When the Iron Bird Flies. China's Secret War in Tibet, Hardback - Jianglin Li

Publisher: Stanford University PressAuthor(s): Jianglin LiNumber of pages: 576Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 235 x 45Cover type: HardbackR...

Tintin's friend Chang has been killed in a terrible plane crash and Tintin is distraught. But after a strange dream, Tintin becomes convinced Chang...

Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independencePublisher: WW Norton & ...

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 ...

Reducere. What do you do when it feels impossible to live up to everything expected of you? When the only person who understands you disappears? When you are...

Reducere. Charlie Lamonte is thirteen years old, queer, black, and questioning what was once a firm belief in God. So, she's spending a week of her summer va...

Reducere. The tale of a young Green Beret medic, Vietnam combat veteran with the top secret Studies and Observations Group (SOG) who was recruited by the US ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald NaekelThe eBook version of this book, here on Amazon, has most of the first chapter to read, while the print version...

Reducere. Operating from a clandestine camp on an island off western North Korea, Army Lt. Ben Malcom coordinated the intelligence activities of eleven parti...

Young American pilots feel the weight of destiny as they are tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.Publisher: Casemate Publishers...

Reducere. MacArthur's secret weapon and heroes of the Los Ba os Raid, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division fought with distinc...

Reducere. Bright Light is the true story of the author's training as a green beret medical specialist and his service with the top secret MACV SOG. The book ...

Reducere. Inside The CIA's Secret War In Jamaica tells the story of the campaign from the United States to destabilize the Michael Manley government in 1976 ...

DescriptionIn late 1971, the People's Army of Vietnam launched Campaign "Z" into northern Laos, escalating the war in Laos with the aim of defeatin...

Reducere. A reprint of a 1930s travel book. Illion was a German traveller who not only spoke fluent Tibetan, but travelled in disguise through forbidden Tibe...

Tibetul secret - Fosco Maraini

Valentin Popov's art combines images of the superhero in American society with traditional religious iconic art from his native Ukraine. His work i...

Contributing to discussion over China's higher education development, this book takes a theoretical approach to address the topic of university aca...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lonnie M. LongAuthor: Gary B. BlackburnIn early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal bu...

Description"Riveting...A true-life mix of James Bond, Lawrence of Arabia and 'Casablanca.'" -The Wall Street Journal The astonishing untold story o...

Reducere. In early May 1961, a U.S. military aircraft taxied toward a well-guarded terminal building. The plane slowed to a halt; steps were maneuvered up to...

Reducere. This book is an authentic multidimensional history of the car industry in China. 40 years, attempts were made to change the status quo, such as bre...

This is the first account of one of the world's most pressing humanitarian catastrophes. Revealing how China has used the US-led War on Terror as c...

In this transnational history of World War II, Kelly Hammond places Sino-Muslims at the centre of imperial Japan's challenges to Chinese nation-bui...

Reducere. Li Juan spent minus-20-degree nights with nomadic herders in the Chinese steppes. You'll want to join her. --Laura Miller, Slate Deeply moving...fu...

"China's Dream is the first book to explore the Communist Party as a cultural, rather than a political, entity. Kerry Brown takes us on a fascinati...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): Will FowlerIllustration(s): 16 pages of photosNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198...

An engrossing guide to the world of the flies now available in paperback.

DescriptionThis gripping, fully illustrated title follows the story of the men of 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the comrades of...

The first comprehensive study of the history of the Chinese Communist Party's science diplomacy. Based on a wide range of archival research, includ...

Reducere. Behind the acupuncture, herbal remedies and sophisticated diagnostics of Chinese medicine lies a "congenial system of healing that embodies unifica...

Reducere. Spre deosebire de toti exploratorii anteriori ai Tibetului, care au cautat cu orice pret faptul iesit din comun, Fosco Maraini (colaborator si foto...

This book addresses a historical sequence that sealed the future of the Sino-Tibetan borderlands.

This casebook probes the many layers of meaning in Golding's "Lord of the Flies". It examines its literary, philosophical, historical, scientific a...

Spring, 1990. After years of searching in vain, a stranger presses a scrap of paper into Zina's pocket. It's from Aziz: the man who vanished the da...

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Reducere. DescriptionKnown as Fritz to his German spy-handlers and Zig-Zag to the British secret service, Eddie Chapman was a man of many faces. While his ea...

This first new novel in two years from the Nation's Favourite Storyteller is a sweeping story of love and rescue - an unforgettable journey to the ...