Asia
Ancient traditions and modern ambitions collide in the world's most populous continent, where centuries-old cultures shape tomorrow's innovations and power dynamics. Here you'll find sweeping accounts of economic transformation, intimate portraits of social change, and deep explorations of the forces driving Asia's pivotal role in the twenty-first century.
Asia Book Summaries
Poorly Made in China
An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
China
Business
Economics
Life and Death in Shanghai
China
History
Memoir
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language
China
Language
Travel
Little Princes
One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Memoir
Travel
Biography
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
Economics
Business
History
The Japanese Mind
Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
Japan
History
Cultural
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
I Stand Corrected
How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson
Memoir
China
Biography
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
History
Japan
Biography
Wave
Life and Memories After the Tsunami
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
History
The Billionaire Raj
A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
India
Economics
Business
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
Observations and Provocations
Travel
Japan
Memoir
The Last Kings of Shanghai
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
History
China
Jewish
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
History
Japan
Biography
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
History
Asia
Biography
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
Business
Technology
History
The New Silk Roads
The Present and Future of the World
History
Politics
China
China's Economy
What Everyone Needs to Know
China
Economics
Politics
In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Pakistan on the Brink
The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Politics
Pakistan
History
Lost on Planet China
Travel
China
Humor
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
History
Memoir
Biography
Confucianism
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
China
Religion
The Wisdom of Tea
Life lessons from the Japanese tea ceremony
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
Moral, Immoral, Amoral
What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
Philosophy
Spirituality
Asia
The Shortest History of China
History
China
Historical
Black Box
Japan
Memoir
Feminism
Last to Eat, Last to Learn
My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women
Memoir
Biography
Feminism
Pachinko
Historical Fiction
Historical
Japan
From Third World to First
The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
History
Politics
Biography
The Good Earth
Historical Fiction
China
Classics
The Little Book of Skin Care
Korean Beauty Secrets for Healthy, Glowing Skin
Self Help
Health
Reference
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
History
Politics
Asia
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
History
India
Politics
The Sympathizer
Historical Fiction
War
Asia
Lady Tanβs Circle of Women
Historical Fiction
Historical
China