Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
By: Jeevan Vasagar
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-stat…
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1. If We Dream Too Long
By: Goh Poh Seng , Koh Tai Ann
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Widely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Longexplores the dilemmas and challen… read more
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2. A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World, 1830-1910
By: Eric Foner , Steven Hahn
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's provocative reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding … read more
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- politics
- history
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3. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
By: Lee Kuan Yew , Henry Kissinger
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it… read more
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4. Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don't
By: Jeffrey Pfeffer
4.67
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
"Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading t… read more
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5. The Lady Vanishes
By: Ethel Lina White
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more
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6. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
By: Catherine Belton
4.18
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more
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- history
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7. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
8. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- politics
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"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
9. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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- nonfiction
10. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower
By: Frank Dikötter
3.94
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more
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11. In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century
By: Sebastian Strangio
4.26
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A timely look at the impact of China’s booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia “An ex… read more
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- economics
12. Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
By: Ramon Pacheco Pardo
4.30
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
South Korea has the most remarkable of histories. Born from the ashes of colonialism, partition and… read more
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- economics
13. Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
By: Jared Diamond
3.90
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our … read more
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"Britain never regained its naval and economic dominance over the world, and it remains notoriously conflicted (“Brexit"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Allende had good ideas, but he executed them poorly. Although he correctly recognized Chile’s problems, he adopted wrong solutions to those problems."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Nations and individuals accept national and individual responsibility to take action to solve the problem, or else deny responsibility by self-pity, blaming others, and assuming the role of victim."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Rigidity or inflexibility can be the result of a previous history of abuse or trauma, or of an upbringing that offered a child no permission to experiment or to deviate from the family norms. Flexibi…"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
14. Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
By: Michael Booth
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China,… read more
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15. Gebrauchsanweisung für Schweden
By: Antje Rávic Strubel
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eine alte Villa in Värmland, inmitten der Wälder, unweit von Selma Lagerlöfs Wohnhaus: Antje Rávic … read more
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16. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
By: Gary Gerstle
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more
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17. The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began
By: Valerie Hansen
3.69
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold e… read more
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- history
18. Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
By: Jeevan Vasagar
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-stat… read more
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19. The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong
By: Michael Sheridan
4.07
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A delightful piece of writing and research which describes the remarkable history behind the handov… read more
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20. Populista: The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongman
By: Will Grant
4.32
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
'An ambitious, riveting and essential book that has much to teach us about the recent history of th… read more
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21. The World in 2050: How to Think About the Future
By: Hamish McRae
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Bloomsbury presents The World in 2050 by Hamish McRae, read by Gordon Griffin. A bold and illum… read more
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