Howard W French: 4 books
China's Second Continent
How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
A New York Times Notable Book
Chinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning investigative journalist and former New York Times bureau chief in Africa and China,...
A Continent for the Taking
The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the...
Everything Under the Heavens
How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
From the former New York Times Asia correspondent and author of China's Second Continent, an incisive investigation of China's ideological development as it becomes an ever more aggressive player in regional and global diplomacy.
For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained...
PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels
Treasure Island, Captain Blood, Sea Hawk, The Dark Frigate, Blackbeard, Pieces of Eight, Captain Singleton, Facing the Flag, Swords of the Red Brotherhood, Gold-Bug, The Ghost Pirates and many more
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Sale with the iconic pirate-villains and outlaws, experience great sea adventures and dangerous treasure hunts! You will find it all in this passionately edited collection: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini) Sea Hawk (Sabatini) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces...