Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution, Paperback - Helen Zia

DescriptionThe dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revol...

Reducere. "Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad...

DescriptionA groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America o...

Reducere. Now in paperback, an intimate, elegant account of a society in turmoil: the most important book in a generation about the Chinese people and their ...

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film's original release.Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Scott CaneThe epic story of Australia's Aboriginal people, as told through astonishing archaeological discoveries, ancient ...

The true story of the men who made Shackleton's most famous expedition possible and paid the highest price for it.

The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Mi...

Award-winning author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Mie...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Lone Star Nation, Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands demythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Reducere. Award NameChristopher AwardsAward categoryBooks for AdultsIt was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

Reducere. In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story ...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): John HarrisNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Deb CalettiNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 218 x 39Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. The first ever written Zulu history book covering 800 years of authentic history, written from the traditional Zulu perspective. This riveting and ...

DescriptionForeword by Janet YellenWeijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books ...

Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in hist...

The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of ...

The dramatic and compelling account of the first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition in 2022...

Reducere. "George Black rediscovers the history and lore of one of the planet's most magnificent landscapes. Read Empire of Shadows, and you'll never think o...

Reducere. On the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found thems...

Reducere. In what The Washington Post has called "fascinating, " Frank McLynn has penned a year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer and sett...

165, 321 corks1 boat Most people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting job o...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Lei X. OuyangIllustration(s): 13 black & white photographs, 13 music examples, 13 tables, glossar...

In 100 Miles to Freedom, U.S. Marine Bob Holland tells the story of the release of 3, 700 American civilian prisoners of the Japanese at Santo Toma...

An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the fac...

Hilarious and heart-breaking stories from a life on and off the wards by Adam Kay, multi-million copy bestselling author of This is Going to HurtPu...

An accessible prose retelling of the medieval German epic brings the wonderful story of Parzival to life for today's readers.

Reducere. An artfully-wrought memoir of an orphan boy who became a world-famous acrobat under the thumb of China's Communist regime. In 1949, when much of Ch...

Reducere. A gripping narrative of New Netherland a story of global sweep centered on a wilderness called Manhattan that transforms our understanding of early...