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"Make the most of your trip to Honolulu and O'ahu with this Top 10 guide. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, coveringthe very best that Honolulu and O'ahu has to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format islight and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about."--Provided by publisher.

"Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, national governments have established, appropriated, subsidized, and invested in news outlets, news infrastructure, and journalists to advance their own global and domestic agendas. Across the world, states are vying for narrative supremacy, using news as a geopolitical weapon. Expectations about the purpose of news is changing and many governments, including some democracies, are suppressing, stifling...

Satoko dreams of marrying a noble but can't escape the assassin who has her within his sights. Afflicted with a heart condition, Meiji-era noblewoman Satoko is determined to secure a marriage that will benefit her family before she dies. But before she can realize her goal, she's targeted by a mysterious assassin named Shinpei. In a last-ditch effort to save her life, Satoko asks her would-be murderer to marry her. Her proposal isn't sincere, but...

From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikotter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.

'After six years of deadlock, the American Revolution seemed lost. But in January 1781, the mysterious Francisco de Saavedra appeared in Havana, secretly uniting French and Spanish forces for the rebel cause. The result? The stunning victory at Yorktown that would effectively end the war.' - back cover.

"In this book Mehran Gul, the winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize, asks: is that changing? Less than a decade ago, the sentiment towards Chinese tech compaƯnies was often dismissive and complacent. Now the alarm bells are ringing. But as the commentariat pontificates how the US-China tech battle will play out, an equally interesting question to ask is: are there more Chinas out there? Places no one is taking seriously now that...

A concise history that uncovers the roots of this most pernicious American divide and makes an urgent call for reparations.

The remarkable story of the last Ottoman Caliph, exiled by Ataturk, who tried to recreate the Caliphate in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad.