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Dikotter shows that instead of lifting the country among the world's superpowers and proving the power of communism, as Mao imagined, in reality the Great Leap Forward was a giant - and disastrous - step in the opposite direction. He demonstrates, as nobody has before, that under this initiative the country became the site not only of one of the most deadly mass killings of human history (at least 45 million people were worked, starved or beaten to death) but also the greatest demolition of real estate - and catastrophe for the natural environment - in human history, as up to a third of all housing was turned to rubble and the land savaged in the maniacal pursuit of steel and other industrial accomplishments. Piecing together both the vicious machinations in the corridors of power and the everyday experiences of ordinary people, Dikotter at last gives voice to the dead and disenfranchised. Exhaustively researched and brilliantly written, this magisterial, groundbreaking account definitively recasts the history of the People's Republic of China.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49757994877201,"sku":"GOR003138258","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49803864047889,"sku":"CIN0747595089A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50406026445073,"sku":"GOR004653805","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0747595089.jpg?v=1751043072"},{"product_id":"in-his-hands-book-sophie-berecz-arpad-soo-9780816319039","title":"In His Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnders excels at creating sympathetic characters who will win the reader's heart.--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, STARED Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rules are simple: Never speak to outsiders.Never yearn for something more.\u003cbr\u003eAnd never, ever seek the pleasure of a stolen kiss.or a whispered promise that with him, she can finally be free.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbby Merkley has been a member of the Church of the Apocalyptic Faith since she was a child, and there's no way out.until her darkly handsome, brooding neighbor defies the rules and takes her into the safety of his arms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe should frighten her, but everything inside Abby thrills at Luc Stanek's rough manners and shockingly gentle touch. 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