From Warsaw with Love is the epic story of how Polish intelligence officers forged an alliance with the CIA in the twilight of the Cold War, told by the award-winning author John Pomfret.Spanning decades and continents, from the battlefields of the Balkans to secret nuclear research labs in Iran and embassy grounds in North Korea, this saga begins in 1990. As the United States cobbles together a coalition to undo Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, six US ...

The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: A Captivating Chronicle of the Complex Relationship Between the United States and ChinaFrom clipper ships swapping American ginseng for Chinese tea to warships facing off in the South China Sea, from Yankee missionaries bringing Christianity and education to Chinese laborers building the American West, the United States and China have long been dramatically intertwined. For over two centuries, statesmen, mercha...

A first-hand account of China's transformation over the past forty years, as seen through the life of an award-winning journalist and his four Chinese classmates."A highly personal, honest, funny and well-informed account of China's hyperactive effort to forget its past and reinvent its future." — The New York Times Book ReviewAs a twenty-two-year-old exchange student at Nanjing University in 1981, John Pomfret was one of the first...

1776-2020年美中關係史本書榮獲2017年亞瑟．羅斯圖書獎（Arthur Ross Book Award）金獎　　本書從一個新國家創建、另一個舊帝國敲起喪鐘時的故事開始說起。美中兩國的交往早於1853年美國海軍將領培里（Mathew Perry）率船艦要求日本開放門戶的「黑船事件」。1784年2月22日，美國的三桅帆船「中國皇后號」從紐約港出發前往廣州，與中國進行貿易。自美國建國以來，雙方即有互動，互相影響。中國不僅有廣大的土地吸引美國墾荒者，中國市場之夢也向美國人招手。美國的思想啟迪了中國人，將他們帶向現代化及外面的世界。美國的科學、教育理論和科技流入中國，中國的藝術、美食和哲學也往外流動。從此以後，雙方一點一滴逐步建立起世界上最多元也最重要的兩國關係。　　兩百多年來，美中的政客、商人、傳教士和女性深深影響著兩國的命運。從將基督教福音和教育帶至中國的美國傳教士，到建設美國大西部的華工；從冒險運送花旗蔘至廣州換取中國茶葉的快船，到在南海和台海與中國不斷擴大海軍對峙的美國軍艦；美國與中國一直...

Looking at the past, present and future of adventure tourism, Adventure Tourism: the new frontier examines the product, the adventure tourist profile, and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. International case studies are used to illustrate these issues, including: Gorilla watching holidays,Trekking on Mount Everest, Diving holidays, and Outward Bound packages.Analysis of the development and nature of adventure tourism accompanies these studies, en...

This volume provides a comprehensive examination of public policy aspects of the economics of professional sports.The book offers a unique focus on public policy, covering regulation and competition in the sports industry and its labour markets, governance issues including unethical behavior (corruption, doping, etc.), and public spending on stadiums and mega-events. It also offers an original combination of economic analysis and well-known international examples, from Australia, t...

This atlas provides transplant professionals with a step-wise approach to organ transplantation, illustrating the technical steps and highlighting practice points for each procedure. All aspects of abdominal and thoracic transplantation are covered, including organ retrieval, bench preparation and implantation. Separate chapters address specific technical issues for heart and lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal transplantation, providing detailed approaches to difficult situations...