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New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor-her one year in China.> In her memoirs, Wallis described her time in China as her "Lotus Year, " referring to Homer's Lotus Eaters, a group living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness, never to return home. Though faced with challenges, Wallis came to appreciate traditional Chinese aesthetics. ...

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In a city of temptations unfolds an astonishing story of two men whose lives intertwine in both crime and a twisted friendship. The self-named Jack Riley with his acid-burnt fingertips finds a future in Shanghai as The Slots King, while Joe Farren, whose name was printed in neon across the Badlands, rises to fame and cashes in on Shanghai's sins. Eyewitness accounts from moles at the Shanghai Municipal Police, letters home, and contemporary ne...

A spellbinding and dramatic account of Shanghai's lawless 1930s and two of its most notorious criminals, by the author of the prize winning Midnight in Peking

For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground, For the desperate a port of last resort. A pot of gold at the end of an Oriental rainbow, A thick slice of hell denounced from the pulpit. The start of a journey for many, The end of the road for some. A place to find fame, or to seek anonymity, Rogues, chancers, showgirls, criminals. For so many people from so many lands, there was one phrase that sent a tingle of hope or a shiver of anticipa...

Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018, and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature."Tana French's best and most intricately nuanced novel yet." -- The New York TimesAn "extraordinary" (Stephen King) and "mesmerizing" (LA Times) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense.From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in ...

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An ordinary boy attempts to hide his name from his classmates, but a pairing for a project with bossy Amy Strundle sees the secret potentially becoming public, motivating the boy to consider his revenge. Features the recognisable inky artwork of Korky Paul.

Saturday, August 14, 1937--that summer Shanghai was expecting to be hit by a typhoon of "violent intensity." The typhoon passed, but what did strike Shanghai was a man-made typhoon of bombs and shrapnel that brought aerial death and destruction such as no city had ever seen before. The clock outside Cathay Hotel stopped at 4:27 p.m. precisely as the first bombs landed on the junction of the Nanking Road and the Bund, the second wave of explosi...

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Shanghai's champion storyteller - He grips his reader to the end' Economist'Gripping, breakneck ultra-noir reminiscent of vintage Ellroy' David Peace, author of Red or Dead'If you love Richard Lloyd Parry and David Grann, don't miss City of Devils' Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me1930s Shanghai could give Chicago a run for its money. In the years before the Japanese invaded, the city was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place wher...

The book which all true football fans will want to read, as it reveals how the prawn sandwich brigade have taken over the national sport. An expose of the commercialisation of football, written in lively and entertaining style.

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An accessible, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to North Korea.

This reissue of Paul French's acclaimed introduction to North Korea provides an up-to-the-minute overview of the politics, economics and history of the DPRK, with added chapters dealing with recent events. A new foreword examines why North Korea has not gone away as a country or as an issue and argues that an understanding of the country is more important now than ever. A new in-depth postscript offers analysis of recent years and why Pyongyan...

You're beholding a new world. Aside from an array of brand new compelling facts in spiritual history, there is also an abundance of aha moments right here before your eyes and heart. Did you know, for example, the Latin word-name Jesus only became popular, about 400 years after the crucifixion of he who was truly known as Yeshua. His actual name in Israel, Palestine, Samaria, Capernaum and Jerusalem, was Yeshua. Yeshua became so famous the...

You're beholding a new world. Aside from an array of brand new compelling facts in spiritual history, there is also an abundance of aha moments right here before your eyes and heart. Did you know, for example, the Latin word-name Jesus only became popular, about 400 years after the crucifixion of he who was truly known as Yeshua. His actual name in Israel, Palestine, Samaria, Capernaum and Jerusalem, was Yeshua. Yeshua became so famous the...