Novedades

"A refreshing and thought provoking take on China's past." - John Keay (Author of bestselling China: A History) China's statecraft presents global implications. The Middle Kingdom strives for a future that actually emulates its past. But which past? A China expert currently stationed in Beijing unlocks four keywords of Chinese history; Harmony, Evolution, Cycle, and Humiliation, showcasing what China was, is, and will be. The book answers following questions: What are some prominent Chinese ancient strategies and tactics still practiced by China today? What are dynastic business models that...

Looking behind his plane, first class airman Shigenori Nishikaichi sees his Japanese Zero fighter plane has a bullet hole in the gas tank. As gasoline pours from his aircraft fresh off the second wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, he realizes he must crash land to avoid falling into the ocean. Shigenori desperately guides his fighter plane to the designated crash landing spot on the island of Niihau, which is believed to be uninhabited. He is knocked unconscious landing on the forbidden island.

Following the war in Ukraine, all eyes have turned to Taiwan as the next possible geopolitical tinderbox. Yet while it lies at the epicentre of China and the USA's tense relationship, its story and its people go overlooked and misunderstood. In Ghost Nation, leading journalist Chris Horton will uncover why this disputed country has become so critical to the world's future.

The partnership between Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia stands as a central, world-shaping geopolitical fact of the 21st century. To understand this modern axis and its challenge to the global order, one must first understand its long, volatile, and deeply complex history. This book provides a comprehensive, four-hundred-year narrative of the relationship between these two powers, from their first encounters on the Siberian frontier to their current united front. The story begins with the violent clashes between Russian Cossack explorers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire...

In 1846 C.E., when they had defeated the Sikh nation of Punjab, the officers of the British East India company found themselves in charge of a vast tract of land inhabited by a proud people with a history of surviving political and religious oppression. The Khalsa Sikhs, the order of "saint-soldiers" founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 had weathered Mughal oppression and rebounded from two ghallugharas, or "holocausts" (1746 and 1762). When the Sikh confederacy was joined together by Maharaja Ranjeet Singh in 1801, it governed a domain the size of France. The Punjab was the last part of ...

Reog Ponorogo erat kaitannya dengan cerita perjuangan Raja Bantarangin (Raja Kelana Sewandana) untuk meminang Putri Songgolangit dari Kerajaan Kediri. Namun, proses peminangan tersebut penuh dengan tantangan, terutama karena permintaan dari Putri Songgolangit yang cukup sulit. Sang putri meminta Raja Kelana Sewandana menghadirkan arak-arakan yang megah dan belum pernah ada sebelumnya sebagai syarat pernikahan.

ଡ. ବିବୁଧରଞ୍ଜନଙ୍କ ଗବେଷଣାଲବ୍ଧ ପୁସ୍ତକ 'ମିଳିଲେ ନେତାଜୀ' ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ସଂଗ୍ରାମର ଅନ୍ୟତମ ଜନନାୟକ ସୁଭାଷ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର ବୋଷଙ୍କ...

ଭାରତ ଇତିହାସର ପ୍ରତିଟି ପୃଷ୍ଠାରେ ନାଥୁରାମ ଚିତ୍ରିତ ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି ଜଣେ ଘୃଣ୍ୟ ହତ୍ୟାକାରୀ ଭାବରେ! ଗାନ୍ଧୀ ହତ୍ୟାର ମାଷ୍ଟରମାଇଣ୍ଡ...

Spanning four millennia, the story of China is a sweeping epic of rising and falling dynasties, of profound cultural and technological innovation, and of a relentless, often brutal, quest for political unity. This book provides a comprehensive, single-volume narrative of that entire history, from the earliest civilizations in the Yellow River valley to the global superpower of the 21st century. It traces the great cycle of fragmentation and unification that has defined China, exploring the unique political and philosophical ideas that have held a civilization together for thousands of years...

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