Edward Samuel Behr fue un periodista centrado principalmente en corresponsalía extranjera y de guerra. Inició su carrera a principios de la década de 1950 en la agencia de noticias Reuters, antes de pasar a Time-Life, donde fue jefe de oficina en varias ciudades globales para la revista Time. Posteriormente, se unió a Newsweek en 1965 como jefe de la oficina de Asia en Hong Kong. A lo largo de su carrera, Behr también produjo documentales para la BBC y fue autor de varios libros.
The new musical by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, coauthors of Les Miserables, promises to be one of the biggest theatrical events of the 1990's. Already dubbed "the world's hottest show" (Time), Miss Saigon is scheduled to open on Broadway in the spring of 1991. Illustrated in full color.
Behr, Edward
Describes the emperor's life from a shy young prince to his death, exploring the extent of his involvement in World War II and later his skillful diplomacy to escape trial as a war criminal
"A excellent and honest book that does not flinch at unpalatable facts."—The New York Times Book Review From the bestselling author of The Last Emperor comes this rip-roaring history of the government’s attempt to end America’s love affair with liquor—which failed miserably. On January 16, 1920, America went dry. For the next thirteen years, the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of “intoxicating liquors,” heralding a new era of crime and corruption on all levels of society. Instead of eliminating alcohol, Prohibition spurred more drinking than ever before. Formerly law-abiding citizens brewed moonshine, became rum- runners, and frequented speakeasies. Druggists, who could dispense “medicinal quantities” of alcohol, found their customer base exploding overnight. So many people from all walks of life defied the ban that Will Rogers famously quipped, “Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.” Here is the full, rollicking story of those tumultuous days, from the flappers of the Jazz Age and the “beautiful and the damned” who drank their lives away in smoky speakeasies to bootlegging gangsters—Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, Al Capone—and the notorious St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Edward Behr paints a portrait of an era that changed the country forever.
Tells the story of Pu Yi, who became Emperor of China at age three, was made puppet emperor of Manchuria by the Japanese, was captured by the Russians, and was reeducated in Red Chinese prison.
vertaling door Rusche / / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 14 x 21 cm / 310 .pp /
