east asia

Presents portraits of life in Japan and North Korea, describing each country's peoples, history, economy, classes, religions, health, education, and cultural aspects such as food and drink, sport, the arts, and festivals, and features color photos, sidebars, a time line, a glossary, and a list of Web sites and books.

A portrait of life in Indonesia that describes the country's peoples, history, economy, religions, health, education, and cultural aspects such as food and drink and arts and leisure, and features color photos, sidebars, a time line, a glossary, and a list of Web sites and books.

A portrait of life in India that describes the country's peoples, history, economy, classes, religions, health, education, and cultural aspects such as food and drink, sport, music, dance, theater, film, art, literature, architecture, and festivals, and features color photos, sidebars, a time line, a glossary, and a list of Web sites and books.

Introduces China's peoples of the northwest, southwest, south, southeast, central region, and Qinghai and Tibet, and describes China's economy, classes, religions, health, education, and cultural aspects such as food and drink, sport, the arts, and festivals; and presents a portrait of East Timor, covering its history, peoples, economy, religions, health, education, and arts.

Presents a portrait of life in Cambodia, covering its peoples, history, economy, classes, religions, health, education, and cultural aspects such as arts and leisure; chronicles China's history, discusses its languages, and describes its peoples of the northeast, Inner Mongolia, and provinces south of the Great Wall; and features color photos, sidebars, a time line, a glossary, and a list of Web sites and books.

Presents portraits of life in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Brunei, describing each country's peoples, history, economy, classes, religions, health, education, and cultural aspects such as food and drink, sport, the arts, and festivals, and features color photos, sidebars, a time line, a glossary, and a list of Web sites and books.

Collection of sixty-one stories of morality and mysticism that reveal the culture and values of the countries of Pacific Asia.

Describes events of World War II from January 1942 to May 1943, including the invasion of Sicily, warfare in Africa, meetings with Roosevelt, and efforts at collaboration with Stalin.

Describes events leading to the invasion of Sicily, warfare in Africa, meetings with Roosevelt, and efforts at collaboration with Stalin covers the period from January 1942 to May 1943.