Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping. The breathtaking economic expansion and military modernization that Xi inherited has convinced him that China can transform into a twenty-first-century superpower.In this collection, leading scholars from the United States, Asia, and Europe examine both the prospects for China's continuing rise and the emerge...

During a war for Independence mercenaries were hired to fill ranks of fallen national soldiers. A harrowing, deadly account of two catastrophic ambushes in Africa.

'This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he's directed, roles he's played ... and everything else that made him everybody's favourite polymath.'MICHAEL PALINSeriously Silly is an intimate portrait of Terry Jones - Python, actor, director, historian, reluctant national treasure and purveyor of sincere silliness - written by the man he chose to tell the story of his life.From his Welsh upbringing i...

The biography chronicles Beardsley’s early life in Brighton, his education, and the formative experiences that shaped his artistic vision. Ross emphasizes the boldness of Beardsley’s work, including his illustrations for Oscar Wilde’s Salomé and his contributions to magazines like The Yellow Book. The book delves into Beardsley’s challenges, including his struggles with illness and societal criticism, as well as his relationships with contemporaries in the arts and literature, which signif...

Cape of Torments, first published in 1983, is a detailed examination of slavery in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. It describes the reactions of the slaves to their conditions of slavery, concentrating on those aspects of their lives which their masters considered criminal, and above all on the large numbers of occasions when slaves ran away in an attempt to start a new life elsewhere. The book examines Cape society and slave organization; the complex relations between slaves...

The perfect gift for fans of the UK’s best comedy shows, from Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers to Blackadder and the Vicar of Dibley!'With this book every sitcom fan is a winner' - Su Pollard'Great fun for all fans of sitcom' - Jeffery Holland***Think you know all there is to know about these classic British sitcoms? I don't believe it!***...

Reveals the overlooked role of the American Church in the South African anti-apartheid movement.Throwing Mountains into the Sea details the use of economic tools—such as shareholder engagement, boycotts, divestment, and advocacy for sanctions—that the American Church employed to help topple South Africa’s apartheid regime. Ross traces this American solidarity movement from its humble origins among American Christian pacifists and seminary students, through...

Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and a background for understanding those many things which have not changed.

CEW Bean's wartime reports and photographs mythologised the Australian soldier and helped spawn the notion that the Anzacs achieved something nation-defining on the shores of Gallipoli and the battlefields of western Europe. In his quest to get the truth, Bean often faced death beside the Diggers in the trenches of Gallipoli and the Western Front – and saw more combat than many. But did Bean tell Australia the whole story of what he knew? In this fresh new biography Ross Coulthart explores...

'This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he's directed, roles he's played . . . and everything else that made him everybody's favourite polymath'Michael PalinSeriously Silly is an intimate portrait of Terry Jones - Python, actor, director, historian, reluctant national treasure and purveyor of sincere silliness - written by the man he chose to tell the story of his life.From his ...

Mike Myers thinks he was "a genius", while John Cleese regards him as "a true cultural icon". He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. A writer, director, performer and true pioneer of his art, he died aged only 48. His name was Marty Feldman, and here, at last, is the first ever biography. Acclaimed author Robert Ross has interviewed Marty's friends and fami...

This book explores the process by which constitutional indeterminacies involving reapportionment were resolved through the political process and examines how the current House arrived at its 435-seat limit. In doing so, it also elucidates the way the House was instituted and reconstituted after each census to reconcile the demands of representation with the challenges of institutional design. The history of reapportionment is not one of stagnation. Since the 1911 Apportionment Act, the Hou...