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1.Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by: Jung Chang April 05, 2004
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This is probably the most boring and unenlightening book I have ever read. My wife was asked to read it as part of a literature appreciation group and said it was shocking in its revelations. I bought another copy of it from Waterstones for one of her friends and the assistant was gushing in her enthusiasm for it. I decided to read it and thus wasted an unnecessary amount of valuable time. If you can believe 10% of what Jung Chang asks you to believe you will be stretching credulity. She is obsessed with her own family's righteousness in the face of unmitigated evil and her attention to trivialities shows a great sense of imagination. Instead of a simple family tree we have a long boring tirade of the minutiae of everyday ... Read More:

2.1421: The Year China Discovered the World by: Gavin Menzies March 01, 2004
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You'd hope for more from a former Royal Navy commander, but sadly while his publicity machine is first rate, his history is anything but. It would be lovely to turn what we know about naval history on its head and say that the Chinese Admiral Zheng He conclusively 'discovered' America or Australia long before any European navigators/explorers. Unfortunately, this book falls into the category of what publishers call "wa-wa" history. In other words, it ain't true - and the historical reseach is shoddy. The publishers know it's rubbish. We the public know it's rubbish, but we buy it anyway. And so they publish, because they know we'll buy it and they'll make money. In other words we get the books we deserve. We should be reading ... Read More:

3.Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade by: Bill Emmott April 03, 2008
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I have read this book quite quickly as I found it very interesting.It is well researched and very readable for a lay person like me. An essential read for people who are interested in the future!

4.The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Cambridge Illustrated Histories) (Cambridge Illustrated Histories) by: Patricia Buckley Ebrey May 13, 1999
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I used this book for a school report and although I had about 7 other books, I mainly used this one. It discussed all of the main trends in Chinese History and well as having pictures and little "focus" pages, which specialized in topics cruical to each era. I think it was a great book also after since it was easy to read and understand. It was by no means difficult to read, but at a perfect level for discussing topics. A very good book!

5.Empires of the Indus: From Tibet to Pakistan - The Story of a River by: Alice Albinia May 15, 2008
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I used this book for a school report and although I had about 7 other books, I mainly used this one. It discussed all of the main trends in Chinese History and well as having pictures and little "focus" pages, which specialized in topics cruical to each era. I think it was a great book also after since it was easy to read and understand. It was by no means difficult to read, but at a perfect level for discussing topics. A very good book!

6.Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (Imax): Mountain Without Mercy (Imax) by: Broughton Coburn; Tim Cahill May 28, 2003
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This book is the definitive guide, on what the people who climb the world's highest mountain, think, and are like as people. It recounts a sad tale, in enough detail to be interesting, and horrifying, but not enough to be sick. If anyone is thinking about wanting to climb Everest, then I would recommend this as sound reading material, for you to make up your mind.

7.China, Portrait of a Country from: Taschen GmbH July 05, 2008
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This book is the definitive guide, on what the people who climb the world's highest mountain, think, and are like as people. It recounts a sad tale, in enough detail to be interesting, and horrifying, but not enough to be sick. If anyone is thinking about wanting to climb Everest, then I would recommend this as sound reading material, for you to make up your mind.

8.China: A Portrait of the People, Place and Culture (Dk Reference) from: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd February 01, 2008
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This book is the definitive guide, on what the people who climb the world's highest mountain, think, and are like as people. It recounts a sad tale, in enough detail to be interesting, and horrifying, but not enough to be sick. If anyone is thinking about wanting to climb Everest, then I would recommend this as sound reading material, for you to make up your mind.

9.The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi by: William Scott Wilson 2004-09
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Yes, you must have heard of him, Musashi the legendary kenshi (sword master) of 17th Century Japan, author of the famous Book of Five Rings. This is a book about the great man. Warrior, philosopher, artist and down-right hard man! Wilson has written an authoritative and accessible book on the life and times of this master. A master of his chosen martial art when it meant life and death in the most real sense, get it wrong and you die - period! A man of the greatest discipline and training in whatever he turned his mind to. This is a book about a man who fought in real hand to hand battles and became a supreme inspiration and strategist even now 400 years later. It doesn't matter if you've never handled a sword or even if you never intend to, ... Read More:

10.The Korean War (Pan Grand Strategy) by: Max Hastings January 07, 2000
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The Korean War is to some extent an overlooked war considering its importance and scale. This might be because it was the last big war before widespread television or because the result was inconclusive or because coming so soon after the Second World War it was simply eclipsed. Max Hastings sets out to redress the balance in this work about the confrontation between the USA and its Western Allies versus China and North Korea. The book can essentially be divided into three parts. First of all is an account of the events that ultimately led up to war starting with the Japanese invasion back in the late 19th century. The second part is a chronological narrative of the military conflict itself, this takes up the bulk of the book obviously. Finally Hastings analysis ... Read More:

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