New & Forthcoming

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: A Companion to the Public Television Series
By Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell
"Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell followed Marco Polo's route through Afghanistan and twenty other countries, traveling 33,000 miles over two years, in jeeps, trains, and rickshaws, on horse and camel. They are certainly the first to retrace Polo's steps entirely by land and sea, all this without resorting to helicopters or airplanes."—Smithsonian magazine“With both their film and this book Denis and Francis have recreated what Joseph Campbell would have applauded as 'The Hero's Journey.' Come take it yourself—and you'll never turn back.” —Bill Moyers

Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China
By Susan Brownell
"Offering insightful, informed analyses, Brownell provides an understanding of the importance to China of hosting the 2008 summer Olympic Games and of what the games mean for China's relationship with the outside world. Brownell highlights historical and cultural context, providing the reader with insights into the relationships between sport, gender, state power, stadium design, and nationalism....This book tells an intriguing story and helps the reader to understand the Olympics from a Chinese perspective."—Choice Aug. 2008

What a President Should Know: An Insider's View on How to Succeed in the Oval Office
By Lawrence B. Lindsey with Marc Sumerlin
"Larry Lindsey has provided a roadmap for how the next President can and should lead this nation through hazardous times. Readers of this book are taken directly into the Oval Office, to a world where decisions are high stakes and actions have consequences. You won't want to put it down."—Fred Thompson, former United States Senator

The Keys to the White House: A Surefire Guide to Predicting the Next President, 2008 Edition
By Allan J. Lichtman
"Do me a favor. Don't read this book. Because if you do, it could put all of us pundits and political consultants out of business. Allan Lichtman has some nerve, revealing our trade secrets to the great unwashed public. Including the biggest secret of all, which is that the presidential vote is simple, rational, and highly predictable."—William Schneider

The Patient Will See You Now: How Advances in Science, Medicine, and Technology Will Lead to a Personalized Health Care System
By Carey James Kriz
"Terrific insight! The Patient Will See You Now predicts the transformation of American healthcare into an industry that is consumer-directed, evidence-based, and far more personalized than what we have today. Author, Carey Kriz, details the dynamics for this change as consumers, increasingly burdened by the cost of their care but also empowered by information and choice, demand more and get more from a system no longer immune to the forces of global competition, price, and quality transparency."—Dr. Bill Crounse, Senior Director, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Corporation

China's Tibet?: Autonomy or Assimilation
By Warren W. Smith, Jr.
"Admirable because it lays out in jargon-free language the political and cultural nature of the China-Tibet relationship. It is further admirable because Warren Smith, who writes for the Tibetan Service of Radio Free Asia, is scrupulously fair, including in his pages complete policy statements from Beijing and the Dalai Lama's exile government."—July 2008, Asian Wall Street Journal

Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA
By Melvin A. Goodman
"Impressive detail."—April 2008, Consortium News

Naked Emperors: The Failure of the Republican Revolution
By Scot M. Faulkner
"Naked Emperors is notable not only for its reforming earnestness but for its candor. Mr. Faulkner does not hesitate to show government service in all its gritty unpleasantness and daily frustration. To his credit, though, he emerged from the experience a wiser man but not a cynical one. He still believes that government should be run more like a business -- and can be."—Wall Street Journal

China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
By Judy Polumbaum
"This book makes for fascinating and very timely reading . Polumbaum and Xiong's interviewees provide a vivid series of snapshots that enable us to gain a feeling for the fast pace of change [in the journalistic realm] . China Ink's great virtue is that it offers rich and interesting primary material that, to the best of my knowledge, cannot be found anywhere else, at least in English."—China Beat

Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country
By Mike Kim
"His intrepid effort to help four North Korean teenagers avoid arrest and repatriation on the journey from northern China to the British consulate in Shanghai is riveting, as is his insider knowledge of the perilous route refugees navigate across the borders of China, Laos and Thailand."—Publishers Weekly 2008