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TO FREEDOM THROUGH CHINA: Escaping From Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong

March 22, 2015

This is the thrilling story of how the author with two colleagues broke out of their POW camp in Hong Kong and made their way through Japanese lines into the vast expanse of China. Capture meant almost certain torture and lingering slow death. Their adventures make for spellbinding suspense. Once through Japanese lines their troubles […]
What a Way to Spend a War: Navy Nurse POWs in the Philippines

March 22, 2015

One of eleven U.S. Navy nurses held captive by the Japanese in Manila between 1942 and 1945, Danner describes her nightmarish experiences behind barbed wire. Sale Price:$26.39 1557501548
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 – Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history … to the close of the nineteenth century.

March 22, 2015

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Sale Price:buy at discount B004TPN2QQ
The Army and Vietnam

March 22, 2015

Many senior army officials still claim that if they had been given enough soldiers and weapons, the United States could have won the war in Vietnam. In this probing analysis of U.S. military policy in Vietnam, career army officer and strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., argues that precisely because of this mindset the war was […]
Pioneering in Formosa: Recollections of adventures among mandarins, wreckers, & head-hunting savages

March 22, 2015

This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1898 edition by Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., London. Sale Price:$11.46 1402192983
Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk

March 22, 2015

The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles–poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation–to become one of the most prominent monks in China, founding numerous temples and schools, and attracting crowds of students and disciples wherever he went. Now, in Heart of Buddha, Heart of China, James Carter draws on untapped archival materials to provide a book […]
Quaid-i-Azam Jinnah and the Battle for Pakistan

March 22, 2015

A fascinating account of the life and achievements of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah who founded the state of Pakistan on August 14th, 1947. An eye-witness account of the birth of a great Muslim state, Pakistan. Sale Price:$14.45 1491254629
The Industry of Marrying Europeans (Southeast Asia Program)

March 22, 2015

This work by Vu Trong Phung, written in the 1930s, reports and expands on the author’s meetings with North Vietnamese women who had made an “industry” of marrying European men. The Industry of Marrying Europeans is notable for its sharp observations, pointed humor, and unconventional mix of nonfictional and fictional narration, as well as its […]
Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: A Memoir

March 22, 2015

The revolutions that swept the Middle East in 2011 surprised and captivated the world. Brutal regimes that had been in power for decades were overturned by an irrepressible mass of freedom seekers. Now, one of the figures who emerged during the Egyptian uprising tells the riveting inside story of what happened and shares the keys […]
With Love, From Malaysia: Letters From A Young Canadian Mother

March 22, 2015

“With Love, From Malaysia is an intimate look at Malaysia in the 1970s, through a series of letters home by a young Canadian mother. With two toddlers and her Malaysian surgeon husband, she adjusts to life in a new country and strange culture. Karen E. Musa chronicles the challenges of tolerating a stifling bureaucracy and […]

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