What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I am looking for a red hard cover book,
I was looking at books during a library sale and noticed that the back of a book had a picture of the author that looked like my math teacher :
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1293636/DSC00...
I forgot to return to the book and never got the name of the book.
I think this is a nonfiction book, possibly about history.
I wanted to get this book to give as a gift for my math teacher before I graduated.
I have tried reverse image search, amazon help and other forums. Help please.

Have you tried asking at the library if they recall the book/author and subject matter? They might have a catalogue of the books they sold.

No idea what the book is--but that's a Japanese painting behind the gentleman. Perhaps its an art book? Or antiques book?

That looks more like a Chinese man to me, maybe a warlord or emperor.

It looks like it's next to something like "A dictionary of quotations" - could it be a translation of a philosophy book like 'sayings of Confucious?" or possibly The Art of War?

I just posted the link to the picture on another website and asked if anyone knows who the author is.

Someone said William Golding?

William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, does, according to his picture here on GR, look something like that gent...

Maybe Jonathan Spence?

Jonathan D. Spence does indeed write history about China...

It's not William Golding. It might be Jonathan Spence, although I'm not convinced of it.

If I were the OP I'd join one of the big History groups here and see if someone there knows.

For the title "A Dic or Die _________ Qu" is the best I can do with the title but I thought I’d give this a bump since its been over a year