China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy (Martin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy (Martin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower from the perspective of those on

The Art of Making a Harpsichord (Martin Darryl)(Pevná vazba)

A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander (Melville Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The story of an immortal Scottish warrior battling evil down through the centuries, Highlander fused a high concept idea with the kinetic energy of a pop promo pioneer and Queen's explosive soundtrack to become a cult classic. When two budget-conscious American producers took a chance on a college

They Call It Diplomacy (Westmacott Peter)(Pevná vazba)

As well as offering an engaging and insightful account of a forty-year career spent in the upper echelons of the diplomatic and political worlds (and which included four years in pre-revolutionary Iran in addition to his fourteen years in Turkey, France, and the US), They Call It Diplomacy sets out

China's Electricity Sector (Lester Leo)(Pevná vazba)

Simplifies the complex sector of China's energy marketAnalyzes the likely impact of coming 'greenification' on the Chinese economyOffers a guidebook that bridges the gaps between the scholarly community and the professional

The Forgotten Flight: Terrorism, Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Justice (Newberger Stuart H.)(Pevná vazba)

Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (Berridge G. R.)(Pevná vazba)

Fully revised and updated, this comprehensive guide to diplomacy explores the art of negotiating international agreements and the channels through which such activities occur when states are in diplomatic relations, and when they are not. This new edition includes chapters on secret intelligence

Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy (Moore Jr John Allphin)(Pevná vazba)

Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy offers a unique rhetorical analysis of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's communication uncovers five forms of soft diplomacy that catapult her to the top of all American first ladies as a model of international

Witness Between Languages: The Translation of Holocaust Testimonies in Context (Davies Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A growing body of scholarship is making visible the contribution of translators to the creation, preservation, and transmission of knowledge about the Holocaust. The discussion has tended to be theoretical or to concentrate on exposing the 'distorted' translations of texts by important witnesses

Sport and diplomacy: Games within games (Rofe J. Simon)(Pevná vazba)

This book critically enhances the appreciation of sport and diplomacy in global affairs from the perspective of both practitioners and scholars. It draws on a range of scholarship across history, politics, sociology and international relations. It explores the linkages across these fields

Poland's New Ways of Public Diplomacy (Dobek-Ostrowska Boguslawa)(Pevná vazba)

The book explains when and how Poland implemented public diplomacy. The author explains it as a form of external political communication of governments conducted in cooperation with non-state actors to position the country internationally. The Polish case shows how a country in Europe attempts to

Aston Martin Db4 G.T. Continuation: History in the Making (Page James)(Pevná vazba)

Gucci: The Making of (Giannini Frida)(Pevná vazba)

Marc's Mission: Way of the Warrior Kid (Willink Jocko)(Pevná vazba)

Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (Weiss Marta)(Pevná vazba)

Presenting work from the earliest to the most contemporary photographers, Making It Up challenges the idea that the camera never lies. With approximately one hundred photographs supported by extended commentaries, the book illustrates that, though we often recognize the staged, constructed, or the

China's Strategic Deterrence (Narang Anshuman)(Pevná vazba)

Analyses the fast-paced progress made by China and its People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the military-cum-geo-political landscape. This book reveals the contours of Chinese policy, identifies the key stratagems of the Chinese Grand Strategy, its implications, and key deterrence

Cool for America: Stories (Martin Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Expanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel Early Work, Andrew Martin's Cool for America is a hilarious collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement The collection is bookended by the misadventures of Leslie, a young

Britains Civilian Toy Figures (Joplin Norman)(Pevná vazba)

An extensive and in-depth study of the non-military and civilian toy figures made by Britains, covering the early mechanical toys of the 1880s through to the final hollow cast toys from 1966. During the inter-war period, the British toy-buying public rejected war-like/military toys, providing

Walcheren 1809: Scandalous Destruction of a British Army (Howard Martin R.)(Pevná vazba)

In July 1809, with the Dutch coast a pistol held at the head of England, the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled, over 40,000 men and around 600 ships, weighed anchor off the Kent coast and sailed for the island of Walcheren in the Scheldt estuary. After an initial success, the

Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China (Shen Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing 'China's

The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language (Martin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival

Chevening: A Seat of Diplomacy (Bryant Julius)(Pevná vazba)

Chevening stands in a magnificent park below the wooded escarpment of the North Downs in Kent. It has a history dating back around 800 years, but the house we see today is almost entirely the creation of seven generations of the Stanhope family, building on the original Inigo Jones house of 1630

Making of the Empire Strikes Back (Rinzler J W)(Pevná vazba)

Making of Pan's Labyrinth (Nunziata Nick)(Pevná vazba)

As well as the complete story of the making of Pan's Labyrinth. this book showcases incredible visuals from del Toro's initial musings in his famed journals to exquisite concept art and rare photography from the set, alongside removable items, including script pages and call