 | Humans have long innovated new and better instruments of torture and destruction, from the rack to gunpowder to the modern marvels of warfare. SURVIVING HISTORY celebrates our species' love affair with clever (and often oddly complex) weapons through... |
 | The rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss--Sister Ping--and the intricate human trafficking network she created from her business in New York City's Chinatown, together with a panoramic tale about the gangland gunslingers who worked... |
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 | The first English-language history ever written about the Japanese army's 1937 conquest of China's capital and the massacre of its inhabitants. Chang, a freelance journalist, describes the circumstances under which the Japanese killed a quarter of a... |
 | When ex-lawyer and herb shop proprietor China Bayles's friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, China looks behind the quaint facade of Pecan Springs and takes a suspicious look at everyone. And though she finds lots of friendly faces, China is sure... |
 | An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family. |
 | An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family. |
 | A former British submarine commander raises a controversial theory that ancient Chinese explorers may have been first to "discover" the Americas, and sifts through evidence in maps, charts, and historical accounts from the time, which he posits as... |
