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1	What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics more books like this by Andras Szanto (Editor), Orville Schell (Introduction by) A passionate, thought-provoking, sometimes incendiary look at the role of propaganda in America today.Propaganda, manipulation, spin, control. It has ever been thus - or has it? On the eve of the 60th anniversary of George Orwell's classic essay on propaganda, "Politics and the English Language", a group of prominent writers have been invited to ... see all copies from £2.72! new only from £2.72!
2	Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival more books like this by Melvyn C Goldstein (Editor), Professor Matthew T Kapstein (Editor), Orville Schell (Foreword by) Following the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, the People's Republic of China gradually permitted the renewal of religious activity. Tibetans, whose traditional religious and cultural institutions had been decimated during the preceding two decades, took advantage of the decisions of 1978 to begin a Buddhist renewal that is one of the most ... see all copies from £6.69! new only from £11.54!
3	Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood more books like this by Orville Schell A China expert writes about the Tibet that he has visited and studied and about the Tibet that has captured the imagination of Hollywood. He visits the set of the film SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET. see all copies from £4.20! new only from £9.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Ferrington Guitars: Featuring the Custom-Made Guitars of Master Luthier Danny Ferrington more books like this by Danny Ferrington, Nancy Skolos, Orville Schell (Photographer) Danny Ferrington produced instruments for many of the greatest guitarists of our time, including Ry Cooder, Elvis Costello, Richard Thomson and Eddie Van Halen. This book, shaped like a guitar, with a pictorial essay showing the construction of a Ferrington instrument and 150 digitally composed colour images of the guitars themselves, is not only ... see all copies from £9.49! signed copies \| first editions
5	Modern meat more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £5.54! new only from £70.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Tiananmen Papers more books like this by Professor Andrew J Nathan (Editor), Perry Link (Editor), Orville Schell (Afterword by) The history of the student movement in China that led to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is told through documents purportedly transcribed by the pseudonymous author Zhang Liang--a Communist party member with access. The documents are arranged chronologically to tell the story of the events, and they purportedly reveal the inner workings of the ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.54! \| first editions
7	Discos and Democracy more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £3.07! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The China Reader: The Reform Era more books like this by Orville Schell (Editor), David L Shambaugh (Editor) Current Affairs/Asian StudiesPerhaps no nation in recent history has undergone as total a transformation as China has in the past twenty-five years. For Chinese leaders, the death of Mao Zedong, the rise of Deng Xiaoping, and unprecedented economic growth have spawned new complexities. For the countrys 1.3 billion citizens, changes have been ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.00! \| first editions
9	Mandate of heaven : a new generation of entrepreneurs, dissidents, Bohemians and technocrats lays claim to China's future more books like this by Orville Schell The forces released by the Chinese dissident student movement have not been completely suppressed, despite the brutal crackdown that followed the Tiananmen Square massacre. In China a new generation is coming to power, taking over from the gerontacracy which has characterized the Chinese government for so long. Comprised of technocrats and ... see all copies from £3.06! new only from £5.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Discos and Democracy: China in the Throes of Reform more books like this by Orville Schell In this arresting chronicle of one tumultuous year in China's love-hate relationship with the West, Orville Schell brings us a revealing analysis of the Chinese reform movement. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison or Exile more books like this by Steven Marshall (Text by), Orville Schell (Text by), Mickey Spiegel (Contributions by) Through photographs, history, personal interviews, and stories, a group that investigates human rights abuses examines at the impact of Chinese political repression on Tibetan lives. Steve Marshall and Orville Schell contribute essays. 80 color and duotone photos. see all copies from £7.13! new only from £11.07! \| first editions
12	The town that fought to save itself more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £6.02! first editions
13	In the People's Republic: An American's First-Hand View of Living and Working in China more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £2.77! signed copies \| first editions
14	Sahel: The End of the Road more books like this by Sebastiao Salgado, Orville Schell (Foreword by), Eduardo H Galeano (Afterword by) In 1984, Sebastiao Salgado began what would be a fifteen-month project of photographing the drought-stricken Sahel region of Africa in the countries of Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and Sudan, where approximately one million people died from extreme malnutrition and related causes. Working with the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, ... see all copies from £11.27! new only from £27.69! \| first editions
15	Brown more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £2.77! signed copies \| first editions
16	The Tiananmen Papers more books like this by Liang Zhang, Orville Schell (Afterword by), Professor Andrew J Nathan (Editor) The headline-making book that exposed the inner workings of the Chinese government and the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square. On the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. In this extraordinary collection of hundreds of internal government and ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £10.24! \| first editions
17 view cover	Mandate of Heaven: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's Leaders more books like this by Orville Schell The China of the 1990s is a country of profound contradictions: Maoist ideology coexists with an entrepreneurial spirit that has made China one of the world's economic powerhouses; a rebellious, irreverent popular culture thrives in the shadow of a totalitarian political system; a nihilistic subculture coexists alongside ancient traditions of ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £8.76! \| first editions
18	Republican China: nationalism, war and the rise of communism 1911-1949 more books like this by Franz Schurmann, Orville Schell see all copies from £1.53! first editions
19	Communist China : revolutionary reconstruction and international confrontation 1949 to the present more books like this by Franz Schurmann see all copies from £1.53! first editions
20 view cover	Coal Hollow: Photographs and Oral Histories more books like this by Melanie Light (Photographer), Ken Light (Photographer), Orville Schell (Foreword by) Coal is still king in much of Appalachia, yet the heritage and history of the people who enabled the United States to become an economic superpower in the Industrial age are slipping away. This remarkable book presents arresting black and white photographs and powerful oral histories that chronicle the legacy of coalmining in southern West ... see all copies from £18.69! new only from £19.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	To Get Rich is Glorios more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £4.84! first editions
22	Modern China: The Making of a New Society, from 1839 to the Present more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.93!
23	To Get Rich is Glorious more books like this by Orville Schell see all copies from £4.84! first editions
24	Imperial China : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries more books like this by Franz Schurmann see all copies from £1.49! first editions
25	Modern China: The Story of a Revolution more books like this by Orville Schell Traces the history of China and its relationship with the West from the thirteenth-century visit of Marco Polo to the present day. see all copies from £5.54!

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