Kerry Brown: 21 books
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, Third Edition
Discover How the Pros Uncover the Facts and Get to the Truth
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The mystique of private investigating draws significant numbers of people to consider it as a career or side business. At the same time, individuals want to learn investigative techniques to solve their own personal and legal problems. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Private Investigating, Third...
The New Emperors
Power and the Princelings in China
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Dragons, the noted...
CEO, China
The Rise of Xi Jinping
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which...
China's World
What Does China Want?
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which...
by Kerry Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
China has created its own distinctive pathway to becoming one of the world's largest economies – and the country's economic and political development over the next decade will have profound implications for the rest of the world. Knowledge of contemporary China is therefore essential for anyone who...
China's Dream
The Culture of Chinese Communism and the Secret Sources of its Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is one of the great political forces of modern times. In charge of the destiny of a fifth of humanity, it survives despite the collapse of similar systems elsewhere. Few, however, understand the sources of this resilience, or, for that matter, what the Party itself...
The World According to Xi
Everything You Need to Know About the New China
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
China is now the most powerful country on earth. Its manufacturing underpins the world's economy; its military is growing at the fastest rate of any nation and its leader - Xi Jinping - is to set the pace and tone of world affairs for decades.
In 2017 Xi Jinping became part of the constitution - an...
by Kerry Brown, Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Forty years after his death, Mao remains a totemic, if divisive, figure in contemporary China. Though he retains an immense symbolic importance within China’s national mythology, the rise of a capitalist economy has seen the ruling class become increasingly ambivalent towards him. And while he continues...
China's 19th Party Congress
Start of a New Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018
This book gives an overview of key themes domestically and internationally from the 19th Communist Party Congress held in Beijing in October 2017, setting out the main policy priorities for the Xi government in China as the country moves towards fulfillment of the first Centenary Goal, the hundredth...
What's Wrong with Diplomacy
China Penguin Special
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Traditional methods of diplomacy are fast becoming antiquated. Secrecy, pomp and elitism may have dictated diplomatic strategy of the Cold War era, but in a digitised twenty-first century, inclusivity and transparency are values of increasing importance. Access to information is being democratised...
by Kerry Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Abby was very kissable. When she was a baby, her mummy would kiss her goodnight on the end of her button nose. When she was one, her daddy would kiss her goodnight on the end of each of her fingers and each of her toes... A delightful picture book manuscript about a little girl who receives too many...
Carnival China
China in the Era of Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
With Foreword by John Keane
The era of the Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao was one in which China became richer, more powerful, more prominent and more vexed. This series of essays, originally published on the Open Democracy website between 2006 and 2013, attempts to make sense of...
by Wendy Volhard, Kerry Brown, D.V.M.
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
A complete revision of a ground-breaking reference.
Designed to provide updated information found in the original book, as well as lots of new topics, and a new organization—this second edition is more user-friendly than ever!
Readers will get the latest on:
Healthful diets for...
China and the EU in Context
Insights for Business and Investors
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Brings together the research of world-class commentators on China from across Europe to explore the policy aspects of the China-EU relationship. Aimed at practitioners, this book shows how to relate to China practically and understand its complexities for business purposes, including investment, social unrest, and China's five-year program.
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