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A novel of searing intelligence and startling originality, Lost in Translation heralds the debut of a unique new voice on the literary landscape. Nicole Mones creates an unforgettable story of love and desire, of family ties and human conflict, and of one woman's struggle to lose herself in a foreign land--only to discover her home, her heart, herself. At dawn in Beijing, Alice Mannegan pedals a bicycle... (more)

Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery (Mei Wang Mysteries)

Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery (Mei Wang Mysteries)

by Diane Wei Liang

Modern-Day Beijing. Mei Wang, 31, lives and works as a private detective in China's capital city. After her resignation from the Ministry for Public Security, Mei saw her status drop swiftly in the eyes of her former colleagues, her TV-star sister, and even her mother. But sharp, intuitive Mei has taken her valuable experience and her insider knowledge of the police and city politics and set herself up as a... (more)

The Eye of Jade: A Mei Wang Mystery

by Diane Wei Liang

"Having her own detective agency would give her the independence she had always longed for. It would also give her the chance to show those people who shunned her that she could be successful. People were getting rich. They owned property, money, business, and cars. With new freedom and opportunities came new crimes. There would be much that she could do." Present day, Beijing. Mei Wang is a modern, independent... (more)

Beijing Doll (Abacus Books)

by Chunshu, Howard Goldblatt

Banned in China for its candid exploration of a young girl's sexual awakening yet widely acclaimed as being 'the first novel of 'tough youth' in China' (BEIJING TODAY), BEIJING DOLL drives a daring path through China's rock 'n' roll subculture. This hip, cutting edge novel - drawn from the diaries the author kept throughout her teenage years - takes readers to the streets of Beijing where a disaffected... (more)

Forbidden City (Wonders of Man)

by Roderick MacFarquhar

Insider's Guide to Beijing 2007

by Adam Pillsbury; Editor

There are guidebooks and then there's the Insider's Guide to Beijing. This is a guide that punches through the tourist facade of this mighty city and tells you where real Beijingers like to eat, sleep, study, party, work, primp and play. Whether you are a current or future Beijing resident or just a visitor looking for something deeper than your average tourist guidebook, the Insider's Guide to Beijing will tell... (more)

Lunch With

by Jan Wong

Confessions of an Internet Don Juan

by Cameron H Chambers

Confessions of an Internet Don Juan tells the story of Cast Hughes, a handsome, well-to-do, middle-aged failure. A former bit player on the bicycling pro circuit, nothing in Cast’s life goes as planned. The tricky item that has proved a success is his seduction of women and Cast’s modus operandi involves the Internet. He meets exotic beauties from around the globe. Although Cast wants to settle down, he is thrust... (more)

Beijing (Global Cities)

by Nancy Pellegrini

Beijing is the capital of China, the most populous country in the world - and a nation in flux. After half a century of strict communist rule, China relaxed its economic controls in the mid-1990s to allow growth. However, economic development has had mixed results for Beijing. An important religious and cultural center for at least 2,000 years, the city possesses irreplaceable treasures that are now under threat... (more)

Fodor's Citypack Beijing, 2nd Edition (Citypacks)

Fodor's Citypack Beijing, 2nd Edition (Citypacks)

by Fodor's

These ingenious city guides package a concise full-color miniguide together with a full-size color map in a sturdy plastic sleeve. This convenient two-in-one travel resource is perfect for the on-the-go traveler who only needs the highlights in brief. The Mini-guide Color photos throughout The top 25 attractions Itineraries, walks, tours and excursions Capsule reviews of key hotels, restaurants, shops,... (more)

Großer- Tiger und Christian.

by Fritz Mühlenweg

Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City

Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City

by Lillian M. Li

Few world cities have a record as long, as fascinating, or as well-documented as Beijing's. A capital almost continuously for more than a thousand years, the city has been Khubilai Khan's Mongol headquarters, home to emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the main stage for Communist-era achievements and upheavals. Beijing is the first book in English to trace this vibrant city's history from its earliest... (more)

The China Option (Pluto Crime)

by Nancy Milton

CHINA: Portrait of a People

by Tom Carter

A Comrade Lost and Found: A Beijing Story

A Comrade Lost and Found: A Beijing Story

by Jan Wong

A journalist’s search through Beijing for the classmate she betrayed during the Cultural Revolution reveals three decades of Chinese transformation. In the early 1970s, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, JanWong traveled from Canada to become one of only two Westerners permitted to study at Beijing University.One day a fellow student, Yin Luoyi, asked for help getting to the United States.Wong, then a... (more)

Tiger Eye: A Dirk & Steele Adventure (Paranormal Romance)

Dirk and Steele: Book 1

Tiger Eye: A Dirk & Steele Adventure (Paranormal Romance)

by Marjorie M. Liu

When a young psychic acquires a riddle box in Beijing, China, she learns she can free the shapeshifter imprisoned inside, and that he is the beginning of an adventure – and a love – of a lifetime.

Von Peking nach Berlin

Lonely Planet Beijing

by Damian Harper

Ever wondered what Peking duck tastes like on its home turf? Always wanted to climb the Great Wall? Or perhaps you'd like something a little more obscure. A ride around town in Madame Mao's old Red Flag stretch limousine, perhaps? Whatever tickles you, one thing's for sure: Beijing is one impressive city. This up-to-the-minute guidebook uncovers all the marvellous secrets - and makes sure you have a... (more)

Peking Story: The Last Days of Old China (New York Review Books Classics)

Peking Story: The Last Days of Old China (New York Review Books Classics)

by David Kidd

For two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution, David Kidd lived in Peking, where he married the daughter of an aristocratic Chinese family. "I used to hope," he writes, "that some bright young scholar on a research grant would write about us and our Chinese friends before it was too late and we were all dead and gone, folding into the darkness the wonder that had been our lives." Here, Kidd himself... (more)

Beijing & Shanghai: China's Hottest Cities, Second Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)

Beijing & Shanghai: China's Hottest Cities, Second Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)

by Peter Hibbard, Paul Mooney, Steven Schwankert

China's drive into the 21st century has been fueled by the relationship—and competition—between Beijing, considered by some observers to be the capital of capitals in China, and Shanghai, the nation's economic growth engine. The political and cultural history of China since 1850 has, in many ways, been shaped by Beijing's exercise of policy over what was once a small shipping port and fishing centre. In little... (more)

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by Nicole Mones

by Diane Wei Liang

by Diane Wei Liang

by Chunshu, Howard Goldblatt

by Roderick MacFarquhar

by Adam Pillsbury; Editor

by Jan Wong

by Cameron H Chambers

by Nancy Pellegrini

by Fodor's

by Fritz Mühlenweg

by Lillian M. Li

by Nancy Milton

by Tom Carter

by Jan Wong

by Marjorie M. Liu

by Damian Harper

by David Kidd

by Peter Hibbard, Paul Mooney, Steven Schwankert