Paying Calls in Shangri-La: Scenes from a Woman's Life in American Diplomacy
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Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta,...
The Boy is Gone: Conversations with a Mau Mau General
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A story with the power to change how people view the last years of colonialism in East Africa, The...
The Easy Day Was Yesterday: The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
Michael Jordan and Jane Jordan
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From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian gaol, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge...
Dare to Do: Taking on the Planet by Bike and Boat
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAROn 1 April 2011, rower and...
Letters from the East: Crusaders, Pilgrims and Settlers in the 12th-13th Centuries
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No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria...
Liem Sioe Liong's Salim Group: The Business Pillar of Suharto's Indonesia
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After Suharto gained power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he stayed as the country's president for...
Married to Bhutan: How One Woman Got Lost, Said I Do, and Found Bliss
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Tucked away in the eastern end of the Himalayas lies Bhutan - a tiny, landlocked country bordering...
Development and Social Policy: The Win-Win Strategies of Developmental Social Policy
Christian Aspalter and Kenny Teguh Pribadi
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In recent years, government and policymakers around the world have shifted their attention away from...
Forecasting China's Future: Dominance or Collapse?
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China's future development is likely to have a huge impact on twenty-first century global outcomes....
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore
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As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand...