Business & Economics:

Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Oil and the End of Globalization
Written by Jeff Rubin

Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00

An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American–a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book that explores... Read more >

Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Oil and the End of Globalization
Written by Jeff Rubin

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00

An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American–a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book that explores... Read more >

You Gotta Have Wa

Written by Robert Whiting

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $15.95

A hilarious, informative, and riveting account of Japanese baseball and the cultural clashes that ensued when Americans began playing there professionally.

In Japan, baseball is a way of life. It is a philosophy. It is besuboru. Its most important element is wa—group harmony—embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall... Read more >

A Future Perfect
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge

Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $16.95

A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence... Read more >

Managing the Dragon
How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China
Written by Jack Perkowski

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $27.50

The first book by a westerner who built a company in China from scratch

The emergence of China as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fast-changing global economy needs to know how to play... Read more >

Managing the Dragon
How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China
Written by Jack Perkowski

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $27.50

The first book by a westerner who built a company in China from scratch

The emergence of China as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fast-changing global economy needs to know how to play... Read more >

Saying Yes to Japan
How Outsiders are Reviving a Trillion Dollar Services Market
Written by Tim Clark and Carl Kay

Format: Trade Paperback, 175 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $14.95

Saying Yes to Japan examines the history and future of Japan's service sector, exposing structural shortcomings and offering innovative ways to take advantage of the trillion dollar hole in the nation's domestic economy. Revealing analyses of the real estate, finance, health care, and information technology industries are coupled with up-close profiles... Read more >

In the Know in China
The Indispensable Guide to Working and Living in China
Written by Jennifer Phillips

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $12.95

Be IN THE KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Doing business across borders is very different from doing business across town–subtle and not-so-subtle differences in attitudes and etiquette play a big role.

Did you know?
• A nod doesn’t always mean yes in China; it can mean the Chinese understand you, or it can be... Read more >

In the Know in Germany
The Indispensable Guide to Working and Living in Germany
Written by Jennifer Phillips

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $12.95

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In the Know in Japan
The Indispensable Guide to Working and Living in Japan
Written by Jennifer Phillips

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $12.95

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In the Know in Mexico & Central America
The Indispensable Guide to Working and Living in Mexico & Central America
Written by Jennifer Phillips

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $12.95

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In the Know in the U.S.A.
The Indispensable Guide to Working and Living in the United States
Written by Jennifer Phillips

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 15, 2003
Price: $12.95

Be IN THE KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Doing business across borders is very different from doing business across town–subtle and not-so-subtle differences in attitudes and etiquette play a big role.

Did you know?
• When Americans say “drop by any time,” they usually don’t mean it. Call first to make sure they’re expecting... Read more >

A Future Perfect
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $16.95

A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence... Read more >

The Coming Collapse of China

Written by Gordon G. Chang

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 15, 2001
Price: $19.00

China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon. Peer beneath the... Read more >

The Coming Collapse of China

Written by Gordon G. Chang

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2001
Price: $19.00

China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon. Peer beneath the... Read more >

India Unbound

Written by Gurcharan Das

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 27, 2001
Price: $15.95

India today is a vibrant free-market democracy and has begun to flex its muscles in the global information economy and on the world stage. Now, acclaimed columnist Gurcharan Das traces India's recent social and economic transformations in an eminently readable, impassioned narrative.

Das tells the stories of the major players in a... Read more >

Confucius Lives Next Door
What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West
Written by T.R. Reid

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2000
Price: $14.95

"Fascinating...clearly stated, interesting and provoking... A plainspoken account of living in Asia."  --San Francisco Chronicle

Anyone who has heard his weekly commentary on NPR knows that T. R. Reid is trenchant, funny, and deeply knowledgeable reporter and now he brings this erudition and humor to the five years he spent in Japan--where he... Read more >