Asian Waters

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of The Covenant of Water: A beautifully written, page-turning family saga of Ethiopia and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. “Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.”...

In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific. This is where authoritarian China is trying to rewrite international law and challenge the democratic values of the US and its allies. No other Asian country can take on China alone. The US too may be ill-equipped for the job at hand. If China does get away with seizing and militarizing waters here, what will it do elsewhere, and who will be able to stop it? Asian Waters breaks down the politics - and tensions - seen through this region for years.

""Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff Chang is blessed with the vision to see things we do not yet see, thinking and writing with a restless, chasm-crossing, almost...

Born in a drought-ravaged village in the Riverlands, Shin-young survives through endurance and silence. When sudden violence drives her from home, she discards her name and finds herself in the imperial palace, where beauty masks cruelty and the powerless are quietly erased. Assigned to the...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love. His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in...

"With this book, you feel you can stop time and savor the rituals of life." --Maira Kalman An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed--where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is...

Two mortal princesses. Four divine kingdoms. One impossible alliance. Kesor never wanted to be special. But when an ancient prophecy names her twin sister Sonisay as the key to stopping an awakening evil, Kesor will do anything to protect her—even if it means stepping into a political alliance that could unite four warring realms or destroy them all. Thrust into a summit where celestial princes dismiss mortals as beneath them, demon lords see humans as prey, and Naga serpent-royalty hide deadly games beneath polite smiles, Kesor is assigned to bond with Crown Prince Suriya—a divine ...

The first novel in a dazzling fantasy trilogy inspired by Japanese folklore and Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away, set within a mythical archipelago brimming with dragons and Sun Spirits, high-tech hackers and bubble tea. Life is hard for the inhabitants of Rainshadow City, a place where...

Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting · A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice “This is a book of radical empathy, crossing many borders—not just borders that separate nations, but also borders of form, borders of meaning, and borders of possibility. It is...

One of Library Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2015 Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this...

The New York Times bestselling inspirational story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers. "A brightly told story of the triumph of underdogs ... exuberant, well-researched ... tense, vivid, and inspiring." ―Kirkus Reviews In 1937, a schoolteacher on the...

Bound for Distant Seas begins sailing author James Baldwin's epic tale of his second circumnavigation. His story is seasoned by his adventures during his first circumnavigation in 1984-86 as told in Across Islands and Oceans. Alone with little money aboard Atom, his now-engineless 28-foot sailboat, James embarks on his odyssey without the comforts and equipment most sailors consider essential.

Few territories are as hotly contested as the western Pacific Ocean. Across the 1.5 million square mile expanse of the East and South China Sea, six countries lay overlapping claims that date back centuries. China, Vietnam, Korea and Indonesia assert their right to trade routes, deploying military garrisons to defend disputed territories while Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines resist their expansion.

Women are being killed in the high country. Once again, Stony, a fishing guide, is thrown right in the middle of it. Robert Stonewall Jackson was nicknamed “Stony” by a fellow Vietnam Marine for how emotionless he killed so many. Overcoming addiction and PTSD via fly fishing, he’s a fishing guide Near Fort Collins, Colorado, helping others to overcome their own monsters. Stony investigates fish kills on the Cache La Poudre River. Then an Asian friend of his Vietnamese American, “adopted” daughter is killed in her tent near the source of the Poudre, Stony’s stomping grounds. ...

'Prepare to be engulfed. Chan has superbly created a world as real and complex as our own, where oppression has no easy solutions and there is no success without sacrifice. Fast-paced action combined with true social depth make this an unforgettable, must-read fantasy' Shelley Parker-Chan...

What If the World’s Largest City in AD 1200 Was Hiding Under the Cambodian Jungle and No One Knew Until a Laser Found It? For a century, the textbooks said Angkor was a ceremonial center of stone temples surrounded by empty forest. Then LiDAR stripped the trees away, and a megacity emerged. In April 2012, a helicopter-mounted laser fired 200,000 pulses per second at the ground beneath the Angkor canopy. The data that came back revealed a continuous urban grid—streets, canals, house mounds, markets—stretching over 3,000 square kilometers. The population estimate tripled overnight to ...

The 21st century will not be defined solely by energy, technology, or the rivalry between powers. It will be defined by water. In The Water Gap: The Geopolitics of Hydrological Sovereignty, Bernd Riemann develops a forceful thesis: water has ceased to be a secondary resource managed by engineers and local administrations to become the primary strategic factor of the new world order. In an era marked by the Anthropocene, glacial collapse, the overexploitation of aquifers, urban expansion, and the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, the stability of states will increasingly depend on...

MANILA TAKES MANHATTAN Fans of Jasmine Guillory and Helen Hoang will adore this irresistibly engaging story of two Filipino celebrities caught between everything they want…and everything they are. How do you follow your heart when it’s in two places? Filipino musician and producer Mon...

Pioneers of Human Behaviour: Bruce Lee A Gateway to His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy Few figures in modern culture are as instantly recognisable — or as widely misunderstood — as Bruce Lee. Remembered as the martial artist who moved too fast for the camera, the screen icon who transformed action cinema, and the voice behind “be water,” he stands at the meeting point of fighting, philosophy, film, identity, discipline, and self-expression. This concise yet powerful volume distils Bruce Lee’s life, philosophy, and legacy into clear, engaging chapters. From San Francisco’s ...

Why do Japanese women have the most enviable skin in the world — and what exactly do they know that you don't? For twenty years, Jodie Sato worked as a beauty and wellness translator for Japan's most iconic skincare brands, translating not just words, but secrets. In Japanese Beauty Secrets, she shares twenty of the most powerful rituals she encountered: the ancient practices, science-backed ingredients, and philosophical shifts that give Japanese women their legendary skin at every age. This is not a book about expensive products or complicated routines. It is a book about doing the ...