Friday, March 28, 2008

What's New at the InfoShop, March 2008

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Come and visit the InfoShop. There is always something new. The titles below
have just been added to our collection.


World Bank Staff receive 30% discount on World Bank titles, and 10% discount on
externally published titles (or at a 30% discount where noted).


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World Bank Publications


Economic Implications of Chronic Ilness and Disability in Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Union, edited by Cem Mete. $25.00pb.


Breaking the Barriers to Higher Economic Growth: Better Governance and Deeper
Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa, by Mustapha Kamel Nabli. $38.00pb.


Higher Education in Francophone Africa: What Tools Can Be Used to Support
Financially-Sustainable Policies, by Pierre Antoine Gioan. $10.00pb.


Strategies for Sustainable Financing of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan
Africa, by Keith M. Lewin. $25.00pb, w/CD-ROM.


Public Expenditure Policies in Southeast Europe, edited by Ivailo V. Izvorski
and Satu Kahkonen. $20.00pb.


The World Bank's Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa: Our Agendo for Action,
2007-2011. $20.00pb.


O Compromisso do Banco Mundial com o VIH/SIDA em Africa: O Nosso Plano de
Actividades, 2007-2011. $20.00pb.


L'engagement de la Banque Mondiale Face au VIH/SIDA en Afrique: Notre Programme
d'Action, 2007-2011. $20.00pb.


Mexico's Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy: Challenges and Opportunities,
by Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Dahlman. $20.00pb.


The Welfare Impact of Rural Electrification: A Reassessment of the Costs and
Benefits. An IEG Impact Evaluation. $25.00pb.


Growing Industrial Clusters in Asia: Serendipity and Science, edited by Shahid
Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima, and Shoichi Yamashita. $30.00pb.


School and Work in the Eastern Caribbean: Does the Education System Adequately
Prepare Youth for the Global Economy?, by Andreas Blom and Cynthia Hobbs. $20.00
pb.


Costs and Financing of Higher Education in Francophone Africa, by Mathieu
Brossard and Borel Foko. $20.00pb.


Using Training to Build Capacity for Development: An Evaluation of the World
Bank's Project-Based and WBI Training. Independent Evaluation Group. $30.00pb.


Institutional Pathways to Equity: Addressing the Inequality Traps, edited by
Anthony J. Bebbington, Anis A. Dani, Arjan de Haan, and Michael Walton. $25.00
pb.


Current Affairs


A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity, by Jan
Egeland. Simon & Schuster. 3/2008. $27.00hb.


The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World, by Vijay Prashad. The
New Press. 3/2008. $19.95. New in paperback


Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making, by David
Rothkopf. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 3/2008. $26.00hb.


On Empire: America, War, and Global Supremacy, by Eric Hobsbawm. Pantheon.
3/2008. $19.95hb.


The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order, edited by Jeffrey
Anderson, G. John Ikenberry, and Thomas Risse. Cornell University Press. 3/2008.
$21.00pb.


Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World, by Ashraf
Ghani and Clare Lockhart. Oxford University Press. 3/2008. $24.095hb. 30% off


Renegade Regimes: Confronting Deviant Behavior in World Politics, by Miroslav
Nincic. Columbia University Press. 2007. $22.50pb.


Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West, by Anthony Pagden.
Random House. 3/2008. $35.00hb.


Development Economics


Voices from the Margins: Consensus Building and Planning with the Poor in
Bangladesh, by Roger Lewins, Stuart Coupe and Francis Murray. Practical Action
Publishing. 3/2008. $28.95pb.


Living Across Worlds: Diaspora, Development and Transnational Engagement, by
Ninna Nyberg Sorensen. International Organization for Migration. 3/2008. $26.00
pb.


The Postcolonial Politics of Development, by Ilan Kapoor. Routledge. 3/2008.
$26.95pb.


Growth Divergences: Explaining Differences in Economic Performance, edited by
Jose Antonio Ocampo, Komo J. S. and Rob Vos. Zed Books. 3/2008. $32.00pb.


Can Compensation Prevent Impoversihment? Reforming Resettlement through
Investments and Benefit-Sharing, edited by Michael M. Cernea and Hari Mohan
Mathur. Oxford University Press. 3/2008. $65.00hb.


Tourism and Development in the Developing World, by David J. Telfer and Richard
Sharpley. Routledge. 3/2008. $36.95pb.


An End to Poverty? A Historical Debate, by Gareth Stedman Jones. Columbia
University Press. 3/2008. $19.50pb.


General Economics


Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, by Jeffrey D. Sachs. The Penguin
Press. 3/2008. $27.95hb. 30% off


Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, by Bill
McKibben. Henry Holt. 3/2008. $14.00. New in paperback


Issues in Heterodox Economics, edited by Donald A. R. George. Blackwell
Publishing. 3/2008. $34.95pb.


Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the
Twenty-First Century, by Deepak Lal. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $22.95.
New in paperback


International Political Economy: An Intellectual History, by Benjamin J. Cohen.
Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $26.95pb.


Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, edited by Paul J.
Zak. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $26.95pb.


Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field, by Ethan B.
Kapstein. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $19.95. New in paperback


Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New
Keynesian Framework, by Jordi Gali. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $50.00
hb.


Macroeconomic Theory: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Apporach, by Michael
Wickens. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $55.00hb.


The ABCs of RDCs: An Introduction to Dynamic Macroeconomic Models, by George
McCandless. Harvard University Press. 3/2008. $59.95hb.


The City: A Guide to London's Global Financial Centre, 2/e, by Richard Roberts.
Profile Books. 3/2008. $29.95hb.


The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take on Today's Problems, edited by Joseph
E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin and J. Bradford DeLong. Columbia University Press.
1/2008. $24.95hb.


How Much Money Does an Economy Need? Solving the Central Economic Puzzle of
Money, Prices, and Jobs, by Hunter Lewis. Axios Press. 3/2008. $17.00hb.


Rescuing Regulation, by Reza R. Dibadj. SUNY Press. 2007. $21.95pb.


Human Rights


A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery, by E. Benjamin
Skinner. Free Press. 3/2008. $26.00hb.


Trafficking in Humans: Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions, edited by
Sally Cameron and Edward Newman. United Nations University Press. 3/2008. $34.00
pb.


Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Fully
Revised Third Edition w/CD-ROM. unicef. United Nations. 3/2008. $50.00pb.


Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics, edited by Michael Barnett
and Thomas G. Weiss. Cornel University Press. 3/2008. $19.95pb.


Globalization


The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, by Parag
Khanna. Random House. 3/2008. $29.00hb.


The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power, by Nermeen
Shaikh. Columbia University Press. 12/2007. $24.50pb.


Globalization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community, by George Rupp.
Columbia University Press. 3/2008. $18.50. New in paperback


Banking, Finance and Investment


Technical Analysis Tools: Creating a Profitable Trading System, by Mark
Tinghino. Bloomberg Press. 3/2008. $39.95hb.


Multinational Finance, 4/e, by Kirt C. Butler. Wiley. 3/2008. $69.95pb.


Financial Surveillance, edited by Marianne Frisen. Wiley. 3/2008. $120.00hb.


Guide to Hedge Funds: What They Are, What They Do, Their Risks, Their Advantages
, by Philip Coggan. Bloomberg Press. 3/2008. $24.95hb.


Nation-States and the Multinational Corporation: A Political Economy of Foreign
Direct Investment, by Nathan M. Jensen. Princeton University Press. 3/2008.
$22.95. New in paperback


Why Are There So Many Banking Crises? The Politics and Policy of Bank Regulation
, by Jean-Charles Rochet. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $50.00hb.


Microfinance and Public Policy: Outreach, Performance and Efficiency, edited by
Bernd Balkenhol. International Labour Office/Palgrave Macmillan. 3/2008. $90.00
hb.


Bayesian Methods in Finance, by Svetlozar T. Rachev, John S. J. Hsu, Biliana S.
Bagasheva, and Frank J. Fabozzi. Wiley. 3/2008. $95.00hb.


Microeconomics of Banking, 2/e, by Xavier Freixas and Jean-Charles Rochet. MIT
Press. 3/2008. $60.00hb.


Credit Correlation: Life After Copulas, edited by Alexander Lipton and Andrew
Rennie. World Scientific Publishers. 3/2008. $62.00hb.


Modelling Financial Time Series, 2/e, by Stephen J. Taylor. World Scientific
Publishers. 3/2008. $68.00hb.


Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: A History, by Robert L. Hetzel.
Cambridge University Press. 3/2008. $50.00hb.


More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places, Revised
and Expanded Edition, by Michael J. Mauboussin. Columbia University Press. 2007.
$27.95hb.


Management and Leadership


The Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results, by
Mark Gottfredson and Steve Schaubert. HarperCollins. 3/2008. $26.95hb.


Supercommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle
Today's Global Challenges Together, by Mark Gerencser, Reginald Van Lee,
Fernando Napolitano, and Christopher Kelly. Palgrave Macmillan. 3/2008. $27.95
hb.


RealWorld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Restraints
, by Michael Bamberger, Jim Rugh and Linda Mabry. Sage Publications. 2006.
$50.95pb.


Gender


Agenda Setting, the UN, and NGOs: Gender Violence and Reproductive Rights, by
Jutta M. Joachim. Georgetown University Press. 2007. $29.95pb.


Mainstreaming Gender in Social Protection for the Informal Economy, by Naila
Kabeer. Commonwealth Secretariat. 3/2008. $38.00pb.


Lydia's Open Door: Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel, by Patty Kelly.
University of California Press. 3/2008. $21.95pb.


Governance, Civil Society and Participation


Civil War and the Rule of Law: Security, Development, Human Rights, edited by
Agnes Hurwitz w/ Reyko Huang. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 3/2008. $24.50pb.


The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in
International Leadership, edited by Kent J. Kille. Georgetown University Press.
2007. $29.95pb.


How NGOs React: Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia
and Mongolia, edited by Iveta Silova and Gita Steiner-Khamsi. Kumarian Press.
3/2008. $27.95pb.


The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the
Bottom Up, by Don Eberly. Encounter Books. 3/2008. $27.95hb.


The Perils and Promise of Global Transparency: Why the Information Revolution
May Not Lead to Security, Democracy, or Peace, by Kristin M. Lord. SUNY Press.
2007. $0791468860. $21.95pb.


Poverty


The Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of Bangkok,
by Greg Barrett. Jossey-Bass. 3/2008. $25.95hb.


Commodities, Pricing and Trade


The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire, by
Joe Jackson. Viking. 3/2008. $27.95hb.


The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT and
the WTO, by John H. Barton, Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling, and Richard
H. Steinberg. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $22.95. New in paperback


The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the Economy
Bigger, by Marc Levinson. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $14.95pb.


Free Markets Under Siege: Cartels, Politics, and Social Welfare, by Richard A.
Epstein. Hoover Press. 3/2008. $14.95hb.


Education and Training


The Structure and Agency of Women's Education, edited by Mary Ann Maslak. SUNY
Press. 2007. $29.95pb.


Energy, Industry and Mining


Oil and Politics in the Gulf of Guinea, by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira. Columbia
University Press. 2007. $32.50pb.


Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear
Energy, by William Sweet. Columbia University Press. 2007. $19.95pb.


Oil: A Beginner's Guide, by Vaclav Smil. Oneworld. 3/2008. $14.95pb.


Environment and Pollution Prevention


The Hot Topic: What We Can Do About Global Warming, by Gabrielle Walker and Sir
David King. Harcourt. 3/2008. $14.00pb.


The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing
from Crisis to Sustainability, by James Gustave Speth. Yale University Press.
3/2008. $28.00hb.


An Introduction to Sustainable Development, by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal
and John A. Boyd. Earthscan. 3/2008. $36.95pb.


Integrating Climate Change Actions into Local Development, edited by Livia
Bizikova, John Robinson and ZStewart Cohen. Earthscan. 3/2008. $127.00hb.


Environmental Policy Analysis and Practice, by Michael R. Greenberg. Rutgers
University Press. 3/2008. $32.95pb.


Humanity's Footprint: Momentum, Impact, and Our Global Environment, by Walter K.
Dobbs. Columbia University Press. 1/2008. $29.50pb.


Lost Worlds: Adventures in the Tropical Rainforest, by Bruce M. Beehler. Yale
University Press. 3/2008. $28.00hb.


Implementation of Environmental Policies in Developing Countries: A Case of
Protected Areas and Tourism in Brazil, by Jose Antonio Puppin de Oliveira. SUNY
Press. 3/2008. $50.00hb.


Health, Nutrition and Population


World Hunger Series 2007: Hunger and Health. United Nations World Food
Programme. Earthscan. 3/2008. $37.00pb.


Fighting the Diseases of Poverty, edited by Philip Stevens. Transaction
Publishers. 3/2008. $29.95pb.


The State of Health Atlas: Mapping the Challenges and Causes of Disease, by
Diarmuid O'Donovan. University of California Press. 3/2008. $19.95pb.


Population Growth: The Vital Revolution, edited by Ronald Freeman. Transaction
Publishers. 3/2008. $29.95pb.


Infrastructure, Transportation and Urban Development


The Endless City: The Urban Age Project by the London School of Economics and
Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society, edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan
Sudjic. Phaidon. 3/2008. $69.95hb.


Cities and Economies, by Yeong-Hyun Kim and John Rennie Short. Routledge.
12/2007. $30.95pb.


Labor and Income


Trade Union Responses to Globalization, edited by Verena Schmidt. International
Labour Office. 3/2008. $24.95pb.


The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development, by Gary Gereffi.
International Labour Office. 3/2008. $13.995pb.


The International Mobility of Talent: Types, Causes, and Development Impact,
edited by Andres Solimano. Oxford University Press. 3/2008. $110.00hb.


Towards Full and DSecent Employment, edited by Jose Antonio Ocampo and Jomo K.
S. Zed Books. 3/2008. $32.00pb.


The Accelerating Decline in America's High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for
Immigration Policy, by Jacob Funk Kirkegaard. Peterson Institute for
International Economics. 3/2008. $18.95pb.


Public Sector


Public Values and Public Interest: Counterbalancing Economic Individualism, by
Barry Bozeman. Georgetown University Press. 2007. $29.95pb.


The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform, by
Donald P. Moynihan. Georgetown University Press. 3/2008. $26.95pb.


Technology and Telecommunications


Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, by Clay
Shirky. The Penguin Press. 3/2008. $25.95hb.


Overselling the Web: Development and the Internet, by Charles Kenny. Lynne
Rienner Publishers. 2006. $45.00hb.


Information Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and Technology for Development -
The New Paradigm of ICT. UNCTAD. United Nations. 3/2008. $60.00pb.


Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion
, by Stephen D. McDowell, Philip E. Steinberg and Tami K. Tomasello. Temple
University Press. 2007. $22.95pb.


Water Supply and Sanitation


Water Supply and Sanitation Services for the Rural Poor: The Gram Vikas
Experience, by Pamela Keirns. Practical Action Publishing. 3/2008. $31.95pb.


The Last Taboo: Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis, by Maggie
Black and Ben Fawcett. Earthscan. 3/2008. $38.95pb.


Africa


Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa, by Robert
Paarlberg. Harvard University Press. 3/2008. $24.95hb.


Business and the State in Southern Africa: The Politics of Economic Reform, by
Scott D. Taylor. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2007. $58.000hb.


African Agriculture and the World Bank: Development or Impoverishment?, edited
by Kjell Havnevik, Deborah Bryceson, Lars-Erik Birgegard, Prosper Matondi and
Atakilte Beyene. Nordic Africa Institute. 3/2008. $23.95pb.


Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa, by Hans Silvester. Thames and
Hudson. 3/2008. $45.00hb. 30% off


A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria,
by Daniel Jordan Smith. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $22.95. New in
paperback


The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari. Random House.
3/2008. $23.00hb.


Angola: The Weight of History, edited by Patrick Chabal and Nuno Vidal. Columbia
University Press. 2007. $50.00hb.


Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil, by John Ghazvinian. Harcourt. 3/2008.
$15.00pb.


Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo, by Kate
Jackson. Harvard University Press. 3/2008. $27.95hb.


Latin America and the Caribbean


Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies, edited by Ernesto
Stein and Mariano Tommasi, w/ Pablo T. Spiller and Carlos Scartascini. Harvard
University Press/Inter-American Development Bank. 3/2008. $29.95pb.


The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America: The
Distributive and Institutional Context, by Eduardo Wiesner. Edward Elgar.
3/2008. $120.00hb.


Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy: 2007 Trends, w/CD-ROM.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. United Nations. 3/2008.
$25.00pb.


Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left, by Nikolas Kozloff.
Palgrave Macmillan. 3/2008. $26.95hb.


Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far, by Richard Bourne. University of California
Press. 3/2008. $24.95hb.


Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and
Mexico, 1970-2000, by Francisco E. Gonzalez. Johns Hopkins University Press.
3/2008. $25.00pb.


Looking Forward: Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition, edited by
Marifeli Perez-Stable. University of Notre Dame Press. 3/2008. $27.00pb.


Europe and Central Asia


Ireland Now: Tales of Change from the Global Island, by William Flanagan.
University of Notre Dame Press. 3/2008. $23.00pb.


Modern Romania: The End of Communism, the Failure of Democratic Reform, and the
Theft of a Nation, by Tom Gallagher. NYU Press. 3/2008. $25.00. New in paperback


A Glossary of the European Union, by Alistair Jones. Edinburgh University Press.
3/2008. $20.00pb.


Middle East and North Africa


Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict, by Sandra Mackey. Norton. 3/2008.
$25.95hb.


Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, by Robin Wright. The Penguin
Press. 3/2008. $26.95hb.


A History of Modern Israel, by Colin Shindler. Cambridge University Press.
3/2008. $23.99pb.


Israel/Palestine, 2/e, by Alan Dowty. Polity Press. 3/2008. $22.95pb.


Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict
and Cooperation, by Zachary Karabell. Vintage. 3/2008. $14.95. New in paperback


Israel since 1980, by Guy Ben-Porat, Yagil Levy, Shlomo Mizrahi, Arye Naor, and
Erez Tzfadia. Cambridge University Press. 3/2008. $21.99pb.


The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian
Rule, by Fakhreddin Azimi. Harvard University Press. 3/2008. $35.00hb.


The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, by Noah Feldman. Princeton University
Press. 3/2008. $22.95hb.


A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State
of Israel, by Gudrun Kramer. Princeton University Press. 3/2008. $35.00hb.


Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, Al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today,
by Marc Lynch. Columbia University Press. 2007. $18.50pb.


Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic, by Arshin
Adib-Moghaddam. Columbia University Press. 3/2008. $32.50hb.


The Road to Democracy in Iran, by Akbar Ganji. MIT Press. 3/2008. $14.95hb.


Asia and the Pacific


China's Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change, by Andrew C. Mertha.
Cornell University Press. 3/2008. $29.95hb.


Future Perspectives on the Economic Development of Asia, by John Malcolm
Dowling. World Scientific Publishing. 3/2008. $95.00hb.


Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, by Rana Mitter. Oxford University
Press. 3/2008. $9.95pb.


In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony,
by Eamonn Fingleton. St. Martin's Press. 3/2008. $25.95hb.


The Business of Lobbying in China, by Scott Kennedy. Harvard University Press.
3/2008. $19.95. New in paperback


Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar, edited by Li Zhang and Aihwa Ong.
Cornell University Press. 3/2008. $22.95pb.


China Business Culture: Strategies for Success, by Yuan Wang, Xin Sheng Zhang
and Rob Goodfellow. Talisman. 3/2008. $29.95pb.


China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China, by Dominic Barton w/Mei Ye. Talisman.
3/2008. $25.00pb.


Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions, edited by Anne-Marie
Blondeau and Katia Buffetrille. University of California Press. 3/2008. $24.95
pb.


Pocket China Atlas: Maps and Facts at Your Fingertips, by Stephanie Hemelryk
Donald and Robert Benewick. University of California Press. 3/2008. $10.95pb.


East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability, edited by Kent E.
Calder and Francis Fukuyama. Johns Hopkins University Press. 3/2008. $25.00pb.


Managing the Dragon: How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China, by
Jack Perkowski. Crown. 3/2008. $27.50hb.


China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation, by David Shambaugh. University
of California Press. 3/2008. $39.95hb.


The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds, by David M. Lampton.
University of California Press. 3/2008. $21.95pb.


Asia in the Global Economy: Finance, Trade and Investment, by Ramkishen S. Rajan
and Sunil Rongala. World Scientific Publishers. 3/2008. $48.00hb.


China's Expansion into the Western Hemisphere: Implications for Latin America
and the United States, edited by Richard Roett and Guadalupe Paz. Brookings
Institution Press. 3/2008. $26.95pb.


Japanese Economic Development: Markets, Norms, Structures, by Carl Mosk.
Routledge. 3/2008. $59.95pb.


China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia, by David C. Kang. Columbia
University Press. 1/2008. $24.95hb.


Race for the Exits: The Unraveling of Japan's System of Social Protection, by
Leonard J. Schoppa. Cornell University Press. 3/2008. $21.00. New in paperback


Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China: Methods and Applications, edited
by Guanghua Wan. Palgrave Macmillan. 3/2008. $95.00hb.


North Korea under Kim Il Jong: From Consolidation to Systemic Dissonance, by
Sung Chull Kim. SUNY Press. 2007. $24.95pb.


South Asia


Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil, by Deborah
Rodriguez. Random House. 1/2008. $14.95. New in paperback


Understanding Reforms: Post 1991 India, by Suresh D. Tendulkar and T. A.
Bhavani. Oxford University Press. 3/2008. $32.95hb.


The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, 1857, by William Dalrymple. Vintage.
3/2008. $16.95. New in paperback


In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India, by Edward Luce. Anchor Books.
3/2008. $14.95. New in paperback


Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire, by Rajmohan Gandhi. University of
California Press. 3/2008. $34.95hb.


Kite's Eye View: India - Between Earth and Sky, by Nicolas Chorier. Lustre
Press. 3/2008. $49.95hb.


Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan, by
Antonio Giustozzi. Columbia University Press. 2007. $24.95hb.


Fiction


Angels Beneath the Surface: A Selection of Contemporary Slovene Fiction, edited
by Mitja Cander and Tom Priestly. North Atlantic Books. 3/2008. $15.95pb.


Knots, by Nuruddin Farah. Penguin. 3/2008. $15.00pb.


Children's Literature


Chanda's Wars, by Allan Stratton. HarperCollins. 3/2008. $17.99hb.


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