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An accessible, authoritative single-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest times to the present day, designed both to engage the general reader and to ...
Follows the trade winds, the trade routes, and the port
cities across the East Indies and the Orient uncovering the high finance, piracy, greed, ambition ...
Combining factual information with a critical approach which probes the nature of culture and identity, this concise yet authoritative account paints a graphic picture of ...
Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the charismatic and persuasive founder of Singapore and Governor of Java. An English adventurer, disobedient employee of the East India ...
Brimming with verve and dramatic incident, Singapore: A Biography offers fresh insights into the life story of this island city-state through the personal experiences of ...
The flourishing of photography as a medium in the mid-19th century coincided with a rise in curiosity about China on the part of the Western ...
An in-depth look at the strategy and tactics of the visionary commander who beat the United States in the Vietnam War General Vo Nguyen Giap ...
Set against the turbulent background of China in the first half of the 20th century, this reads like a romantic novel; but it's a ...
In October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban regime and replace it with a more democratic government aligned to ...
In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu ...