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Story Book 2
Thailand Edition
Language: German
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Das »Story Book 2« - Thailand Edition - enthält vier E-Books:
»MEIN LEBEN MIT LINDA«
Dhanyam will Spaß haben und Geld verdienen, deshalb ist Thailand sein Ziel. In Bangkok handelt er an der Börse mit Aktien und Optionen. Er ist gewieft und geschickt,...
The Collector
The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia’s art world
Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities...
Chinese Rules
Mao's Dog, Deng's Cat, and Five Timeless Lessons from the Front Lines in China
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
From the author of the acclaimed Mr. China comes another rollicking adventure story—part memoir, part history, part business imbroglio—that offers valuable lessons to help Westerners win in China.
In the twenty-first century, the world has tilted eastwards in its orbit; China grows confident...
Trump / Russia
A Definitive History
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
**"Hettena is a first-rate reporter and wonderful story-teller, and the tale he tells here is mind-boggling."—Jane Mayer, author of New York Times bestseller Dark Money
"Hettena skillfully weaves many threads—most fresh or previously hidden—into a rich tapestry tying together...
The Oligarchs
Wealth And Power In The New Russia
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men- Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly...
by Adrian Vickers
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
The Island of Bali—a true paradise is explored in this classic travelogue.
From the artists and writers of the 1930s to the Eat, Pray, Love tours so popular today, Bali has drawn hoards of foreign visitors and transplants to its shores. What makes Bali so special, and how has it managed to...
In My Viewfinder
An Air Force Photographer's Thailand Tour of Duty - From USAF Basic Training to Documenting the Secret War Over Laos & Cambodia
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
By the time I had arrived in Thailand to take on the responsibilities of an aerial photographer, I had spent three years in the Air Force acquiring the skills and knowledge of photography in general. I felt confident I could put those skills to work as a still-photographer and successfully complete...
by Giuseppe Spezzaferro, Marco Macchiavelli
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Jack Ma, fondatore di Alibaba, è il volto della nuova Cina, quella che sfida il mondo a colpi d’innovazione e d’intelligenza. È la Cina che dominerà il XXI secolo. Jack Ma forse è proprio l’erede di Steve Jobs e la sua Alibaba, come la Apple, cambierà la nostra vita. Un record lo ha già...
Lina & Serge
The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
This account of the renowned composer’s neglected wife—including her years in a Soviet prison—is “a story both riveting and wrenching” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Serge Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant composers yet is an enigma to historians and...
A Tokyo Romance
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970's
When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, Japan was little more than an idea in his mind, a fantasy of a distant...
Stalin's Daughter
The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
PEN Literary Award Finalist
New York Times Notable Book
Washington Post Notable Book
Boston Globe Best Book of the Year
The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns...
First They Killed My Father
A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Repackaged in a new tie-in edition to coincide with the Netflix film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, a moving story of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her triumphant spirit as she survived the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot’s brutal regime.
Until...
by William de Lange
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Miyamoto Musashi is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history. Yet few of the many works on the enigmatic warrior have hewn to the original sources. Fewer still have explored the emotional turmoil that drove him on to be the very best in his field. This is the first biography to...
Genghis Khan
His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror--Genghis Khan--and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th century
Combining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, Frank McLynn brings vividly to life...