Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997.THE LION AND THE DRAGON reveals the part that Britain played in the awakening of China, then covers relations between the two countries during the period when an aroused China did indeed shake the world. Lawrence James also f...

The renowned historian shares "a stylish, intelligent and readable" chronicle of Great Britain from the seventeenth century to the twentieth ( The New York Times Book Review).Great Britain's geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island that is often at odds with her European neighbors. In The R...

In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His narrative is laced with the experiences of participants and onlookers and introduces the men and women who, for better or worse, stamped their wills on Africa. The continent was a magnet for the high-minded, the philanthropic, ...

A genuinely original biography of Churchill, focusing on his contradictory and lifelong relationship with the British Empire.'A superb history of a memorable subject' Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINYOne of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES and LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but s...

This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its master...

Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997.THE LION AND THE DRAGON reveals the part that Britain played in the awakening of China, then covers relations between the two countries during the period when an aroused China did indeed shake the world. Lawrence James also f...

A obra fundamental para compreender a formação da África Moderna. Durante muitos séculos, as potências europeias cobiçaram as riquezas africanas. Recorrendo à força e astúcia, Inglaterra, França, Espanha, Portugal, e não só, conseguiram controlar, com mão de ferro, vastas regiões do Continente Negro. A administração das colónias foi concebida para trazer estabilidade e paz a um continente em tumulto. Mas a justificação para a ocupação era tão simples quanto falsa: a libertação da escravidã...

The author provides insight into the medical, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care hospice nurses provide to their terminal patients and loved ones. The stories in the book recall experiences that have impacted the author, other nurses, and staff caring for dying patients.

One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES and LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army officer in the late 19th century, Churchill's first experience of the Empire was serving in conflicts in India, South Africa and the Sudan. His attitude towards the Empire at the time was the ...

An unforeseen medical crisis confronts a 28-year-old man, jeopardizing his upcoming engagement proposal to his college sweetheart. Together, they share their journey of survivorship in this dual memoir that highlights faiththrough adversity. It's a true story of love, faith, survival, and how they navigated crisis through hope. It encourages readers to define what they can still do after overcoming obstacles.

If you're an in-house marketer today, the digital world can be a scary place. But it doesn't have to be. The basic principles of marketing have not changed. It's still all about using the right methods at the right time to reach the right people. In Smarter Marketer, David and James Lawrence provide actionable insights and powerful tools for in-house marketers challenged with developing effective campaigns that demonstrate their personal value within the organisation. The 11 Golden Rules d...

Both Kant and the nineteenth-century idealistic philosophers whom he influenced proposed the artist as a replacement for Christ as revealer of truth. "Dismantling the Divine" explores the ways in which Lawrence, Joyce, and Beckett dismantle this model in some of their best novels by questioning the artist's ability to respond to "subjective relativism"—a term I use to denote the modern phenomenon of existential uncertainty that results from the loss of religious conviction. The book views ...