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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) add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
2	Modern meat more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Tiananmen Papers more books like this by Liang Zhang, Orville Schell (Afterword by), Professor Andrew J Nathan (Editor) add to wishlist 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 Communist Party documents, secretly smuggled out of China, we learn how these events came to pass from behind the scenes. The ... see all copies from $4.59! new only from $12.60! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Republican China: nationalism, war and the rise of communism 1911-1949 more books like this by Franz Schurmann, Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
5	The Tiananmen Papers more books like this by Professor Andrew J Nathan (Editor), Perry Link (Editor), Orville Schell (Afterword by) add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	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 add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Discos and Democracy more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Discos and Democracy: China in the Throes of Reform more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison or Exile more books like this by Steven Marshall (Text by), Orville Schell (Text by), Mickey Spiegel (Contributions by) add to wishlist 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 $6.00! new only from $9.33! \| first editions
10	Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Coal Hollow: Photographs and Oral Histories more books like this by Melanie Light (Photographer), Ken Light (Photographer), Orville Schell (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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 $11.44! new only from $16.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Sahel: The End of the Road more books like this by Sebastiao Salgado, Orville Schell (Foreword by), Eduardo H Galeano (Afterword by) add to wishlist 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, Salgado ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $33.27! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Fate! Luck! Chance!: Amy Tan, Stewart Wallace, and the Making of the Bonesetter's Daughter Opera more books like this by Ken Smith, Orville Schell (Foreword by) add to wishlist Serendipity and innovative collaboration turned The ?Bonesetter's Daughter Amy Tan's best-selling novel into a pioneering opera which debuts in 2008 at the San Francisco Opera before touring the world. In their own words captured by Ken Smith Amy Tan and composer Stewart Wallace describe an incredible journey that took them to China where local ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
14 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 add to wishlist America's foremost chronicler of contemporary China brilliantly illuminates the new power structure, economic initiatives, and cultural changes that have transformed China since the Tianamen Square massacre of 1989. "A rich portrait, capturing a fascinating and perhaps fateful moment in China's long, turbulent history".--Arnold R. Isaacs, San ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	In the People's Republic: An American's First-Hand View of Living and Working in China more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16	To Get Rich is Glorious more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Brown more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Communist China : revolutionary reconstruction and international confrontation 1949 to the present more books like this by Franz Schurmann add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival more books like this by Melvyn C Goldstein (Editor), Professor Matthew T Kapstein (Editor), Orville Schell (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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 $5.46! new only from $16.86! \| SVS
20 view cover	The China Reader: The Reform Era more books like this by Orville Schell (Editor), David L Shambaugh (Editor) add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Watch Out for the Foreign Guests!: China Encounters the West more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
22	To Get Rich is Glorios more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23	Imperial China : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries more books like this by Franz Schurmann add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	The town that fought to save itself more books like this by Orville Schell add to wishlist see all copies from $3.54! first editions
25 view cover	Empire: Impressions from China more books like this by James Whitlow Delano (Photographer), Orville Schell, Colin Jacobson add to wishlist The people of China are changing the face of their country with tremendous tenacity, and often with their bare hands. Sometimes, it seems as if not a single plot of ground remains unturned or unproductive. The changes are so rapid and so prolific that the photographer finds himself constantly a step behind, chasing memories. The ancient rhythms of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!

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