China category: 3065 books
Inside the Red Mansion
On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2008
The notorious gangster Lai Changxing started out as an illiterate farmer, but in the tumult of China’s burgeoning economy, he seized the opportunity to remake himself as a bandit king. A newly minted billionaire of outsized personality and even greater appetites, he was a living legend who eventually...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Qingdao : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Qingdao : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Qingdao : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
The Door Swings Both Ways
A First Look at China, 1985
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
A Vintage Shorts Travel Selection
Welcome to China in 1985, to a nation that has just begun to swing open for the West, and specifically for a young Time magazine journalist named Pico Iyer. From the beloved set of travel essays *Video Night in Kathmandu, *this is his dispatch.
From Beijing...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Dalian : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Dalian : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Dalian : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
To the Diamond Mountains
A Hundred-Year Journey through China and Korea
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
This compelling and engaging book takes readers on a unique journey through China and North and South Korea. Tessa Morris-Suzuki travels from Harbin in the north to Busan in the south, and on to the mysterious Diamond Mountains, which lie at the heart of the Korean Peninsula's crisis. As she follows...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Ningbo : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Ningbo : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Ningbo : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Changsha : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Changsha : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Changsha : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Nanning : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Nanning : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Nanning : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Jiangyin : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Jiangyin : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Jiangyin : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Linyi : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Linyi : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Linyi : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Kunming : (China) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Kunming : (China) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Kunming : (China) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
A Short History of China
From Ancient Dynasties to Economic Powerhouse
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship, a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of this enormous countryAn absorbing introduction to more than 4,000 years of Chinese history, this book tells the stories of the tyrants, despots, femmes fatales,...
The Terra Cotta Army
China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
The Terra Cotta Army is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made. Over seven thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of China-and each figure was individually carved.
Weaving together history and a first-hand account...
by Michael Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Out of the ashes of Imperial China arose two new contenders to lead a reformed nation; the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang, and the Chinese Communist Party. In 1927, the inevitable clash between these two political parties led to a bitter civil war that would last for 23 years, through World...