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For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Sarah Rose

Behind the gentlemanly façade of the East India Company there were often hidden rivalries and simmering tensions, and within the Indian network of company gardeners this friction often centered on ...
( Category: China June 12,2015 )
When China Rules The World by Martin Jacques
epub |eng | 2011-03-07 | Author:Martin Jacques [Jacques, Martin]

Together they constitute what might be described as the Middle Kingdom mentality. The historically arresting fact is simply how old these beliefs and convictions actually are. The obvious parallel is ...
( Category: Asian June 12,2015 )
Pearl Of China (2010) by Min Anchee
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Min, Anchee [Anchee, Min,]

The clouds drifted low to the ground and the crowns of pine trees spread like beggars' arms. Dick and I followed the trail leading to the top of the Purple ...
( Category: Biographical June 12,2015 )
China Ghosts by Jeff Gammage
epub |eng | | Author:Jeff Gammage

IN CHINA, Jin Yu was afraid of the bathtub. It may have been the cold tile or the warm water, or the sound produced when one sloshed against the other. ...
( Category: Chinese June 12,2015 )
The Life and Times of William Boule.: Dead girls tell no tales. A heart-pounding action thriller... by Max China
mobi |eng | 2014-07-30 | Author:Max China

Chapter 16 The motorcyclist noted that the road was far busier than it had been when he first drove down. Passing the wreck of the garage he’d destroyed a couple ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense June 12,2015 )
Pearl of China: a novel by Anchee Min
mobi |eng | 2010-03-30 | Author:Anchee Min

CHAPTER 19 I accepted Dick Lin's offer to be the editor of his magazine. I made up my mind to move to Shanghai for good. Pearl was devastated. A month ...
( Category: Biographical June 11,2015 )
Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-12-23 | Author:Peter Hessler

III WEI ZIQI’S BUSINESS LED HIM TO JOIN THE PARTY, AND the Party in turn led him to more business. Cadres from out of town occasionally came to the restaurant, ...
( Category: Road Travel June 11,2015 )
Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid by Troost J. Maarten
mobi |eng | 2008-07-07 | Author:Troost, J. Maarten [Troost, J. Maarten]

There are typhoons and there are super typhoons. Typhoon Chancu was only the second super typhoon to ever be recorded in the South China Sea. And somehow, I had managed ...
( Category: General June 11,2015 )
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game by Paul Midler
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-03-18 | Author:Paul Midler

CHAPTER 12 No Animal Testing Bernie mentioned that we would soon have visitors. Shop Corp, our largest customer, wanted to come in and conduct its own inspection. The visit would ...
( Category: Global June 11,2015 )
The Civilization of China by Giles Herbert Allen
mobi |eng | 2012-05-16 | Author:Giles, Herbert Allen [Giles, Herbert Allen]

CHAPTER VII—PHILOSOPHY AND SPORT Chinese philosophy covers altogether too large a field to be dealt with, even in outline, on a scale suitable to this volume; only a few of ...
( Category: Children's Literature June 4,2015 )
The China Collectors by Karl E. Meyer
epub |eng | 2015-01-20 | Author:Karl E. Meyer

Chapter Fourteen Threads of Heaven On January 1, 1912, the revolutionary leader and Christian convert Sun Yat-sen returned from foreign exile to be inaugurated in Nanking as the first provisional ...
( Category: History May 27,2015 )
The China Doll by Deborah Nam-Krane
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Deborah Nam-Krane

CHAPTER 18 Two hours later, Michael was just about to leave his house when there was a knock on the door. "I ought to punch you, you know that?" Richard ...
( Category: Romantic Suspense May 27,2015 )
Old Land, New Tales: Twenty Short Stories by Writers of the Shaanxi Region in China
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Chen Zhongshi & Jia Pingwa [Zhongshi, Chen]

5 It was the evening of August 5, 1945. The dreadful alarm horn went on the whole evening. After a quick supper, all the people fled to the air-raid shelters. ...
( Category: Chinese May 25,2015 )
Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China by Hessler, Peter (2007) Paperback
epub |eng | 2007-03-15 | Author:Peter Hessler [Hessler, Peter]

POLAT NEVER MENTIONED the mugging during my visit in January of 2001. I didn’t learn about it for more than a year, when a mutual friend informed me. Afterward, I ...
( Category: Travel Writing May 23,2015 )
Contemporary China by Jacka Tamara & Kipnis Andrew & Sargeson Sally
epub |eng | 2013-08-15 | Author:Jacka, Tamara & Kipnis, Andrew & Sargeson, Sally [Jacka, Tamara]

Summary For many years, China has had 56 official ethnic groups, comprising the majority Han and 55 ethnic minorities. These categories are not natural, but the result of political relations ...
( Category: China May 19,2015 )

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