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These 4 items are available for $74, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCHN111)

Bradt Guide Yunnan Province  •  Martin Walters  •  Stephen Mansfield GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES A compact, practical guide to Yunnan for the traveler with detailed sketch maps, a few color photographs and excellent information on where to go and what to do. (CHN73, $23.95)
South of the Clouds, Tales from Yunnan  •  Lucien Miller ANTHOLOGY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 342 PAGES Featuring memorable tales from throughout the Yunnan Province, this book showcases 54 wonderfully insightful and entertaining stories. The collection also includes an overview of the places and people of Yunnan. It is an excellent introduction to the province. (CHN45, $30.00)
Essential Tibetan Buddhism  •  Robert Thurman RELIGION •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES A collection of recently translated texts by the foremost Western scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. Thurman has chosen well from the vibrant sacred literature of Tibet, and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites. (TBT15, $14.95)
Southern China Map  •  Nelles 2005 •  MAP 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)

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)
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)
The Chinese Kitchen  •  Eileen Yin-Fei Lo   • FOOD  •  An authoritative compendium of Chinese recipes and food-oriented cultural practices. Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's cookbook doubles as an introduction to China itself. (CHN134, $39.95)
A Traveller's History of China  •  Stephen G. Haw   • HISTORY  •  An admirably brief, lively history of China from early origins to today, remarkably clear and necessarily condensed. With a historical gazetteer, chronology and list of dynasties. (CHN43, $14.95)
China, A New History  •  John Fairbank  •  Merle Goldman   • HISTORY  •  A sweeping history of China from the Paleolithic to Tiananmen, revised with a new chapter by Merle Goldman. A standard for history buffs. (CHN11, $22.50)
In Exile from the Land of Snows, The Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Occupation  •  John Avedon   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Avedon's masterful, passionate cris de coeur, still the best book on the subject, shows the lives of the Tibetan people at home and in exile since the Chinese takeover in 1950 through the eyes of its leaders, monks and regular people. (TBT04, $16.95)
Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China  •  Stevan Harrell   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This is a compendium of scholarly articles about the Yi people. (CHN169, $24.95)
The Age of Wild Ghosts: Memory, Violence, and Place in Southwest China  •  Erik Mueggler   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A groundbreaking ethnography of the Yi, 7 million of whom live in China's Yunnan province. It's also an illuminating study of the wages of communism on China's minority peoples. (CHN168, $25.95)
The Search for Modern China  •  Jonathan Spence   • HISTORY  •  A sweeping history of China including events until 1989, geared for an undergraduate audience. With maps, charts and black-and-white photographs. (CHN98, $29.95)
The 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)
World Religions: Eastern Traditions  •  Willard G. Oxtoby   • RELIGION  •  A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader. (ASA07, $64.95)
The Arts of China  •  Michael Sullivan   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN DECEMBER  •  A comprehensive survey of Chinese visual arts and culture through the ages. It's a lively overview, thoroughly illustrated and accessible, of bronzes, ceramics, painting and architecture, from the Neolithic to the modern era. (CHN16, $39.95)
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)
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)
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)
The Plant Hunters  •  Tyler Whittle   • EXPLORATION • COMING IN  •  Tales of the botanist-explorers who enriched our gardens, including adventures in the Himalayas. (NAT29, $16.95)
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)
Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China  •  Jung Chang   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  A riveting tale of three generations, spanning the end of Old China, Mao's regime and the Japanese occupation. Chang chronicles the enormous changes in China since 1929 through her family's story, which includes arrest during the Cultural Revolution, exile to the Sichuan wilderness and coming to terms with the bewildering state of China today. (CHN04, $16.00)
The Explorer's Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials  •  Daniel Hinkley  •  Roy Lancaster   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Remarkable finds in the Himalayas, Yunnan and other exotic locations around the world. (NAT28, $39.95)
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)
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 1,300 species of birds. Contains introductory chapters on the history of ornithology in China, biogeography, and conservation. (CHN85, $124.00)
Concise Flowers of the Himalaya  •  Oleg Polunin  •  Adam Stainton   • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN  •  A condensed version of the classic Flowers of the Himalayas featuring the same 700 color photographs and 315 line drawings but with shorter descriptive information. (HML17, $25.00)
Photographic Guide to Birds of the Himalayas  •  B. Grewal   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A pocket guide to 250 birds found from the foothills up to high elevations ranging from the Hindu Kush and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalayas. With brief descriptive information, maps and 260 full-color illustrations. (HML31, $15.95)