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The Water Kingdom

Selected as a Book of the Year by The Times and The Economist. China`s history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue. Yet, over five thousand years, one ancient element has so dramatically shaped the country`s fate that it remains the key to unlocking China`s story. That element is water. In The Water Kingdom Philip Ball takes us on a grand tour of China`s defining element, from the rice terraces and towering karts of its battle-worn waterways, to the vast engineering projects that have struggled to contain water`s wrath. What surfaces is the secret history of a people and a nation, drawn from its deep reverence for nature`s most dynamic force.

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