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BASIC TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA

In this vibrant introductory guide, Glenn Wallis selects sixteen essential dialogues drawn

from more than five thousand Pali-dialect suttas of the Buddhist canon. PAGE 1

DRIVEN OUTThe brutal and systematic “ethnic cleansing” of Chinese Americans in California and the Pacific

Northwest in the second half of the nineteenth centuryis a shocking–and virtually unexplored–chapter of

American history. Driven Out unearths this forgottenepisode in our nation’s past. PAGE 7

GANDHI & CHURCHILL In this fascinating and meticulously researched

book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable

icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and

the British Empire. PAGE 4

LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF PEACE

Written from 1968 until her killing in 1970, the words of a young, idealistic doctor’s diary give us fresh insight into the lives of the Vietcong during

the Vietnam War. PAGE 10

THE SOUVENIRAfter finding a box containing letters her father had written to her mother during World War II,

as well as a Japanese flag bearing a profound inscription, the author embarks on a mission to

discover what happened to her father and the men of his Twenty-fifth Infantry. PAGE 9

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BASIC TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHABy BuddhaTranslated by Glenn Wallis

In Basic Teachings of the Buddha, Glenn Wallis selects sixteen essential dialogues drawn from

more than five thousand Pali-dialect suttas of theBuddhist canon. The result is a vibrant introductoryguide to studying Buddhist thought, applying itsprinciples to everyday life, and gaining a deeper understanding of Buddhist themes in modern literature. Focusing on the most crucial topics for today’s readers, Wallis presents writings that address modern psychological, religious, ethical,and philosophical concerns. This practical, inspir-ing, and engaging volume provides an overview of the history of Buddhism and an illuminatinganalysis of the core writings that personalizes thesuttas for each reader.

“In this masterful new commentary on the earliestBuddhist writings, Professor Wallis challenges uswith sixteen propositions about human existenceitself. Only in this way, he asserts, can modernreaders appreciate the Buddha’s analysis of the twotrajectories facing human beings—toward pain ortoward peace. Wallis offers fresh translations and areader’s guide to sixteen discourses that eloquentlyillustrate these choices and their implications forour time. All this is introduced by the author’slearned reflection on the idiom, meaning, and historical evolution of the Dhamma, Buddha’sdeepest insights. Glenn Wallis brings wisdom andcompassion to this work of scholarship. Everyoneshould read this book.”

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POEMS OF THE LATE T’ANGTranslated and with an Introduction by A.C. Graham

Classical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacleduring the T’ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.),

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They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill toBritain’s most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohan-das Gandhi to a pious middle-class household in aprovincial town in India. Yet Arthur Herman revealshow their lives and careers became intertwined asthe twentieth century unfolded. Both men would goon to lead their nations through harrowing trialsand two world wars—and become locked in a fiercecontest of wills that would decide the fate of countries,continents, and ultimately an empire.

“Arthur Herman offers a balanced and elegant accountwhich captures both Churchill’s generosity of spiritand Gandhi’s greatness of soul. While recognizingtheir faults, he shows what motivated them andmade them great—with impressive research that inChurchill’s words leaves “no stone unturned, nocutlet uncooked.” The last two chapters, and theauthor’s Conclusion, are alone worth the price ofwhat must become the standard work on the subject.”

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THE ADVENTURES OF AMIR HAMZABy Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah BilgramiTranslated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi

In the tradition of such beloved classics as TheThousand and One Nights and The Persian Shahnameh,

here is the first unabridged English translation of amajor Indo-Persian epic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza(Dastan-e Amir Hamza). A panoramic tale of magicand passion, and a classic hero’s odyssey, Adventuresof Amir Hamza, has captivated much of the world.

This Islamic saga dates back hundreds of years, perhapsto as early as the seventh century, when oral narrativesof the deeds of the prophet Muhammad’s uncle AmirHamza spread through Arabia, Persia, and the Indiansubcontinent, expanding into a marvelous chronicleof warriors, kings, tricksters, fairies, courtesans, andmagical creatures. The definitive one-volume Urdutext by Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami appeared toward the end of the nineteenth century,but English translations of this text have alwaysbeen censored and abridged—until now.

In Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s faithful rendition, TheAdventures of Amir Hamza is captured with all itscolorful action, ribaldry, and fantastic elements intact.Appreciated as the seminal Islamic epic or enjoyedas a sweeping tale as rich and inventive as Homer’sepic sagas, The Adventures of Amir Hamza is an ex-traordinary creation and a true literary treasure.

“It’s an extraordinary feat. Farooqi has translatedinto English what most of us thought was untrans-latable. The adventures of Hamza have beguiledreaders in many languages, from Iran to Malaysia,for centuries. As such this translation from Urdushould interest all students of Eastern literatures.”

— C.M. Naim, Professor Emeritus of Urdu Studies, University of Chicago

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NIXON AND MAOThe Week That Changed the WorldBy Margaret MacMillan

With the publication of her landmark volumeParis 1919, Margaret MacMillan was praised

as “a superb writer who can bring history to life”(The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now she brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most importantsubjects today—the relationship between theUnited States and China—and one of the most sig-nificant moments in modern history—Nixon’s visitto China. Weaving together fascinating anecdotesand insights, an understanding of Chinese andAmerican history, and the momentous events of anextraordinary time, this brilliantly-written booklooks at one of the transformative moments of theTwentieth Century and casts new light on one ofthe United States’ key relationships in the Twenty-First Century.

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DRIVEN OUTThe Forgotten War Against Chinese AmericansBy Jean Pfaelzer

• 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

In Driven Out Jean Pfaelzer details a largely forgottenepisode in America’s past. She reveals how, beginning

in 1848, lawless citizens and duplicitous politicianspurged dozens of communities in California andthe Pacific Northwest of thousands of Chinese resi-dents—and how the victims bravely responded.

In town after town, Chinese miners and merchants,lumberjacks and field workers, prostitutes and merchants’ wives, were gathered up at gunpoint andmarched out of town. But the Chinese fought back,prosecuting white vigilantes, demanding the rightto own land, and winning access to public educationfor their children.

Driven Out is a story of hitherto unknown racialpogroms, purges, roundups, and brutal terror, butalso a record of valiant resistance and community.

“Thanks to this gripping narrative, Chinese immi-grants to the Far West—so long overlooked—nowstand front and center in the saga of the strugglefor civil rights in these United States.”

— Kevin Starr, University of Southern California; Author, California, A History

“Driven Out: the Forgotten War Against ChineseAmericans is a meticulously researched and veryreadable recounting of America’s systematic effortto purge all Chinese immigrants, from the mid-19thinto the early-20th centuries. Jean Pfaelzer documentshundreds of cases in which the Chinese were lynched,maimed, burned out of their neighborhoods, andforced at gunpoint to leave mining camps, smallvillages, Indian reservations, and Chinatowns….This is a valuable addition to our understanding ofthe making of modern America.”

–Franklin Odo, Director, Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program

“Too few Americans have any idea that these events mark the nation’s past. Pfaelzer capably reconstructs a shameful history.”

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GRIMUS: A Novel“Grimus is science fiction in the best sense of theword. It is literate, it is fun, it is meaningful, andperhaps most important, it pushes the boundariesof form outward.”

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THE SOUVENIRA Daughter Discovers Her Father’s WarBy Louise Steinman

Louise Steinman’s American childhood in thefifties was bound by one unequivocal condition:

“Never mention the war to your father.” That si-lence sustained itself until the fateful day Steinmanopened an old ammunition box left behind after herparents’ death. In it she discovered nearly 500 let-ters her father had written to her mother during hisservice in the Pacific War and a Japanese flag mys-teriously inscribed to Yoshio Shimizu.

Setting out to determine the identity of YoshioShimizu and the origins of the silken flag, Steinmandiscovered the unexpected: a hidden side of her fa-ther, the green soldier who achingly left his preg-nant wife to fight for his life in a brutal 165-daycampaign that changed him forever. Her journey toreturn the “souvenir” to its owner not only takesSteinman on a passage to Japan and the Philippines,but also returns her to the age of her father’s inno-cence, where she learned of the tender and expres-sive man she’d never known.

Steinman writes with the same poignant immediacyher father did in his letters. Together their stories inThe Souvenir create an evocative testament to theways in which war changes one generation andshapes another.

“Louise Steinman has accomplished a great feat of history.”

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“An intimate and powerful story of the effects of war.”

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“Throughout The Souvenir, Steinman deftly interweaves her father’s story with her own, andadds depth to both narratives by subtly slipping ininsights gleaned from research on the psychologicalimpact of combat. The result is an exceptionalbook that draws its strength from the complexitiesit explores.”

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LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF PEACEThe Diary of Dang Thuy TramBy Dang Thuy Tram; Translated by Andrew X. PhamIntroduction by Frances FitzGerald

“Last night, I dreamed that Peace was established…”

— Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnam, June 4, 1968

At the age of twenty-four, Dang Thuy Tram volunteered to serve as a doctor in a National

Liberation Front (Viet Cong) battlefield hospital inthe Quang Ngai Province. Two years later she waskilled by American forces not far from where sheworked. Written between 1968 and 1970, her diaryspeaks poignantly of her devotion to family and friends,the horrors of war, her yearning for her high schoolsweetheart, and her struggle to prove her loyalty to her country. At times raw, at times lyrical andyouthfully sentimental, her voice transcends cul-tures to speak of her dignity and compassion and ofher challenges in the face of the war’s ceaseless fury.

The American officer who discovered the diary soonafter Dr. Tram’s death was under standing orders todestroy all documents without military value. As hewas about to toss it into the flames, his Vietnamesetranslator said to him, “Don’t burn this one… It hasfire in it already.” Against regulations, the officerpreserved the diary and kept it for thirty-five years.In the spring of 2005, a copy made its way to Dr.Tram’s elderly mother in Hanoi. The diary was soonpublished in Vietnam, causing a national sensation.Never before had there been such a vivid and per-sonal account of the long ordeal that had consumedthe nation’s previous generations.

Translated by Andrew X. Pham and with an introductionby Pulitzer Prize winner Frances FitzGerald, LastNight I Dreamed of Peace is an extraordinary docu-ment that narrates one woman’s personal and politicalstruggles. Above all, it is a story of hope in the mostdire of circumstances—told from the perspective of our historic enemy but universal in its power tocelebrate and mourn the fragility of human life.


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FIRST INTO NAGASAKIThe Censored Eyewitness Dispatches onPost-Atomic Japan and Its Prisoners of WarBy George Weller; Edited with an Essay by Anthony Weller;Foreword by Walter Cronkite

At the war’s end in 1945, General MacArthur’smedia blackout forbade correspondents from

entering Nagasaki or Hiroshima. However, thiswouldn’t stop the intrepid Pulitzer Prize-winningreporter George Weller, who broke away and reachedNagasaki just weeks after the atomic bomb hit.Boldly presenting himself as a U.S. colonel, Wellerset out to explore the devastation, interviewinghelpless, baffled doctors and entering Allied POWcamps. But all was lost when his dispatches werecensored upon their arrival in the States. Now, afterWeller’s death, these pages have been rediscoveredand compiled for the first time—a moving, unparal-leled look at the bomb that killed more than 70,000people and ended WWII.

“Unearthed at last after six decades, George Weller’sdaring reportage from the ruins of Nagasaki has madean unforgettable and momentous book. From the re-mains of a scorched, fractured city to the unfathomabletragedy of Allied POWs in Japanese custody, hechanneled his five senses straight to the page, givingeloquent testimony to the martyrs, American andJapanese alike, who were trapped in the Pacificwar’s bloody fun-house.”

—James D. Hornfischer, author of Ship of Ghosts

and The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

“An invaluable historical resource for those seekingthe truth...Weller interviewed eyewitnesses, survivors,doctors, and imprisoned Allied POWs and wrote abrilliant series of reports...These exceptionally im-portant eyewitness accounts, collected and organizedby a tireless war reporter dedicated to making thehorrible truth known to the American public... vividlyrelate the everyday inhumanity of the Pacific war.Despite the sanitizing impulses of U.S. military censors,George Weller’s words continue to speak eloquentlyabout the horrors of war across a gap of sixty years.”

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ORTHODOX CHINESE BUDDHISMA Contemporary Chan Master’s Answers to Common QuestionsBy Chan Master Sheng Yen; Translated by Otto Chang and Douglas Gildow


As a well-known scholar and meditation mas-ter—His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama called

him “extremely modest, a true spiritual practitionerof deep and broad learning”—Sheng Yen isuniquely qualified to guide Western seekers intothe world of contemporary Chinese Buddhism.

Written while the author was secluded in solitaryretreat in southern Taiwan, Orthodox Chinese Bud-dhism provides a wealth of theory and simple, clearguidelines for practicing this increasingly popularform of spirituality. One of the most influentialBuddhist books in the Chinese language, it exploresa wide range of subjects, from distinguishing coreteachings from outdated cultural norms to bridgingthe gap between Western and Chinese traditions. Inthe process, it also addresses to what extent Bud-dhism should be westernized to fit new culturalconditions, and whether westernization necessarilyleads to a “dumbing” down of Buddhism.

In addition to the translation of the complete original text, this edition of Orthodox Chinese Buddhism includes new annotations, appendixes,and a glossary designed for the Western reader.

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On the Warrior’s Path, Second EditionBy Daniele Bolelli

On the Warrior’s Path brings freshinsights to why martial arts remainan enduring and widespread artand discipline. Two new chaptersin this second edition focus onspirituality in the martial arts andthe author’s personal journey inthe field.Do not order before 7/1/2008:Blue Snake Books | TR 978-1-58394-219-2 | 200pp.$16.95/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The SamuraiBy Anthony Bryant; Illustrated by Angus McBride

Perhaps the greatest warriors inhistory, the Samurai were a productof a social system totally geared towar. In this title Anthony J. Bryantpresents a fascinating overview ofthese truly elite warriors.Osprey | TR 978-0-85045-897-8 | 64pp.$17.95/$25.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Dhammapada Verses on the WayBy Buddha; Translated by Glenn Wallis

In this elegant new translation ofThe Dhammapada, Sanskrit scholarGlenn Wallis has exclusively referredto and quoted from the canonicalsuttas—the presumed earliestdiscourses of the Buddha—to bringus the heartwood of Buddhism, wordsas compelling today as when theBuddha first spoke them.Modern Library | TR 978-0-8129-7727-1 | 224pp.$11.95/$14.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Dhammapada: A NewTranslation of the BuddhistClassic with AnnotationsTranslated by Gil Fronsdal

With extensive explanatory notes,this fresh new translation com-bines a rigorous attention to detailin bringing forth the original textwith the translator’s personalknowledge of the Buddhist path. It is the first truly accurate andhighly readable translation of thistext to be published in English.Shambhala | TR 978-1-59030-380-1 | 192pp.$9.95/$12.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Narrow Road to theInterior: And Other WritingsBy Matsuo Basho;Translated by Sam Hamill

Basho is best known in the Westas the author of Narrow Road tothe Interior, a travel diary of linkedprose and haiku that recounts hisjourney through the far northernprovinces of Japan. This volumeincludes beautiful Japanese-styleillustrations by Stephen Addiss.Shambhala | TR 978-1-57062-716-3 | 224pp.$16.95/$23.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Dragon Rising: An InsideLook At China TodayBy Jasper Becker

Dragon Rising comes to us asworld attention begins focusingon the 2008 Beijing Olympics andChina’s all-out effort to present itself as a modern world power.Author Jasper Becker is the idealguide to the profound changesthat are already reshaping eco-nomic, diplomatic, and militarystrategies worldwide.National Geographic | TR 978-1-4262-0116-5 | 264pp.$18.95/$24.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Great WaveGilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old JapanBy Christopher Benfey

Historian and critic Christopher Benfeyrecounts the cross-pollination thatcame about during the Gilded Age,and argues that, as both the UnitedStates and Japan attempted toadjust to massive internal changes inthe late nineteenth century, theyengaged in a reciprocal historicaland cultural relationship. Random House | TR 978-0-375-75455-5 | 352pp.$14.95/$22.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Zen For BeginnersBy Judith Blackstone andZoran Josipovic

This book uses an engaging mixof clear, informative writing anddelightful illustrations to docu-ment the story of Zen from its impact on Chinese and Japaneseculture to its influence on Americanwriters such as Ginsberg and Kerouac.For Beginners | TR 978-1-9343-8906-5 | 176pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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English, AugustAn Indian StoryBy Upamanyu Chatterjee; In-troduction by Akhil Sharma

“Upamanyu Chatterjee’s affectionateyet unsparing slacker view ofmodern India…. Most novelsprogress, but this one simplychronicles an ongoing anomieand spiritual restlessness....Chatterjee, though, excels in hisdescriptions of Indian life.”

—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

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Brothers: A NovelBy Da Chen

Brothers, by bestselling memoiristDa Chen, is a sprawling, dynamicfamily saga, complete with assas-sinations, love affairs, narrowlymissed opportunities, and the ineluctable fulfillment of destiny.

“...An epic novel that neatly distills modern Chinese history.Da Chen’s elegantly written novel ends on the promise of redemption. . . .”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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The Supreme WayInner Teachings of the Southern Mountain TaoBy Loy Ching-Yuen; Translatedby Trevor Carolan Du Liang

Taoist Master Loy Ching-Yuen wroteThe Supreme Way to give his studentsan understanding of how China’sthree great religious traditions haveco-existed for two thousand years.The Supreme Way also delineatesBuddhist compassion and Confucianhumanism, and shows how thesevary from each other and Taoism.North Atlantic Books | TR 978-1-55643-239-2 | 120pp.$11.95/$14.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Saying Yes to JapanHow Outsiders are Reviving aTrillion Dollar Services MarketBy Tim Clark and Carl Kay

Saying Yes to Japan examines the history and future of Japan’sservice sector. Revealing analysesof the real estate, finance, healthcare and information technologyindustries are coupled with up-closeprofiles of entrepreneurs fromaround the world who use their“outsider” perspectives to successfullyidentify basic customer needs.Vertical | TR 978-1-932234-18-3 | 175pp.$14.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Inventing Japan1853-1964By Ian Buruma

“In his characteristically penetratingmanner, Ian Buruma delves intowhy modern Japan—for all itsintellectual and artistic vitality—has not developed a more open,democratic, and cosmopolitanpolitical order.”—Sheldon Garon, Professor of History and

East Asian Studies, Princeton University

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Love in a Fallen CityBy Eileen Chang; Translated by Karen S. Kingsbury

Eileen Chang is one of the greatwriters of twentieth-century Chinawho tells tales of love, longing,and the shifting and endlesslytreacherous shoals of family life.Love in a Fallen City ultimately introduces American students tothe stark and glamorous vision of a modern master.NYRB Classics | TR 978-1-59017-178-3 | 320pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Factory Girls: From Villageto City in a Changing China By Leslie Chang

Former Wall Street Journal Beijingcorrespondent Leslie Chang investigates the lives of femaleChinese migrant workers, anenormous and growing populationupon whom much of the world’seconomic growth depends. This isan important contribution to theliterature on China’s economy.Do not order before 8/1/2008:Spiegel & Grau | HC 978-0-385-52017-1 | 256pp.$24.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

The Man on Mao’s RightFrom Harvard Yard to TiananmenSquare, My Life InsideChina’s Foreign MinistryBy Ji Chaozhu

The Man on Mao’s Right is theunique story of a boy, Ji Chaozhu,who fled China to escape theJapanese onslaught in the late1930’s, was educated here, andthen returned to China and roseto become Chairman Mao’s translator.Do not order before 7/1/2008:Random House | HC 978-1-4000-6584-4 | 384pp.$28.00/$33.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.00

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The Lady and the PandaThe True Adventures of the First American Explorerto Bring Back China’s Most Exotic Animal By Vicki Constantine Croke

Here is the well-researched andfascinating true story of RuthHarkness, the New York socialitewho trekked to Tibet in 1936 tocapture the most mysterious animalof the day: a bear that had for count-less centuries lived in secret in thelabyrinth of lonely cold mountains. Random House | TR 978-0-375-75970-3 | 400pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Palace of IllusionsA NovelBy Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Palace of Illusions takes usback to the time of the Indian epicThe Mahabharat—a time that ishalf-history, half-myth, and whollymagical. Through her narratorPanchaali, the wife of the leg-endary five Pandavas brothers,Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni givesus a rare feminist interpretation ofan epic story.Doubleday | HC 978-0-385-51599-3 | 384pp.$23.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00

Fried Eggs with ChopsticksOne Woman’s Hilarious Adventure into a Country and a Culture Not Her OwnBy Polly Evans

From the award-winning authorand former editor at Hong Kong’slargest weekly newspaper, thismemoir of Polly Evans’s solo ad-venture around China includeshistorical and cultural references.Delta | TR 978-0-385-33993-3 | 320pp.$14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Love MarriageA NovelBy V. V. Ganeshananthan

A young Sri Lankan-Americanwoman is prompted to explore her family’s history—particularlyas it relates to marriage and emigration—when her uncle, a member of the Tamil Tigers, reappears with a daughter.Do not order before 4/8/2008:Random House | TR 978-1-4000-6669-8 | 320pp.$14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Art of War: CompleteText and CommentariesBy Thomas Cleary

Compiled more than two thou-sand years ago by a mysteriouswarrior-philosopher, The Art ofWar is still perhaps the mostprestigious and influential book ofstrategy in the world, as eagerlystudied by contemporary busi-nessmen as by military leaders.Shambhala | TR 978-1-59030-054-1 | 474pp.$22.95/$32.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50

Shambhala | MM 978-1-59030-225-5 | 224pp.$6.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Art of War:The Denma TranslationBy Sun Tzu

"An exhilarating experience. The principles of translation are among the best I have everencountered. They have a collective genius. . . ."—Victor H. Mair, Professor, Department ofAsian and Middle Eastern Studies, Univer-

sity of Pennsylvania

Shambhala | TR 978-1-57062-904-4 | 272pp.$14.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Training the Samurai MindBy Thomas Cleary

Thomas Cleary has collected writings on bushido by warriors,scholars, political advisors, andeducators from the fifteenththrough the nineteenth centuriesthat provide a comprehensive,historically rich view of samurailife and education. The selectionsdeal with a broad range of subjects—from military strategy and political science to personal disci-pline and character development.Shambhala | HC 978-1-59030-572-0 | 288pp.$24.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

The Lizard CageBy Karen Connelly

• Winner, Orange Prize for New Writers

“The Lizard Cage is a thrilling,vital excoriation of the militaryjunta that has ruled Burma fordecades....Karen Connelly’s language and imagery evoke theshort stories and poems thattrickle out of Burma, by turnsfearful and violent, beautiful and rancid.”

—The Wall Street Journal

Do not order before 4/8/2008:Spiegel & Grau | TR 978-0-385-52503-9 | 448pp.$14/$0 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Tao Te ChingBy Lao Tzu; Translatedby Stanley Lombardo and Stephen Addiss

Here, in what may be the mostfaithful translation to date, thetranslators have created a lucid,economical rendering that allowsreaders to get as close to theoriginal text as possible withoutknowing Chinese.

“This is by far the best translationon the market today.”

—Livia Kohn, Professor of Religion, Boston University

Shambhala | HC 978-1-59030-546-1 | 144pp.$18.95/$23.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $9.50

Dao De JingA Philosophical TranslationTranslated and with Commentary by Roger T. Amesand David L. Hall

Ames’s and Hall’s brilliant versionwill stand as both a compellingintroduction to the complexities ofDaoist thought and as the classicmodern English translation. Includesthe recently discovered Bamboo Texts. Ballantine | TR978-0-345-44419-6 | 256pp.$13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

SiddharthaBy Hermann Hesse; Translated by Susan Bernofsky;Introduction by Tom Robbins

A new translation of HermanHesse’s classic novel of spiritual awakening.Modern Library | TR 978-0-8129-7478-2 | 160pp.$11.95/$14.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

SiddharthaBy Hermann Hesse; Translatedby Sherab Chodzin Kohn

Kohn’s edition of Siddhartha includes an introduction exploringHesse’s own spiritual journey asevidenced in his journals and personal letters.Shambhala | TR978-1-57062-721-7 | 112pp.$11.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Shambhala | MM 978-1-59030-227-9 | 192pp.$5.99/$7.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Buddha or BustIn Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and he Man Who Found Them AllBy Perry Garfinkel

In this original, entertaining book,Garfinkel separates Buddhist factfrom fiction, sharing his humorousinsights and keen perceptionsabout everything from spiritualtourism to Asian traffic jams tothe endless road to enlightenment.Three Rivers Press | TR 978-1-4000-8218-6 | 336pp.$13.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

China Road: A Journey intothe Future of a Rising PowerBy Rob Gifford

From its origin burgeoningShanghai to its end on the borderwith Kazakhstan, Gifford revealsthe rich mosaic of modern Chineselife in all its contradictions, as heposes the crucial questions thatso many are asking about China.Random House | HC 978-1-4000-6467-0 | 352pp.$26.95/$34.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.50

Paperback forthcoming July 2008. Do not order before 7/1/2008:Random House | TR 978-0-8129-7524-6 | 352pp. $17.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Poetry of ZenTranslated by Sam Hamill and J.P. Seaton

Two of America’s most renownedpoets and translators provide anoverview of Zen poetry fromChina and Japan in all its rich va-riety from the earliest days to thetwentieth century. Included areworks by Lao Tzu, Han Shan, LiPo, Dogen Kigen, Saigyo, Basho,Chiao Jan, Yuan Mei, Ryokan, andmany others.Shambhala | TR 978-1-59030-425-9 | 208pp.$12.95/$16.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Tao Te ChingA New TranslationTranslated by Sam Hamill

The most widely read of the Asianclassics, Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Chingoffers a series of insightful spiri-tual observations on life andhuman nature. Sam Hamill’s ex-traordinary translation capturesthe poetry of Lao Tzu’s originalwithout sacrificing the resonanceof the text’s many meanings andpossible interpretations. Shambhala | TR 978-1-59030-387-0 | 144pp.$12.95/$16.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


The Second WorldEmpires and Influence in theNew Global OrderBy Parag Khanna

“Parag Khanna’s fascinating booktakes us on an epic journeyaround the multi-polar world,elegantly combining historicalanalysis, political theory, andeyewitness reports to shed lighton the battle for primacy be-tween the world’s new empires.”

—Mark Leonard, Executive Director, European Council on Foreign Relations

Random House | HC 978-1-4000-6508-0 | 496pp.$29.00/$34.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.50

Peking StoryThe Last Days of Old ChinaBy David Kidd

For two years before and after the1948 Communist Revolution,David Kidd lived in Peking. “I usedto hope,” he writes, “that somebright young scholar on a re-search grant would write about usand our Chinese friends before itwas too late and we were all deadand gone, folding into the dark-ness the wonder that had beenour lives.” Here Kidd himselfbrings that wonder to life.NYRB Classics | TR 978-1-59017-040-3 | 208pp. $14.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Among FlowersA Walk in the HimalayaBy Jamaica Kincaid

After laborious training andpreparation, Kincaid and a groupof botanists trek the Himalayas.Along the way she moves easilybetween closely observed, down-to-earth descriptions of the trek and larger musings about gardens, nature, seed gathering, home, and family.National Geographic | TR 978-1-4262-0096-0 | 208pp.$10.95/$13.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Wise Heart: A Guide tothe Universal Teachings ofBuddhist PsychologyBy Jack Kornfield

In The Wise Heart, one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offers the most accessible and illuminating guideto Buddhism’s transformationalpsychology ever published in the West.Do not order before 4/29/2008:Bantam | HC978-0-553-80347-1 | 432pp.$28.00/$33.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.00

SiddharthaBy Hermann Hesse

In this parable of worldliness andrenunciation, a young prince ofancient India rejects his luxuriousstation to search for the path of enlightenment.Bantam Classics | MM978-0-553-20884-9 | 160pp.$5.99/$6.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Genghis: Birth of an EmpireBy Conn Iggulden

• Alex Award Winner“...[B]rilliantly imagined and addictive historical fiction...Building on the fragment ofGenghis’s life, Iggulden weaves a spellbinding story of an exoticand ‘unforgiving land’ and theenigmatic young man—who setsout to tame it. This is historicalfiction of the first order.”

—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Dell | MM 978-0-440-24390-8 | 560pp.$6.99/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

Genghis: Lords of the BowBy Conn Iggulden

In the second book of this sweeping epic from internationallybestselling author Conn Iggulden,the mighty warrior and fearsomeleader Genghis Kahn embarks ona daring quest to conquer themighty Chin empire.Do not order before 4/8/2008:Delacorte Press | HC 978-0-385-33952-0 | 400pp.$25.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $12.50

The Seeker: A NovelBy Sudhir Kakar

It is 1925 and India’s struggle for independence is in disarray.Using words preserved in theirautobiographical accounts, letters,diaries, and the reminiscences ofothers, the author has created afictional narrative based on theextraordinary association, lastingover two decades, between ayoung, upper-class British womanand Mahatma Gandhi.Trumpeter | TR 978-1-59030-525-6 | 272pp.$14.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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The Korean WarBy Carter Malkasian

The Korean War was a significantturning point in the Cold War. Thisbook explains how the conflict ona small peninsula in East Asia hada tremendous impact on the en-tire international system and thebalance of power between the twosuperpowers, America and Russia.Osprey | TR 978-1-84176-282-1 | 96pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Road of Lost InnocenceBy Somaly Mam

The Road of Lost Innocence is ariveting, raw and beautiful memoirof survival that exposes the brutalworld of human trafficking as ex-perienced by a victim turned activist.It is the true story of a Cambodianheroine who emerged from achildhood of sexual slavery to be-come a rescuer of girls from thehellish brothels of Southeast Asia.Do not order before 9/1/2008:Spiegel & Grau | HC978-0-385-52621-0 | 192pp. $24.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $12.50

National Geographic Atlas of ChinaBy National Geographic

Containing more than 300 full-color maps and illustrations, thisessential new atlas dramaticallyhighlights the tremendous changesoccurring within China—theworld’s fastest growing economyand most populous place—aswell as their global implications.National Geographic | HC978-1-4262-0136-3 | 128pp.$26.00/$34.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00

Inside ChinaBy National Geographic

In an unprecedented visual tourde force, National Geographicchronicles China’s emergence asan economic and cultural giantthrough some of the most eye-opening, evocative, and extraordi-nary pictures ever recorded of theenigmatic nation, past and present.National Geographic | HC 978-1-4262-0126-4 | 272pp.$50.00/$62.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $25.00

One Thousand Years of MangaBy Brigitte Koyama-Richard

One Thousand Years of Manga isboth an informative account ofthe genesis of the form and a visual delight. Through its capti-vating illustrations and enlighten-ing text, the book situates Mangain its proper context, appreciatingit for what it truly is: an integralpart of Japanese art and culturethat is as rich and revealing as itis popular.Flammarion | HC 978-2-08-030029-4 | 248pp.$49.95/$62.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $25.00

Gifted: A NovelBy Nikita Lalwani

“A triumph . . . All the conventionalpieties and forms of Indian immigrantidentity and trauma are so wittilypreempted, and yet there’s asure grasp, at the serious core of the novel, of the deep rever-berations of politics and history. I couldn’t bear it when it ended.”

—Tessa Hadley, author of The Master Bedroom

Random House | HC 978-1-4000-6648-3 | 288pp.$23.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $14.00

Paperback coming August 2008. Do not order before 8/19/2008:Random House | TR 978-0-8129-7794-3 | 288pp.$14.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

Essential TeachingsBy Dalai Lama

Essential Teachings presents the first English translation in aseries of talks given in 1974 bythe Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya,India—the site of the Buddha’senlightenment—to a gathering of Tibetan refugees and Western Buddhists.North Atlantic Books | TR 978-1-55643-192-0 | 129pp.$15.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: StoriesBy Yiyun Li

In this brilliant and original collec-tion of stories, the author illumi-nates how mythology, politics,history, and culture intersect withpersonality to create fate.

“Self-effacing maternal love, extremesocietal pressures, betrayal, andpeculiar convictions all make forprovocative and memorable fictionthat is simultaneously culturallyspecific and universal.”

—Booklist

Random House | TR978-0-8129-7333-4 | 240pp.$13.95/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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The Honda Myth: The Genius and His WakeBy Masaaki Sato

From the top Japanese auto-in-dustry journalist, Masaaki Sato,comes this inimitably informedaccount of Honda Motor Company’sbirth out of the ashes of WorldWar II and its subsequent rise. Vertical | HC 978-1-932234-26-8 | 480pp.$24.95/$32.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

The Toyota Strategy: An Executive GuideBy Masaaki Sato

In this report on the auto industry,readers will discover Toyota’s noblebusiness moves and a culture firstput into place by its founders andbuilt on through the years. Not acorporate history, this guide usesToyota’s past to contextualize Sato’sdiscussion as he focuses on the com-pany’s unique business strategies.Do not order before 6/24/2008:Vertical | HC 978-1-934-28723-1 |224pp.$19.95/$22.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00

Peony in Love: A NovelBy Lisa See

Immersed in the richness andmagic of the Chinese vision of theafterlife, transcending even death,Peony in Love beautifully exploresthe many manifestations of love,the bonds of friendship, the powerof words, and the age-old desireof women to be heard.Random House | TR 978-0-8129-7522-2 | 320 pp. $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A NovelBy Lisa See

• A New York Public LibraryBooks for the Teen Age

Snow Flower and the Secret Fanis a brilliantly realistic journeyback to an era of Chinese historythat is as deeply moving as it issorrowful. With the period detailand deep resonance of Memoirsof a Geisha, this lyrical and emo-tionally charged novel the lives oftwo women in 19th-century China.Random House | TR 978-0-8129-6806-4 | 288pp.$13.95/$21 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Managing the DragonHow I’m Building a Billion-Dollar Business in ChinaBy Jack Perkowski

The emergence of China as aworld economic power is one ofthe leading stories of our time.Every business that intends to bean important part of the fast-changing global economy willbenefit from Chairman and CEOJack Perkowski’s view of doingbusiness in China. Crown Business | HC 978-0-307-39353-1 | 336pp.$27.50/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.75

The Eaves of HeavenA Life in Three WarsBy Andrew X. Pham

From Andrew X. Pham, author of Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through theLandscape and Memory of Vietnamand winner of the 1999 KiriyamaPacific Rim Book Prize, comes ason’s memoir of his Vietnamesefather’s experiences over thecourse of three wars.Do not order before 6/1/2008:Harmony | HC978-0-307-38120-0 | 256pp.$24.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

The Blade of the CourtesansBy Keiichiro Ryu

In the tradition of The Last Samurai and Shogun, The Bladeof the Courtesans is a both asweeping look at a bygone Japanand ultimately an ode to humanliberties in the face of politicalwarfare. Ryu’s debut historicalthriller was nominated for a NaokiPrize, the Japanese equivalent ofthe Pulitzer Prize.Vertical | HC978-1-934-28701-9 | 304pp.$21.95/$25.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.00

The Red CarpetBy Lavanya Sankaran

Wry humor and a delicious graspof the friction between generationsin Bangalore are the hallmarks ofLavanya Sankaran’s fresh, deeplynuanced debut collection.

“Sankaran’s tales coruscate withinsight and bristle with an energythat could only be channeled by someone who has beheld theraw and ferocious forces of societal change.”

—San Diego Union-Tribune

Dial Press TR | TR978-0-385-33820-2 | 224pp.$13.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Zen BuddhismBy Daisetz T. Suzuki andWilliam Barrett

Zen Buddhism is a collection ofSuzuki’s penetrating and timelessessays concerning Zen. Offeringthe very soul of Zen, Suzuki de-scribes the experiential aspect ofZen while clearly explaining Zen’sterminology and concepts. ZenBuddhism brings together Suzuki’swritings to form the most accessi-ble and definitive overview of Zenphilosophy available.Three Leaves | TR 978-0-385-48349-0 | 400pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Zen Mind, Beginner’s MindBy Shunryu Suzuki

In the thirty years since its originalpublication, Zen Mind, Beginner’sMind has become one of the greatmodern Zen classics. Suzuki Roshipresents the basics—from thedetails of posture and breathing inzazen to the perception of nondu-ality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that alsoresonates with the joy of insightfrom the first to the last page. Weatherhill | TR 978-0-8348-0079-3 | 132pp. $12.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Bonesetter’s Daughter: A NovelBy Amy Tan

A Chinese-American woman discoversher tormented mother’s memoirs oflife as a girl in China, and uncoversfamily secrets long kept hidden.

“This luminous and gripping bookdemonstrates enhanced tender-ness and wisdom, however; itcarries the texture of real life andreflects the paradoxes historicalevents can produce.”

—Publishers Weekly

Ballantine | TR 978-0-345-45737-0 | 400pp.$14.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Saving Fish from Drowning: A NovelBy Amy Tan

On an ill-fated art expedition intoBurma, eleven Americans leavetheir Floating Island Resort for aChristmas-morning tour—anddisappear. Through twists of fate,they encounter a tribe awaitingthe return of a leader and themythical book of wisdom that willprotect them from the ravages ofthe Myanmar military regime.Ballantine | TR 978-0-345-46401-9 | 528pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Way of the Bodhisattva: Revised EditionBy Shantideva

Translated from the Tibetan andrevised by the translators of the1997 edition, this version includesa foreword by His Holiness theDalai Lama and a new preface aswell as a thorough introduction, anote on the translation, and threeappendices of commentary by theNyingma master Kunzang Pelden.Shambhala | TR 978-1-59030-388-7 | 256pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Footprints in the SnowThe Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk By Master Chan Sheng Yen

Few notable figures can bridgethe gap between pre-CommunistChina and the present and fewconnect the ancient practice ofBuddhism in China with our worldtoday. Footprints in the Snow is arare document that is both an im-portant piece of history but also acompelling spiritual journey.Do not order before 10/21/2008:Doubleday Religion | HC 978-0-385-51330-2 | 256pp.24.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

In the Ruins of EmpireThe Japanese Surrender andthe Battle for Postwar AsiaBy Ronald H. Spector

In the Ruins of Empire examineshow the end of World War II in thePacific spawned brutal new conflictsfor power among the peoples of theformer Japanese Empire in Asia.Random House | HC978-0-375-50915-5 | 384pp. $27.95/$34.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $14.00

Paperback forthcoming July 2008. Do not order before 7/08/2008:Random House | TR 978-0-8129-6732-6 | 400pp.$16.00/$19.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

China: A Celebration in Art & LiteratureEdited by Jason Steuber

A window into a world of extraordinary beauty and mystery,this volume traces China through its tales and stories, plays andpoetry, paintings and objects;from Tang dynasty silk scrolls depicting sublime mountain valleys to government-commis-sioned propaganda posters.Do not order before 9/1/2008:Welcome Books | HC 978-1-59962-030-5 | 240pp. $60.00/$77.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $30.00

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldBy Jack Weatherford

This magnificently researched revisionist history of the life ofGenghis Khan and his legacy argues that rather than a crudeand brutal barbarian, Khan wasone of the most progressive lead-ers in all of world history whojoined East and West and broughtabout the great “Global Awakening”that lead to the Renaissance.Three Rivers Press | TR 978-0-609-80964-8 | 352pp.$14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil RightsBy Kenji Yoshino

Drawing on his experiences as agay Asian American, Yoshino arguesthat the culturally sanctioned suppression of our authenticselves is a harm from which thelaw should sometimes protect us.More profoundly, he claims thatlaw will be less important to thecivil rights of the future than acommon culture of authenticity.Random House | TR 978-0-375-76021-1 | 304pp.$15.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

The Baburnama: Memoirsof Babur, Prince and EmperorBy W.M. Thackston

Both an official chronicle and thehighly personal memoir of theemperor Babur (1483—1530),The Baburnama presents a vividand extraordinarily detailed pictureof life in Afghanistan, Pakistan,and India during the late-fifteenthand early-sixteenth centuries.

“One of the classics of world literature.”

—The New York Times Book Review

Modern Library | TR 978-0-375-76137-9 | 608pp.$17.95/$25.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400By Stephen Turnbull

This book provides a concise yetthorough account of the Mongolconquests, including the rise ofGenghis Khan and the unificationof the tribes, with up to date infor-mation on campaign logistics,tactics and horse breeding.Osprey | TR 978-1-84176-523-5 | 96pp. $14.95/$21 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Samurai—The Worldof the WarriorBy Stephen Turnbull

This book explores the samuraiwithin the context of an all-en-compassing warrior culture expressed through art and poetryas much as through violence.Using themed chapters, Turnbullilluminates the samurai throughtheir historical development andtheir relationship to the world aroundthem—relationships that are shownto persist in Japan even today.Osprey | TR 978-1-84176-951-6 | 224pp.$18.95/$26.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

Warriors of Medieval JapanBy Stephen Turnbull

With rare material from Japanesesources and lavish artwork andphotography, this book examinesthe military lives, beliefs and bat-tle experience of four formidablewarrior types—samurai, ninja,warrior monk and ashigaru footsoldier—resulting in a highly au-thoritative account of Japan’swarrior elite.Osprey | TR 978-1-84603-220-2 | 288pp. $18.95/$24.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Adventures of Amir Hamza, The . . . . . 5Ames, Roger T. and David L. Hall, trans. by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Among Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Art of War, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Baburnama, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Basho, Matsuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Basic Teachings of the Buddha . . . . . . . 1Becker, Jasper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Benfey, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Blackstone, Judith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Blade of the Courtesans, The . . . . . . . 19Bolelli, Daniele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Bonesetter’s Daughter, The . . . . . . . . . 20Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Bryant, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Buddha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 13Buddha or Bust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Buruma, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chang, Eileen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chang, Leslie T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chaozhu, Ji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chatterjee, Upamanyu . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chen, Da . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20China Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Ching-Yuen, Loy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Clark, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Cleary, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Cleary, Thomas, trans. by . . . . . . . . . . 15Connelly, Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Croke, Vicki Constantine . . . . . . . . . . 15Dao De Jing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Dhammapada, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee . . . . . . . . 15Dragon Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Driven Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Dumoulin, Heinrich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Eaves of Heaven, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Enchantress of Florence, The . . . . . . . . 8English, August. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Essential Teachings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Evans, Polly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Factory Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14First Into Nagasaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Footprints in the Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Fried Eggs with Chopsticks . . . . . . . . . 15Fronsdal, Gil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Fury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Gandhi & Churchill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Ganeshananthan, V.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Garfinkel, Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Genghis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. . . . . . . 20Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Genghis: Lords of the Bow . . . . . . . . . 17Gifford, Rob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Gifted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Graham, A.C., trans. by . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Great Wave, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Grimus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Hamill, Sam, trans. by . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Herman, Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Hesse, Hermann . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17Honda Myth: The Genius and His Wake, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Iggulden, Conn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17In the Ruins of Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Inside China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Inventing Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Jaguar Smile, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Kakar, Sudhir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Khanna, Parag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Kidd, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Kincaid, Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Korean War, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Kornfield, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Kornfield, Jack, ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Koyama-Richard, Brigitte . . . . . . . . . . 18Lady and the Panda, The . . . . . . . . . . 15Lakhnavi, Ghalib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Lalwani, Nikita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Lama, Dalai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Last Night I Dreamed of Peace . . . . . . 10Li, Yiyun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Lizard Cage, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Love in a Fallen City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Love Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15MacMillan, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Malkasian, Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Mam, Somaly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Man on Mao’s Right, The . . . . . . . . . . 14Managing the Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Midnight’s Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Narrow Road to the Interior . . . . . . . . 13National Geographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18National Geographic Atlas of China. . 18Nixon and Mao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6On the Warrior’s Path, Second Edition 13One Thousand Years of Manga . . . . . . 18Orthodox Chinese Buddhism . . . . . . . 12Palace of Illusions, The . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Peking Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Peony in Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Perkowski, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Pfaelzer, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Pham, Andrew X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Poems of the Late T’ang . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Poetry of Zen, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Red Carpet, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Road of Lost Innocence, The . . . . . . . 18Rushdie, Salman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Ryu, Keiichiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Samurai, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Samurai - The World of the Warrior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Sankaran, Lavanya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Satanic Verses, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Sato, Masaaki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Saving Fish from Drowning . . . . . . . . 20Saying Yes to Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Second World, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17See, Lisa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Seeker, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Shalimar the Clown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Shame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Shantideva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Siddhartha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17Snow Flower and the Secret Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Souvenir, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Spector, Ronald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Steinman, Louise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Step Across This Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Steuber, Jason, ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Supreme Way, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Suzuki, Daisetz T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Suzuki, Shunryu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Tan, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Tao Te Ching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Teachings of the Buddha . . . . . . . . . . . 1Thackston, W.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Thousand Years of Good Prayers, A . . 18Toyota Strategy: An Executive Guide . 19Training the Samurai Mind . . . . . . . . . 15Tram, Dang Thuy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Turnbull, Stephen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Tzu, Lao. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Tzu, Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Warriors of Medieval Japan . . . . . . . . 21Way of the Bodhisattva, The . . . . . . . . 20Weatherford, Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Weller, George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Wise Heart, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Yen, Sheng Chan Master . . . . . . . 12, 20Yoshino, Kenji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Zen Buddhism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Zen Enlightenment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Zen For Beginners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind . . . . . . . . 20

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