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The Troublemaker

How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic

by Mark L. Clifford ...

The “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous political prisoner.Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height of a famine that killed tens of millions. In Hong Kong, he hustled and often slept overnight on a table in a ... Read more

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The “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous political prisoner.Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height of a famine that killed tens of millions. In Hong Kong, he hustled and often slept overnight on a table in a
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The Greening of Asia

The Business Case for Solving Asia's Environmental Emergency

by Mark Clifford ...

One of Asia's best-respected writers on business and economy, Hong Kong-based author Mark L. Clifford provides a behind-the-scenes look at what companies in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand are doing to build businesses that will lessen the environmental impact of Asia's extraordinary economic growth. Dirty air, foul water, and hellishly ... Read more

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One of Asia's best-respected writers on business and economy, Hong Kong-based author Mark L. Clifford provides a behind-the-scenes look at what companies in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand are doing to build businesses that will lessen the environmental impact of Asia's extraordinary economic growth. Dirty air, foul water, and hellishly
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Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World

What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere

by Mark L. Clifford ...

A gripping account of Hong Kong's deteriorating autonomy under Chinese rule, and its chilling implications for the rest of the world.For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong flourished as a beacon of prosperity, with free-flowing capital, technology, and civil liberties. When the territory was handed over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping pledged that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty ... Read more

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A gripping account of Hong Kong's deteriorating autonomy under Chinese rule, and its chilling implications for the rest of the world.For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong flourished as a beacon of prosperity, with free-flowing capital, technology, and civil liberties. When the territory was handed over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping pledged that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty
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The Troublemaker

How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic

by Mark L. Clifford ...

Narrated by Kayden Lukakis ...

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8 hours 38 min

The “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous political prisoner.Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height of a famine that killed tens of millions. In Hong Kong, he hustled and often slept overnight on a table in a ... Read more

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The “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous political prisoner.Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height of a famine that killed tens of millions. In Hong Kong, he hustled and often slept overnight on a table in a
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Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World

What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere

by Mark L. Clifford ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a beacon of prosperity where people, money, and technology flowed freely, and residents enjoyed many civil liberties. In preparation for handing the territory over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping promised that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. An international treaty established a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a far freer ... Read more

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For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a beacon of prosperity where people, money, and technology flowed freely, and residents enjoyed many civil liberties. In preparation for handing the territory over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping promised that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. An international treaty established a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a far freer
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Typhoon Coast

by Mark R Clifford ...

The mystic, the boy, and a volcano's treasure...Tony McShane embarks on a quest to discover the mystery behind the disappearance of his daring father, Trent, who vanished in the Philippine jungle in pursuit of treasure and the ghost of an Old West legend.To learn the truth, Tony seeks the guidance of an unlikely mystic who unveils the treacherous path his father followed into a land where a high ... Read more

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The mystic, the boy, and a volcano's treasure...Tony McShane embarks on a quest to discover the mystery behind the disappearance of his daring father, Trent, who vanished in the Philippine jungle in pursuit of treasure and the ghost of an Old West legend.To learn the truth, Tony seeks the guidance of an unlikely mystic who unveils the treacherous path his father followed into a land where a high
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Let There Be Light

How Electricity Made Modern Hong Kong

by Mark Clifford ...

Series series Center on Global Energy Policy Series
The remarkable success of twentieth-century Hong Kong was driven by electricity. The British colony’s stunning export-driven economic growth, its status as a Cold War capitalist dynamo, its energetic civil society, its alluring urban modernity—all of these are stories of electricity’s transformative power.Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. ... Read more

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The remarkable success of twentieth-century Hong Kong was driven by electricity. The British colony’s stunning export-driven economic growth, its status as a Cold War capitalist dynamo, its energetic civil society, its alluring urban modernity—all of these are stories of electricity’s transformative power.Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L.
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Let There Be Light

How Electricity Made Modern Hong Kong

by Mark Clifford ...

Series series Center on Global Energy Policy Series
The remarkable success of twentieth-century Hong Kong was driven by electricity. The British colony’s stunning export-driven economic growth, its status as a Cold War capitalist dynamo, its energetic civil society, its alluring urban modernity—all of these are stories of electricity’s transformative power.Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. ... Read more

$31.99 USD

The remarkable success of twentieth-century Hong Kong was driven by electricity. The British colony’s stunning export-driven economic growth, its status as a Cold War capitalist dynamo, its energetic civil society, its alluring urban modernity—all of these are stories of electricity’s transformative power.Let There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L.
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Troubled Tiger

Businessmen, Bureaucrats and Generals in South Korea

by Mark L. Clifford ...

This analysis of modern Korea includes: the imprisonment and sentencing of two former presidents of South Korea for their role in the Kwangju uprising and on various charges of corruption; the death of Kim II Sung and the resultant North-South standoff; and recent labour and student protests. ... Read more

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This analysis of modern Korea includes: the imprisonment and sentencing of two former presidents of South Korea for their role in the Kwangju uprising and on various charges of corruption; the death of Kim II Sung and the resultant North-South standoff; and recent labour and student protests.
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Dialogues

Tools for the Working Astrologer

by Frank Clifford, Mark Jones ...

Join two international astrologers and lecturers as they examine: Potential traps for the counselling astrologer; The importance of Mercury in consultation; The transformational potential of astrology; Tools to use when preparing for a chart analysis. The ebook version also includes an interview and a further essay from Mark Jones along with Frank Clifford's award-winning essay on the first and ... Read more

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Join two international astrologers and lecturers as they examine: Potential traps for the counselling astrologer; The importance of Mercury in consultation; The transformational potential of astrology; Tools to use when preparing for a chart analysis. The ebook version also includes an interview and a further essay from Mark Jones along with Frank Clifford's award-winning essay on the first and
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Awake and Sing!

by Clifford Odets ...

Narrated by Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind, Ben Gazzara ...

Unabridged

1 hour 39 min

Clifford Odets’ masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country’s worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to stay afloat, no matter what the cost.An L.A. Theatre ... Read more

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Clifford Odets’ masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country’s worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to stay afloat, no matter what the cost.An L.A. Theatre
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Illuminations

Stories

by Alan Moore ...

Narrated by Alan Moore, Rory Kinnear, Emilia Fox, Laura Haddock, Nina Sosanya, Toby Jones, Clarke Peters, Mark Meadows, Sian Clifford, Matt Reeves0 ...

Unabridged

17 hours 23 min

Bloomsbury presents Illuminations by Alan Moore, read by Rory Kinnear, Emilia Fox, Laura Haddock, Nina Sosanya, Toby Jones, Clarke Peters, Mark Meadows, Sian Clifford, Alan Moore and Matt Reeves.NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEFrom New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore—one of the most influential writers in the history of comics—“a dynamite story collection” ... Read more

$30.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents Illuminations by Alan Moore, read by Rory Kinnear, Emilia Fox, Laura Haddock, Nina Sosanya, Toby Jones, Clarke Peters, Mark Meadows, Sian Clifford, Alan Moore and Matt Reeves.NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEFrom New York Times bestselling author Alan Moore—one of the most influential writers in the history of comics—“a dynamite story collection”
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