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Chris Patten
The diaries of the last British Governor, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover
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The acclaimed memoir by the bestselling author and the best politician-writer since Alan Clark
Most politicians write autobiographies to ‘set the record straight’ and provide retrospective justification for their careers…
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The diaries of the last British Governor, five weeks on the Sunday Times best-seller list
In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to…
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A magisterial volume–a cocktail of autobiography, political analysis of the state of the world, and policy prescriptions. –Foreign Affairs
For fifty years, the Americans, British, and Europeans were close partners…
After spending several years in the thick of international events, the author has seen rather a lot of the world - and the people who run it. In this book…
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Jonathan Dimbleby
The last governor of Hong Kong and his reception is addressed through close documentation of his policies and Beijing imperatives.
‘Patten’s East and West is a must for anyone who wants to understand the forces that will shape the world of the 21st century.’ New York Times
Chris Patten,Tom Steele,Dan Kottman
Explore the darker side of the popular Go programming language while you test your systems, build and automate tools to fit your needs, and improve your security skillset.
Dr Walter Schwimmer
In propounding his dream for the future, the author takes on the Eurosceptics directly and shows how Europe must be the key to its inhabitants tackling the problems of world…
Brian Patten
Featuring naughty children with nasty habits, cartoon heroes that come to life, lonely caretakers, unhappy ghosts, fantastical creatures with crazy names, giants, goblins, vampires, mermaids, this volume includes a collection…
A stunning prose retelling of Beowulf from an author-illustrator dream-team.
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