Long portrayed as the louche, sinful sister of Hong Kong, the former Portuguese enclave of Macao was also a key melting pot on the South China Sea. From the art of George Chinnery to the pulp fiction fantasies and cinematic fever dreams of Josef von...Lasīt vairāk
New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis Simpson...Lasīt vairāk
New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis Simpson...Lasīt vairāk
What is Christian nationalism, and how is it different from patriotism? Political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer Paul D. Miller provides a detailed portrait ofand case againstChristian nationalism, calling for Christians...Lasīt vairāk
A Danger Shared is a searing visual history of wartime Asia as seen by foreign correspondent Melville Jacoby. In this meticulously curated collection of never-before-seen images, readers experience glamorous Macau soirées and witness wa...Lasīt vairāk
American travel writer Harry A Franck was known as the Prince of Vagabonds. He arrives in Southern China in 1923 to see a Hong Kong which is building modern department stores while labourers sleep on straw mats beside the harbor. In Macao he visits...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Nov-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: St Martin's Press, ISBN-13: 9781250287472)
New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor-her one year in China. Before she was the Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield was Mrs. W...Lasīt vairāk
Long before it featured dramatically in the 2016 presidential election, Christian nationalism had sunk deep roots in the United States. From Americas beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is C...Lasīt vairāk
Long before it featured dramatically in the 2016 presidential election, Christian nationalism had sunk deep roots in the United States. From Americas beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is C...Lasīt vairāk
Long before it featured dramatically in the 2016 presidential election, Christian nationalism had sunk deep roots in the United States. From Americas beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is C...Lasīt vairāk
What is Christian nationalism, and how is it different from patriotism? Political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer Paul D. Miller provides a detailed portrait of--and case against--Christian nationalism, calling for Christians to se...Lasīt vairāk
Bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking) returns to Chinas capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people many Americans among them who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century. ...Lasīt vairāk
During the past two decades, there has been an increasing appreciation of the significant value that lifetime-based techniques can add to biomedical studies and applications of fluorescence. Bringing together perspectives of different research com...Lasīt vairāk
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This is a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy. It provides essential background and leads the reader to other seminal literature on the topics it cove...Lasīt vairāk
Now one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Pekingwinner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CW...Lasīt vairāk
The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the social sciences and humanities. Aimed at teachers, students, and administrators who want to improve teaching at their universiti...Lasīt vairāk
A spellbinding and dramatic account of Shanghais lawless 1930s and two of its most notorious criminals, by the author of the prize winning Midnight in Peking...Lasīt vairāk
For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground; For the desperate a port of last resort. A pot of gold at the end of an Oriental rainbow; A thick slice of hell denounced from the pulpit. ...Lasīt vairāk
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Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018Tana Frenchs best and most intricately nuanced novel yet. . . Get ready for the whiplash brought on by its final twists and turns. -The New York TimesA brilliant new work...Lasīt vairāk
