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  • A Soldier's Letter About His Adventures on the Burma Road During World War Ii

    by Elmer Olson, Peter Trunce ...
    This book was written basically to demonstrate the procedures that Sgt Peter Trunce used in trying to get refugees safely out of Burma and away from the Japanese during World War II. Some of these refugees were their own worst enemies. They died because of their own foolish mistakes, lack of reason and discipline, and lack of knowledge. It was obvious from the letter he wrote that Sgt Trunce had ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Medicine in an Age of Revolution

    by Prof Peter Elmer ...
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Medicine in an Age of Revolution is the first major attempt since the 1970s to challenge the idea that the essential engine of medical (and scientific) change in ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Satire, Fantasy and Writings on the Supernatural by Daniel Defoe, Part I Vol 2

    by W R Owens, P N Furbank, David Blewett, Peter Elmer, John Mullan, Geoffrey Sill, G A Starr ...
    The publication of the 44-volume Works of Daniel Defoe continues with this collection of Defoe's satirical poetry and fantasy writings, and writings on the supernatural. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • The Prince

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  • Behind Japanese Lines

    With the OSS in Burma

    by Richard Dunlop ...
    In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William Wild Bill” Donovan, now known historically as the Father of Central Intelligence,” with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla operations behind the Japanese lines. Thus was born OSS ... Read more

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  • Under the Dragon

    A Journey through Burma

    by Rory Maclean ...
    After the brutal suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives, Rory MacLean seized the chance to visit Burma. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he heard stories of freedom fighters, government censors, basket weavers, farmers and lovers -- ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and ... Read more

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  • China's Ancient Tea Horse Road

    by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...
    The antique Silk Road that connected the Chinese and Mediterranean Worlds for more than a millennium, facilitating the exchange of both goods and cultures, is widely known and celebrated. Less familiar is its more southerly equivalent, the ‘Ancient Tea-Horse Road’ that once linked the lush gardens of southwest China with the frigid wastelands of Tibet and – beyond – the torrid plains of northern ... Read more

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  • Retief

    The Yillian Way

    by Keith Laumer ...
    The ceremonious protocol of the Yills was impressive, colorful, and, in the long run, deadly! It was up to Jame Retief to figure out how to respond to the Yill's overtures in the correct manner; all the while keeping his superiors from making a deadly mistake. Only one man could think quickly enough to get the job done! ... Read more

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  • POSTCARDS FROM CHINA

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    Prose, Poetry, and Photos set in China and Hong Kong. ... Read more

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  • My First Book of Chinese Calligraphy

    by Guillaume Olive, Zihong He ...
    My First Book of Chinese Calligraphy is a fun and engaging introduction to one of China's most popular arts and crafts for kids. Calligraphy—the art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush—has been around for thousands of years. In this fun calligraphy for kids book, readers will follow along with Mimi, an eight year old, who takes her first steps towards learning this ... Read more

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  • Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia (Urn Burial), and A Letter to a Friend

    by Sir Thomas Browne ...
    Sir Thomas Browne was a 17th century author who wrote on a wide variety of subjects including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. He is best known for his work entitled "Religio Medici", or "The Religion of a Doctor", which is Browne's own spiritual testament and an early example of a psychological self-portrait. Published in 1643, shortly after the author had qualified himself to ... Read more

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