From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent. In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans who made their fortunes in the China...

From the author of the #1 bestselling "Flags of Our Fathers" comes a harrowing true story of World War II heroism and of a secret that has been held for nearly 60 years. of photos.

Recounts the true story behind the raising of the U.S. flag on the Pacific Island or Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945, and the photograph that preserved the moment. Includes a letter from Clint Eastwood.

On a beach in Antarctica, scientists Adam Leith marks the passage of the summer solstice. Back in Sydney his partner Elllie waits for the results of her latest round of IVF treatment. That result, when it comes, will change both their lives and propel them into a future neither could have predicted. In a collapsing England Adam will battle to survive an apocalyptic storm. Against a backdrop of growing civil unrest at home, Ellie will discover a strange...

An archeologist searches for a sunken 16th century Portuguese ship off Australia in a bid to prove the Portuguese, not the English discovered the continent. He is about to give up when a murder tells him he is on the right track.