Edward Burman

China: The Stealth Empire asks why it is that China despite its size and once advanced culture and technology did not become a world power centuries ago? Burman traces the answer through Chinese innate sense of superiority which made foreign conquest and trade an irrelevance. This is about to change with the evolution of what is termed the Stealth Empire characterised by world dominance in the production of consumer goods, a growing share of world manufacturing and a strong sense of nationalism. The Chinese believe that they need to do nothing as they evolve by the middle of the century into the dominant world power. Burmans book opens a window onto this history and growing sense of national destiny. It will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand what is going on in the Stealth Empire.

China and Iran have featured heavily in the news in recent years. China is both a military and an economic superpower with 20% of the worlds population; Iran is suspected of developing nuclear weapons and arming terrorists, and sits on the worlds second-largest oil and gas reserves. They are also surprisingly close geographically: Iran is only 700 miles across Afghanistan from Chinas extreme western border. A 25-year, $100 billion deal to supply China with oil and gas and the large number of Chinese companies operating in Iran shows that the two are moving increasingly close in both political and economic terms. But what does this mean for the rest of the world, and especially for the West? Edward Burman examines how the strikingly similar histories of these two ancient civilisations can inform what the likely consequences for the world of an alliance between them might be.

La Inquisición no ha conseguido arrancar el secreto mejor guardado de la historia al único superviviente templario. Nicolás de Lirey será el encargado de la investigación, pero para lograr su objetivo debera sortear las trampas tendidas por el Vaticano, el rey Felipe el Hermoso y una oscura secta llamada Opus Christi.

La secta islámica de los Asesinos fue creada por el filósofo persa Hassan-i Sabbah, que pasó gran parte de su vida encerrado con sus seguidores en la fortaleza de Alamut, en las montañas de Irán. Un ensayo historico profundo y revelador , esencial para conocer la genesis del terrorismo islamico.

El último templario, sólo él conoce todos los secretos de la OrdenLa Inquisición no ha conseguido arrancar el secreto mejor guardado de la historia al único superviviente templario. Nicolás de Lirey sera el encargado de la investigacion, pero para lograr su objetivo debera sortear las trampas tendidas por el Vaticano, el rey Felipe el Hermoso y una oscura secta llamada Opus Christi.