The distinguished sinologist and art historian, who has served as cultural attache at the Belgian Embassy in Peking, reflects on China's past and present in essays that trace the links between Chinese culture and politics

The burning forest: Essays on Chinese culture and politics

History

Simon Leys

Asia

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Napoleon has escaped St. Helena, but the impersonator he left in his place has unexpectedly passed away. Travelling incognito through the Continent, he experiences a series of bizarrre adventures that bring him face to face with the myth of Napoleon as it is disconcertingly played out in everyday life.

The Death of Napoleon

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Picador

The Burning Forest: Essays on Culture and Politics in Contemporary China

Paladin Press

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

Broken Images: Essays on Chinese Culture and Politics

Allison Busby

The Chairman's New Clothes: Mao and the Cultural Revolution

<p>Offers a detailed month-by-month account of the events of the Cultural Revolution and analyzes their legacy in current Chinese politics</p>

The Chairman's new clothes: Mao and the cultural revolution

The Death Of Napoleon

Literary

Allen& Unwin

The Wreck Of The Batavia And Prosper

Black Inc.

Other People's Thoughts

Black Inc. Books

The Best Australian Essays A Ten-Year Collection

TIM FLANNERY

Christos Tsiolkas

Peter Porter

Robyn Davidson

Nicolas Rothwell

David Marr

Clive, James

Barry, Humphries

J.M.Coetzee

M.J. Hyland

Inga Clendinnen

Mark Riley

Christine Kenneally

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