The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
By: James D. Bradley
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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1. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
By: Michael Pillsbury
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
One of the U.S. government's leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country… read more
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2. Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
By: William Poundstone
4.19
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathem… read more
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"The best on horses you think will lose are a valuable "insurance policy." When rare disaster strikes, you'll be glad you had the insurance. 71 The exponential growth of wealth in the Kelly system is …"-William Poundstone, Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
3. Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
By: Wendy Williams
3.41
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most … read more
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4. 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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5. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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6. Standard Deviations: Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
By: Gary Smith
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
Or that Asian Americans are most susceptible to heart attacks on the fourth day of the month? Or th… read more
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7. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850
By: Brian M. Fagan
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Paperback
The Little Ice Agetells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of mod… read more
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8. The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
By: James D. Bradley
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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9. The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World’s Most Coveted Fish
By: Emily Voigt
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A journalist's quest to find a wild Asian arowana-- the world's most expensive aquarium fish--takes… read more
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10. Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
By: John King Fairbank , Barbara W. Tuchman
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Barbara W. Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize for Stilwell & the American Experience in China, 1911-45 … read more
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11. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
By: Niall Ferguson
3.93
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, b… read more
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"The British Empire was the nearest thing there has ever been to a world government. Yet its mode of operation was a triumph of minimalism."-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"In the end, the British sacrificed her Empire to stop the Germans, Japanese and Italians from keeping theirs. Did not that sacrifice alone expunge all the Empire's other sins?"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"Between the early 1600s and the 1950s, more than 20 million people left the British Isles to begin new lives across the seas. Only a minority ever returned. No other country in the world came close t…"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
"Sir Richard Turnbull, the penultimate Governor of Aden, once told Labour politician Denis Healey that 'when the British Empire finally sank beneath the waves of history, it would leave behind it only…"-Niall Ferguson, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
12. Mao: The Unknown Story
By: Jung Chang , Jon Halliday
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on… read more
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13. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
By: Charles Seife
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Church used it… read more
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14. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
15. How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
By: Barbara F. Walter
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and ho… read more
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"For a society to fracture along identity lines, you need mouthpieces - people who are willing to make discriminatory appeals and pursue discriminatory policies in the name of a particular group. They…"-Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
16. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
By: Marie Favereau
3.84
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builder… read more
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17. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
By: Annie Proulx
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more
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18. Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide
By: Hawon Jung
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—o… read more
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19. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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20. The China Mission: George Marshall's Unfinished War, 1945-1947
By: Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
An Economist Best Book of 2018 New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick “Gripping [and] splendid.…… read more
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21. The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants
By: Leigh Calvez
3.85
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the author of The Hidden Lives of Owls, an exploration of the elusive lives of whales in the P… read more
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22. The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
By: Jeff Sharlet
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into cor… read more
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23. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon come… read more
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24. The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect
By: Wendy Williams
3.82
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
In this fascinating book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams ex… read more
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25. Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
By: Marcia Bjornerud
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival Few of us hav… read more
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"Antipathy toward time clouds personal and collective thinking."-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
"This impression is a glimpse not of timelessness but timefulness, an acute consciousness of how the world is made by - indeed, made of - time."-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
"I emphasize that my job is not to challenge their personal beliefs but to teach the logic of geology (geo-logic?) - the methods and tools of the discipline that enables us not only to comprehend how …"-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
"Over human timescales, however, our disruption of geography will haunt us. Soil lost to erosion, coastal areas claimed by the sea, and mountaintops sacrificed on the altar of capitalism won't be rest…"-Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
26. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
By: Kevin Rudd
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more
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27. The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
By: Karen Cheung
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An insider's account of Hong Kong--from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music s… read more
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"People often characterize depression as a lack of hope or vitality, but I associate it more with a restlessness, an inability to feel at peace. You’re on the couch watching Netflix in furry pajamas, …"-Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
28. The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
By: David L. Mearns
4.05
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This gripping memoir by the world’s foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime h… read more
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29. The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
By: David Abulafia
4.23
Format: 1088 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the aw… read more
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30. Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
By: Hannah Barnes
4.40
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the NHS’s flagship gender service… read more
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"GIDS’s own limited data, which found ‘no evidence of change in psychological function’ with puberty-blocker treatment."-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
"The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has undoubtedly helped some people. It has unquestionably harmed others."-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
"NHS England. Why did they allow the early blocking of puberty to be rolled out as routine practice without demanding to see some data supporting this radical shift? Why didn’t it insist on seeing any…"-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
"It is mad,’ was the reply. Hutchinson paused. When one of the leaders of a service that helps children to access powerful, life-changing drugs comments that what they’re doing is ‘mad’, there is clea…"-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
31. The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters
By: Megan Walsh
3.97
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
What does contemporary China's diverse and exciting fiction tell us about its culture, and the rela… read more
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