk • Mark Salzman • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Salzman gets himself to Changsha in the mid-1980s on the pretext of teaching English to Chinese doctors. His real mission, however, is to become a kung fu master. In this wonderfully readable travelogue he conveys a sense of contemporary life. (CHN52, $13.95)
	The Island of Seven Cities, Where The Chinese Settled When They Discovered America • Paul Chiasson • ARCHAEOLOGY • Chiasson's account of his remarkable discovery of a ancient road in Cape Breton, which he argues was part of a large Chinese colony in the New World. (CHN380, $25.95)
	Judge Dee at Work, Eight Chinese Detective Stories • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • A collection of eight cases from the long career of the magistrate, originally published in 1967. (CHN299, $12.00)
	K: The Art of Love • Hong Ying • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A story of the true-life love affair between Virginia Woolf's nephew Julian Bell and famed Chinese woman writer Ling Shuhua in 1930s Beijing. (CHN260, $14.95)
	The Kitchen God's Wife • Amy Tan • LITERATURE • (CHN357, $13.95)
	Knopf Mapguide Shanghai • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Full-color foldout maps make this guidebook a handy and practical way to find information on where to go and what to do in the city. (CHN283, $9.95)
	Kowloon Tong, A Novel of Hong Kong • Paul Theroux • LITERATURE • With its strong sense of place and contemporary setting in Hong Kong at a time of transition, this fast-paced novel is an illuminating and imaginative look at the city. (HKG12, $13.95)
	The Lacquer Screen • Robert Van Gulik • MYSTERY • In this installment, Judge Dee investigates a series of suspicious events surrounding a magistrate's eerily prophetic tapestry. (CHN298, $12.00)
	Last Chance to See • Douglas Adams • Mark Carwardine • NATURAL HISTORY • A whirlwind visit to remote habitats around the world by two entertaining traveling companions. (CON04, $14.95)
	The Last Emperor • Bernardo Bertolucci • Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning rendition of the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last emperor of China's Ching Dynasty. (CHN225, $14.98)
	The Last Panda • George Schaller • NATURAL HISTORY • Naturalist George Schaller spent almost 5 years in the wild studying the panda in the 1980s. This book is both his description of the great panda in nature, and an eloquent plea for how to save the species. (CHN24, $15.00)
	Leaving Mother Lake, A Girlhood at the Edge of the World • Yang Erche Namu • Christine Mathieu • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this entrancing memoir, Chinese singing sensation Namu recounts her coming-of-age among the matriarchal Mosuo people in Southwest China near the Chinese-Tibetan border. (CHN270, $14.99)
	Legacies, A Chinese Mosaic • Betty Bao Lord • HISTORY • A memoir of contemporary China, interweaving a family tale with interviews and testimony. (CHN84, $19.00)
	Letters to Henrietta • Lisa Chubbuck • Isabella Bird • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This extremely enjoyable collection of letters back home capture the verve and spirit of the globe-trotting spinster from the Isle of Mull. (WLD39, $20.00)
	Life and Death in Shanghai • Nien Cheng • HISTORY • A plainly told account of the horrors that took place during the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai, from an author who was a six-year political prisoner. (CHN42, $16.00)
	Liquid Jade, The Story of Tea from Wast to West • Beatrice Hohenegger • HISTORY • Barbara Hohenegger takes in the tumultuous history of tea and the tea trade, a 5,000-year journey from Japan and China to the British Empire and beyond, in this captivating history. (ASA54, $24.95)
	Living With China • Ezra F. Vogel • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly examination of the major policy issues facing US engagement with China. (CHN160, $18.00)
	Lonely Planet Beijing • Damian Harper • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide to Beijing features maps, an overview of culture, history and nature, and a good deal of nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. There's even a section on the locally spoken dialect of Mandarin. (CHN47, $18.99)
	Lonely Planet Best of Beijing • Ellis Quinn • GUIDEBOOK • A pocket guide in the popular series. (CHN355, $14.99)
	Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook • Kam Y. Lau • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (HKG19, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet China • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical guide to China, geared for independent travelers. (CHN39, $31.99)
	Lonely Planet Hong Kong, Macau & Guangzhou • Nicko Goncharoff • Damian Harper • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Hong Kong. (HKG14, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook • Hua-Yuan L. Mowry • Justin Ben-Adam Rudelson • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy phrasebook for Mandarin basics. This guide focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (CHN72, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet Shanghai • Bradley Mayhew • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Shanghai featuring maps and detailed information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a few color photographs and excellent travel information. (CHN91, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet Taiwan • Andrew Bender • GUIDEBOOK • A travel guide to Taipei and Taiwan noteworthy for its attention to practical detail on food, accommodations and excursions. (CHN67, $25.99)
	Look What Came From China! • Miles Harvey • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • An illustrated guide to China, its products and inventions, for children ages 4-8. (CHN155, $6.95)
	Looking for Chengdu, A Woman's Adventure in China • Hill Gates • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Anthropologist Hill Gates sets off on a series of excursions through the inland province of Sichuan. Gates is especially curious to learn how the economic boom has effected the women of Sichuan, which was the birthplace of Chinese economic reforms in the 1970s. (CHN74, $23.95)
	The Lost Camels of Tartary • John Hare • EXPLORATION • A vivid account of three expeditions on the trail of the migrating Bactrian camel through the deserts of Xinjiang and Mongolia. The author includes vivid portraits of the people he encounters along the way. (CAS67, $14.99)
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