Good Reads: (will try to add more from time to time)

BUSINESS:
Participation and Empowerment in Organizations: Modeling, Effectiveness and Applications  by Abraham Sagie and Mani Koslowsky (Sage, 2000).

Coaching for Improved Work Performance by Ferdinand F. Fournies (McGraw-Hill, 1999).

Essentials of Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler (Prentice Hall, 1999).

Success Through Teamwork: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Team Dynamics  by Richard Y. Chang (Jossey-Bass, 1999).

Interpersonal Relationships in Management by Nurick (McGraw-Hill, 1998).

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (Pocket Books, 1982).

Leaders Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done  by Peter R. Scholtes (McGraw-Hill, 1998).

Business Decision Making  by Cheryl L. Tromley (Pearson Custom Publishing, 1999).

More Time, Less Stress  by Martin Scott (Random House, 1999).

Manage Your Time  by Tim Hindle (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 1999).

Change is the Rule: Practical Actions for Managing on Target, on Time, on Budget Change  by Winford E. Dutch Holland (Dearborn Trade, 2000).

Excellence in Management: Bringing Out the Best in People  by Rick Conlow (Crisp, 2000).

Fundamentals of Management  by David A. DeCenzo and Stephen P. Robbins (Prentice Hall, 2000).

Introducing Management  by John R. Schermerhorn (Wiley, 2000).

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer, M.D. Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard (Putnam Pub Group, 1998).

Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles (William Morrow & Co, 1993).

The Leadership Challenge  by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner (Jossey-Bass;  2002)

The Bubble and the Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream  by Douglas Hunter (Random House, 2002)

Management Challenges for the 21st Century by Peter F. Drucker (HarperBusiness, 1999)

PSYCHOLOGY:
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of The Psychopaths Among Us   by Robert D. Hare, PhD (The Guilford Press, 1993).

Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ   by Daniel Goleman (Bantam, 1997)

Narcissism: Denial of the True Self  by Alexander Lowen (Touchstone Books, 1997)

Antisocial Behavior: Personality Disorders from Hostility to Homicide  by Benjamin B. Wolman (Prometheus Books, 1999)

Escapism  by Yi-Fu Tuan (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000)

The Psychology of the Chinese People by Michael Harris Bond (Oxford University Press; Reprint edition, 1988)

Beyond the Chinese Face: Insights from Psychology  by Michael Harris Bond (Oxford University Press, 1992)

Why We Love the Dogs We Do: How to Find the Dog That Matches Your Personality  by Stanley Coren

Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions  by Robert M. Guion (Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, 1998)
 

BIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/MEMOIRS/POLITICS/ASIAN STUDIES:
Zhu RongJi & The Transformation of Modern China   by Laurence J. Brahm (John Wiley & Sons, 2003)

China's Century Laurence Brahm: The Awakening of the Next Economic Powerhouse  by Laurence J. Brahm (Editor), Zhu Rongji (Penton Overseas, 2002)

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan  by Herbert P. Bix (Perennial, 2001)

Four Sisters of Hofei    by Annping Chin (Scribner, 2002)

The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family  by Sterling Seagrave, Peggy Seagrave (Broadway Books, 2001)

The Soong Dynasty   by Sterling Seagrave (HarperCollins, 1986)

The Private Life of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician  by Zhisui Li, Anne F. Thurston, Li Zhisui, Andrew Nathan (Random House, 1996)

Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China  by Sterling Seagrave, Peggy Seagrave (Vintage Books, 1993)

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China  by Jung Chang (Anchor World Views, 1992)

Red Azalea   by Anchee Min (Berkley Pub Group, 1999)

Becoming Madame Mao  by Anchee Min (Mariner Books, 2001)

Katherine   by Anchee Min (Berkley Pub Group, 2001)

Life and Death in Shanghai   by Nien Cheng (Penguin USA, 1988)

Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter  by Adeline Yen Mah (Broadway Books, 1999)

China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power  by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn (Vintage Books, 1995)

Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia  by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn (Vintage Books, 2001)

Managing Indonesia by John Bresnan (Columbia University Press, 1993)

One Hundred and one ways by Mako Yoshikawa

One Thousand Chestnut Tree by Mira Stout

Pieces of Gold by Nancy Young Mosny

The teardrop story woman by Catherine Lim

Bondmaid by Catherine Lim

Night of many Dreams by Gail Tsukiyama

The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

Confession of a Mask by Kafu Nagai

Geisha in Rivalry by Kafu Nagai

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Jade Peony by Winston Choy

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

The Strangeness of Beauty by Lydia Minatoya

Gambling with Virtue by Nancy Rosenberger

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Lou Guan Zhong, Lou Guan Zhong

The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

We, The Living by Ann Ryan

Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writings by Marquis De Sade

The Honest Courtesan byMargaret Rosenthal

The Lucky Gourd Shop by Joanna Catherine Scott

Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui

The Comfort Women by George Hicks

Five Women who Loved Love by Ihara Saikaku

Girl from Purple Mountain by Winberg Chai and May-Lee Chai

Lucky by Alice Sebold

Salt Fish Woman by Larissa Lai

Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt

Idioglossia by Eleanor Bailey

Find me by Rosie O'Donnel

Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori, Book One  by Lian Hearn

The Stone of Heaven by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark

Hanna's Gift by Aria Housden

Sam, The boy behind the Mask by Tom Hallman, Jr.

Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki

Red Poppies by Alai

A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash  by Sylvia Nasar

Simple Recipes by Madeline Thien

Middle March by George Elliot

Whine Snake by Geling Yan

Cloud Mountain by Aime Liu

Face by Aime Liu

When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai

The Picador book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Carolyn Choa and David Suliqun

Madame deSade by Yukio Mishima

Forbidden Colors by Yukio Mishima

Kokoro by Soseki Natsume

Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima

Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

The Lost Daughter of Happiness: A Novel by Geling Yan

Treason by the Book by Jonathan Spence

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai

The House of Kanze by Nobuko Albery

Pillowbook of Lady Wisteria by Laura Rowland

The Dream of Water by Kyoko Mori

Stone Field True Arrow by Kyoko Mori

Polite Lies by Kyoko Mori

Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori

Memories of Silk and Straw by Junichi Saga

The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby

The Lily Theatre by Lulu Wang

The House of Yamazaki: The Life of a Daughter of Japan by Laurence Caillet,

Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer
 
 

LINKS: (in progress)
 
 
 

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