Bette Bao Lord Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord. Adult Content. From the front The epic national bestseller. "A Chinese "Gone with the Wind""...Publishers Weekly. January 1, 1981 by Avon...

Julie Otsuka Julie Otsuka’s long-awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine is a tour de force of economy and precision, a novel that tells the story of a group of young...

Konemann 304 pages, photos in color, detailed preparation instructions. March 1, 1998 by Konemann UK Ltd

Kavita Daswani Anju wants a husband. Equally important, her entire family wants Anju to have a husband. Her life in Bombay, where a marriage can be arranged in a matter...

Dominique Lapierre Except for walking on the moon, spending time in the City of Joy is the most fascinating experience a man can have at the end of the twentieth...

William Dalrymple As the author of the best travel book of recent years at the intensely irritating age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple has now shown that In Xanadu was no fluke. City of...

Kiran Desai In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned...

Murong Leave Me A Novel of Chengdu is an unflinching, darkly funny take on love and life in modern China. It's the story of three young men, Chen Zhong, Li...

Lesley Downer  Today when the summer thrushCame to sing at Heron’s NestI crossed the Bridge of Dreams.Have decided on the title for my new book: Across a Bridge of Dreams....

Christopher Robbins Closed to foreigners under Tsar and Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has remained largely hidden from the world, a remarkable feat for a country the size of Western Europe. Few...

Vikas Swarup Vicky Rai, the son of a high-profile Minister, has been shot dead by one of the guests at his own party. They are a glitzy bunch, but among...

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a novelist of unequalled insight, grace and emotional power. My Nine Lives represents a new and fascinating strand in her outstanding output canon...