Shots fired in the dawning hours of July 7, 1937, on the outskirts of Peking touched off eight years of war between Japan and China, a war which ended with revolution in China and near-Armageddon in Japan. This carefully researched and colorfully written study unravels the tangled story of Wang Ching-wei, disciple of Sun Yat-sen, colleague and rival of Chiang Kai-shek, who sacr...(展开全部)

Shots fired in the dawning hours of July 7, 1937, on the outskirts of Peking touched off eight years of war between Japan and China, a war which ended with revolution in China and near-Armageddon in Japan. This carefully researched and colorfully written study unravels the tangled story of Wang Ching-wei, disciple of Sun Yat-sen, colleague and rival of Chiang Kai-shek, who sacr...(展开全部)

"The Peace War" is quintessential hard-science adventure. The Peace Authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon--the "bobble," a spherical force-field impenetrable by any force known to mankind. Encasing governmental installations and military bases in bobbles, the Authority becomes virtually omnipotent. But they've never caught Paul Hoehler...(展开全部)

"The Peace War" is quintessential hard-science adventure. The Peace Authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon--the "bobble," a spherical force-field impenetrable by any force known to mankind. Encasing governmental installations and military bases in bobbles, the Authority becomes virtually omnipotent. But they've never caught Paul Hoehler...(展开全部)

This title is the definitive account of "The Stone Roses", one of Britain's most influential bands and who defined a generation, by music journalist Simon Spence. Based on 400 hours of interviews with over seventy of The Stone Roses' closest associates, including six former band members, "War and Peace" is the first major biography of the band that defined a generation. Origina...(展开全部)