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Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip
ISBN: 9781847674371 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years he travelled the country, tracking how the automobile and the improved transport system were transforming China. Here, Hessler writes of everyday people who have reshaped the country.
In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years he travelled the country, tracking how the automo...
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'Why Don't You Fly?' Back Door to Beijing - by Bicycle
ISBN: 9781905203253 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In May 2000 Chris Smith left his comfortable Worcestershire home, but instead of cycling the routine twelve miles to work, he kept on pedalling. Thirteen months later (having fallen off six times and worn out three sets of tyres, three chains and two pairs of boots) he arrived in Beijing. During a gruelling 16,500-mile examination of physical and mental stamina he traversed scorching deserts, scaled lofty peaks, crossed mighty rivers and risked extinction in the chaotic traffic of the cities. He ate and drank in roadside cafes in the company of inquisitive lorry drivers and shared dormitories...
In May 2000 Chris Smith left his comfortable Worcestershire home, but instead of cycling the routine twelve miles to work, he kept on pedalling. Thirt...
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Remembering Xinxiang
ISBN: 9781571686541 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William L. Adams has led a varied and exciting life, severing in the United State Navy as an officer and teaching around the world. On sabbatical in 1999, he journeyed to central China, the "real China," and spent a year teaching writing and British and American history at Henan Normal University. It is his experience there, living and teaching in impoverished Henan province - China's most populated province - that inspired this book.
William L. Adams has led a varied and exciting life, severing in the United State Navy as an officer and teaching around the world. On sabbatical in 1...
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Chinese Civilization
ISBN: 9780415846509 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: GBP800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7:...
Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative...
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262,70 |
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From China to Tibet and Back - Highlights of China: The Travails of an Old Man's Travels and Why You Shouldn't Wait to Travel
ISBN: 9781432799366 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China is an old culture. A proud culture as it should be. From this writers perspective, an exotic culture. Thus my adventure to China. I contacted China Highlights, a Chinese travel agency that I had found on the Internet at Chinahighlights.com. They had the itinerary I sought. Of course Beijing was on my list. I'd heard about the Terracotta Warriors in Xian. The sheer size of this excavation and what has been found is staggering and not to be missed. I had also recently heard about a modern engineering miracle, a train which protects the fragile high alpine environment as it hurtles at over...
China is an old culture. A proud culture as it should be. From this writers perspective, an exotic culture. Thus my adventure to China. I contacted Ch...
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From China to Tibet and Back - Highlights of China: The Travails of an Old Man's Travels and Why You Shouldn't Wait to Travel
ISBN: 9781478724117 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China is an old culture. A proud culture as it should be. From this writers perspective, an exotic culture. Thus my adventure to China. I contacted China Highlights, a Chinese travel agency that I had found on the Internet at Chinahighlights.com. They had the itinerary I sought. Of course Beijing was on my list. I'd heard about the Terracotta Warriors in Xian. The sheer size of this excavation and what has been found is staggering and not to be missed. I had also recently heard about a modern engineering miracle, a train which protects the fragile high alpine environment as it hurtles at over...
China is an old culture. A proud culture as it should be. From this writers perspective, an exotic culture. Thus my adventure to China. I contacted Ch...
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191,24 |
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Fun-Filled 2+1 Family Travel in China: Hong Kong and Taiwan
ISBN: 9781625166951 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A famous Western philosopher once said, "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." We all take trips at some time in our lives. If we can travel with our children, the trips can be happier and more meaningful.
Publishers website: http://sbprabooks.com/HuFen A famous Western philosopher once said, "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." We all take trips at some time in our li...
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Cityscopes: Beijing
ISBN: 9781780232614 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reaktion's new CityScopes series consists of concise, illustrated guides that provide a social and urban history from a city's beginnings to the present day. Written by authors with unique and intimate knowledge of each city, these books offer fascinating vignettes on the quintessential and the quirky. In the first book of the series, Linda Jaivin explores a city at the heart of one of the world's oldest civilizations and the capital of its newest superpower--Beijing. In China's central city, Jaivin finds thousands of years of history dating back to our ancestors, a story that includes...
Reaktion's new CityScopes series consists of concise, illustrated guides that provide a social and urban history from a city's beginnings to the prese...
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The China Travel Companion
ISBN: 9781493143306 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,23 |
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An American in Shanghai: Reflections on Living in New China
ISBN: 9780991135400 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost three tumultuous decades, insurance and investment fund executive Russell R. Miller, plied his trade in China and Southeast Asia. Buying and selling companies, setting up new ones and moving into public service by creating cultural and educational organizations -- all the while witnessing far reaching societal transformation in China and her neighbors.
For almost three tumultuous decades, insurance and investment fund executive Russell R. Miller, plied his trade in China and Southeast Asia. Buying an...
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81,39 |
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Sheila's Guide to Guizhou, China
ISBN: 9781481165143 / Angielski / Miękka / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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China Tourism: Cross-Cultural Studies
ISBN: 9781138807549 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deriving from a special issue on China Watching (Journal of China Tourism Research), this book presents the readers with a collection of seven independent research reports that adopt cross-cultural communication and cultural studies approaches to China tourism. Topics covered include the authenticity in cultural diffusion, the articulation of China through tourism, cross-cultural comparison of vacation consumption interpretation, the Chinese gaze of Europe, influence of globalization and localization on the development of tourism, behavioral implications of Chinese outbound tourism, and...
Deriving from a special issue on China Watching (Journal of China Tourism Research), this book presents the readers with a collection of seven indepen...
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Secrets of Study & Work in SHANGHAI: English Version 1
ISBN: 9781499620665 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Love, China and Alcohol
ISBN: 9781500126957 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With all bridges burnt in London, Richard Simpson seeks to create stability in his life by becoming an English teacher in China. Once there he tries to comprehend an ancient land and culture, an endeavour made more arduous by the problems he brings with him. Set amidst a dramatically changing society and emerging superpower, the story is about one man's quest to discover himself and find love, and a journey which is the precedent of a necessary but terrifying acceptance of who and what he is. Shocking, poignant, and funny, most of all Love, China and Alcohol will strike you for its brutal...
With all bridges burnt in London, Richard Simpson seeks to create stability in his life by becoming an English teacher in China. Once there he tries t...
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Beijing & Shanghai Travel Guide: Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
ISBN: 9781500540173 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The city of Beijing has been the capital of China for over 800 years and shows many aspects of China's imperial past. Beijing offers many of the nation's most significant sites including the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven-just to name a few. Shanghai means "the city by the sea" and this Chinese city of superlatives is located on the Huangpu River on the east coast of China. The Huangpu River journies to the Yangtze River and divides Shanghai on its way. To the west is Puxi, the older part of the city. To the east is Pudong, a spectacular area of...
The city of Beijing has been the capital of China for over 800 years and shows many aspects of China's imperial past. Beijing offers many of the natio...
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Who Moved My Rice?
ISBN: 9781477469033 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Six years living in China, five years living in Thailand, one year living in Vietnam, several visits to Malaysia, one memorable trip to Laos, and one big book of what happened. Watch me travel with my lovely Australian bride and my lovely Chinese Calico cat. Can you eat grits with chopsticks? Let's find out. I now have ten years of Asia stories, spanning at least five countries. Can you eat grits with chopsticks? Let's find out.
Six years living in China, five years living in Thailand, one year living in Vietnam, several visits to Malaysia, one memorable trip to Laos, and one ...
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How Red Is My Neck?
ISBN: 9781477468845 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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33,61 |
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China Doesn't Exist: Comparative Observation of the Reality in Modern China and the Economic, Social and Political Overview in Portugal
ISBN: 9781502995094 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the world continues to evolve in unpredictable directions, but the Portuguese economy remains predictably in permanent decline, as it has been for centuries since the fall from world first place, there is a search for explanations, solutions and answers that seem apparently nonexistent. An analysis of the past reveals numerous causes for the fall of a nation, but this study shows equally or more relevant as the observation of new emerging nations. Against this backdrop, China now presents itself as an example of good economy and society to the Portuguese, even though also in this attitude...
As the world continues to evolve in unpredictable directions, but the Portuguese economy remains predictably in permanent decline, as it has been for ...
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Isabella Bird
ISBN: 9781781450970 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unique photographs transport readers to the China of the late 19th century in this lavish pictorial record of Isabella Bird's travels
Isabella Bird was one of the 19th century's most remarkable women explorers. Her global travels and subsequent books made her famous, and led to her becoming one of the first female members of the Royal Geographical Society in 1891. This book celebrates her achievements of Isabella Bird with a beautiful pictorial record of her last great journey through China in the closing years of the 19th century, with supporting text by travel photography expert Debbie... Unique photographs transport readers to the China of the late 19th century in this lavish pictorial record of Isabella Bird's travels
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Shanghai Travel Guide: Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
ISBN: 9781505508208 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shanghai means "the city by the sea" and this Chinese city of superlatives is located on the Huangpu River on the east coast of China. The Huangpu River journies to the Yangtze River and divides Shanghai on its way. To the west is Puxi, the older part of the city. To the east is Pudong, a spectacular area of modern skyscrapers (including the Oriental Pearl Tower) developed from a flat green field to become "Hong Kong-like" in just a decade during the 1990s. Introduction to Shanghai, China - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights -...
Shanghai means "the city by the sea" and this Chinese city of superlatives is located on the Huangpu River on the east coast of China. The Huangpu Riv...
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