Deng Xiaoping: A Revolutionary Life
Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine
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Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an...
Having - inadvertently - previously saved the life of Prince Khoosie of the state of Jhamjarh, this novel starts with Bandy travelling to that continent to help them set up their own air force: an air force that is viewed with some misgivings by the (British) powers-that-be, who are convinced that it will be used against them and who refuse to heed any warnings about an uprising that is planned by another Indian state, even going so far as to take their side against Jhamjarh.
As things turn out, of course, the British government have it all backwards …
As I've said before, I found the quality of these novels to have declined in direct proportion to their settings: for my money, the earlier books (set during and just after WW1) are far superior to these later instalments. Having said that, I did find this one to be more enjoyable than its immediate predecessor, with a few laugh-out-loud moments and a further insight into just how Bandy's First World War experiences have affected him
Dad's War
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This book is the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. Chris Tarrant and his father Basil were very...
Kesselring: The Making of the Luftwaffe
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Illustrated with maps and a center section of black and white photographs. Kesselring-commander,...
Cabin Class Rivals: Lafayette & Champlain, Britannic & Georgic and Manhattan & Washington
David L. Williams and Richard P. de Kerbrech
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During the late 1920s and early 1930s three pairs of unique and innovative passenger liners emerged...
Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Return to the wizarding world and discover how director David Yates and producer David Heyman...
Popular Catholicism in 20th-Century Ireland: Locality, Identity and Culture
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For much of the 20th century, Catholics in Ireland spent significant amounts of time engaged in...
The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh: How E. H. Shepard Illustrated an Icon
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Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are some of the world's most beloved...
Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier
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The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for...
Travel Allenways Always: A Pictorial History of Allenways Coaches, Birmingham
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George Edward Allen started Motor Coach operations in the late 1920s from Darwin Street in the...