Opium, Hardcover

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DescriptionTen Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinpin...

Reducere. There is growing alarm over how drugs empower terrorists, insurgents, militias, and gangs. But by looking back not just years and decades but centu...

From number one New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powe...

Reducere. Antonio Escohotado's General History of Drugs is undoubtedly the best general history of drugs. This is the first English edition of Volume Two Par...

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Cody Johnson beautifully balances historical knowledge with cutting-edge science to produce a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening read which pain...

DescriptionA panoramic survey of China's rise and resilience through war and rebellion, disease and famine, that rewrites China's history for a new...

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DescriptionBehind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, ...

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This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding...

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

Reducere. Central to the plot is John Jasper: in public he is a man of integrity and benevolence; in private he is an opium addict. And while seeming to smil...

Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by th...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations fro...