Chinese in Britain, Hardcover

The autobiography of the Chinese American TV chef, charting his life from his poverty stricken childhood in Chicago's Chinatown, to becoming a hous...

Reducere. Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us. --Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling auth...

DescriptionMade using traditional Chinese bookbinding techniques, this stunning guide is perfect for both newcomers and beginners to tai chi. Tai C...

This book examines the connections between the British Empire and French colonialism in war, peace and the various stages of competitive cooperatio...

Reducere. DescriptionA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and e...

The Bodleian Library is home to one of the world's largest and oldest collections of maps, with atlases, maps, and books on cartography dating back...

Reducere. Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar's revised and updated, two-volume c...

DescriptionAfter the death of Joanie Holzer Schirm's parents in 2000, she found hundreds of letters, held together by rusted paperclips and stamped...

For more than a hundred years, Central Asia was the heartland of the mightiest military power on the planet. But after the fragmentation of the all...

DescriptionThe first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the Ameri...

Why the future of great power politics is likely to resemble its dismal past Can great powers be confident that their peers have benign intentions?...

At the end of the Second World War, Hong Kong lived up to its description as "the barren island." It had few natural resources, its trade and infra...