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Brought to you by Penguin. When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in...

In Good Faith is the first of a two-volume, accessible narrative history of America's involvement in Indochina, from the end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon in 1975. The books charts the course of America's engagement with the region, from its initially hesitant support for French Indochina through the advisory missions following the 1954 Geneva Accords, then on to the covert war promoted in the Kennedy years, and then escalation to total war in the Johnson era....

In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China.

An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa - a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting, French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth.

Growing up in rural China during Mao's Cultural Revolution, Da Chen was part Horatio Alger, part Holden Caulfeld, befriending both a gang of young thugs, as well as an elegant, older Chinese woman who teaches him English - and opens the door to a new life. Chen's remarkable story of triumph is filled with the universal qualities that distinguish the very best memoirs as it masterfully recounts the concerns of childhood that transcend both time and place.

Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today's financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered.  

This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to "Make China Great Again." We in the West routinely ask: "What does China want?" The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it...

How China used a network of surveillance to intern over a million people and produce a system of control previously unknown in human history Novel forms of state violence and colonization have been unfolding for years in China’s vast northwestern region, where more than a million and a half...

تتبع صعود وسقوط السلالات الإمبراطورية في رحلة تاريخية ملحمية عبر أربعة آلاف عام من الصراعات والثورات الكبرى. عبر سرد آسر، تتكشف أمامك التحولات السياسية...

当高层权力斗争的狂热席卷全国，时代洪流中的普通人如何在长达十年的社会重组与群众运动中艰难求生？这段跨越一九六六至一九七六的历史绝非偶然，而是多重政治矛盾叠加后爆发的系统性震荡。对于渴望在通勤或碎片时...

يقف جيش من الطين في ظلام الأبدية ليحرس إمبراطوراً مهووساً بالخلود، ليروي قصة توحيد دموية وبناء أعظم إمبراطورية صينية. يأخذك هذا السرد التاريخي الملحمي في رحلة...

跨越两千年的农耕与游牧生死交锋，这部宏大的军事历史作品带你重返古代边防前线，直击帝国超级工程的战略真相。如果你渴望在日常通勤中沉浸于一段硬核且震撼的史诗，打破关于防御屏障的传统迷思，这趟见证王朝兴替...

عش تفاصيل الصراع الأيديولوجي الذي زلزل مجتمعا بأكمله، في رحلة تاريخية وسياسية تشرح كيف تحولت الشعارات إلى فوضى عارمة. استمتع بتجربة استماع عميقة ومثيرة للتفكير...

استكشف أعظم مشروع عسكري في التاريخ البشري، حيث تروي الحجارة صراعات الإمبراطوريات وهواجس البقاء على الحدود المشتعلة. اجعل رحلة تنقلك اليومية مغامرة ملحمية تأخذك...

在大国博弈的地缘政治版图上，这座太平洋岛屿正以其半导体科技实力与复杂的历史羁绊，成为牵动全球神经的冲突前沿。当你被日常碎片化新闻与极端情绪裹挟，急需理清当今世界局势的底层逻辑时，这段冷静客观的宏大历...

一场震惊世界的考古发掘，不仅重现了秦帝国规模空前的地下武装军团，更将权力、生死与两千年的匠人血泪赤裸裸地推到我们面前。当你穿行于早晚通勤的喧嚣中，这段浓缩为两小时的沉浸式历史之旅，将带你重返那个战马...

Beleef vierduizend jaar wereldgeschiedenis waarin machtige dynastieën en bloedige revoluties een keizerrijk smeden. Maak van je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer een meeslepende tijdreis langs uitgestrekte verdedigingsmuren en mythische veldslagen. Deze fascinerende verkenning onthult de meedogenloze...

Il più grande mistero archeologico dell'antica Cina rivela l'ossessione per l'immortalità di un sovrano spietato. Trasforma il tuo tragitto quotidiano in un epico viaggio culturale, scendendo nell'oscurità di un colossale mausoleo sotterraneo. Questa esplorazione storica riporta alla luce un...

Explore a arqueologia da China Antiga e entenda a obsessão de um imperador pela imortalidade militar no além. Ideal para transformar seu trajeto diário em uma viagem no tempo épica, esta audição transporta você diretamente para o silêncio subterrâneo de um mausoléu monumental...

从帝国兴衰的权力博弈到近现代革命的制度崩塌，这段两小时的极简历史之旅将为你重建四千年文明演进的宏大脉络。无论你是在碎片化的通勤途中，还是在渴望拓展思维的安静深夜，这种平实清晰、客观理性的叙事节奏，都...