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Erlebe in diesem historischen Sachbuch die strategische Evolution des gewaltigsten Verteidigungssystems der Menschheit. Ob fokussiert auf dem täglichen Pendelweg oder entspannt am Abend – diese fesselnde Reise durch zweitausend Jahre asiatischer Militärgeschichte macht die harten Realitäten...

Plongez dans l'histoire antique et l'archéologie pour explorer l'obsession d'un souverain voulant dominer la mort. Cette enquête historique retrace l'unification sanglante des royaumes rivaux et la folle ambition du premier empereur chinois. Découvrez comment un projet politique et militaire...

Verfolge den rasanten Aufstieg und dramatischen Fall eines Vielvölkerstaates in dieser epischen historischen Erzählung. Ob fokussiert auf dem täglichen Weg zur Arbeit oder entspannt am Abend, diese atmosphärische Reise in die Vergangenheit entführt dich direkt aus dem Alltag in die...

Erlebe das packende Historiendrama einer Massenmobilisierung, die eine ganze Nation in ideologische Gewalt stürzte. Wenn du dich auf dem Weg zur Arbeit intensiv mit moderner Weltgeschichte auseinandersetzen möchtest, zieht dich diese chronologische Analyse sofort in ihren Bann. Spüre die...

Revivez la lutte armée impitoyable et la révolution politique qui ont brisé un empire pour forger la Chine moderne. Idéal pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens, ce récit historique immersif vous transporte au carrefour d'idéologies rivales luttant pour l'avenir de tout un peuple. Explorez...

Comment un État périphérique a-t-il vaincu le chaos des Royaumes combattants pour fonder le premier empire chinois ? Ce récit historique immersif retrace l'ascension fulgurante et méthodique d'un souverain prêt à tout pour concentrer le pouvoir absolu. Vivez de l'intérieur les choix...

Erlebe packende historische Archäologie und entdecke das antike China durch die Augen einer unterirdischen Armee. Diese stimmungsvolle Zeitreise verwandelt jede Autofahrt oder den ruhigen Feierabend in eine fesselnde Expedition. Begleite die spektakuläre Entdeckung im Jahr 1974 und folge den...

Naviguez l'incertitude moderne et affinez vos décisions grâce à la sagesse pragmatique de la philosophie antique. Loin des clichés ésotériques, cette écoute stimulante vous plonge dans les débats fascinants des anciens stratèges pour éclairer notre société hyper-connectée. Idéal...

Déchiffrez l'ultime secret archéologique de la Chine antique et explorez les mystères de l'armée de terre cuite. Ce récit historique immersif vous transporte au cœur du pouvoir impérial, là où politique, idéologie et ingénierie se rencontrent pour défier la mort. Idéal pour...

Plongez dans les luttes de pouvoir et l'essor impérial qui ont forgé l'âge d'or mythique de la Chine antique. Idéal pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens, ce récit historique épique et immersif retrace l'émergence d'une monarchie fragile, bâtie sur les cendres des guerres meurtrières de...

In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archaeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. The Silk Road is a fascinating story of archaeological discovery, cultural transmission, and the intricate chains across Central Asia and China. 

A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia. 

Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. Through firsthand...

The jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted the CIA to create the world's mightiest narco-state, controlling more territory than Israel and with more troops than Sweden. Are they crime lords? Or visionaries? Wa State has become a real...

One by one, Tahir Hamut Izgil's friends disappeared. The Chinese government's brutal persecution of the Uyghur people had continued for years, but in 2017 it assumed a terrifying new scale. The Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim minority group in western China, were experiencing an echo of the worst horrors of the twentieth century. Over a million people have vanished into China's internment camps for Muslim minorities. Waiting to Be Arrested at Night is the story of the political, social, and cultural destruction of Tahir Hamut Izgil's homeland.

Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivalled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against its own people. Yet the party does not sustain dominance through repressive tactics alone - it pairs this with surprising responsiveness to the public. The Party and the People explores how this paradox has helped the CCP endure for decades, and how this balance has shifted increasingly toward repression under the rule of President Xi Jinping.

Ryan Hass charts a path forward in America's relationship and rivalry with China rooted in the relative advantages America already possesses. Hass argues that while competition will remain the defining trait of the relationship, both countries will continue to be impacted - for good or ill - by their capacity to coordinate on common challenges that neither can solve on its own, such as pandemic disease, global economic recession, climate change, and nuclear nonproliferation. 

From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting: a narratively driven, deeply human biography of the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai—also known as Li Po In his own time (701–762), Li Bai's poems—shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life—were...

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. Offering a global perspective, the book tells how China's nomadic neighbors to the north and west influenced much of the political, military, and even cultural history of China.

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Paul French's Midnight in Peking, a gripping, true murder mystery story read by the actor Crawford Logan. Who killed Pamela Werner? On a frozen night in January 1937, in the dying days of colonial Peking, a body was found under the haunted...