A fact-filled, interdisciplinary overview of the region, its resources, ecology and future, by a team of specialists as edited by Josh Newell. With accompanying tables, graphs, illustrations and 50 maps (many in color). Among his ventures in the region, Newell worked on the Russian Far East Biodiversity Hotspot study in Vladivostok, where he was based in the 1990s.  (SIB40, $59.95)