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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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Asian Values and Human Rights, A Confucian Communitarian Perspective • William Theodore de Bary • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (ASA29, $19.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Bound • Donna Jo Napoli • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • In this retelling of Cinderella, Napoli includes all the familair elements -- evil stepmothers, servitude and lost slippers -- but infuses it with myth and history and sets it in 14th-century China. (CHN236, $16.95)
	Bridge of Birds • Barry Hughart • LITERATURE • A novel of whimsy and fantasy set in ancient China. (CHN117, $7.50)
	Buddha • Demi • RELIGION • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Beautiful, intricately detailed, full-color illustrations make this life of the Buddha an excellent choice for children. Intended for children age 7-10. (ASA17, $21.95)
	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)
	Buddha Stories • Demi • RELIGION • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • Intended for ages 4 to 8, this book tells 10 of the author's favorite "jakatas," or moral tales of the Buddha. She has sumptuously illustrated the volume in gold printed on deep, dark blue (in the tradition of an ancient Buddhist text). (ASA16, $20.00)
	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)
	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)
	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 Map • International Travel Maps • A fine, double-sided, shaded-relief map of China, at a very good scale of 1:3,800,000, indexed with an inset map of central Beijing. (CHN06, $11.95)
	China Men • Maxine Hong Kingston • LITERATURE • A novel of three generations of Chinese men adjusting to life in a America. (CHN118, $13.95)
	China Rail Handbook • Nick Hill • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN SEPTEMBER • A comprehensive, practical guide to rail travel in China, including timetables, helpful tips on booking tickets, historical background, and an atlas with 100 route maps. (CHN200, $24.95)
	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 Wall Map • National Geographic • A wall map of China from the cartographers at National Geographic. (CHN197, $14.99)
	China's Bravest Girl: The Legend of Hua Mu Lan • Charlie Chin • Tomie Arai • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • The classic legend of Mu Lan is retold for readers ages 6 to 10 in this bilingual edition. Narrated in rhyme, it's perfect for reading aloud. (CHN261, $7.95)
	China, A True Book • Dennis Brindell Fradin • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • A slim, illustrated introduction to China for younger readers (ages 6-8). With a color map and nice selection of photographs showing the landscapes, cities, people, and monuments of China. (CHN135, $6.95)
	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)
	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 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)
	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 Fairy Tales and Fantasies • Moss Roberts • LITERATURE • FAMILY • Moss Roberts combed 2,500 years of the Chinese folk tradition for this anthology. Decorated with woodcut illustrations throughout, this is another volume in Pantheon's excellent folklore series. (CHN146, $16.00)
	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)
	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 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 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)
	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)
	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)
	Cowboy on the Steppes • Yi Nan Zhang • Song Nan Zhang • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • A spare, evocative account of an 18-year-old Chinese boy's year as a Mongolian cowboy. (MGL34, $15.95)
	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)
	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)
	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's Silent Army, Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China • Jane O'Connor • HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Visually engaging and with an exciting plot line, this informative book introduces the Terracotta Army of the first Qin emperor to young readers ages 9-12. (CHN182, $17.99)
	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)
	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)
	The Empty Pot • Demi • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • A witty folk tale about honesty, set in ancient China. (CHN106, $17.95)
	Eyewitness Guide China • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A hefty guide to sites, attractions and places throughout China featuring excellent maps and hundreds of full color photographs and site diagrams (CHN242, $30.00)
	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)
	Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet • Koon-chiu Lo • Lotta Carswell Hume • LITERATURE • FAMILY • A highly recommended collection of 19 Chinese and Tibetan tales, collected and retold by an American doctor's wife who lived in Hunan province from 1906 to 1928. The illustrations practically leap off the page. (CHN93, $23.95)
	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)
	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 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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 of China • Leonard Everett Fisher • HISTORY • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • In brief text and bold black-and-white illustrations, this storybook recounts the construction of the Great Wall of China. The simple story is probably best suited for young children (ages 4-8), but kids as old as 12 will want to pore over the illustrations, which are great. (CHN103, $7.99)
	The Great Wall of China from History to Myth • Arthur Waldron • HISTORY • A scholary history of the famous defensive wall. (CHN130, $31.99)
	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)
	Homesick, My Own Story • Jean Fritz • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Jean Fritz recounts her childhood in Hankow, China in the 1920s. It's a candid, wonderfully written account of this turbulent time, told from a little girl's perspective. (CHN141, $5.99)
	Hong Kong Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folding map of Hong Kong, at a scale of 1:14,000. (HKG15, $6.95)
	House of Sixty Fathers • Meindert De Jong • Maurice Sendak • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • This classic children's novel is set in China during the Japanese invasion as a young boy makes a journey to reunite with his family. A Newbery Honor Book, illustrated by Maurice Sendak and written for kids ages 9-12. (CHN119, $5.95)
	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 Land of the Blue Poppies, The Collected Plant Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon-Ward • Frank Kingdon-Ward • Tom Christopher • Jamaica Kincaid • ANTHOLOGY • Tom Christopher experts excerpts from intrepid Kingdon-Ward's fascinating accounts of plant-hunting adventures in Tibet, Burma and the Himalayas in the early 20th century. (ASA35, $19.00)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Little Green, Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution • Chun Yu • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A poetic reflection on China's Cultural Revolution told from a child's perspective. It's a good introduction to China's recent history for young adults or mature middle readers. (CHN239, $15.95)
	Living With China • Ezra F. Vogel • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly examination of the major policy issues facing US engagement with China. (CHN160, $18.00)
	Lon Po Po, A Red-Riding Hood Story from China • Ed Young • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • This powerfully illustrated Chinese variant on the story of Red Riding Hood features three sisters who outsmart Lon Po Po, or Granny Wolf, who is disguised as the girls' grandmother. For readers ages 5-9. (CHN102, $6.99)
	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 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 Hong Kong, Macau & Guangzhou • Nicko Goncharoff • Damian Harper • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Hong Kong. (HKG14, $19.99)
	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)
	Making Out in Chinese • Ray Daniels • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A phoenetic (and funny) guide to getting along in Chinese. (CHN206, $8.95)
	Man's Fate • Andre Malraux • LITERATURE • A suspenseful, psychologically complex novel set during the early days of the Chinese revolution. (CHN188, $14.95)
	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)
	Mao's China and After, A History of the People's Republic • Maurice Meisner • HISTORY • A vivid, comprehensive history of China since the Communists came into power in 1949. (CHN165, $19.95)
	Mao, A Life • Philip Short • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Thie eminently readable biography, broad in scope, covers the political and personal. (CHN110, $25.00)
	Mao: A Biography • Ross Terrill • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A no-holds-barred biography of the Chinese leader. (CHN51, $31.95)
	Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World • John Larner • EXPLORATION • A scholarly, insightful study of the impact of the venetian merchant-explorer's impact on European ideas and knowledge of the world. (EXP22, $19.00)
	Marco Polo for Kids, His Marvelous Journey to China • Janis Herbert • HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Travel along with the famous Venetian and do some things he may have done. (CHN189, $16.95)
	The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci • Jonathan Spence • HISTORY • A "portrait of the age," revealing fascinating connections between Eastern and Western history and thought via a life of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1616), an early Catholic missionary in China. (CHN262, $16.00)
	Monkey, A Journey to the West • David Kherdian • LITERATURE • The 16th-century Chinese epic of adventure and pilgrimage, brilliantly retold by David Kheridan. It's the wild tale of the encounters of the rogue-trickster Monkey and his Buddhist companion Tripitaka on the Silk Road. (ASA32, $14.95)
	Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats • Leslie Swartz • Nina Simonds • Meilo So • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • A fun guide to celebrating the New Year, Dragon Boat Festival and other Chinese holidays. (CHN183, $21.00)
	Mountain of Fame, Portraits in Chinese History • John Wills • HISTORY • An intriguing, novel approach to Chinese history. Instead of marching through the dynasties, Wells illuminates themes and continuities within Chinese tradition through 20 representative personalities. (CHN10, $26.95)
	Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha • Dorothy Gilman • MYSTERY • Grandma Pollifax, the CIA agent, is at it again, hot on the trail of jewel thieves, drug dealers and murderers in the city of Hong Kong. Part of the popular series, this mystery is great fun. (HKG17, $6.99)
	My Life as an Explorer • Sven Hedin • Peter Hopkirk • EXPLORATION • This classic memoir by the great Swedish explorer is an amazing account of hardship and adventure over three decades through the lands of Central Asia and the Silk Road. (CAS06, $16.00)
	National Geographic Traveler China • Damian Harper • GUIDEBOOK • A generously illustrated guide to China with the usual National Geographic attention to maps and photographs. With a 50-page appendix of practical travel information. (CHN163, $27.95)
	Nature: Pandas: Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon, The Panda Baby • Nature • NATURAL HISTORY • A double-feature from the award-winning Nature series: Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon narrated by George Page and filmed in the bamboo forests of Wolong; and The Panda Baby, the story of the San Diego Zoo panda cub. (CHN263, $19.99)
	News from Tartary • Peter Fleming • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A rousing, ironic account of Fleming's 3500-mile trek in the 1930s from Peking to the province of Sinkiang and onwards to India. (CAS46, $18.95)
	Noble House • James Clavell • LITERATURE • Another Clavell novel set in Asia, this one finds Russian, Chinese and English businessmen and intelligence agents caught up in a struggle to control the largest trading house in 1960s Hong Kong. (HKG16, $7.99)
	Northeastern China Map • Nelles • A double-sided map of the northeastern portion of the country at a 1:1.5 scale. (CHN172, $10.95)
	Northern China Map • Nelles • A detailed travel map of North China, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (CHN40, $10.95)
	Northwest China Map • MapLink • A map of northwestern China, covering much of the Silk Road at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (CHN202, $9.95)
	Oasis Identities, Uyghur Nationalism Along China's Silk Road • Justin Jon Rudelson • HISTORY • A survey of Uyghur identity based on the author's fieldwork in Turpan. (CAS92, $27.50)
	Odyssey Guide Beijing & Shanghai • Bill Mooney • GUIDEBOOK • Jammed with photographs, maps and great information on culture and history, this colorful guide introduces the two cities with style. (CHN228, $24.95)
	Odyssey Guide China • Charis Chan • Peter Neville • GUIDEBOOK • A handsomely illustrated compact guide, strong on culture and history. With 15 regional and local maps, hundreds of photographs -- and all 31 World Heritage Sites in China. (CHN87, $22.95)
	The Open Empire, A History of China to 1600 • Valerie Hansen • HISTORY • This account of premodern China depicts the empire as heterogenous, vibrant, and open to the outside world. (CHN138, $55.40)
	Original Tao: Inward Training and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism • Harold D. Roth • LITERATURE • Harold D. Roth, professor of East Asian studies at Brown, reinterprets the origins of Taoism through a fourth-century B.C. text. (CHN245, $24.00)
	The Origins of the Cultural Revolution, Volume 1: The Contradictions among the People 1956-1957 • Roderick MacFarquhar • HISTORY • China's Cultural Revolution from 1956 to 1966. (CHN115, $33.50)
	Pandas • Heather Angel • NATURAL HISTORY • A series of gorgeous color photographs of pandas, mostly concerned with the Giant Pandas of Wolong and with a section on the red panda. Includes some information on natural history. (CHN137, $17.95)
	Passions of the Cut Sleeve, The Male Homosexual Tradition in China • Bret Hinsch • LITERATURE • A well-written, scholarly survey of the traditions of same-sex male love in Chinese literature. (CHN167, $21.95)
	Peking Story, The Last Days of Old China • David Kidd • John Lanchester • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A wry tribute to lost way of life and time in Beijing. Kidd writes with humor and sweet nostalgia of the privileged and eccentric Lu family in the years around the 1948 Communist Revolution. (CHN264, $14.00)
	Popular China, Unoffical Culture in a Globalizing Society • Paul G. Pickowicz • Richard P. Madsen • Perry Link • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A reader on manifestations of popular culture in contemporary China, including chapters by both Chinese and western contributors. (CHN259, $28.95)
	Precious Records, Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century • Susan Mann • HISTORY • Respected scholar Mann seeks to given voice to the underrepresented women of Qing China. (CHN139, $26.95)
	The Private Life of Chairman Mao, The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician • Dr. Li Zhisui • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 22 years in the life of Mao Tse Tung (and communist China), as seen through the eyes of his doctor. (CHN100, $22.95)