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The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
"A masterful depiction of the party today. . . . McGregor illuminates the most important of the contradictions and paradoxes. . . . An entertaining and insightful portrait of …
War and Border Crossings
War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of …
Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn
This is a new English translation of a classic of medieval Islamic learning, which illuminates the intellectual debates of its age and speaks vividly to the concerns of our own. It …
Perspectives on Peter Maxwell Davies
"As a composer one forgets, in time, the fine detail of composition processes which produced past work... it must be left to scholars to recreate, slowly and painstakingly, earlier …
The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn
This is a new English translation of a classic of medieval Islamic learning, which illuminates the intellectual debates of its age and speaks vividly to the concerns of our own. It …
Xi Jinping: The Backlash
Der rote Apparat
Chinas Kommunistische Partei ist die mächtigste politische Organisation der Welt. Aus dem Verborgenen heraus kontrolliert sie jede noch so kleine kommunale Entscheidung, steuert …
Islam and the Devotional Object
In this book, Richard J. A. McGregor offers a history of Islamic practice through the aesthetic reception of medieval religious objects. Elaborate parades in Cairo and Damascus …
Asia's Reckoning
'Stunningly good' Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 2017 A Financial Times Best Book of 2017'A shrewd and knowing book.' Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street …
Changing Perceptions of Nature
Essays investigating the idea of natural heritage and the ways in which it has changed over time. The concepts of nature, culture and heritage are deeply entwined; their threads …