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Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar. THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....

From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It...

Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the US...

This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism....

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual...

In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred.

A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every...

Huế 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam....

The military general who became Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged Japan into World War II and—after spectacular losses—was eventually executed as a war criminal. Yet Tojo was far more than his ignominious end. In...

Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise....

In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal....

A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich and complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money, and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements, and other products were produced and exported around the globe. It examines...

PETER MAY: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM 'WONDERFULLY COMPELLING' KATE MOSSE In the second novel in the China series, Li Yan and Margaret Campbell are reluctantly reunited, on the trail of a killer reenacting a series of gruesome rituals THE SECOND OPINION The...

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one...

A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to come The Great Heist exposes...

Michel Paradis’s Last Mission to Tokyo, a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal) and “engrossing...richly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) account of a key but underreported moment in World War II: The Doolittle Raids and the international war crimes trial in 1945 that defined...

These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions....

Based on extensive research in the United States and the Philippines, including war-crimes testimony, after-action reports, and survivor interviews, Rampage recounts one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history....

This is the first work of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations. It profiles the leaders, top spies, and important operations in the history of China's espionage organs and links to an extensive online...

In May 1943, a self-described "really young, green, ignorant lieutenant" assumed command of a new US Marine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon, the M4A2 "Sherman" medium tank. His sole combat veteran was the company bugler, who had salvaged...

Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl—a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the conflict in Iraq—considers the now crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances...

"Black Friday by S Hussain Zaidi is a ghastly account of the one of the biggest terrorist attack on Bombay in 1993. The book chronicles the devastation caused to life and property due to the attacks and the trauma, both physical and mental, underwent by the people at large post the terrorist...

Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains and governed by precursors of today's states? Find out....

The military general who became Emperor Hirohito’s prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged Japan into World War II and—after spectacular losses—was eventually executed as a war criminal. Yet Tojo was far more than his ignominious end. In...

The Classic of Changes (I Ching / Yìjīng / 易經) is one of the oldest and most enduring texts in the Chinese literary tradition, and one of the oldest books on record. The trigrams and method are classically attributed to the culture hero and legendary emperor Fu Xi (c. 2800 BCE), who also...

Tamilnadu: Thani Maanilam Uruvaana Varalaaru- an aurality audio book production தமழநட: தனமநலம உரவன வரலறஒனறபடட சனன மகணததலரநத தமழநட எனம மநலம உரவன வரலறற நரததயக எடததரபபதட, இநதய மழவதம மழவழ மநலப பரவன கர நடபறற பலவற பரடடஙகளன வரலறற, எநத வதச சரபம இனறச சரககமகச சலகறத இநத நல. ரஜஜ, கமரஜர, ம.ப.ச, மரஷல நசமண எனப பலவற தலவரகள தமழநட தன மநலமக உரபபறச சயத பஙகளபபகள, அதறக ஏறபடட இடயறகள, இறதயல கடதத தரவகள எனப பலவற வஷயஙகளயம இநநல வரவக எடததரககறத. (Author) R. Radhakrishnan எழத , சவசம பதபபகம வளயடடரககம பததகததன ஒலவடவம (Tamil Audio Book by Aurality) கடபம. Also available on google play and iphone app store and other places.

Before Rome’s legions ever dominated Europe, a massive power was already ruling the Indian subcontinent. It stretched from the mountains of present-day Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, carving its path deep into southern India. This was the Mauryan Empire. What if the most powerful figures in ancient China were the ones you’ve never heard of? When archaeologists uncovered the untouched tomb of Lady Fu Hao in 1976, they didn’t just find treasure—they found a story that rewrote history. She wasn’t just a queen. She was a fierce general, a high priestess, and a leader lost to time… until now.

The young Welshmen selected grew to become the closest of friends as they navigated their way through the difficult sniper cadre. After losing one of their own to the Taliban shortly after the course, Ted and the rest of the lads deployed to Helmand Province and the raging war for the second time. As the tour in Afghanistan came to an end, Ted began to feel the effects of what will later be diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder, and it quickly took over his life, sending him on a downward spiral.

They were called logs. Thousands of men, women, and children, taken from their homes and delivered to a military compound in occupied Manchuria where Japanese doctors used them as raw material for the most systematic program of human experimentation the modern world has ever seen. They were infected with deadly diseases. They were cut open without anesthesia. They were frozen, burned, and suffocated in the pursuit of data. The men who did this were not punished. They were protected.

40 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen ihrer chinesischen Familienchronik »Wilde Schwäne« legt Jung Chang die lange erwartete Fortsetzung des legendären Weltbestsellers vor: In »Fliegt, Wilde Schwäne« erzählt sie die Geschichte ihrer Familie – und damit auch die Geschichte Chinas – vom Ende der Mao-Ära und dem Beginn der Reformen unter Deng Xiaoping bis in die Gegenwart Xi Jinpings weiter: China hat sich von einem heruntergekommenen und isolierten Staat zu einer Weltmacht entwickelt, die die Vormachtstellung der Vereinigten Staaten herausfordert.

Throughout its existence, Russia has been a hybrid empire shaped by both Europe and Asia. Focusing on the formation of the Russian state between the sixteenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries, renowned historian Michael Khodarkovsky examines Russia's structural similarities with its neighbors in Asia―the Ottoman, Persian, Mughal, and Chinese empires. While most historians have noted the transformations that brought Russia closer to modern European societies, the Russian empire's shared characteristics with its non-European counterparts remain poorly understood.

What is The Xinjiang Procedure? Xinjiang refers to the northwest of China where the Uyghur people, Muslims with Turkic roots, have lived for thousands of years. The procedure refers to Chinese transplant surgeons surgically extracting Uyghur organs while their hearts are still beating, average...

Центральная Азия до сих пор нередко воспринимается как отдаленная территория, находящаяся «на периферии» современной истории. Но на деле этот регион, в котором расположены Узбекистан, Таджикистан, Туркменистан, Кыргызстан, Казахстан, а также китайская провинция Синьцзян, стоит на перекрестке мировых событий. Адиб Халид представляет первую всеобъемлющую историю Центральной Азии с середины XVIII века до наших дней. После 1700-х годов народы региона попали под власть России и Китая.

This audiobook narrated by William Hope provides an entertaining introduction to ancient Chinese thinkers—and what they can teach us about today's most pressing political questions in China and beyond.

Whisky Rising: The Second Edition is the most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on Japanese whisky. This fully updated guide by whisky authority and Japanese whisky expert Stefan Van Eycken takes you on a tour of some of the most coveted whiskies in the world. Japanese whiskies have become some...

Bloomsbury presents The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir by Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver, read by Matthew Hendrickson. Based on unpublished first-hand accounts of the battle, this is a dramatic retelling of the desperate Battle of the Chosin Reservoir...

Bloomsbury presents Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, read by John Chancer. Now publishing in paperback, this is a vivid narrative history of the final stages of the Pacific War, as the US Navy began to slowly approach the Japanese Home Islands against fearsome...

An empire that was once larger than the Roman Empire at its peak and most people have never heard its story. Inside this audiobook, you'll discover: The Clash—The fierce battle between King Porus and Alexander the Great, and why Alexander's own soldiers refused to march further into India. The Mystery—What really caused the sudden collapse of the Harappan civilization, one of the oldest urban societies on earth. The Kingmaker—How a humiliated Brahmin mastermind helped place Chandragupta on the throne and built an empire from nothing.