The Nonfiction Department has recently added some great new books on Chinese history. Check out these titles on China’s long history:

• Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen R. Platt
• The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in Chinaby David J. Sibley
• China’s Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight by Gregory Crouch
• Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel
• Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 by Odd Arne Westad