黃中憲

9 books

Accidental State: Chiang Kai-Shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan by Hsiao-Ting Lin

Accidental State: Chiang Kai-Shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan

Hsiao-Ting Lin

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires 1400-2000 by John Darwin

After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires 1400-2000

John Darwin

574 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World by Francis Robinson

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World

Francis Robinson

328 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging reflective medium-paced
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft

The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe

Andrew Wheatcroft

384 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The English and their History by Robert Tombs

The English and their History

Robert Tombs

1024 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt

Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

Stephen R. Platt

555 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Mr. Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer by Timothy Brook

Mr. Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer

Timothy Brook

240 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

Kate Fox

424 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction sociology funny informative slow-paced
Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny by Mike Dash

Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

Mike Dash

512 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative fast-paced