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1.		A Brief History of the Dynasties of China (Brief History) (Brief History) from Robinson Publishing Price: £6.39 Customer Review: Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Yuan, Ming, Qing - they are all names that crop up in Chinese movies. Of course these are really the names of the great Chinese dynasties so the choice of names is no accident. This remarkably accessible work takes you through the Chinese dynasties. At the end of it you... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Daodejing (Oxford World's Classics) from OUP Oxford Price: £6.99	Click here for more information

3.		The Analects (Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: £6.99 Customer Review: A brilliant book sums this up. For those interested in learning about non-western philosophy it is a perfect introduction. Full of Confucius' sayings it will teach you about the morality of the world from the view of Confucius. Not only this but it will also teach you about human nature, people 24... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army from British Museum Press Price: £17.50 Customer Review: This is a 5 star production but that is only to be expected from the British Museum. The book deals with the life and times of Ying Zheng (born 259BC died 210BC)who first became King of Qin and later Emperor of Qin uniting China as a single country concuering the Warring states. The text is... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Programme for Getting Pregnant from Little, Brown & Company Price: £10.49 Customer Review: Bought this book for my wife as a 'last' throw of the dice.From what I have gathered, it not only deals with infertility issues but also with general health that I find interesting. I used to suffer from hot feet and I found it that it may be due to liver problems in regulating body heat. I... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The Search for Modern China from W. W. Norton & Co. Price: £24.69 Customer Review: I bought this book to supplement other books on Chinese history. It really brings the whole thing to life. Spence is such a good writer; I was so impressed I ended up buying other books by him. He made a source book which accompanies this book, which has extra documents and pictures.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		The Secret Art of Seamm Jasani: 58 Movements for Eternal Youth from Ancient Tibet from Jeremy P Tarcher Price: £13.99 Customer Review: This book is fantastic and has just captivated me. I found it searching for simple and effective body-mind-spirit techniques to increase my healing power, stamina and body wisdom. Illness and emotional problems happen when our energy is blocked, but we all have inside the power to heal ourselves,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Genghis Khan and the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400 (Essential Histories) from Osprey Publishing Price: £7.69 Customer Review: There are excellent books on Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan and one on Tamerlane, but this is the only book I know of that takes the 200 years of Mongol expansion and warfare and puts them in one book. Well that's what I thought until I read it and realised that what the book ACTUALLY does is spend... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		How to Read Chinese Paintings (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (Metropolitan Museum of Art) from Yale University Press Price: £11.88	Click here for more information

10.		The Great Wall from Bantam Press Price: £11.12	Click here for more information

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