The Most Wanted Man in China | My Journey from Scientist to Enemy of the State by Fang Lizhi is a brilliant memoir of a Chinese astrophysicist who challenged the authority of Communist China. His story, told with vivid detail and disarming humor, is a testament to the importance of remaining true to one’s principles in an unprincipled time and place.
The Next America | Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown by Paul Taylor looks into the future dynamics of America’s generational society. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.
Too Much of a Good Thing | How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us by Dr. Lee Goldman discusses the ways in which the human body has evolved with the modern environment. Dr. Lee Goldman presents a radical explanation: The key protective traits that once ensured our species’ survival are now the leading global causes of illness and death.
Empty Chairs by Liu Xia tells the author’s life story through her powerful poetry. The book presents the poetry of Liu Xia for the first time freely in both English translation and in the Chinese original, and creates a portrait of a life lived under duress, a voice in danger of being silenced, and a spirit that is shaken but so far indomitable.
The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn | An Untold Story of the American Revolution by Robert P. Watson visits the experience and impact of a British prison ship during the American Revolution. The book follows the lives and ordeals of the ship’s few survivors to tell the astonishing story of the cursed ship that killed thousands of Americans and yet helped secure victory in the fight for independence.
Deng Xiaoping | A Revolutionary Life by Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine provides a look into the entire life of influential Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Based on newly discovered documents, the book covers his entire life, from his childhood and student years to the post-Tiananmen era.
The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong | The Untold Story of My Struggle for Tibet by Gyalo Thondup and Anne F. Thurston tells the story of the Dalai Lama’s exiled family from their sacred homeland of Tibet. For the last sixty years, Gyalo Thondup has been at the at the heart of the epic struggle to protect and advance Tibet in the face of unreliable allies, overwhelming odds, and devious rivals.
49 Myths about China by Marte Kjær Galtung and Stig Stenslie address several misconceptions regarding China and Chinese culture and politics. Galtung and Stenslie highlight forty-nine prevalent myths about China’s past, present, and future and weigh their truth or fiction.
We Are Better Than This | How Government Should Spend Our Money by Edward Kleinbard discusses new ways for government money to be spent in order to best further American society. The author unmasks the tax mythologies and false arguments that too often dominate contemporary discourse about budget policies.
Collaboration Strategy | How to Get What You Want from Employees, Suppliers and Business Partners by Felix Barber and Michael Goold outlines methods for companies to follow to build new relationships and motivate those within their network in order to find joint success. They explain new ways of working with partners that break down traditional company boundaries and establish new roles and relationships that have enabled businesses to grow rapidly and achieve superior profits.
