The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
By: Bruce J. Dickson
4.05
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people…
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1. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
By: Ezra F. Vogel
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no sc… read more
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2. The Balkans: A Short History
By: Mark Mazower
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and e… read more
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3. Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident
By: None
4.30
Format: 237 pages,
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4. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
5. China in Ten Words
By: Yu Hua , Allan H. Barr
3.93
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
From one of China's most acclaimed writers, his first work of nonfiction to appear in English: a un… read more
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6. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
7. Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World
By: Alex Joske
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Spies and Lies by Alex Joske is a ground-breaking exposé of elite influence operations by China’s l… read more
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8. Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
By: Daniel E. Lieberman
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging s… read more
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"Eating sensibly and exercising don't guarantee long life and good health; they just decrease the risk of getting sick."-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthrop…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"We evolved to be physically active as we age, and in turn being active helps us age well. Further, the longer we stay active, the greater the benefit, and it is almost never too late to benefit from …"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
"For generation after generation, our ancestors young and old woke up each morning thankful to be alive and with no choice but to spend several hous walking, digging, and doing other physical activiti…"-Daniel E. Lieberman, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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10. Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future
By: Ian Johnson
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Using history to challenge Communist Party rule. China's Underground Historians and their Battl… read more
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11. The Tragedy of Empire: From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy (History of the Ancient World)
By: Michael Kulikowski
3.86
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping political history of the turbulent two centuries that led to the demise of the Roman Emp… read more
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12. The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
By: Elizabeth C. Economy
3.78
Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at th… read more
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13. Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State
By: Kerry Howley
3.81
Format: 233 pages, Hardcover
A wild, humane, and hilarious meditation on post-privacy America--from the acclaimed author of Thro… read more
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"Leaks are the way Washington DC communicates with itself. The fortress allows itself to be breached. The ship of state the same goes is the only ship that leaks from the top"-Kerry Howley, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State
"We tend to think of privacy as the freedom to keep intentional secrets separate from public knowledge but privacy has been the freedom to live as if most of what passes for experience will not endure."-Kerry Howley, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State
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14. The Shortest History of China
By: Linda Jaivin
4.01
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, m… read more
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15. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
By: Chun Han Wong
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more
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16. The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century
By: Bruce J. Dickson
4.05
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people… read more
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17. The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World
By: Ian Bremmer
3.71
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years… read more
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"In the introduction, I wrote that COVID had started a war, and nobody won. Let me amend that. Technology won, specifically, the makers of disruptive new technologies and all those who benefit from th…"-Ian Bremmer, The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World
18. China: The Bubble That Never Pops
By: Thomas Orlik
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The Chinese economy appears destined for failure, the financial bubble forever in peril of popping,… read more
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"Call it “Sinophrenia"-Thomas Orlik, China: The Bubble That Never Pops
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19. World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
By: Dmitri Alperovitch
4.34
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a f… read more
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20. Free and Equal: A Manifesto for a Just Society
By: Daniel Chandler
3.97
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Imagine: you are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it - rich or poor, ma… read more
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21. China's Leaders: From Mao to Now
By: David Shambaugh
3.98
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over 70 years ago, five paramount leaders have… read more
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