Life and Death in Shanghai, Paperback - Cheng Nien

Reducere. Here is the haunting, inspirational account of Nien Cheng's six-and-a-half years as a political prisoner during Communist China's Cultural Revoluti...

Shanghai, 1928. The body of a blonde is washed up on the Beach of Dead Babies, in the heart of the smog-filled city. Seemingly a suicide, a closer ...

Reducere. "Historical fiction at its best." --Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered Sailing to Shanghai in 1936, Thomas Greene goes from playing classical piano...

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But beneath the surface lies a frightening truth, for years the music industry has tolerated death, addiction, and exploitation in the name of ente...

A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out - from an electrifying new voice in narrative non-fiction.

A fast-paced journey around Karachi in the company of those who know the city inside out - from an electrifying new voice in narrative non-fiction....

Interweaving images of the manuscript, portraits, medical instruments and contemporary diagrams into her narrative, Sharon Ruston shows how this ex...

Shortlisted for the 2013 Orwell Prize. THE STORY CONTINUES: TWO NEW CHAPTERS FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITIONIn 1986, Kris Maharaj, a British businessman ...

When Dr. Ellen Einterz first arrives in the town of Kolofata in Cameroon, the situation is dire: patients are exploited by healthcare workers, unst...

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A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy. "You simply cannot unders...

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In the Iron Age over 3, 000 forts were built on top of hills. Find out how hill forts were constructed, what they were used for, and what they tell...

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The definitive history of Oradour-sur-Glane, a village ripped apart by tragedy in Nazi-occupied FranceIllustrations: 45 Illustrations, black and white

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's gripping and riveting true story of the hospital doctors who struggled to survive and maintain life in a New Orl...

Publisher: Brewin BooksAuthor(s): Simon ButeuxIllustration(s): 111 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 239 x ...

Reducere. A lively and authoritative investigation into the lives of our ancestors, based on the revolution in the field of Bronze Age archaeology which has ...

Reducere. A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sourcesOf th...

Reducere. Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives w...

A glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the exp...

Reducere. Choice Outstanding Title Scorned by allies and enemies alike, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was one of the most maligned fighting forc...

A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and dar...

Western 'teachers', many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, teach English in public and private education in China. This book shed...

A revealing memoir of a decade on the streets of London as a female police constable and a unique insight into a city and the cost of keeping it safe.

Human remains and burial customs are often considered separately in studies of ancient Greek populations. In this seminal work, Carrie Sulosky Weav...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Malcolm GaskillNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedes...

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A British Band of Brothers: a thrilling account of the Second World War, told through the eyes of a regiment who fought at battles from Tobruk to t...

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DescriptionA feminist media history of quantification, uncovering the stories behind the tools and technologies we use to count, measure, and weigh...