Results for: books tagged ‘China’
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: James Schamus
The hugely acclaimed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an epic love story-cum-action drama set against the breathtaking landscapes of ancient China. Illustrated with more than 80 full colour photographs, this ... More
The Red Thread: Nicholas Jose
An elegant and multi-layered novel, drawing comparisons with Memoirs of a Geisha and The English Patient, The Red Thread is rich, moving and unforgettable. Set in contemporary Shanghai, it is ... More
Throwaway Daughter: Ting-xing Ye
Grace Dong-mei Parker is adopted. Of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, she was one of the lucky ones, taken by ... More
Nanjing 1937: Ye Zhaoyan
Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing - when Japanese troops invaded this historical capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes - Nanjing 1937 ... More
My Life as Emperor: Su Tong
'Tears rolled down his cheeks when he saw me, and he went down on one knee, pointing off in the direction of the Xie Empire with his kindling knife. Autumn ... More
The Uninvited: Geling Yan
Dan, an unemployed factory worker, lives with his wife Little Plum in a squalid suburb of Beijing. When he discovers that by posing as a journalist at corporate events he ... More
Foreign Mud: Maurice Collis
Foreign Mud is one of the most distinguished of Maurice Collis' works of history. This account of the struggle between the British and Chinese in the Opium War in Canton in the 1830s has a vividness that comes from 20 years of experience in the Far East as a civil servant. More
Hong Kong: Jan Morris
First published in 1988, Hong Kong is a portrait of the British Empire’s last, most anachronistic outpost, as the countdown to the handover gathers momentum. Written with her trademark elegance ... More
Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand: Geoffrey Moorhouse
Starting near the roof of the world on the Soviet Union’s border with China, Geoffrey Moorhouse’s journey through Central Asia winds across mountains, steppes and desert as well as the ... More
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