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China's Global Reach looks at China's emergence on the globe as a hegemonic power in the recent years. Moving beyond Volume I, this new volume empirically examines the most recent development of the B
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From the B&N Discover Great New Writers Award-winning author of The Lightkeepers, comes a page-turning new novel that explores the bond between siblings and the animal instincts that threaten to destr
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This book is a tribute to three outstanding scientists, Professors Jan Anderson FRS, Leslie Dutton FRS and John Walker FRS, Nobel Laureate. Covering some of the most recent advances in the fields of B
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