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Philip Short Biography & Facts
Philip Short (born 17 April 1945) is a British journalist and author. He was born in Bristol. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduation, he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist, first in Malawi, then in Uganda. He then joined the BBC as a foreign correspondent. He worked there for 25 years. He is the author of several books, among them the biographies of Hastings Banda, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, François Mitterrand, and Vladimir Putin. He presented a TV documentary on Mao Zedong entitled Mao's Bloody Revolution Revealed on the UK terrestrial station Five in May 2007. Bibliography Banda (1974). The Dragon and the Bear: Inside China and Russia Today (1982). Mao: A Life (1999). Published as Mao: The Man Who Made China in New Edition (2017). Pol Pot: History of a Nightmare (2005). Published in the U.S. as Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare (2006). Mitterrand: A Study in Ambiguity' (2013). Published in the U.S. as A Taste for Intrigue: The Multiple Lives of François Mitterrand (2014). Putin: His Life and Times. Published in the U.S. as Putin (2022). References External links Interview about Pol Pot Video of Short meeting Chinese refugees returning from Vietnam, BBC News video report from August 1978 Appearances on C-SPAN Booknotes interview with Short on Mao: A Life, 2 April 2000.. Discover the Philip Short popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Philip Short books.
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Home to Harmony
Philip GulleyWelcome to Harmony ...In this acclaimed inaugural volume in the Harmony series, master American storyteller Philip Gulley draws us into the charming world of minister Sam Gardner ...
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Complete Science Fantasy of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. DickAn American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Table of Contents Beyond Lies the Wub Beyond the Door Th...
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Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. DickSelected Stories of Philip K. Dick contains twentyone of Dick’s most dazzling and resonant stories, which span his entire career and show a worldclass writer working at the peak of...
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Justice Served
Mariah StewartPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this propulsive...
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Simply Favourites
Sue AshworthOK, we LOVE looking at inspirational cook books they fire our imaginations, whet our appetites and help us to feed ourselves and our families. Yet how many recipes do we actually ...
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Watch Out for My Girl
Joan JohnstonPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this Thriller S...
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The Simple Art of Murder
Raymond ChandlerThe renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe Featuring the iconic character ...
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Black is the Night
Maxim Jakubowski, Neil Gaiman, A.K. Benedict, Samantha Lee Howe & Joe R. LansdaleA gritty and thrilling anthology of 30 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window' that inspired Alfred Hitchock's classic film. Fea...
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The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away
Marcus SakeyPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this Thriller S...
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Philip K. Dick. Science Fiction Short Stories Collection. Illustrated
Philip K. DickPhilip K. Dick published 44 novels and 121 short stories during his lifetime and solidified his position as arguably the most literary of science fiction writers.Dick became the fi...
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Riverworld
Philip José FarmerFrom awardwinning author Philip Jose Farmer comes his most famous science fiction work: the first combined edition of the first two Riverworld novels, To Your Scattered Bodies Go a...
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To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia QuinnA New York Times BestsellerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Eloise Bridgerton, in the fifth of her beloved Regencyset novels featuring the c...
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Protecting the Innocent
Simon WoodPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this Thriller S...
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The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden
Phyllis GranoffThe stories collected in this volume reflect the rich tradition of medieval Jain storytelling between the seventh and fifteenth centuries, from simple folk tales and lives of famou...
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Fen, Bog and Swamp
Annie ProulxNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Literary Hub! A Finalist for the 2022 NBCC Awards in Nonfiction, the 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award, and the N...
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Iced
Harry HunsickerPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this rousing Th...
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When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
John OrtbergIn this thoughtprovoking look at what's really important in life, John Ortberg uses games as a metaphor to help us recognize and play for life's real prize: being rich toward God.T...
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The Circle
David HewsonPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this intense Th...
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When She Was Good
Philip RothFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral comes a funny, chilling novel set in a small town in the 1940s Midwest, featuring a young woman whose moral goodness may...
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The House on Pine Terrace
Phillip MargolinPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.This becarefulwhat...
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Philip K. Dick Super Pack
Philip K. DickPhilip K. Dick was a very influential science fiction writer. More than a dozen of his stories or novels have been adapted for the screen including 'Blade Runner', 'Tot...
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Remaking
Blake CrouchPrepare for edgeofyourseat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this disturbing...
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell HammettONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME From "a master of the detective novel [and] one hell of a writer" (The Boston Globe) comes a&...
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The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. DickThe highly prolific and influential science fiction author Philip K. Dick published 44 novels and more than 120 brief works during his lifetime. This anthology presents his finest ...
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The Philip K. Dick Collection
Philip K. DickPhilip K. Dick's work explored philosophical, social, and political themes, with stories dominated by monopolistic corporations, alternative universes, authorit...
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99 Classic Science-Fiction Short Stories
Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Abraham Merritt, Amelia Reynolds Long, Anthony Melvillle Rud, Arthur Train, Clark Ashton Smith, David H. Keller, Donald Allen Wollheim, E.M. Forster, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Fawcett, Ellis Parker Butler, Fletcher Pratt, Francis Flagg, Frank Owen, Frank R. Stockton, Fred M. White, George Allan England, Green Peyton Wertenbaker, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Jack G. Huekels, Jack London, Jack Williamson, Katherine MacLean, Leo Szilard, Miles John Breuer, Nelson Slade Bond, Peter B. Kyne, Ray Cummings, Raymond F. O'Kelley, Robert Barr, Robert Welles Ritchie, Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Rudyard Kipling, Seabury Quinn, Tudor Jenks, W.L. Alden & Readym Anthologies"99 Science Fiction Short Stories" brings together some of the finest sci fi short stories ever crafted. Featuring gems from masters of the genre, such as H.G Wells , Rober...
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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Ken LiuFeatured in the Netflix series Love, Death & RobotsBestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple awardwinning stories for a groundbreaking collectionincluding a brandnew piec...
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The Greatest SF Stories of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. DickThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick – 34 Tales in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of...
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Quicker Than the Eye
Ray BradburyThe internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorc...
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Selected Tales
The Brothers Grimm & David LukeSelected Tales contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, translated with an introduction by David Luke in Penguin Clas...
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The Best of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. DickThirteen short stories by the legendary author of The Man in the High Castle and other science fiction classics. Philip K. Dick didn’t predict the future―he summoned the des...
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The Lady in the Looking Glass
Virginia Woolf'People should not leave lookingglasses hanging in their rooms any more than they should leave open cheque books or letters confessing some hideous crime.''If she concealed so much...
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The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
Ken LiuIncludes stories featured in Pantheonnow an animated series on AMC+“I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I’m reading Ken Liu’s stories, I feel like I’m reading a once...
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The Amazing Sci-Fi Tales of Philip K. Dick - 34 Titles in One Edition
Philip K. DickThis carefully edited collection of SciFi sotiries of Philip K. Dick has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. ...
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Trouble Is My Business
Raymond ChandlerThe renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe Featuring the iconic character that ...
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Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary
Johanna KaplanA funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine ProseJohanna Kaplan’s beautifully written stories first ...
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Just Another Day at the Office
Robert Kirkman & Jay BonansingaJust Another Day at the Office reveals the neverbeforeknown details of how Philip Blake (aka The Governor) took full control of Woodbury. In this exciting story that takes place be...
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I Love You, Miss Huddleston
Philip GulleyIn the vein of Bill Bryson’s The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, with a dash of some of the homegrown nostalgia of The Dangerous Book for Boys and A Prairie Home Companion, ...
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Red Cavalry and Other Stories
Isaac Babel, Efraim Sicher & David McDuffThroughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to be free of them. This duality of vision infuses hi...
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The Philip K. Dick Anthology
Philip K. Dick"The Philip K. Dick Anthology: 18 Classic Science Fiction Stories" contains a fantastic selection from the legendary master of the genre. The stories in this anthology excell...
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Letting Go
Philip RothThe first fulllength novel from one of the most renowned writers of the twentieth century, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral, tells the story of a midcentury A...