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1	Unaccustomed Earth more books like this by Jhumpa Lahiri add to wishlist In this collection from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, eight dazzling stories take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as each explores the secrets at the heart of family life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Sarah Thomson (Adapted by) add to wishlist With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but things went wrong and Greg became lost. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Things They Carried more books like this by T O'Brien add to wishlist A collection of short story-like episodes about the lives of a group of footsoldiers in Vietnam: their present existence in the alien jungle, their childhoods, and their futures in America after the war is long over. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam more books like this by Lewis Sorley add to wishlist Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing from thousands of hours of previously unavailable (and still classified) tape-recorded meetings between the highest levels of the American military command in ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
5	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin add to wishlist The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibanas backyard Anyone who despairs of the individualas power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistanas treacherous K2, was ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $6.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Fine Balance more books like this by R Mistry add to wishlist In mid-1970s India, a "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared. Four disparate people find their lives connected in ways that are as inextricable as they are unexpected. A housing shortage brings them together as roommates in an apartment: they are a widow determined not to remarry, a student from the Himalayas, and a man and his nephew ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Places in Between more books like this by Rory Stewart add to wishlist In January 2002, Rory Stewart survived a walk across Afghanistan by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. In this memoir, he writes about heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers as he makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin add to wishlist The inspiring account of one manas campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti- American reaches of Asia In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistanas Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to ... see all copies from $10.83! new only from $10.83! \| signed copies \| SVS
9	Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea more books like this by Greg Mortenson, Susan L Roth add to wishlist Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud. see all copies from $8.48! new only from $9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Kite Runner more books like this by Khaled Hosseini add to wishlist This epic novel is set in Afghanistan, beginning in the days of the monarchy and reaching to the early 21st century. Amir is the son of a wealthy man; his best friend is Hassan, the son of his father's servant. Growing up in Kabul, the two share an idyllic childhood until a traumatic event--and Amir's act of cowardly betrayal--changes the nature ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	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 $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Snakehead more books like this by Anthony Horowitz add to wishlist The Australian Secret Service recruits Alex Rider to infiltrate a ruthless gang known as Snakeheads. Alex accepts the assignment, and it becomes his most dangerous mission yet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Stealing Buddha's Dinner more books like this by Bich Minh Nguyen add to wishlist In this viscerally powerful memoir, Nguyen pens a nostalgic, candid account of growing up as a Vietnamese girl in the Midwest in the 1980s, and using popular American food--from Pringles potato chips to Toll House cookies--as a way to fit in and become a RrealS American. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia more books like this by Mr. Ahmed Rashid add to wishlist A journalist describes the rise and geopolitical influence of the Taliban, the extremist Islamic faction that maintains government control of Afghanistan with strictness and secrecy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text more books like this by Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Alain Danielou (Translator), Alain Daniilou (Translator) add to wishlist This edition of the definitive modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is the first to include two essential commentaries--the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Danielou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra, drawing on his intimate experience of India to preserve the full ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.94! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	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 $10.19! new only from $16.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition more books like this by Paul Pitchford add to wishlist This health manual merges modern nutrition with insight from ancient Asian traditions. There are life-enhancing guidelines to renewal and rejuvenation, allowing the reader to develop an optimal diet to fit his or her constitutional type. This revised edition includes many updates, including new research, resources, information on GMOs, an ... see all copies from $17.12! new only from $22.37! \| SVS
18 view cover	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster more books like this by Jon Krakauer add to wishlist In 1996, on a magazine assignment, Krakauer joined an expedition up Mount Everest led by the New Zealand climber Rob Hall. He arrived at the summit just before a blizzard struck in which Hall and nine other climbers were killed. This book is Krakauer's first-person account of the tragedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Art of War more books like this by Sun Tzu add to wishlist The aphorisms that make up the philosophy of war and strategy by Sun Tzu have, several centuries later, become a must-read for young professionals in business. Though the text can be applied to the ruthless world of commerce, this translation by Thomas Cleary contextualizes the teachings in the Taoist tradition, enabling the work to transcend the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in V more books like this by H Moore add to wishlist This compelling account of two major engagements in Vietnam's la Drang Valley in November 1965 is written by the man who commanded the battalion that was involved and by a war correspondent who was there. Both spent years interviewing soldiers who made it through and families of those lost in battle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Up Country more books like this by Nelson DeMille add to wishlist Hardboiled Army investigator Paul Brenner delves into the past to investigate the alleged murder of a lieutenant who was killed in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	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 $15.00! new only from $17.19! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	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 $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War more books like this by David Halberstam add to wishlist Tackling the Korean War with monumental research and laser-sharp reportage, Halberstam explores the untold heroism and pathos of the worst American military defeat since Little Big Horn--and the Washington politics that set it in motion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Siddhartha more books like this by Hermann Hesse add to wishlist An allegorical novel by the celebrated German writer. Sidhartha, the hero, is a type of Buddhist Everyman, who passes through many temptations and trials on his way to purification. The different stages of his spiritual development are represented by the various roles he takes on: wanderer, courtier, merchant, and hermit. Originally published in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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