Jonathan Kaufman "In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties." --The Boston Globe"Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals...

Janet Macleod Trotter She’s gone in search of happy memories. But was her idyllic childhood in India an illusion? After the Second World War, Libby Robson leaves chilly England for...

Hye-Young Pyun From the Prize-Winning Author of The Hole, a Slow-Burning Thriller about Unseen Forces that Shape Us and Debts We Accumulate, in Life, in Death.Winner of several of Korea's top...

Nick Bradley A heartwarming and profound novel about the power of books and connection between generations, that is also a love letter to Japan and its literature.Flo is sick of...

Dan Moalen Dan Moalem, born in Shanghai in 1930, was raised in a conservative Sephardi family. His family's life centered on the Synagogue, of which his father was Shamash, and...

Ruth Benedict A recognized classic of cultural anthropology, this book explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan from the seventh century through the mid-twentieth, as well as personal...

Lionel Friedfeld and Philippe Metoudi The relationship between Israel and Asia, which has evolved from strong historical ties symbolized by the Silk Road, today encompasses strategic partnerships in technology -...

Vaddey Ratner Displaying the author's extraordinary gift for language, In the Shadow of the Banyan is testament to the transcendent power of narrative and a brilliantly wrought tale of human...

Duncan Clark In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into...

Jing-Jing Lee A beautiful, stunningly ambitious tale of endurance, identity, and memory, for fans of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones.Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down...

Olive Beaupre Miller From the Foreword: "Friends of Moon and Winds-so were the Japanese poets called who wrote the tiny poems that comprise the greater part of this book. Dewdrops...

Haruki Murakami 'Beguiling... Murakami is brilliant at folding the humdrum alongside the supernatural; finding the magic that's nested in life's quotidian details' GuardianWhen a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his...