The Changing Geography of China (Institute of British Geographers Studies in Geography S.)
by Frank Leeming
In this clear and carefully constructed text, Frank Leeming provides a superb introduction to the changing geography of China, which will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. By any criteria one of the most fascinating of nations, the People's Republic of China maintains around twenty-two per cent of the earth's human population in only seven per cent of its land area. No single human system has ever before attempted to manage so many people, placing massive demands upon water, land, mine...
A Traveller's History of China (The traveller's history) (Traveller's History of)
by Stephen G. Haw
Stephen G.Haw begins with the prehistoric civilisations of 4000 years ago, and from there to the centuries of China's silk trade. Some of the most significant inventions of the modern world were invented in China - paper, gunpowder and the magnetic compass. The author describes the glories of the Tang and Song dynasties which saw the creation of the great Chinese cities to the period of its decline and the efforts of Europe to subdue this giant land. It covers the tumult of the Chinese Revolu...
Lonely Planet Hong Kong (Travel Guide)
by Lorna Parkes, Piera Chen, and Thomas O'Malley
Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Hong Kong is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak up views of Hong Kong's iconic skyline from the Star Ferry or Victoria Peak, satisfy your food cravings in Wan Chai, and shop for anything and everything at Temple Street Night Market - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Hong Kong and begin your journey now! In...
Story of the Chinese peasant Wang Lung and his wife O-Lan and their rise from poverty to riches.
Guide de conversation Francais-Espagnol et vocabulaire thematique de 3000 mots
by Andrey Taranov
An entertaining and informative story detailing the events Mary Gaunt faced as a woman traveling alone in China in the early 1900s. Part of the Guangxi Collection - written by Westerners travelling in China, this series of historical texts was reprinted in collaboration with Guangxi Normal University Press. Series I focuses on the works of women writers.
Oracle Bones tells its engaging and compelling story through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. The author himself is a Westerner, a journalist living in Beijing. The narrative tracks his story along with that of Polat, a trader and member of a forgotten ethnic minority, who moves to the West in search of political freedom and a new life; William Jefferson Foster, who grew up in an illiterate family in a remote village; Emily, a migrant factory worker in a city without a past; and Chen M...