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	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, $12.00)
	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)
	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)
	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, $12.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Bridge of Birds • Barry Hughart • LITERATURE • A novel of whimsy and fantasy set in ancient China. (CHN117, $7.50)
	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, $46.95)
	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)
	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)
	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 double-sided, shaded-relief map of China, at a useful 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)
	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, 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 Poetry, An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres • Wai-Lim Yip • LITERATURE • (CHN174, $24.95)
	Conquering the Desert of Death, Across the Taklamakan • Charles Blackmore • Peter Hopkirk • EXPLORATION • An account of Major Blackmore's extraordinary two-month-long, 780-mile trek across the high dunes of remote Xianjiang, first published in 1995. His Anglo-Chinese expedition was the first to cross the full length of the Tarim Basin. The sole woman in the team, Carolyn Ellis, was one of two expedition members to walk the entire route without once riding a camel. (CAS68, $16.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 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)
	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, $15.00)
	Governing China, From Revolution Through Reform • Kenneth Lieberthal • HISTORY • A scholarly political history of China. (CHN112, $28.50)
	The Great Wall of China from History to Myth • Arthur Waldron • HISTORY • A scholary history of the famous defensive wall. (CHN130, $31.99)
	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)
	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 Pocket Guide Beijing • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient practical guide to Beijing. (CHN26, $13.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 China • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical guide to China, geared for independent travelers. (CHN39, $31.99)
	Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau City Guide • 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 SouthWest China • Thomas Huhti • Bradley Mayhew • GUIDEBOOK • In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Guizhou features maps, an overview of culture, history and nature and nuts-and-bolts travel information. (CHN71, $24.99)
	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)
	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)
	Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh • David Fraser • Barbara Fraser • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations. (ASA46, $60.00)
	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, The Unknown Story • Jung Chang • John Halliday • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this extraordinary biography Chang (Wild Swans) and her historian husband reveal Mao as a brutal, power-hungry monster with close ties to Joseph Stalin. (CHN301, $18.95)
	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)
	Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture • Sarah Handler • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated overview of Ming furniture and its architectural setting. (CHN318, $50.00)
	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)
	Moon Beijing and Shanghai • Helena Iveson • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN NOVEMBER • A practical guide in the popular series. (CHN537, $17.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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, $28.50)
	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, $19.95)
	Odyssey Guide Three Gorges of the Yangtze River • Raynor Shaw • GUIDEBOOK • NEW • Compact, illustrated and up-to-date, this detailed guide focuses on the 120-mile-long Three Gorges section of the Yangtzi, including Chongsing, Yichang and Wuhan. With 12 color maps and diagrams. (CHN368, $21.95)
	Odyssey Guide Three Gorges of the Yangtze River • Raynor Shaw • GUIDEBOOK • NEW • Compact, illustrated and up-to-date, this detailed guide focuses on the 120-mile-long Three Gorges section of the Yangtzi, including Chongsing, Yichang and Wuhan. With 12 color maps and diagrams. (CHN368, $21.95)
	Odyssey Guide Xi'an, Shaanxi & the Terracotta Army • Kevin Bishop • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient, illustrated guide to Xi'an, the 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 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)
	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 realities in the personal stories of peasants, scholars, day laborers and activists. (CHN316, $15.95)
	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)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of China • John MacKinnon • Nigel Hicks • FIELD GUIDE • A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of China, featuring color photographs, concise descriptions and range maps. 2nd edition. (CHN29, $15.95)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Chinese (Cantonese) • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • An audio CD with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Cantonese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (CHN279, $19.95)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Chinese (Mandarin) • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Mandarin, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (CHN280, $19.95)
	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)
	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)
	Religions of China in Practice • Donald S. Lopez Jr. • RELIGION • Confucionism, Daoism and Buddhism, and how they overlap and interact with each other. (CHN127, $34.95)
	Religions of China, The World as a Living System • David L. Overmyer • RELIGION • A brief primer on the religions of China. (CHN154, $11.50)
	The Retreat of the Elephants, An Environmental History of China • Mark Elvin • NATURAL HISTORY • A thorough examination of the damage that has been done to China's environment through war, modernization and new farming developments. (CHN221, $22.00)
	Riding the Iron Rooster, By Train Through China • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux's wry account of utterly exhausting, exasperating travels, mostly by rail, throughout China for an entire year. He gets himself to every corner of the huge country, including memorable passages on his experiences in Mongolia, Xinjiang, Manchuria and Tibet (where his journey ended). (CHN133, $15.95)
	The Rise of Modern China • Immanuel C.Y. Hsu • HISTORY • A comprehensive history of China from the 17th century through the present. (CHN62, $69.95)
	The River at the Center of the World • Simon Winchester • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE • Winchester writes about the character of Yangtze, and the people and places along its banks, with an easy grace in this remarkable portrait of the great river that is at the symbolic and literal heart of China. (CHN31, $16.00)
	River Town, Two Years on the Yangtze • Peter Hessler • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An intelligent personal account of life as a Peace Corps volunteer in Fuling, a provincial city where foreigners are a curiosity. Fuling is located on the Yangtze in Sichuan, which will be partially drowned with the completion of the Three Gorges dam. (CHN125, $14.95)
	Rough Guide China • Simon Lewis • David Leffman • GUIDEBOOK • A no-nonsense, opinionated travel guide in the British series aimed at independent-minded travelers. (CHN78, $27.99)
	Rough Guide Shanghai • Simon Lewis • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to the city, jammed with maps, site plans, suggested sightseeing and recommended restaurants and hotels. (CHN488, $19.99)
	The Sand Pebbles • Richard McKenna • LITERATURE • A reprint of the now-classic novel, which revolves around mate Jake Holman and life aboard U.S. Navy gunboat on the Yangtze River in the early 20th century. (CHN147, $22.95)
	Selected Stories of Lu Hsun • Hsun Lu • William Lyell • LITERATURE • A collection of 18 stories by an important modern Chinese writers (1881-1936). (CHN122, $15.95)
	The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World • Chris Scarre • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great monuments of the ancient world and how they were built. (GEN92, $40.00)
	The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 1 • Joseph Needham • Colin A. Ronan • HISTORY • The first entry in a multi-volume history of science and engineering in China. (CHN120, $58.00)
	The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang • Sally Wriggins • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A nicely illustrated account of an extraordinary, 16-year trek from Xi'an to India by way of Central Asia in search of the origins of Buddhism by Xuan-Zang, the famous 7th-century Chinese monk. (ASA31, $25.00)
	The Silk Roads, A Route and Planning Guide • Paul Wilson • Dominic Streatfield-James • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to the network of ancient trade routes extending from Turkey and the Mideast across Central Asia to China. (CAS21, $22.95)
	A Single Pebble • John Hersey • LITERATURE • A haunting novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winner. Hersey writes, with deceptive simplicity, of an American engineer looking for a dam site on the Yangtze. Think Hemingway on the Yangtze. (CHN03, $12.95)
	Sky Burial, An Epic Love Story of Tibet • Xinran • LITERATURE • In 1958, notified that her young husband, a doctor in the Chinese army has been killed in action in Tibet, Shu Wen joins the army, determined to go to Tibet to uncover the truth, only to find herself alone in Tibet, embarking on a thirty-year nomadic odyssey that brings her back to a new China, transformed by the Cultural Revolution. (CHN282, $18.95)
	The Small Woman • Alan Burgess • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the missionary Gladys Aylward. (CHN77, $35.95)
	The Soong Dynasty • Sterling Seagrave • HISTORY • The epic story of one the most powerful and influential families in 20th-century China. (CHN114, $18.00)
	South of the Clouds, Tales from Yunnan • Lucien Miller • ANTHOLOGY • Featuring memorable tales from throughout the Yunnan Province, this book showcases 54 wonderfully insightful and entertaining stories. (CHN45, $30.00)
	Southern China Map • Nelles • A detailed travel map of Southern China, from Taiwan to Hong Kong and the Yunnan Province, at a 1:1,500,000 scale. (CHN27, $10.95)
	The State of China Atlas • Robert Benewick • Stephanie Donald • REFERENCE • A bold visual survey of political, economic and social change in China. (CHN68, $21.95)
	Streetlife China • Michael Dutton • ANTHOLOGY • A scholarly collection of essays about the realities of living in modern-day China, by a variety of contributors. (CHN222, $31.99)
	Taiwan Map • ITMB • A full color travelers map of Taiwan at a scale of 1:386,000. (TWN03, $12.95)
	Taiwan, A New History • Murray A. Rubinstein • HISTORY • This scholarly history of Taiwan by diverse contributors covers the economy, culture, politics and development of Taiwan from ancient time to modern nation. (TWN01, $38.95)
	Tales of a Chinese Grandmother • Malthe Hasselriis • Frances Carpenter • LITERATURE • An illustrated, old-fashioned book of folk tales, originally published in 1937. (CHN156, $8.95)
	The Tarim Mummies, Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West • J.P. Mallory • Victor H. Mair • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A magnificently illustrated account of the Tarim mummies -- Bronze Age inhabitants of the Taklamakan Desert along the Silk Road. (CAS58, $29.95)
	The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of China • William Lindesay • HISTORY • Linday augments colorful illustrations and photographs with detailed captions in this concise, visual overview of the extraordinary tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of China. (CHN126, $12.95)
	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, $25.95)
	Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting • Richard Barnhart • Yang Xin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An oversize, nicely illustrated survey of Chinese art traditions with contributions by leading specialists and 300 well chosen color illustrations. (CHN152, $42.00)
	Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China • Arthur Waley • RELIGION • An elegantly written, classic introduction to traditional Chinese philosophy. (CHN164, $17.95)
	Thunder from the East, Portrait of a Rising Asia • Nicholas Kristoff • Sheryl WuDunn • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A study of the changing face of Asia's economic situation and its effects on the continent's culture. (ASA24, $15.95)
	Thunder Out of China • Theodore H. White • Annalee Jacoby • Harrison Salisbury • HISTORY • A classic account of the Chinese Revolution. (CHN113, $16.50)
	To Live • Yimou Zhang • Zhang Yimou's moving film follows one family from the 1940s through the 1960s in China. (CHN227, $19.98)
	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)
	Travelers' Tales Hong Kong • Travelers' Tales • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse collection of excellent stories and essays. The selection includes Jan Morris, Simon Winchester, and other greats. It's a highly readable introduction to the cultural heritage, politics and people of Hong Kong. (HKG08, $17.95)
	Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding • Lenore Look • Yumi Heo • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • (CHN348, $16.95)
	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, $14.95)
	Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China • Stevan Harrell • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly ethnography of the peoples of Southwest China, including the Nuosu (Yi), Prmi, Naze, and Han. With detailed case studies. (CHN271, $22.50)
	When Red is Black • Qiu Xiaolong • MYSTERY • The best-known of Qiu's compelling, subversive tales, steeped in the atmosphere and geography of Shanghai. (CHN411, $13.00)
	Wild China • John MacKinnon • Nigel Hicks • NATURAL HISTORY • A beautiful oversize book of photographs featuring Chinese wildlife and natural history. This informative, up-to-date survey of the wildlife of China also features excellent maps and detailed explanatory text. (CHN19, $39.95)
	Wild West China, The Taming of Xinjiang • Christian Tyler • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of the changing face of the Xinjiang region in northwest China. (CHN231, $27.95)
	The Wisdom of the Buddha • Jean Boisselier • RELIGION • A pocket-size primer of Buddhism, this book is an illustrated history of the sixth-century Indian prince and his quest for enlightenment. With 207 illustrations, 160 in full color. (IDA55, $12.95)
	A Woman Soldier's Own Story • Xie Bingying • Barry Brissman • Lily Chia • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The first English translation of feminist, nationalist and polemicist Xie Bingying's autobiography. Her intensely political memoir reveals the desperate mood in China during the decades leading up to the revolution. (CHN158, $34.50)
	A Woman's Asia • Marybeth Bond • ANTHOLOGY • These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)
	Yangtze • Philip Wilkinson • NATURAL HISTORY • (CHN320, $40.00)
	Yangtze Remembered, The River Beneath the Lake • Linda Butler • Simon Winchester • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Photographer Linda Butler's photographic essay about the Yangtze valley before and after the 2003 flooding of the Three Gorges Dam. (CHN218, $70.00)
	Yangzi River Map • Richard Perry Hayman • A full-color, comprehensive map of the Yangzi River and Three Gorges for the traveler, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Features 10 maps, color photos, and shows the river from the Himalayas to the East China Sea. (CHN177, $14.95)

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