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The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History
A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its...
Empire of Silver: A New Monetary History of China
This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with "white metal" held China back from financial modernization. First used as currency during the Song...
The Great Wall
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Author: Luo Zewen Format: Hardback Published: 1982, Michael Joseph Condition Remarks: Very Good. ,,,Unblemished dustjacket,Minor shelf wear Description: The Great Wall by Luo Zewen - Discover the history, construction, and...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema
Author: Xiaoping LinFormat: Hardback, 670g, 320 pagesPublished: University of Hawai'i Press, United States, 2009Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from...
The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China
Author: Peter B. LavelleFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 304 pagesPublished: Columbia University Press, United States, 2020In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by...
Chineasy (R) Travel
Author: ShaoLanFormat: Hardback, 120mm x 180mm, 200g, 96 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Chineasy (R) Travel presents over 100 of the most used and useful Chinese characters, phrases...
Liu Ye: The Book Paintings
Author: Liu YeFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 280mm, 1120g, 192 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2021The Chinese artist Liu Ye's meticulous, colorful canvases convey his love of literature in the first...
China Memories
Author: Marco PaoluzzoFormat: Hardback, 1260g, 180 pagesPublished: Benteli Verlag, Switzerland, 2011Photographer Marco Paoluzzo first became interested in China decades ago, yet the passionate world traveller refused to visit the country...
New Chinese Architecture: Twenty Women Building the Future
Author: Austin WilliamsFormat: Hardback, 216mm x 240mm, 1290g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019This celebration of 20 of China's latest generation features detailed profiles of each architect,...
Kiki Xue (Multi-lingual edition)
Format: Hardback, 250mm x 320mm, 1440g, 160 pagesPublished: Editions Skira Paris, France, 2023Originally from Chengdu in China, Kiki Xue first studied mathematics before deciding to become a professional photographer. Since...
Kiki Xue (Multi-lingual edition)
Format: Hardback, 250mm x 320mm, 1440g, 160 pagesPublished: Editions Skira Paris, France, 2023Originally from Chengdu in China, Kiki Xue first studied mathematics before deciding to become a professional photographer. Since...
The Admonitions Scroll
Author: Jan StuartFormat: Paperback, 147mm x 210mm, 190g, 66 pagesPublished: British Museum Press, United Kingdom, 2014The Admonitions scroll is an internationally recognized masterpiece of narrative painting and is arguably the...
Pleasure of Thinking
Author: Wang XiaoboFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 170g, 224 pagesPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024The dazzling essays of the beloved, subversive Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo, a continual bestseller in...
Golden Age
Author: Wang XiaoboFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 197mm, 202g, 272 pagesPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in...
The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays: The Earliest Known Versions
Author: Stephen H. West Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 408 This is the first anthology of Yuan-dynasty zaju (miscellaneous comedies) to introduce the genre to English-speaking readers exclusively through translations...
The Five Foot Road: In Search of a Vanished China
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Angus McDonald Format: Paperback...
The Great Great Wall: Along the Borders of History from China to Mexico
Author: Ian Volner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall"...
Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Charles Tyng Format: Paperback...
Contemporary Architecture in China
Author: Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Architecture and civil engineering have long been central elements in China's external image and national party propaganda. When it comes to technological superiority in...
American Airline's Secret War in China: Project Seven Alpha, WWII
Author: Leland Shanle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 244 In late 1941, President Roosevelt agonised over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia; they seemed unstoppable....
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
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Author: Jung Chang Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic...
Superpower Showdown: How the Battle Between Trump and Xi Threatens a New Cold War
Author: Bob Davis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 This is the inside story of the US-China trade war, how relations between these superpowers unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace...
A Chinese Perspective
Author: Brian Aldiss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 A major science fiction novella by the master of British science fiction. First published almost a quarter of a...
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Author: Adeline Yen Mah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 When Adeline Yen Mah's mother died giving birth to her, the family considered Adeline bad luck and she...
China Dream
Author: Ma Jian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 A biting satire of Chinese totalitarianism from the critically acclaimed author of Beijing Coma and Red Dust. 'One of...
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
Author: Frank Trentmann Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 880 The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years. We...
The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order
Author: Bruno Macaes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A bold and eye-opening account of the coming integration of Europe and Asia In this original and timely book,...
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
Author: Richard McGregor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Richard McGregor's The Party has been established as the book on China and its political leadership. It is indispensable...
The House of Yan, A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History
Author, Lan Yan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 432 Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20th...
April 3rd Incident: Stories
Author: Yu Hua Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From the celebrated author of To Live, one of China's most famous contemporary writers--a stunning collection of stories, selected from the...
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition
Author: Jonathan Fenby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 848 The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping. In 1850, China...
Mao's Last Dancer
Author: Li Cunxin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 Before you can fly, you have to be free. A new edition of the phenomenal international bestseller. From bitter...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Author: Jung Chang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story of the woman who...
Mao: The Unknown Story
Author: Jon Halliday Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 992 The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans and her husband Jung...
Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China
Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The untold story of the first nomadic empire and the making of China. 'Man does for the reader that...
Tibet: Turning the Wheel of Life
Author: Francoise Pommaret Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Tibet has come to be synonymous with spirituality. It seems that the many hardships endured by the Tibetans -...
Song Full Of Tears: Nine Centuries Of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake
Author: R. Keith Schoppa Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 312 Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years...
The Book of Master Mo
Author: Mo Zi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 The Book of Master Mo represents a groundbreaking shift in Chinese philosophy. A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy...
Lesser Dragons Minority Peoples of China
Author: Michael Dillon Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Lesser Dragons is a timely introduction to the fascinating and complex world of China's `national minorities'. Based on detailed research, including...