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| Author: | Paul Grogan |
| Publisher: | Virgin Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 130496 |
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An account of the first source-to-sea descent of Siberia's 4,400km Amur River, known in China as the Black Dragon. After wading upstream for five days, the two adventurers began their epic four-month...
| Author: | Colin Thubron |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 121955 |
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In which the author immerses himself in post-Mao Chinese culture and travels alone by foot, bicycle and train on a 10,000 mile journey throughout this vast land. What Thubron reveals...
| Author: | Kai Strittmatter |
| Publisher: | Haus Publishers Ltd |
| Catalogue number: | 163401 |
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If you are planning a trip to China or if just want to get to know a little more about the Chinese, let "China A-Z" by writer and journalist Kai Strittmatter be your introduction to this marvellous...
| Author: | Nick Danziger |
| Publisher: | Flamingo |
| Catalogue number: | 16876 |
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After walking and hitch-hiking through southern Turkey and the ayatollah's Iran, Danziger entered Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and spent two months dodging Russian...
| Author: | Robert Bickers |
| Publisher: | Allen Lane |
| Catalogue number: | 117488 |
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Shanghai in the wake of the First World War was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities, rivalled only by New York and Berlin. Its waterfront crammed with ocean freighters, gunboats...
| Author: | Brian Payton |
| Publisher: | Old Street Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 154676 |
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Bears are a symbol of the health of an ecosystem - and the global population is dwindling to the point where only eight different species remain. These creatures have long fascinated us and their influence...
| Author: | Ma Jian |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 106214 |
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Red Dust tells the fascinating account of Ma Jian's three-year journey around China. Following his 30th birthday he becomes desperate to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Facing surveillance...
The River at the Centre of the World
| Author: | Simon Winchester |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 68730 |
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Almost 500 million people depend on the Yangtze river for their livelihoods. Along its banks there are some of the world's largest cities and vast engineering projects like something out of science...
| Author: | Ryszard Kapuscinski |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Catalogue number: | 166051 |
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"Travels with Herodotus" records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket.
As a novice reporter in the 1950s...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
| Author: | Jung Chang |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 122048 |
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The story of three different lives and three different periods of Chinese History. The author left China in 1978 tells the story of her grandmother, who was the concubine to a warlord in pre revolutionary...
A Traveller's History of China
| Author: | Stephen G. Haw |
| Publisher: | Windrush Press |
| Catalogue number: | 111097 |
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Concise and accessible historical guides to popular tourist destinations. This series provides a good introductory overview for travellers who want to know more about a destination...
| Author: | Simon Winchester |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 168726 |
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In “Bomb, Book & Compass” celebrated historical author Simon Winchester tells the amazing story of Joseph Needham, the pre-eminent Western scholar and chronicler of China. Before fate intervened, Joseph...
| Publisher: | Fivedit |
| Catalogue number: | 106385 |
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An introduction to China through the colours of its landmarks and culture. Each colour is an excuse to show some aspect of Chinese life and culture. With lovely illustrations and simple language.
| Author: | Amitav Ghosh |
| Publisher: | John Murray |
| Catalogue number: | 166088 |
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“Sea of Poppies”, the latest novel from celebrated Indian author Amitav Ghosh (The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide), is a historical sea epic, already receiving...
The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales
| Author: | Malachy Doyle |
| Publisher: | Harry N Abrams |
| Catalogue number: | 136360 |
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Follow a journey to magical and memorable lands with this anthology of classic fairy tales from cultures around the world.
This marvellous collection includes twelve popular and lesser-known fairy tales...
| Publisher: | Abacus |
| Catalogue number: | 73971 |
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This is the true account of Jacob d'Ancona's journey to China between 1270-73. An Italian merchant travelling to the 'City of Light' to trade with the Emperor, he suffered shipwrecks, the heat of the...
1434 - The Year a Chinese Fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance
| Author: | Gavin Menzies |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 167929 |
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In “1434”, Gavin Menzies offers a stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence on the European Renaissance, tracing its roots to China.
In this provocative, highly readable history...
| Author: | John Keay |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 167911 |
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John Keay’s “China: A History” is a welcome addition to the literature on Chines history, striking a rare balance between comprehensiveness and readability. An accessible, authoritative single-volume...
| Author: | Rob Gifford |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 168218 |
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“China Road” sees Rob Gifford travel deep into the heart of Modern China.
Running 3,000 miles from the east-coast boomtown of Shanghai to the border of Kazakhstan in the north-west, Route 312 - China...
| Author: | William Dalrymple |
| Publisher: | Flamingo |
| Catalogue number: | 16888 |
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When the Karakoram Highway reopened in 1986 it was again possible to use the mountain road linking Pakistan and China and so to complete an overland trip from Jerusalem to Xanadu for the first time...
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