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1	Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World more books like this by Jack Weatherford add to wishlist Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed. see all copies from $4.67! new only from $8.82! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War more books like this by David Halberstam add to wishlist Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. "The Coldest Winter" changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese more books like this by Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist This is the amazing story of the World War II nurses stationed in the Phillippines--the "Angels of Bataan"--who performed amazing feats of courage and persistence up until their capture by the Japanese. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home more books like this by Tim O'Brien add to wishlist Novelist O'Brien's first book is a harrowing portrait of an infantry soldier's life in Vietnam. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Down Range: Navy Seals in the War on Terrorism more books like this by Dick Couch, Richard Danzig (Foreword by) add to wishlist Granted unprecedented access to the SEALs fresh from combat, Couch creates riveting, detailed narratives of the definitive engagements while painting unusually intimate portraits of these warriors in the field. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam more books like this by John Plaster add to wishlist Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam tells the story of the most highly classified U.S. covert operatives to serve in the war: The Studies and Observations Group, code-named SOG. Comprised of volunteers from America's most elite military units, SOG agents answered directly to the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs, with some missions ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
7	Women of the Silk more books like this by Gail Tsukiyama add to wishlist Set in rural China in 1926, this story tells how a group of exploited silk-workers lead the first strike for better conditions than their village has ever seen. The women combine their courage and strength to achieve the freedom they could never have hoped for on their own. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Painted Veil more books like this by W Somerset Maugham add to wishlist Kitty Fane has an affair, and when her husband, a bacteriologist, finds out, he forces her to go with him to a cholera epidemic in the hopes that she will contract the disease and die. Once she is surrounded by all the desolation and death, Kitty begins to come to self-realization, and also learns how to love her husband. Unfortunately for both of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan more books like this by Chuck Larson, Major (Editor), John McCain (Afterword by), General Tommy Franks (Foreword by) add to wishlist More than one million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past four years, but fewer than 500 from this group have earned a Silver Star, Navy Cross, or other medal of honor. This collection tells the extraordinary true stories of those distinguished for their valor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| SVS
10	The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat more books like this by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin add to wishlist November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the ... see all copies from $4.92! new only from $9.86! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A history of Far Eastern art more books like this by Sherman E. Lee add to wishlist This is an account of the visual arts of Asia, from the Indus River to Japan and Java, between the fifth millennium BC and AD 1850. This comprehensive fifth edition includes astonishing recent archaeological discoveries. Each chapter begins with a concise historical introduction providing a political and social setting for artistic process and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.90! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country more books like this by Mike Kim add to wishlist Escaping North Korea provides a rare and unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. It recounts firsthand experiences of enduring famine, women's sex trafficking experiences, and torture in the gulags, as well as inspirational stories of refugees who overcame tremendous adversity to escape the repressive regime of their ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $15.08! \| SVS
13 view cover	Orphans of the Cold War America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival more books like this by John Kenneth Knaus add to wishlist The secret war for Tibet, told by the CIA veteran who helped run American covert operations to support the Tibetan resistance and the Dalai Lama.. For decades, the United States ran covert operations into Tibet in an attempt to help Tibetan exiles take back their country from the Chinese. These operations have never been discloseduntil now. John ... see all copies from $3.43! new only from $3.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia more books like this by Professor James L Watson (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of essays portraying the changes brought to life in contemporary Asia by the introduction of modern marketing techniques. The authors pay particular attention to the influence of McDonald's restaurants on habits of dining and public behavior in the Far East. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.20! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation more books like this by Roger T Ames (Translator), Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Korean War more books like this by Max Hastings add to wishlist 'A brilliant and compelling book which must rank, even by the standards Max Hastings has set, as a masterpiece' - Professor Michael Howard, London Review of Books. On 25 June 1950, the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts of our battle-scarred century. The seemingly limitless ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East more books like this by Kishore Mahbubani add to wishlist In this book, one of Asia's leading intellectuals illuminates what will be on the agenda as Western domination ends and the Asian renaissance impacts world politics, markets and history.For centuries the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now, they are ready to become co-drivers.Asians have finally ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Wilsonian Moment: Self Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism more books like this by Erez Manela add to wishlist During the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath, waiting to see how their fates would be decided. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, had called for "a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of ... see all copies from $14.27! new only from $14.27! \| SVS
19 view cover	Thin Red Line more books like this by James Jones add to wishlist The classic war novel by James Jones is set at the time of the Allied invasion of Guadalcanal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire more books like this by Richard B Frank add to wishlist Told from contemporary accounts on both sides, this is the definitive story of how the war in the Pacific ended with the controversial use of the atomic bomb. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $8.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Mud City more books like this by Deborah Ellis add to wishlist Fourteen-year-old Shauzia dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France, but it is hard to reconcile that dream with the terrible conditions of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives. Making things worse is the camp's leader, Mrs. Weera, whose demands on Shauzia make her need to escape all the more urgent. Her decision to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| SVS
22 view cover	In the Pond more books like this by Ha Jin add to wishlist In a small town in China, Shao Bin is feeling his powerlessness when he is denied a larger apartment, and his solution is to publish a satire in the local newspaper--an act whose repercussions go far beyond what he had expected. IN THE POND is the first novel by Ha Jin, who received the National Book Award in 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia more books like this by Richard J Samuels add to wishlist see all copies from $9.79! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
24 view cover	Lonely Planet China more books like this by Damian Harper, Steve Fallon, Katja Gaskell add to wishlist This title provides coverage of numerous new destinations that are never before covered in an English-language guidebook. First-time visitors and China travel veterans alike will get sound advice on hotels, sights and transport. It features new and expanded coverage of numerous ancient fishing villages; and much more do-it-yourself content - ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.20! \| SVS
25 view cover	Flower Master more books like this by Sujata Massey add to wishlist Rei Shimura, a Japanese-by-way-of-California antique dealer, winds up tangled in her third mystery when her meddling aunt signs her up for an ikebana class. Shortly after her aunt and a guest lecturer get into a serious verbal tiff during class, Rei finds the lecturer dead--with her aunt's pruning shears stuck in the speaker's neck. Trying to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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