Berkshire Publishing: 9 books

Berkshire's style manual is a unique repository of guidelines, rules, and exceptions to rules; meditations and asides on writing and word use; behind-the-scenes anecdotes; and publishing lore. Berkshire offers sage advice for authors, editors, and reviewers alike - for anyone, really, who cares about...

Chinese students are known worldwide for their accomplishment and ambition, and education is profoundly valued in China. But these facts do not tell the whole story. Intellectuals were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and only recently has a college education been accessible...

If you've given up hope for planet Earth, here's the book to restore your faith. The Armchair Environmentalist takes a "can do" approach and shows that, in only a few minutes a day, each of us can make a big difference and become an intelligent protector of our precious planet. The Armchair...

A great historian can make clear the connections between the first Homo sapiens and todays version of the species, and a great storyteller can make those connections come alive. David Christian is both, and This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity makes the journeyfrom the earliest foraging era...

In The Little Book of Mormon, eleven experts explain the history, beliefs, and rituals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which originated in the United States in the 1840s and has since faded in and out of public consciousnessand public controversy. Now, as a Mormon politician attempts...

This Is Islam presents a lively introduction to a religion that has a dramatic history and plays a crucial role in the world today. Designed for people unfamiliar with Islamic beliefs, rituals, and customs, it explains the history of Islam, the importance of Islamic law, and major sects including Sunnism, Shiism, and Sufism.

This Is China contains, in brief, everything we need to know about 5,000 years of history, 30 years of opening, and a future that promises to shape the 21st century for all of us.

This convenient book provides fascinating information about sports throughout the world. Over 245 separate pieces written by the world's greatest authorities offer everything you could possibly want to know about hundreds of sports, including traditional sports and national games, and sporting events....

Challenge to China: How Taiwan Abolished Its Version of Re-Education Through Labor draws attention to an underappreciated aspect of legal reforms in Taiwan, and asks how Taiwan's experience might be relevant to its giant neighbor across the Taiwan Strait. This timely book by Jerome A. Cohen,...