Gingetsu Itoh"The Essence of Ninjutsu." Written during the Ninja "boom" of the early 1900's, Gingetsu Itoh seeks to dispel the myth that Ninjutsu is an art comprised solely of magic...

Gingetsu Itoh"Ninjutsu and Magic" from 1909 is Gingetsu Itoh's first foray into Ninjutsu research. Originally serialized in the Asahi Newspaper in Japan, it was later published in book format. Long...

Mohsin HamidFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love.His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as...

Gavin MenziesIn his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence...

Jennifer Cody EpsteinReminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, a re-imagining of the life of Pan Yuliang and her transformation from prostitute to post-Impressionist.Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River...

Anita DesaiA "beautifully written, richly textured, and haunting story" (Chaim Potok), BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY is Anita Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era, a story of profound emotional wounds of war...

Gayatri DeviShe is the daughter of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and the widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur. She was raised in a sumptuous palace staffed with 500 servants...

Kevin KwanTHE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON CRAZY RICH ASIANS RETURNS WITH THE GLITTERING TALE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO FINDS HERSELF TORN BETWEEN TWO MEN.'Your perfect summer read'...

Norman StoneA pacy, compelling and penetrating account - from the great Norman Stone'The best short primer on the war in twenty years' Andrew RobertsNorman Stone's gripping book tells the narrative...

JC Sinclair

Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin   Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time   The astonishing, uplifting story of a...

Amitav GhoshIn an Antique Land is the story of two Indians in Egypt: Bomma, a slave brought there by his Jewish master who came to India in the twelfth century,...