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1	Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan more books like this by Doug Stanton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "In Harm's Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of the September 11 attacks. b&w photographs. see all copies from £11.00! new only from £13.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China more books like this by Jung Chang add to wishlist An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Rumor of War more books like this by Philip Caputo add to wishlist This powerful memoir chronicles Caputo's hitch in Vietnam as a Marine lieutenant, describing his transformation from an idealistic young soldier into a ruthless killer, and then to a cynical critic of war's sickening waste and madness. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Life and Death in Shanghai more books like this by Nien Cheng add to wishlist This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Orientalism more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs. see all copies from £5.58! new only from £9.68! \| first editions
6	Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath more books like this by Michael Norman, Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the ... see all copies from £12.86! new only from £15.08! \| first editions
7	Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 more books like this by Steve Coll add to wishlist In this prehistory of the 2001 war in Afghanistan, Steve Coll, a Washington Post editor, pieces together the alliances, intrigue, and failures of intelligence that allowed Al Qaeda to get a foothold in that country. He chronicles the disturbing role of America's supposed ally, Saudi Arabia, in building up Osama bin Laden. And he examines the ... see all copies from £6.83! new only from £9.13! \| first editions
8	In Retrospect: The Tragedy & Lessons of Vietnam more books like this by Professor Robert S McNamara add to wishlist The #1 national bestseller--an indispensable document for anyone interested in the Vietnam War. McNamara's controversial book tells the inside and personal story of America's descent into Vietnam from a unique point of view, and is one of the most enlightening books about government ever written. This new edition features a new Foreword by ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter more books like this by Adeline Yen Mah, Adeline Yen Mah add to wishlist The author's Westernized Chinese family in Shanghai was wealthy but dysfunctional. In this painful memoir, she writes about the cruelty she endured and her eventual emigration to the U.S., where she became a doctor. see all copies from £4.90! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The search for modern China more books like this by Jonathan D. Spence add to wishlist Over 400 years of Chinese history--from the Ming dynasty to Mao--are recalled in Spence's narrative history. see all copies from £6.15! new only from £14.30! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Places in Between more books like this by Rory Stewart add to wishlist Rory Stewart's moving, sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible, mountainous ... see all copies from £2.82! new only from £5.47! \| first editions
12 view cover	Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire more books like this by Chalmers Johnson add to wishlist This highly critical report on America's foreign policy sounds a warning call that there may be a price to pay for what the author sees as a long-standing imperiousness by which the United States conducts itself among nations. see all copies from £5.38! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
13 view cover	China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power more books like this by Rob Gifford add to wishlist An acclaimed National Public Radio reporter takes a dramatic journey along China's Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Along the way, he poses crucial questions regarding China's future as a super power. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.40!
14 view cover	Tao of Physics more books like this by Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. add to wishlist The confluence of Western science and Eastern philosophy is the subject of this book. Capra uncovers some of the amazing parallels that exist between Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, and major scientific discoveries. see all copies from £1.33! new only from £6.42! \| first editions
15 view cover	Iron & silk more books like this by Mark Salzman add to wishlist This entertaining memoir, a quietly persuasive classic of its kind, is about the journey of a young martial arts-obsessed American to China, where he teaches English to Chinese medical students and studies with a kung fu master. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Cambridge illustrated history of China. more books like this by Patricia Buckley Ebrey add to wishlist More populous than any other country on earth, China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture. In this sumptuously illustrated single-volume history, noted historian Patricia Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present. She follows its development from ... see all copies from £11.53! new only from £15.72! \| first editions
17 view cover	When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition more books like this by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts add to wishlist Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.12!
18 view cover	Annapurna more books like this by Maurice Herzog add to wishlist This work presents the enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed. It is a story of breathtaking courage and determination against appalling odds. In records of mountaineering, in tales of human endeavour, there is ... see all copies from £1.52! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne 1405-1433 more books like this by Louise Levathes add to wishlist A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the edge of the world's 'four corners.' It was a time of exploration and conquest, but it ended in ... see all copies from £6.95! new only from £9.10! \| first editions
20 view cover	Lost horizon more books like this by James Hilton add to wishlist A fantastic tale of adventure by the English novelist. Four Europeans travelling in the Far East find themselves stranded in a lost world when their plane goes off course near Nepal and is forced to land in a mysterious kingdom called Shangri-La. One of the four, a young Englishman named Conway, narrates the tale of their experiences, which become ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia more books like this by Janet Wallach add to wishlist The story of Gertrude Bell, who went to Teheran to visit her uncle, the British envoy, and fell in love with the Middle East. The first woman to earn a first-class degree in modern history at Oxford, she went on to play an influential role in the making of post-World War I Iraq, where she was secretary to the British High Commission. She also had ... see all copies from £1.61! new only from £4.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II more books like this by John W Dower add to wishlist A history of Japan, this work draws on a range of Japanese sources to offer an analysis of how shattering defeat in World War II, followed by over six years of military occupation by the USA, affected every level of Japanese society - in ways that neither the victor nor the vanquished could anticipate. Here is the history of an extraordinary ... see all copies from £6.63! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Tao of physics : an exploration of the parallels between modern physics and eastern mysticism more books like this by Fritjof Capra add to wishlist Fritjof Capra's classic exploration of the parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism is now in its third edition, for which book Capra has written a special afterword assessing the impact the book has made in the 15 years since its first publication and reflecting upon the ways in which recent scientific developments have tended to ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au Of... more books like this by Ronald T Takaki add to wishlist In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.38! \| first editions
25 view cover	Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History more books like this by George Crile add to wishlist "Charlie Wilson's War" tells the story of what became the largest covert operation in history--costing over $1 billion a year. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol, to secret chambers at Langley, to arms-dealer conventions, to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside workings of the CIA. see all copies from £2.00! new only from £7.45! \| signed copies \| first editions

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