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This unique book combines Japanese warrior techniques with ancient Zen practices for mental clarity and physical agility, giving readers a Samurai edge that will carry them through …

'Extraordinary ... a privileged boardroom-table view of the gilded age of tech-utopianism' Sunday TimesThe real story behind the mercurial Masayoshi Son, one of the world's most …

Hösten 2015 reser en ung man från Malmö till norra Syrien för att slåss för det han tror på. I det som kurderna kallar för Rojava rasar våldsamma strider mot terrorsekten Islamiska …

The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the “open empire” to highlight the dynamic, porous nature of China’s past. …

The late British explorer and travel writer recounts his travels in the "Empty Quarter" of Arabia between 1945 and 1950, and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins. …

Since March 2015, a Saudi-led international coalition of forces-supported by Britain and the United States-has waged devastating war in Yemen. Largely ignored by the world's media, …

Den svenske bergsklättraren Fredrik Sträng hade bestämt sig. Han var redo för K2 i Pakistan, ett av de farligaste och mest skoningslösa bergen på vår jord. Och det började bra, …

Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In this now-classic book, Islamic sociologist Fatima …

How does Israel extend its control over Palestinian lands? From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels the mechanisms of …

* A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week *'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban' DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life' …