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Advanced    Search    Best of 2008    Globes    Journals    Favorites    For the Whole Family    Gift Certificates    ABOUT US       The Business       The People    SMALL PRINT       Ordering       Shipping       Customer       Service       Visiting		The Forbidden City E-mail Print   Beijing Guidemap  •   MapEasy    •  This handy colorful double-sided map shows Central Beigin along with The Forbidden City, Tiannamen Square, the Summer Palace, Greater and out-of-town Beijing. (CHN530, $6.95)     Beijing Then and Now  •  Brian Page   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Past and present Beijing are compared in photographs of Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Confucious Temple, the Marco Polo Bridge and other notable city sites. (CHN448, $18.95)     China and the Forbidden City  •  Tom Priestley   • HISTORY  •  This Peabody-award winning film explores the history, art and architecture of the imperial city. (CHN419, $19.95)     Empress Orchid  •  Anchee Min   • LITERATURE  •  In this novel of the glorious, decadent last days of 19th-Century Imperial China, Min (Red Azalea, Becoming Madame Mao) combines her tale of a young girl from the provinces who marries an emperor -- and then improbably becomes the Last Empress -- with a lovingly re-created portrait of life in the Forbidden City. (CHN267, $14.00)     The Forbidden City  •  Geremie R. Barme  •  Mary Beard   • HISTORY  •  A compact, elegant volume in Harvard's excellent Wonders of the World series, this pocket history illuminates the culture, mystique, architecture and politics of imperial Beijing. Fittingly, the book opens with Mao's symbolic address from the Gate of Heavenly Peace. (CHN468, $19.95)     The Forbidden City, Center of Imperial China  •  Gilles Beguin  •  Dominique Morel   • HISTORY  •  This slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. With a useful chronology and a carefully chosen selection of writings over the ages, it's an indispensable guide to the Forbidden City and the history of imperial China. (CHN32, $12.95)     Forbidden City, The Great Within  •  Caroline Courtauld  •  May Holdsworth  •  Hu Chui  •  Jonathan Spence   • HISTORY  •  This richly illustrated blend of history, anecdote, biographical sketches and stunning images evokes daily life in the Bejing's imperial city. (CHN450, $24.95)     The Last Emperor  •  Bernardo Bertolucci    •  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)     home map   |   book bag   |   advanced search   |   contact us
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