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The rape of Nanking: the forgotten holocaust of World War II
By Iris Chang. 1997
An account of the Japanese occupation of Nanking, China, that began in December 1937. Describes a prolonged orgy of rape,…
torture, and murder that resulted in an estimated 350,000 deaths. Also explores why this massacre has been ignored by many historians. Descriptions of sex and violence. c1997.The northern game: baseball the Canadian way
By Bob Elliott. 2005
Opening at the 2004 Olympic baseball tournament, where the unheralded Canadian team came within an errant throw of the gold…
medal game, the author recounts Canada's rich baseball history, from 1838 to 2004, when the top rookie in both major leagues hailed from the Great White North. 2005.The Ottoman endgame: war, revolution, and the making of the modern Middle East, 1908-1923
By Sean McMeekin. 2015
Between 1911 and 1923, a series of wars--chief among them World War I--would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor…
states. It is a story we think we know well, but Sean McMeekin shows us that we know far less than we think. Drawing from his years of ground-breaking research in newly opened Ottoman and Russian archives, the book brings to light the entire strategic narrative that led to an unstable new order in postwar Middle East--much of which is still felt today. 2015.The other Nuremberg: the untold story of the Tokyo war crimes trials
By Arnold C Brackman. 1987
Recounts a tale of mass inhumanity inflicted upon prisoners of war, civilians, Asian labourers and even the Japanese populations. Unlike…
the Nuremberg trials, the Tokyo trial received little press at the time and has been almost forgotten since. c1987.The only way I know: The Diary Of A Retiring Actor
By Cal Ripken, Mike Bryan. 1997
Memoir of Cal Ripken, who in 1995 broke Lou Gehrig's record of playing 2,130 consecutive games. His feat established him…
as a baseball great and earned him new acclaim for his team, the Baltimore Orioles. Traces Ripken's baseball life from the Little League to the majors, highlighting triumphs and setbacks. Also discusses how the sport has changed over the past fifteen years. 1997.The official kids' book of baseball
By G. P Jordan. 1993
A guide for the baseball fan or player who wants to understand all aspects of the game better. It includes…
the rules of baseball, a short history of the game and its stars, plus batting tips, how to use a scorecard and much more. Grades 5-8. 1993.The last Mughal: the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857
By William Dalrymple. 2007
On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or…
panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture. 2007.The last days of the Raj
By Trevor Royle. 1989
Royle looks at the last few years of the two centuries of British rule in India leading up to independence…
on 15 August 1947. The changing political climate of the 1930s and the influence of Gandhi are examined, as are the appointment of Lord Mountbatten as Viceroy and the slaughter during the civil war between Hindus and Muslims in the Punjab. The final chapter looks at events with forty years hindsight. 1989.The insider's guide to China
By Derek Maitland. 1987
Survey of China's history and culture, combined with well-organized travel advice. Restaurants and hotels of note are mentioned in the…
text itself, with travel tips at the end of each chapter. c1987.The histories: From The Earliest Times To The Fall Of The Western Empire (Everyman Paperback Classics Ser.)
By Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Hugh Bowden. 1992
The Histories is divided into nine books, each named after one of the Muses. The rise of the Persian Empire…
is chronicled, and the causes for the conflict with Greece. The central theme is the clash between the Persian Empire of King Xerxes and a handful of Greek city states in which the Greeks were against all odds, victorious. The story is set in the ancient world of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern world from Spain to India, and from Ethiopia to central Russia. 1992.Pour que refleurisse le monde: entretiens
By Irène Frain, Jetsun Pema. 2002
Écrit sous forme de dialogue entre deux femmes de culture différente, cet ouvrage commun nous donne le loisir de voir…
la situation tibétaine d'un point de vue féminin. Depuis l'invasion chinoise en 1950, plusieurs générations d'enfants sont nés en exil en Inde, leur principal pays d'accueil. Fonctionnant comme une sorte de rétrospective sur ces longues années de survie, le recueil évoque la vie dans les camps de réfugiés transformés en villages. Jetsun Pema, soeur du Dalaï-Lama, raconte comment l'éducation des enfants s'est réorganisée, en tenant compte de la préservation de la langue, de la religion et des valeurs traditionnelles, sans pour autant se couper du monde moderne. 2002Mémoire de Chine: [les voix d'une génération silencieuse]
By Xinran, Prune Cornet. 2010
" Mémoire de Chine est la confession d'une génération dont l'histoire n'a jamais été racontée. Grands-parents et arrière-grands-parents décrivent avec…
leurs propres mots - pour la première et peut-être la dernière fois - les transformations qui ont définitivement changé la Chine au cours du siècle passé. Ce livre est à la fois un voyage à travers le temps et l'espace, et un mémorial dressé à ceux qui ont vécu guerres, insurrections, persécution, invasions, révolutions, famines, modernisation, occidentalisation, et qui ont survécu pour entrer dans le XXIe siècle. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Zhongguo min zu zi zun de jian zheng zhe men.Oasis interdites
By Ella Maillart. 1989
En janvier 1935, Ella Maillart quitte Pékin pour traverser la Chine d'est en ouest, atteindre les oasis " interdites "…
du Sin-Kiang et, de là, gagner le Cachemire. Ella Maillart est l'une des voyageuses les plus étonnantes de ce siècle, et la qualité de son regard sur les choses ne cesse de nous émerveiller. 1989.Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and other reflections on baseball
By George F Will. 1998
Essays from 1974 to 1998 on the sport of baseball. Covers many aspects of the game including profiles of personalities…
like Billy Martin, Babe Ruth, and George Steinbrenner. Includes thoughts on the future of the game. c1998.The author, familiar with the language, politics, and culture of the most populous country in the world, gives his account…
of China harking back to Mao's "Liberation." Terrill focuses on the Chinese version of Communist ideology with its Leninist slant and the Chinese penchant for conformity, both of which he believes hamper the pro-democratic movement. 1992.A history of the Arab peoples
By Albert Habib Hourani. 1991
L'empire désorienté
By Catherine Bergman. 2001
Les Expos du parc Jarry au Stade olympique: Du Parc Jarry Au Stade Olympique (Sport Ser.)
By Denis Brodeur, Daniel Caza. 1996
Des origines à 1945 (Histoire du Japon et des Japonais. #1.)
By Edwin O Reischauer. 1973