BIOGRAPHY

An American Son by Naomi Hirohara
Mikasa and Kenwood founder George Aratani

HISTORY

A Borrowed Place by Frank Welsh
Scholarly history of Hong Kong

Chinatown USA by Calvin Lee
A history and guide to early Chinese settlements

Eldest Son by Han Suyin
Zhou Enlai and the Making of Modern China, 1898-1976

Even the Women Must Fight by Karen Gottschang Turner with Phan Thanh Hao
The role North Vietnamese women played in winning the war.

Good Deeds & Gunboats by Hugh Deane
Two centuries of American Chinese encounters.

In Mortal Combat by John Toland
An engaging military history of the Korean War based on firsthand accounts of American and Korean fighting men.

Letters from the End of the World by Toyofumi Ogura
A firsthand account of the bombing of Hiroshima

The Mongols by Jeremiah Curtin
The classic history of the Mongol tribes by one of America's great scholars.

On Gold Mountain by Lisa See
Chinese American family history

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
A study of the Japanese atrocities in Nanking from the perspective of the soldiers who committed them, their Chinese victims and the westerners who intervened to save lives.

The Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave
An intimate portrait of patriarch Charlie Soong and the Soong sisters who so skillfully manipulated U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan.

The Yamato Dynasty by Sterling Seagrove and Peggy Seagrave
The secret history of Japan's Imperial family from the beginning to modern times.

SOCIOLOGY

The Coming Conflict with China by Richard Bernstein and Ross H. Munro
Why a showdown between China and the U.S. is inevitable.

Educating Andy by Ann and Andy Conduit
How an Australian boy adjusted to the Japanese school system.

In the Red by Ceremie R Barme
The last two decades of China's culture seen through East European eyes.

The Japan We Never Knew by David Suzuki and Keibo Oiwa
Interviews with Japanese cast apart from the mainstream

Making More Waves edited by Elaine H. Kim and Lilia Villanueva
Writings by Asian American Women

The Secrets of Mariko by Elisabeth Bumiller
A year in the life of a Japanese woman and her family

Shadow Shoguns by Jacob M. Schlesinger
The Rise and Fall of Japan's Postwar Political Machine

Public People, Private People by Donald Richie
Sketches of some Japanese

Chasing the Tigers by Murray Hiebert
A Portrait of the New Vietnam

TRAVEL/DINING

Japanese Restaurant Guide
Bi-lingual guide to Japanese restaurants in Southern California

Looking for the Lost by Alan Booth
Journeys through a Vanishing Japan

The Roads to Sata by Alan Booth
A 2,000-mile walking journey down the length of Japan