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In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient , a gripping tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their love affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese as World War II overwhelms their part of the world. Will is sent... (more)

Tai-Pan

by James Clavell

Dirk Straun, a pirate, smuggler, and ruthless individual, finds glory beyond his dreams as the Tai-Pan, or supreme leader, of Hong Kong. Reissue.

Noble House

by James Clavell

Under the eyes of the KGB, the CIA, and the People's Republic of China, British and American businessmen maneuver for control of Hong Kong's oldest trading house. Reissue.

The Painted Veil

by W. Somerset Maugham

Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to... (more)

Nine Dragons

by Michael Connelly

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a detective from... (more)

The Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum

Bourne Trilogy: Book 2

The Bourne Supremacy

by Robert Ludlum

A KILLER WITH NO FACE, NO IDENTITY, AND A NAME THE WORLD WANTED TO FORGET: JASON BOURNE Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity—a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. To succeed, the real Jason... (more)

Chasing the Dragon

by Jackie Pullinger

The true story of how one woman's faith resulted in the conversion of hundreds of drug addicts, prostitues and hardened criminals in Hong Kong's infamous Walled City.

The Gatekeepers: Book 4

Necropolis

by Anthony Horowitz

As the fourth novel in the spellbinding Gatekeepers series begins, the world is under the greatest threat it's ever known. The evil corporation Nightrise has amassed an immense amount of power . . . and the devastating force of the Old Ones is about to be unleashed around the globe. To stop this from happening, Matt and three of the Gatekeepers head to Hong Kong--not just the modern city of skyscrapers and wealth,... (more)

Noble House

by James Clavell

Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

by Martin Booth

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s. As an inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s. Unrestricted by parental control, he had free access to hidden corners of the colony normally closed to a Gweilo, a “pale fellow”... (more)

The World of Suzie Wong

by Richard Mason

Kowloon Tong: A Novel of Hong Kong

by Paul Theroux

Ninety-nine years of colonial rule are ending as the British prepare to hand over Hong Kong to China. For Betty Mullard and her son, Bunt, it doesn't concern them - until the mysterious Mr. Hung from the mainland offers them a large sum for their family business. They refuse, yet fail to realize Mr. Hung is unlike the Chinese they've known: he will accept no refusals. When a young female employee whom Bunt has... (more)

Gai-Jin

by James Clavell

In the Japan of the 1860s, Malcolm Struan, the heir to the title of Tai-Pan within the Nobel House, meets a young French woman who will alter his destiny and the entire family legacy. Reprint. NYT. PW.

White Ghost Girls

by Alice Greenway

Summer 1967. The turmoil of the Maoist revolution is spilling over into Hong Kong and causing unrest as war rages in neighboring Vietnam. White Ghost Girls is the story of Frankie and Kate, two American sisters living in a foreign land in a chaotic time. With their war-photographer father off in Vietnam, Marianne, their beautiful but remote mother, keeps the family close by. Although bound by a closeness of... (more)

Hong Kong (A Jake Grafton Novel)

by Stephen Coonts

The U.S. Government sends Jake Grafton to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the U.S. consul-general, Tiger Cole, is embedded in a dangerous plan to overthrow the Chinese regime. He takes his wife Callie with him. They haven't returned to the island since their first meeting there, andTiger Cole is an old friend from those days. Their trip soon turns into their worst nightmare... Hong Kong is a powder keg ready to... (more)

Pearl Moon

by Katherine Stone

Publishers Weekly called it a "vivid narrative" with "glamorous settings." Booklist said it's a "can't-miss combination of multigenerational romance and international suspense, financial rivalry and family secrets." Now updated in this tenth-anniversary edition, Pearl Moon is the book thousands of readers have been asking for! It's the year before Hong Kong's reversion to Chinese control -- a year of... (more)

East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia

East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia

by Chris Patten

How will Asia--its vast population, its swirling politics, its recently challenged economics--change our world? Few Western political figures can answer that question as well as Christopher Patten. For five years, Patten was the governor of Hong Kong, and as China prepared to reclaim its people and its land, he struggled to put in place democratic institutions that would ensure Hong Kong's continued vitality. In... (more)

Sweet Mandarin : the courageous true story of three generations of Chinese women and their journey from East to West

Sweet Mandarin : the courageous true story of three generations of Chinese women and their journey from East to West

by Helen Tse

Spanning almost a hundred years, this rich and evocative memoir recounts the lives of three generations of remarkable Chinese women. Their extraordinary journey takes us from the brutal poverty of village life in mainland China, to newly prosperous 1930s Hong Kong and finally to the UK. Their lives were as dramatic as the times they lived through. A love of food and a talent for cooking pulled each generation... (more)

Wives, Mistresses & Matriarchs

by Louise Williams

The Spider's Web

by Adrian Tilley

What would YOU do if this happened to you?It's the year 2056. Hong Kong is not a happy place to live, but it's home for seventeen-year-old Jeff. To prevent the spread of a deadly disease, entire neighbourhoods have been segregated, a strict curfew enforced, and the grim-faced troops of the Alliance roam the streets, ready to kill at any sign of unrest.Like everyone else, Jeff's been keeping his... (more)

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