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Ancient China, Life, Myth And Art
• Edward L. Shaughnessy
• HISTORY
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A brief survey of the artistic, social, cultural, scientific, mathematic, musical, and literary achievements of ancient China.
(CHN285, $23.00)
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Anthology of Chinese Literature, Volume II: From the 14th Century to the Present Day
• Cyril Birch
• ANTHOLOGY
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An excellent collection of representative verse, song, stories, essays and excerpts from classic novels, a sampling of Chinese writing over the last 700 years.
(CHN14, $16.50)
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Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
• Stephanie Elizondo Griest
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The offbeat memoirs of a Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana.
(RUS242, $14.95)
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The Arts of China
• Michael Sullivan
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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A comprehensive survey of Chinese visual arts and culture through the ages. It's a lively overview, thoroughly illustrated and accessible, of bronzes, ceramics, painting and architecture, from the Neolithic to the modern era.
(CHN16, $39.95)
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
• Sijie Dai
• Ina Rilke
• LITERATURE
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A charming, unexpectedly witty, tale of two teenage boys in China sent off to the countryside during Mao's Cultural Revolution.
(CHN159, $12.95)
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Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City
• Lillian Li
• Alison Dray-Novey
• Haili Kong
• HISTORY
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This engaging history chronicles Beijing's transformation from Kublai Khan's seat of power to an international modern metropolis.
(CHN409, $18.95)
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Between Mecca and Beijing, Modernization and Consumption Among Urban Chinese Muslims
• Maris Boyd Gillette
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An academic study of the minority Muslim population of Xi'an.
(CHN180, $23.95)
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Bradt Guide The Great Wall of China
• Thammy Evans
• GUIDEBOOK
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Practical, reliable and up-to-date, this Bradt guide covers Beijing and northern China in companionable detail.
(CHN351, $22.95)
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Buddhist Art and Architecture
• Robert Fisher
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Buddhist art, architecture and iconography in the excellent World of Art series. It includes examples from throughout Asia.
(ASA30, $18.95)
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Cadogan Guides Beijing
• Peter Neville-Hadley
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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A practical region-by-region guide in the British series, with good maps as well as introductory chapters on the history and culture of Beijing.
(CHN503, $24.95)
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China Map
• International Travel Maps
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A double-sided, shaded-relief map of China, at a useful scale of 1:3,800,000, indexed with an inset map of central Beijing.
(CHN06, $11.95)
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The China Reader, The Reform Era
• Orville Schell
• David Shambaugh
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive and well-researched sourcebook on China over the last 25 years.
(CHN224, $17.95)
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China Wakes, The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
• Nicholas Kristoff
• Sheryl WuDunn
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The authors journeyed from Tibet to Tiananmen, reporting in depth on contemporary China and its cultural dissidents. An engrossing portrait of a nation struggling to hold onto tradition while modernizing its economy.
(CHN33, $16.95)
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China, A New History
• John Fairbank
• Merle Goldman
• HISTORY
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A sweeping history of China from the Paleolithic to Tiananmen, revised with a new chapter by Merle Goldman. A standard for history buffs.
(CHN11, $22.50)
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China, Its History and Culture
• W. Scott Morton
• HISTORY
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A concise survey of Chinese history, people and culture from the Neolithic to present times. Morton weaves together politics, culture and history, and includes selections from literature and arts, anecdotes and illustrations.
(CHN22, $18.95)
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The Chinese Kitchen
• Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
• FOOD
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An authoritative compendium of Chinese recipes and food-oriented cultural practices. Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's cookbook doubles as an introduction to China itself.
(CHN134, $39.95)
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Chinese Rugs: A Buyer's Guide
• Lee Allane
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to the history, techniques and variety of carpets produced throughout China, featuring a helpful buyer's guide.
(CHN30, $15.95)
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Chinese, A Language Map
• Kristinek Kershul
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers.
(CHN284, $7.95)
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The Death of Woman Wang
• Jonathan Spence
• LITERATURE
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The turbulent saga about a runaway wife who is murdered by her husband, set in 17th century China and written by one of the foremost western scholars on China.
(CHN58, $14.00)
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Did Marco Polo Go to China?
• Frances Wood
• EXPLORATION
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A critical look at the manuscripts and evidence regarding this most famous journey.
(CAS28, $35.00)
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Dragon Lady, The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China
• Sterling Seagrave
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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(CHN229, $18.95)
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Explorer Beijing, The Complete Residents' Guide
• Explorer Publishing
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to the region. It also includes a healthy amount of historical, natural and cultural information.
(CHN505, $24.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Beijing and Shanghai
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superbly illustrated guide covers the top attractions in two of China's most fascinating cities.
(CHN385, $23.00)
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Eyewitness Top 10 Beijing
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Beijing.
(CHN427, $12.00)
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Farewell My Concubine
• Kaige Chen
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The moving story of a fifty-year friendship between two men who meet as children in the Peking Opera.
(CHN226, $14.99)
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Fodor's Beijing and Shanghai
• Emmanuelle Morgen
• Deborah Kaufman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical, frequently revised guide to Beijing and Shanghai featuring hundreds of annotated listings of where to eat, stay and shop.
(CHN253, $17.95)
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Fodor's Beijing's 25 Best
• Fodors
• GUIDEBOOK
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This slim book includes a separate full-color map of the center of Beijing, along with a handy 96-page shirt-pocket guide with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(CHN48, $11.95)
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Fodor's Exploring China
• Christopher Knowles
• GUIDEBOOK
• BEST SELLER
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This excellent guidebook, featuring maps and color photos, brings old and new China to life, with sections on places to visit, a useful language guide and practical information for getting around.
(CHN25, $22.00)
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Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing, The Ultimate Guide for Travelers Who Love To Shop
• Suzy Gershman
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to shopping for designer labels, jade, porcelin and more.
(CHN397, $15.99)
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Giant Pandas in the Wild, Saving an Endangered Species
• Lu Zhi
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A portrait of the giant panda, its habitat in China and international conservation efforts. Includes excellent color photographs by George Schaller and text chronicling the lives of 20 individual pandas.
(CHN173, $35.00)
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The Ginger Tree
• Oswald Wynd
• LITERATURE
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The bittersweet tale of an innocent young Scots woman in Asia, rich in the details of life in Japan and China before WWII.
(JPN125, $12.95)
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Global Cities: Beijing
• Nancy Pellegrini
• GUIDEBOOK
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(CHN476, $30.00)
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God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories
• Tom Bissell
• LITERATURE
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Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea.
(CAS117, $13.95)
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The Golden Days
• Cao Xueqin
• David Hawkes
• LITERATURE
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The classic enchanting love story set in 18th-century China which follows the Jia family and the magical stone at the center of the tale.
(CHN223, $16.00)
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The Good Earth
• Pearl Buck
• LITERATURE
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The modern classic that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1931. Drawing heavily on Buck's personal experience as a young newlywed in rural China, it is the plainly told story of a poor farmer and his stalwart wife.
(CHN15, $15.00)
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Inside China
• National Geographic Society
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The editors at National Geographic pair a breathtaking selection of historic and contemporary photographs with essays by six experts for this visually striking portrait of China.
(CHN444, $50.00)
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Insight City Guide Beijing
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This eyecatching guide features hundreds of color photographs, illuminating area maps, a separate pullout map, street atlas and practical information.
(CHN538, $15.95)
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Insight Guide China
• Manfred Morganstern
• GUIDEBOOK
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In its hallmark style, this Insight Guide combines short essays on the history, politics and culture of China with hundreds of color photographs. It's a short whirlwind introduction to the country.
(CHN05, $24.95)
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Insight Pocket Guide Beijing
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A convenient practical guide to Beijing.
(CHN26, $13.95)
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Iron and Silk
• Mark Salzman
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Salzman gets himself to Changsha in the mid-1980s on the pretext of teaching English to Chinese doctors. His real mission, however, is to become a kung fu master. In this wonderfully readable travelogue he conveys a sense of contemporary life.
(CHN52, $13.95)
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Knopf Mapguide Beijing
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy set of full color, ingeniously folded maps, each indicating favorite sites, shops, restaurants and attractions.
(CHN349, $9.95)
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Knopf Mapguide Shanghai
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Full-color foldout maps make this guidebook a handy and practical way to find information on where to go and what to do in the city.
(CHN283, $9.95)
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Last Chance to See
• Douglas Adams
• Mark Carwardine
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A whirlwind visit to remote habitats around the world by two entertaining traveling companions.
(CON04, $14.95)
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The Last Emperor
• Bernardo Bertolucci
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Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning rendition of the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last emperor of China's Ching Dynasty.
(CHN225, $14.98)
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The Last Panda
• George Schaller
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Naturalist George Schaller spent almost 5 years in the wild studying the panda in the 1980s. This book is both his description of the great panda in nature, and an eloquent plea for how to save the species.
(CHN24, $15.00)
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Lonely Planet Best of Beijing
• Ellis Quinn
• GUIDEBOOK
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A pocket guide in the popular series.
(CHN355, $14.99)
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Lonely Planet China
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide to China, geared for independent travelers.
(CHN39, $31.99)
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Look What Came From China!
• Miles Harvey
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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An illustrated guide to China, its products and inventions, for children ages 4-8.
(CHN155, $6.95)
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Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh
• David Fraser
• Barbara Fraser
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations.
(ASA46, $60.00)
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Mao, The Unknown Story
• Jung Chang
• John Halliday
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this extraordinary biography Chang (Wild Swans) and her historian husband reveal Mao as a brutal, power-hungry monster with close ties to Joseph Stalin.
(CHN301, $18.95)
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Mao: A Biography
• Ross Terrill
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A no-holds-barred biography of the Chinese leader.
(CHN51, $31.95)
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Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture
• Sarah Handler
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully illustrated overview of Ming furniture and its architectural setting.
(CHN318, $50.00)
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Moon Beijing and Shanghai
• Helena Iveson
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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A practical guide in the popular series.
(CHN537, $17.95)
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Mountain of Fame, Portraits in Chinese History
• John Wills
• HISTORY
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An intriguing, novel approach to Chinese history. Instead of marching through the dynasties, Wells illuminates themes and continuities within Chinese tradition through 20 representative personalities.
(CHN10, $26.95)
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National Geographic Beijing
• Paul Mooney
• REFERENCE
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(CHN486, $22.95)
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National Geographic Traveler China
• Damian Harper
• GUIDEBOOK
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A generously illustrated guide to China with the usual National Geographic attention to maps and photographs. With a 50-page appendix of practical travel information.
(CHN163, $27.95)
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Northern China Map
• Nelles
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A detailed travel map of North China, at a scale of 1:1,500,000.
(CHN40, $10.95)
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Odyssey Guide Beijing & Shanghai
• Bill Mooney
• GUIDEBOOK
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Jammed with photographs, maps and great information on culture and history, this colorful guide introduces the two cities with style.
(CHN228, $24.95)
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Odyssey Guide Three Gorges of the Yangtze River
• Raynor Shaw
• GUIDEBOOK
• NEW
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Compact, illustrated and up-to-date, this detailed guide focuses on the 120-mile-long Three Gorges section of the Yangtzi, including Chongsing, Yichang and Wuhan. With 12 color maps and diagrams.
(CHN368, $21.95)
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Oracle Bones, A Journey Between China's Past and Present
• Peter Hessler
• HISTORY
• NEW
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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, $15.95)
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Passions of the Cut Sleeve, The Male Homosexual Tradition in China
• Bret Hinsch
• LITERATURE
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A well-written, scholarly survey of the traditions of same-sex male love in Chinese literature.
(CHN167, $21.95)
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Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900
• Susan Naquin
• HISTORY
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Encyclopedic in scope and with excellent illustrations and maps, this comprehensive, scholarly history is noteworthy for the depth of sources, original research and treatment of all aspects of life in imperial Peking.
(CHN526, $95.00)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of China
• John MacKinnon
• Nigel Hicks
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of China.
(CHN29, $15.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Chinese (Cantonese)
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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An audio CD with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Cantonese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(CHN279, $19.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Chinese (Mandarin)
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Mandarin, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(CHN280, $19.95)
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The Retreat of the Elephants, An Environmental History of China
• Mark Elvin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A thorough examination of the damage that has been done to China's environment through war, modernization and new farming developments.
(CHN221, $22.00)
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The River at the Center of the World
• Simon Winchester
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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Winchester writes about the character of Yangtze, and the people and places along its banks, with an easy grace in this remarkable portrait of the great river that is at the symbolic and literal heart of China.
(CHN31, $16.00)
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Rough Guide Beijing
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, practical guide to the city.
(CHN234, $19.99)
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The Sextants of Beijing, Global Currents in Chinese History
• Joanna Waley-Cohen
• HISTORY
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(CHN356, $17.95)
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The Silk Roads, A Route and Planning Guide
• Paul Wilson
• Dominic Streatfield-James
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, practical guide to the network of ancient trade routes extending from Turkey and the Mideast across Central Asia to China.
(CAS21, $22.95)
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A Single Pebble
• John Hersey
• LITERATURE
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A haunting novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winner. Hersey writes, with deceptive simplicity, of an American engineer looking for a dam site on the Yangtze. Think Hemingway on the Yangtze.
(CHN03, $12.95)
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Sky Burial, An Epic Love Story of Tibet
• Xinran
• LITERATURE
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In 1958, notified that her young husband, a doctor in the Chinese army has been killed in action in Tibet, Shu Wen joins the army, determined to go to Tibet to uncover the truth, only to find herself alone in Tibet, embarking on a thirty-year nomadic odyssey that brings her back to a new China, transformed by the Cultural Revolution.
(CHN282, $18.95)
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South of the Clouds, Tales from Yunnan
• Lucien Miller
• ANTHOLOGY
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Featuring memorable tales from throughout the Yunnan Province, this book showcases 54 wonderfully insightful and entertaining stories.
(CHN45, $30.00)
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Streetlife China
• Michael Dutton
• ANTHOLOGY
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A scholarly collection of essays about the realities of living in modern-day China, by a variety of contributors.
(CHN222, $31.99)
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Three Kingdoms, A Historical Novel
• Lo Kuan Chung
• Moss Roberts
• ANTHOLOGY
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First published in the 14th-century, this epic saga is a compilation of fact and fiction based on ancient storytelling traditions. It's a fantastic tale of heroes and villains, monsters and wizards, fighting for the control of China during the last days of the Han Dynasty (150 AD).
(CHN57, $25.95)
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Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China
• Arthur Waley
• RELIGION
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An elegantly written, classic introduction to traditional Chinese philosophy.
(CHN164, $17.95)
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To Live
• Yimou Zhang
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Zhang Yimou's moving film follows one family from the 1940s through the 1960s in China.
(CHN227, $19.98)
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Travelers' Tales China
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
• Sean O'Reilly
• ANTHOLOGY
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This eclectic compendium reveals China's history and culture as told by its mostly modern travelers. Contributors include Peter Hessler, Mark Salzman, Gretel Ehrlich and Ji-Li Jiang.
(CHN217, $18.95)
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A Traveller's History of China
• Stephen G. Haw
• HISTORY
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An admirably brief, lively history of China from early origins to today, remarkably clear and necessarily condensed. With a historical gazetteer, chronology and list of dynasties.
(CHN43, $14.95)
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The Treasures of Beijing
• Mario Sabattini
• GUIDEBOOK
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(CHN391, $45.00)
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Waiting
• Ha Jin
• LITERATURE
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A spare, haunting story of a military doctor who tries for 18 years to divorce his peasant wife so he can marry a more sophisticated nurse at his hospital. Greatly evocative of quotidian life in China during the Cultural Revolution and after.
(CHN80, $14.95)
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Where Beijing Cityguide
• Where Magazine
• GUIDEBOOK
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A sturdy pocket guide to top city sights, helpfully keyed to overview maps and featuring a detailed downtown PopOut map.
(CHN441, $9.95)
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Wild China
• John MacKinnon
• Nigel Hicks
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A beautiful oversize book of photographs featuring Chinese wildlife and natural history. This informative, up-to-date survey of the wildlife of China also features excellent maps and detailed explanatory text.
(CHN19, $39.95)
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Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China
• Jung Chang
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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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.
(CHN04, $16.00)
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Wild West China, The Taming of Xinjiang
• Christian Tyler
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A portrait of the changing face of the Xinjiang region in northwest China.
(CHN231, $27.95)
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A Woman Soldier's Own Story
• Xie Bingying
• Barry Brissman
• Lily Chia
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The first English translation of feminist, nationalist and polemicist Xie Bingying's autobiography. Her intensely political memoir reveals the desperate mood in China during the decades leading up to the revolution.
(CHN158, $34.50)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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World Religions: Eastern Traditions
• Willard G. Oxtoby
• RELIGION
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A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader.
(ASA07, $62.95)
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Yangzi River Map
• Richard Perry Hayman
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A full-color, comprehensive map of the Yangzi River and Three Gorges for the traveler, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Features 10 maps, color photos, and shows the river from the Himalayas to the East China Sea.
(CHN177, $14.95)
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