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How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today? Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, award-winning historian Frank Dikötter recasts our understanding of an era that both the regime and foreign admirers alike celebrate as an economic miracle. In a fascinating tale spanning f...

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From the #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough: A diagnosis of America's national trauma, and a way to heal.

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An in-depth and fully illustrated immersion in the world and history of filmmaking, covering everything both in front of and behind the camera.

The fascinating royal and social history that inspired the second and third seasons of The Crown, from the show's historical consultant.