Bestsellers in Asian History 

-- Library Journal, 11/20/2008 9:06:00 AM

Bestsellers in  Asian History 
March 2008 to Date, as Identified by YBP Library Services

1) Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Hastings, Max
Alfred A. Knopf
2007. ISBN 0307263517 [9780307263513]. $35.00

2) India: The Rise of an Asian Giant
Rothermund, Dietmar
Yale University Press
2008. ISBN 0300113099 [9780300113099]. $35.00

3) Chinese Cultural Revolution: A History
Clark, Paul
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521875153 [9780521875158]. $80.00

4) Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions
Blondeau, Anne-Marie
University Of California Press
2008. ISBN 0520244648 [9780520244641]. $60.00

5) Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Iyer, Pico
Alfred A. Knopf
2008. ISBN 0307267601 [9780307267603]. $24.00

6) Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China
Greenhalgh, Susan
University Of California Press
2008. ISBN 0520253388 [9780520253384]. $55.00

7) Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Winchester, Simon
HarperCollins
2008. ISBN 0060884592 [9780060884598]. $27.95

8) City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China
Becker, Jasper
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 0195309979 [9780195309973]. $27.95

9) Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World
Luthi, Lorenz M.
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691129347 [9780691129341]. $65.00

10) Certain Victory: Images of World War II in the Japanese Media
Earhart, David C.
M.E. Sharpe
2008. ISBN 0765617765 [9780765617767]. $74.95

11) Troubled Apologies among Japan, Korea, and the United States
Dudden, Alexis
Columbia University Press
2008. ISBN 0231141769 [9780231141765]. $40.00

12) Forbidden City
Barme, Geremie
Harvard University Press
2008. ISBN 0674027795 [9780674027794]. $19.95

13) Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008
Xu, Guoqi
Harvard University Press
2008. ISBN 0674028406 [9780674028401]. $29.95

14) China's Struggle for Status: The Realignment of International Relations
Deng, Yong
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 052188666x [9780521886666]. $90.00

15) Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga and Anime
MacWilliams, Mark
M. E. Sharpe
2008. ISBN 0765616017 [9780765616012]. $76.95

16) Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Herman, Arthur
Bantam
2008. ISBN 0553804634 [9780553804638]. $30.00

17) Wuhan, 1938: War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China
MacKinnon, Stephen R.
University of California Press
2008. ISBN 0520254457 [9780520254459]. $39.95

18) Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Prisoner of Conscience
Wintle, Justin    Editor
Skyhorse Publishing
2007. ISBN 1602392668 [9781602392663]. $27.95

19) Chinese Americans and the Politics of Race and Culture
Chan, Sucheng
Temple University Press
2008. ISBN 1592137520 [9781592137527]. $79.50

20) Vietnam War: A Concise International History
Lawrence, Mark Atwood
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 0195314654 [9780195314656]. $18.95

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