This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today covering the generational change in the leadership completed in March 2013 the Bo Xilai scandal & the changing course of the world's second largest economy & the last major state ruled by a Communist Party. Named as a book of the year by the Guardian the Financial Times & Bloombery Business Week it lays out the reality behind the spectacular statistics & explains why China has to change if it is to maintain its development & avoid major internal problems China's importance as an increasingly significant global force is a phenomenon of our times but the world's most heavily populated nation has a history of catastrophe & tragedy tyranny & repression abject poverty unfair business practice & corruption
- & now faces environmental degradation & a demographic time bomb. In this compelling & lucid account based on years of research & first-hand experience Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China. He delivers a unique & coherent picture of its essence & evolution & contemplates its future
- both alone & connected to the world around it. 'A bestselling examination of modern China by an experienced & fluent commentator'
- Financial Times


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Sally Lockhart is 25 & somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met let alone married
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Max Trenton returns to London after years in a prison camp with failed wishes to avenge the murder of his closest friend Johnny Gregg by a sadistic Japanese soldier. Despite being powerless to stop the killing at the time nightmares torment him for his failure to keep his best friend alive. Determined to put the past out of his mind he takes a job as a newspaperman & falls in love. But forgetting the past isn't easy when it doesn't want to forget him. After a press handout falls into his hand baring the name of businessman Tiger the same name as Johnny's murderer Trenton's old nightmares return. Is it possible that the chairman of a Japanese company visiting Britain was once the ruthless enemy who plunged a bayonet into a hospitalised man? Crossing continents & time Tiger in the White Bamboo is a story of cruelty & retribution that will keep you on the edge of your seat. ...

The German Tiger I was the most feared battle tank of the Second World War. Its invincibility lay in its main gun & heavy defensive armour. Using the successful Haynes Manual" format the " Tiger Tank Manual" gives an insight into acquiring owning & operating one of these awesome fighting vehicles. The Tank Museums Tiger 131 forms the centrepiece of this manual which

Includes:: full photographic coverage of the strip-down of 131 & its engine. Vivid personal recollections describe what it was like to command a Tiger in war."

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The famous Tiger tanks of the German Panzer forces were only available at the hard pressed front in modest quantities but this tiny number forged a legned out of all proportion to its size. This fascinating programme plots the history of its conception & evolution against the background of World War Two tank development. Expert analysis is provided by tank & military historians David Fletcher & Professor John Erickson & also

Includes:: new footage of surviving Tiger tanks. Just before the German invasion of Russia in June 1941 Hitler ordered a heavy tank mounting an 88mm gun be built for the German Army. The needs for this machine became urgent once it was discovered that the Red Army was fielding superior tanks in the form of the T-34 & KV-1. The Tiger I tank was created in 1942 the Wehrmachts first armour capable of using the 88mm gun preferring firepower over mobility. In 1944 it was followed by the even heavier Tiger II. In The Tiger Tank Story Mark Healy details the development & exploits of the most famous tank ever built. With full design information the history of its use in actions across Europe & over 100 photographs & artworks some previously unpublished this book will appeal to both military enthusiasts & general readers alike. Mark Healy is the author of several books on World War II including the best-selling Zitadelle: The German Offensive against the Kursk Salient 4-17 July 1943.

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Mathematics scares & depresses most of us but politicians journalists & everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. Most maths is really simple
- as easy as 2+2 in fact. Better still it can be understood without any jargon any formulas
- & in fact not even many numbers. Most of it is commonsense & by using a few really simple principles one can quickly see when maths statistics & numbers are being abused to play tricks
- or create policies
- which can waste millions of pounds. It is liberating to understand when numbers are telling the truth or being used to lie whether it is health scares the costs of government policies the supposed risks of certain activities or the real burden of taxes.



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India. 1879. Lieutenant John Howard witnesses something so unspeakable it changes him for ever. His subsequent disappearance is never solved. Egypt. Present day. Marine archaeologist Jack Howard makes an astonishing discovery on a deep-sea dive. Whats the connection? Jack Howard doesnt know yet. But hes about to find out. This isnt just a treasure hunt; its a desperate search for the truth. A truth that will unlock the mystery of Jacks great-great grandfathers disappearance. A truth so compelling Jacks pursuit is almost unstoppable. Almost. A formidable enemy from Jacks past has appeared in his present & this enemy will stop at nothing to protect its earth-shattering secret. ...

Saker is a member of the Clan a clandestine group offering child renegades for hire to the highest bidder. The Clan are like brothers but once youre a member you can never leave
- ever. Each member of the Clan has their own animal identity & corresponding tattoo each is an expert in jungle law survival & the ways of animals in order to make them better spies thieves or assassins. Sakers latest assignment takes him to India to bring down the men who protect tigers. Hes being employed by a Chinese overlord who specialises in poaching for tiger farms & tiger organs for high priced medicines. But something happens to make Saker change sides & now hes on the run from his predatory brothers. Theyre hunting him down & theyre professionals. He meets fifteen year old Sinter a spoiled rich girl who is running away from an arranged marriage & their uneasy friendship will eventually form an unshakeable bond as together they face adventure & danger as two young eco-warriors in a truly threatening world. In the spirit of Willard Price for todays readers Tiger Wars is the first in DEADLY presenter Steve Backshalls high-octane adventure series The Falcon Chronicles which introduces Saker & Sinter on a quest to right some of the horrific wrongs perpetrated against wildlife around the planet. As they rescue tigers or mountain gorillas thwart shark finners & cyanide fishers rainforest exploiters & canned hunters they come face to face with the worlds most fascinating majestic & lethal creatures.
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Saker is a member of the Clan. They're like brothers but once you're a member you can never leave
- ever. Each member has their
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Oh no! Daisy's mum has been stolen by a gang of mad elephants! Luckily for Daisy she's adopted by a family of friendly tigers & has to learn the tiger way" to survive. Still it's not all bad she gets to live in a cave sleep in trees & best of all she doesn't need to take a bath
- because everyone knows all cats are afraid of water!"
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