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Shanghai (City Guide)
Damien Harper
Lonely Planet, 2008
Insightful
I recently returned from a trip to Shanghai and thought this was a great guide to the city. Although I love to explore most places on my own, I found Shanghai to be slightly intimidating (especially with all the ongoing construction), so I was definitely thankful I had ...
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Red Mandarin Dress: An Inspector Chen Novel (Inspector Chen Cao)
Qiu Xiaolong
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Much More Than Just a Mystery Novel Set in Shanghai
To the ranks of such modern-day fictional detectives as Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko and P.D. James's Adam Dalgliesh, add Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen. RED MANDARIN DRESS presents Qiu's irrepressible Shanghai police inspector in his fifth crime novel along with ...
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Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton: An Autobiography
J. G. Ballard
Fourth Estate, 2008
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Life and Death in Shanghai
Nien Cheng
Penguin, 1988
Outstanding
Nien Chang's account of her encounter with the Cultural Revolution is the best book of this kind that I recall. Many others have written about their experiences, some in memoir form, others in fictionalized form. NC's is the most accessible to the Western reader, she ...
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The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel
Jennifer Cody Epstein
W.W. Norton & Company, 2008
Compelling and heartbreaking story of a woman's fight to be an artist
The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein is the story of famed Chinese artist Pan Yuliang. If the book was fiction (it is a fictionalized biography), it would be impossible to believe that it's true. Yuliang was sold into a brothel at the age of 14 by her ...
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Shanghai Blossoms Write Away Stationery
Galison/Mudpuppy
GMG Publishing, 2005
I love this stationary!!
This is such adorable stationary! I am so glad that I found it, I have been searching for stationary for forever, it seems that no one sells it anymore!! Curse you e-mail, you've destroyed the luxary of sending and recieving hand-written letters!!
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The Distant Land of My Father
Bo Caldwell
Harvest Books, 2002
A fabulous read.
Hard to believe it's not autobiographical. Eloquent in its ability to make you feel her experiences as if they were absolutely real. Heartbreaking yet ever hopeful. Couldn't put it down.
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The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Translated by Michael Berry and Susan Chan Egan: A Novel of Shanghai ...
Wang Anyi
Columbia University Press, 2008
Met my expectations!
The novel arrived quickly and was at a fair price and met my expectations. -- norman Michaud
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Beijing and Shanghai (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
DK Publishing
DK Travel, 2007
Great book.
It was my first time in China and I went to both cities. The book was very informative, complete, well illustrated, and easy to read. Everybody in my group kept asking me to read it. I got to see other people's books and they did not come close. I strongly ...
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Empire of the Sun
J. G. Ballard
Simon & Schuster, 2005
Humanity, stripped to its core
My first introduction to this story was, like many others, through Steven Spielberg's adaptation. For me, the hauntingly beautiful "Suo Gan" that serves as that movie's de facto theme song perfectly captures the fragile yet enduring beauty of humanity that Spielberg ...
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Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing: The Ultimate Guide for People Who Love to Shop ...
Suzy Gershman
Frommers, 2008
"Gershman may be the best guide for novice and pro shoppers alike." ? The Washington Post For over twenty years, Suzy Gershman has been leading savvy shoppers to the world's best finds. Now Born to Shop Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing is easier to use and packed with more up-to-date listings than ever before. Inside you ll find: ...
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Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai
Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
St. Martin's Press, 2004
A Very Outstanding Book
Ten Green Bottles is one of the most powerful, emotional, fascinating and beautifully written books I have ever read. Where has this author been?
The story begins in the early 1920s in Vienna where a five year old Jewish girl, called Nini, begins to experience ...
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Wallpaper City Guide: Shanghai (Wallpaper City Guide Shanghai)
Editors of Wallpaper Magazine
Phaidon Press, 2006
Good for what it is
This guide is great for what it is-- a beautifully designed booklet pointing out the chic hotels and clubs, plus some interesting architectural oddities...the writing is sometimes clever, sometimes snarky... it's very much in line with the whole 'global-nomad/jetset' ...
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Time Out Shanghai (Time Out Guides)
Time Out
Time Out, 2006
Excellent Shanghai Guide
This is the first TimeOut guide I have bought. Usually travel guide series is too glossy without any real details or not glossy enough. This book is glossy with great pictures and also has alot of detail. The history section is well written and thorough. The book also ...
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Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China
Ursula Bacon
M Press, 2004
MAKE A MIRACLE--You Can Do It!!!!!!!!!!
Several months ago I saw the author, Ursula Bacon, on BookTv (C-Span 2). I was very impressed with her; her lecture was excellent; and the true story of her life from the age of 10 to 18 was compelling. So, I immediately ordered her book. But the book sat on my desk ...
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