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Brings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the country’s transition from dynastic empire to republic...

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An indelible exploration of the Cultural Revolution and how it shapes China today, Red Memory uncovers forty years of silence through the rarely heard stories of individuals who lived through Mao's decade of madness...

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"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism" (Foreign Policy), this provocative account shows that "China"-and its 5,000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political agenda that persists to this day...

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The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover...

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A work of great beauty and tragedy from a gifted storyteller and reporter. Published on the twentieth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it places the experience of ordinary civilians at its heart...

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This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters...

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A prominent authority on China's Belt and Road Initiative reveals the global risks lurking within Beijing's project of the century"A reality check on Beijing's global infrastructure project...

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A historic trail through the heart of Japan, as told by two legendary woodblock artists...

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The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain. In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food...

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In the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one relatively minor issue was the future of the Japanese colony of Taiwan, a large island some one hundred miles off the coast of Fujian...

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A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand masterwork...

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A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia Today, Southeast Asia stands uniquely exposed to the waxing power of the new China. Three of its nations border China and five are directly impacted by its...

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It was a long journey—in more ways than mere geography—from a childhood in Northern Ireland to becoming the most influential foreigner in 19th-century China. This historical novel follows the life of Robert Hart, whose career in China spanned...

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A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day"Fluently written, impeccably researched and never short of extraordinary insights...

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The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life...

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  12,95 €

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The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever...

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Can anyone truly understand Russia? Let one of the world's leading experts show you how, using the fascinating history of a nation to illuminate its future. Russia is a country with no natural borders...

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From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes an outstanding new history of how our world was made...

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Land Between the Rivers is the result of ten years of research, writing, and thinking about the subject. It is an enormous topic: five thousand years, beginning with Gilgamesh at the edge of historical time...

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  vychádza 22. 8. 2024