The Red Chamber

Written by Pauline A. Chen

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-94656-0 (0-307-94656-8)

In eighteenth-century China, the beautiful orphan Daiyu leaves her home in the provinces to seek shelter with her mother's family in Beijing. At Rongguo Mansion, she is drawn into a world of sumptuous feasts, silken robes, and sparkling jewels—as well as a complex web of secret rivalries and intrigues that threatens... Read more >

The Shambhala Principle
Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
Written by Sakyong Mipham

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Harmony
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 978-0-7704-3743-5 (0-7704-3743-5)

One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for students the principles of Shambhala, or the path to happiness, set down by his legendary father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

The Shambhala tradition emphasizes confidence in the enlightened nature of all beings and teaches courageous rulership based on wisdom and compassion. In a... Read more >

The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
The Classic Chinese Guide for Success in War, Business, and Life
Written by Hiroshi Moriya
Translated by William Scott Wilson

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Shambhala
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-59030-992-6 (1-59030-992-8)

The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts is a collection of ancient Chinese maxims on strategy, battlefield tactics, and deception–in the spirit of such classics as The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings–made relevant with contemporary examples and explanation. The origin of the book is unknown; however, the... Read more >

The World of the Shining Prince
Court Life in Ancient Japan
Written by Ivan Morris

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-80390-0 (0-345-80390-6)

Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.

Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing on... Read more >

The Immobile Empire

Written by Alain Peyrefitte

Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-80395-5 (0-345-80395-7)

In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >