Books on Asia
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Replay: Alex Kerr on Finding the Heart Sutra
Apr 20, 202626 min
Anna Beth Keim: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao
Apr 13, 202629 min
Michael Freiling—100 Poems from Old Japan
Apr 6, 202631 min
Bruce Rutledge and Chin Music Press
Mar 30, 202632 min
Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain
Mar 23, 202635 min
David Leffman "A Murder in Yunnan"
Mar 16, 202634 min
Anti Foreign Sentiment, Overtourism and Tourist Behvavior
Mar 9, 202634 min
Replay: Angus Waycott Walks Sado Island
Mar 2, 202636 min
Robert Norris on Living and Writing in Japan
Feb 23, 202627 min
T.R.Reid and How to Ski Japan!
Feb 16, 202633 min
China's Backstory with Lee Moore
Feb 9, 202629 min
Japan Guides and Guidebooks 1891 to 2019
Feb 2, 202625 min
Simon Winchester’s Biography of Joseph Needham (with Tim McGirk)
Jan 26, 202632 min
New 2026 Book Releases on Japan, Taiwan
Jan 19, 202615 min
Harmony Express: Travels by Train through China with Thomas Bird
Jan 12, 202628 min
The 1910 Japan-British Exhibition
Jan 5, 202629 min
Amy Reads from her Book: The Widow, The Priest & The Octopus Hunter
Dec 29, 202518 min
Amy & John Discuss Childhood Reading Influences
Dec 22, 202534 min
Carol Isaak on Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden
Dec 15, 202529 min
Books on Korean Islands with John Ross and Chris Tharp
Dec 8, 202540 min
Amy & John Discuss Gift Book Ideas for the Holidays
Dec 1, 202540 min
Ted Goossen on Translating Hiromi Kawakami's "Third Love"
Nov 24, 202542 min
Sam Baldwin–Self-publishing Success and a New Travel Book Review Website
Nov 17, 202538 min
What's it Like to Live in China? Mark Kitto on China Running Dog
Nov 10, 202535 min
The Wondrous Elixir of the Two Chinese Lovers–Tim McGirk
Nov 3, 202532 min
Lauren Scharf on Japanese traditional houses: minka and akiya
Oct 27, 202528 min
A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa
Oct 21, 202535 min
Sally Burdon: Asia Bookroom and rare books
Oct 14, 202532 min
Jake Adelstein: The Devil Takes Bitcoin
Oct 6, 202543 min
Stephen Mansfield on The Modern Japanese Garden
Sep 29, 202543 min
Book Talk: Korea
Sep 22, 202530 min
Hector Garcia—The Spirit of Shinto
Sep 15, 202533 min
Guitarist Marty Friedman and Dreaming Japanese
Sep 9, 202551 min
Ginny Takemori on Translating Cats
Sep 1, 202537 min
Lina Terrell on Translating Okinawa
May 7, 202517 min
Igor Prusa "Scandal in Japan"
Mar 31, 202535 min
Baye McNeil talks about Racism in Japan
Feb 19, 202525 min
Michael Pronko's New Books: Shitamachi Scam and Tokyo Tempos
Jan 27, 202524 min
Paul Martin on Japanese Swords
Dec 16, 202423 min
Burritt Sabin on Yokohama and Kamakura
Oct 30, 202425 min
Lesley Downer and How Empresses shaped Japan
Sep 24, 202433 min
Robert Whiting—Gangsters, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies
Aug 13, 202432 min
The Healing Power of Female Poet Otagaki Rengetsu
Jul 30, 20248 min
Angus Waycott Walks Sado Island
Dec 14, 202336 min
The Future of Books and AI
Nov 15, 202337 min
Fred Schodt on His Historical Non-Fiction on Japan
Oct 31, 202335 min
John Grant Ross on Taiwan & Japan
Jun 21, 202334 min
Japan's 31 Passions, with John Rucynski
May 12, 202337 min
Stephen Mansfield Talks Tokyo
Feb 14, 202336 min
Translating Hiromi Ito's "The Thorn Puller" with Jeffrey Angles
Jan 23, 202341 min