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These 6 items are available for $102, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCHN516)

Eyewitness Guide China  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 672 PAGES A hefty, richly illustrated guide to sites, attractions and places throughout China. With excellent maps and hundreds of full color photographs and site diagrams. A 50-page appendix covers where to stay, eat, draink and shop. The guide covers all China from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to Sichuan, Yunnan, Zinjiang and Tibet. (CHN242, $30.00)
China Road  •  Rob Gifford TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES On the road from from Shanghai west to the Gobi and China's distant border with Kazakhstan, Gifford writes with warmth and affection of his many encounters along fabled Route 312 with fellow travelers, truckers, whores and ordinary folk. (CHN433, $17.00)
Mao Zedong  •  Jonathan Spence BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES A masterful short biography in the "Penguin Lives" series, this text by Chinese historian Jonathan Spence tracks the life of the enigmatic Chinese ruler from his provincial upbringing to his powerful reign. Spence incorporates much new information in this portrait. (CHN66, $14.00)
Three Gorges of the Yangtze River  •  Raynor Shaw  •  Judy Bonavia GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 248 PAGES Compact, illustrated and up-to-date, this Odyssey Guide focuses on the 120-mile-long Three Gorges section of the Yangtzi, including Chongqing, Yichang and Wuhan. With 12 color maps and diagrams. (CHN368, $22.95)
Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China  •  Jung Chang BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2003 •  PAPER  • 524 PAGES • FAVORITE A riveting tale of three generations spanning the end of Old China, Mao's regime and the Japanese occupation. Chang chronicles the enormous changes in China since 1929 through her family's story, which includes arrest during the Cultural Revolution, exile to the Sichuan wilderness and coming to terms with the bewildering state of China today. It's quite a tale, wonderfully told without a trace of rancor or bitterness. Living in London since 1978, Chang visits her mother back in China every year. You can imagine Chang with notebook in hand back in the family apartment absorbed in the stories of her much-loved mother. The book opens with the statement, "At the age of 15 my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. It was 1929 and China was in chaos." (CHN04, $16.99)
Central China Map  •  MapLink 2006 •  MAP This full, color foldup map, with a detailed index on the reverse, shows the most visited sites in China -- from Beijing and Shanghai to Chendu, Chongqing and the Three Gorges to Xi'an and Lanzhou -- at a scale of 1:2,000.000. It's almost twice as detailed as our best map of all of China. (CHN431, $9.95)

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