Paul French: 23 books
Shadows of a Forgotten Past
To the Edge with the Rhodesian SAS and Selous Scouts
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This all-new work chronicles the experiences of Paul French who, upon leaving the British Army's 21 SAS (V), sought adventure and excitement in C Squadron of the Rhodesian SAS. Upon passing the arduous Rhodesian SAS selection course, Paul was thrown into the maelstrom that was the Rhodesian Bush War....
The Badlands
More Stories from Midnight in Peking (A Penguin Special)
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
More tales of intrigue in Old Peking from bestselling author Paul French
Through portraits of eight residents of Peking’s infamous Badlands district, Paul French brings the area and 1930s Peking vividly to life. A small warren of narrow hutongs, the Badlands sat just inside the eastern flank...
Carl Crow—A Tough Old China Hand
The Life, Times, and Adventures of an American in Shanghai
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2008
Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for the next quarter of a century, working there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and groundbreaking adman. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergeant, gentleman farmer, go-between for the American government,...
by Paul French
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
This richly anecdotal guide to every street in Shanghai details many landmarks and stories associated with its best known avenues. A definitive index to the street names of Shanghai, some of which have disappeared or been removed, allows historians, researchers, tourists and the just plain curious...
Our Supreme Leader
The Making of Kim Jong-un
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Since his accession to power in 2012, Kim Jong-un has come to personify North Korea in the eyes of the outside world. An object of derision as much as fear, he has nevertheless succeeded in strengthening his grip on the country, purging potential rivals and strengthening the personality cult around...
Midnight in Peking
How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils
Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela...
City of Devils
The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Now one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best Books of the Year"
From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking—winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction—comes City of Devils, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made...
Through the Looking Glass
China’s Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with the newspapers printed in the European Factories of Canton in the 1820s and ends with the Communist revolution in 1949. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the China’s future and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai...
North Korea
State of Paranoia
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Updated edition: includes public execution of defence minister Hyon Yong Chol and controversy around the film The Interview
Combines an accessible history of North Korea with fascinating insights into daily life in the ‘hermit kingdom’
‘Paul French writes with wit, eloquence...
Bloody Saturday: Shanghai’s Darkest Day
Penguin Specials: EBook
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
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...
by Paul French
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
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...
Oil on Water
Tankers, Pirates and the Rise of China
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Out of sight, out of mind. That's the general reaction to the crucial movement of oil around the world's oceans. Yet this vital supply chain that allows the world to function is constantly under enormous, largely unreported pressure. The uninterrupted flow of oil is essential to globalisation, and...
Think You're Crazy? Think Again
A Resource Book for Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Are you troubled by hearing voices or seeing visions that others do not? Do you believe that other people are trying to harm you or control you? Do you feel that something odd is going on that you can’t explain or that things are happening around you with a special meaning? Do you worry that other...
Betrayal in Paris
How the Treaty of Versailles Led to China's Long Revolution: Penguin Special
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
At the conclusion of 'the war to end war', the victorious powers set about redesigning the world map at the Paris Peace Conference. For China, Versailles presented an opportunity to regain territory lost to Japan at the start of the war. Yet, despite early encouragement from the world's superpowers,...
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