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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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CLASSIC CHINA AND THE YANGTZE

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Culture Shock! China

Culture Shock! China


by Iris Wong Po-Yee | Kevin Sinclair

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

This guide is a lively introduction to modern Chinese culture and manners. (CHN204, $15.95)

Dragon Rising, An Inside Look at China Today

Dragon Rising, An Inside Look at China Today


by Jasper Becker

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 264 PAGES

Asia scholar Jasper Becker examines the pertinent questions and issues facing modern China and its relationship to the global economy. (CHN365, $18.95)

Eyewitness Guide Beijing and Shanghai

Eyewitness Guide Beijing and Shanghai


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

This superb guide features color photography, excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood overview of each city. (CHN385, $23.00)

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Great Railway Bazaar


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Theroux's account of his journeys across Asia by train display the writer's inimitable talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. (ASA40, $14.95)

Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau City Guide

Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau City Guide


by Nicko Goncharoff | Damian Harper

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

A practical guide to Hong Kong. (HKG14, $21.99)

Odyssey Guide Xi'an, Shaanxi & the Terracotta Army

Odyssey Guide Xi'an, Shaanxi & the Terracotta Army


by Kevin Bishop

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

With color photographs, insightful essays on culture and history, site plans and places of interest in and around China's ancient capital. (CHN34, $24.95)

On China

On China


by Henry Kissinger

  • HISTORY
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st century. (CHN683, $18.00)

Oracle Bones

Oracle Bones


by Peter Hessler

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

In this fine portrait of tumult and tradition, Hessler (River Town) finds clues to modern China's realities in the personal stories of peasants, scholars, day laborers and activists. (CHN316, $15.99)

Shanghai Map

Shanghai Map


by Periplus Maps

  • MAP

A map of Shanghai, at a scale of 1:15,000. Main streets shown in both English and Chinese (good for directing taxis!). (CHN90, $8.95)

Wallpaper City Guide Shanghai

Wallpaper City Guide Shanghai


by Wallpaper Magazine

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER

A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations. (CHN361, $9.95)

 

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