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The last governor: Chris Patten and the hand over of Hong Kong
Par Jonathan Dimbleby. 2000
Children of Cambodia's killing fields: memoirs by survivors
Par Dith Pran, Kim DePaul. 1997
India: a history
Par John Keay. 2001
Accommodating Pakistan and Bangladesh and other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab, Muslim Kashmir and Assam, this text examines…
the legacy of the 1947 partition, and looks at the colonial era from the overall context of Indian history. The peoples of the Indian subcontinent, while sharing a common history and culture, are not now, and never have been, a single unitary state.Women of the Raj
Par Margaret MacMillan. 1988
The role of the women of the Raj was to create a replica of British society in the face of…
almost insuperable difficulties. They were in exile and surrounded by alien and mysterious language, religion and customs; nor could they have the professional training and commitment that inspired their menfolk. How did they adjust to the moves, the separation from their children and the utter boredom? Extracts from letters, memoirs and novels tell their story. 1988.Wind in the tower: Mao Tsetung and the Chinese revolution, 1949-1975
Par Suyin Han. 1976
This biography covers Mao's later life. Utilizing press reports, speeches, and interviews, Han Suyin discusses Sino-Soviet relations, the Cultural Revolution,…
Nixon's visit to China, and the power struggles within China. Sequel to "The morning deluge". 1976.Why does E=mc²?: (and why should we care?)
Par Brian Cox, J. R Forshaw. 2010
White Mughals: love and betrayal in eighteenth-century India
Par William Dalrymple. 2004
White Mughals is a vehicle for Dalrymple's understanding of the complex legacy of the English Empire in India, that he…
defines more in terms of exchange and negotiation than dominance and subjugation. It is a plea by Dalrymple to understand the cultural intermingling and hybridity that defines both eastern and western cultures, and a convincing rejection of religious intolerance and ethnic essentialism. 2004.What is real?: the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics
Par Adam Becker. 2018
Washington's long war on Syria
Par Stephen Gowans. 2017
Gowans examines the decades-long struggle between secular Arab nationalism, political Islam, and United States imperialism for control of Syria, the…
self-proclaimed Den of Arabism, and last secular pan-Arabist state in the region. 2017.War at the top of the world: the struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet
Par Eric S Margolis. 2002
Foreign correspondent Margolis explores South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, the border conflicts in Kashmir and Siachen between India and Pakistan, and…
China's occupation of Tibet, which he sees as a model for how China might come into bloody conflict with India. Describes the way that British, American and Russian policies have fueled the arms and territory battles in Afghanistan, and what India's and Pakistan's battling has cost them in lost social and economic development. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.Vietnam: the valor and the sorrow : from the home front to the front lines in words and pictures
Par Thomas D Boettcher. 1985
Veiled threat: the hidden power of the women of Afghanistan
Par Sally Armstrong. 2002
Denied schooling, employment and adequate health care and confined to their homes unless accompanied by a male relative, the women…
of Afghanistan struggled to survive under the Taliban regime. The author describes the ways these women and girls rebelled against the Taliban. 2002.Time travel and Papa Joe's pipe: Essays On The Human Side Of Science
Par Alan P Lightman. 1984
Tiananmen Square
Par Scott Simmie, Bob Nixon. 1989
In the spring of 1989, democracy bloomed in China, spurred on by the protests of Beijing university students. But on…
June 4, 1989, the military crushed the movement in a bloody massacre in Tiananmen Square. 1989.The wars against Saddam: taking the hard road to Baghdad
Par John Simpson. 2004
John Simpson has spent more than twenty years reporting from Saddam Hussein's Iraq, most recently in defiance of the Iraqi…
authorities, who barred him after the Gulf War of 1990-1. This is his analysis of the West's troubled relationship with the country. He examines the period leading up to the first Gulf War, the increasing tyranny of Saddam's regime in the years that followed, and the reality of his weapons programme. 2003.The universe from flat earth to quasar (Pelican Ser.)
Par Isaac Asimov. 1983
The noted scientist and science fiction author explores the exciting implications of black holes, taking the reader on an engaging…
tour from the atom's innermost core to the outermost reaches of the universe. 1983.The turning point: science, society, and the rising culture
Par Fritjof Capra. 1982
The physicist author contends that the mechanistic world view of Cartesian-Newtonian is outdated and dangerous in the modern world. He…
espouses a new holistic vision of reality more in keeping with our technological and social advances. 1982.A groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through quantum mechanics…
to the strange and bizarre predictions of string theory, full of unseen dimensions and multiple universes. Lee Smolin not only provides a brilliant layman's overview of current research as we attempt to build a 'theory of everything', but also questions many of the assumptions that lie behind string theory. 2008.The Teheran contract
Par Gayle Rivers, James Hudson. 1981
The spirit of change: China in revolution (Spirit Of Change Ser.)
Par Margot Morcombe, Mark Fielding. 1999
This book is an inquiry-based study for senior history students. The sources provide ample material for readers to question, analyse…
and evaluate, subsequently developing an understanding of the past and guiding readers through the causes, events, leadership, ideology and aftermath of the revolution. This book addresses the curriculum requirements of the West Australian senior history syllabus and those of syllabi in other states. 1999.