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Tapestry of a Life: A Modern Odyssey Spanning Three Continents
ISBN: 9781647182816 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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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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China: A Yellow Peril?
ISBN: 9781905723430 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Muirhead concludes that with the pressures brought upon the world by China's massive economic growth and pollution comes the risk of a revival of the Yellow Peril scare. He asserts there have been good imperialists and Victorians, and patriotic Chinese communists.
Muirhead concludes that with the pressures brought upon the world by China's massive economic growth and pollution comes the risk of a revival of the ...
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The Peace Correspondent
ISBN: 9789881815460 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering a fresh and often hilarious perspective, this account chronicles journalist Garry Marchant s travels around Asia during a 30-year period. Covering familiar and lesser-known points in the East, this detailed guide reflects upon the similarities and differences between various Asian locales and demonstrates how the region has evolved in recent decades. Written by a curious and well-seasoned traveler, this remarkable record is filled with invaluable information as well as amusing anecdotes."
Offering a fresh and often hilarious perspective, this account chronicles journalist Garry Marchant s travels around Asia during a 30-year period. Cov...
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Grow Towards the Sun
ISBN: 9781946081711 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Long Peace Street: A Walk in Modern China
ISBN: 9781526151735 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,65 |
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回声/Echoes
ISBN: 9781006745843 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Chasing Faith Among Yaks and Nomads: A Memoir
ISBN: 9786167998329 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Dragons, donkeys, and dust: Memoirs from a decade in China
ISBN: 9780981300320 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This "how to" guide, or perhaps a "how not to" guide to living in China covers... -How a dream fortold of a wife and life in China. -Birth and death in local Chinese hospitals. -Getting a Chinese driver's license, somewhat nefariously. -Using a PLA motorcycle with sidecar as the "family car." -What to do when you knock over a cyclist in China. -Racing to North Korea on a motorized Flying Pigeon bicycle. -Playing hockey against Chinese olympians. -Covert ops to the Dalai Lama's family home. -How to be Canadian in China. -Getting tomahawked in a Chinese hockey brawl.
This "how to" guide, or perhaps a "how not to" guide to living in China covers... -How a dream fortold of a wife and life in China. -Birth and death i...
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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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A Two-Year Stint in Asia Wraps Up amid Unfinished Business: A Journal
ISBN: 9781491785348 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. JEL is going about his business as a professor in Canada when there's a knock on his door one April morning. The visitor, Royal, is a language instructor in China looking for teaching material, and he finds a treasure trove in JEL's office. But the more consequential aspect of the meeting, for JEL at least, is it reignites his lifelong dream to teach in China. He chats with Royal who advises him that it would be best for him to go to China if he's serious about securing a position. Once there, he puts him in touch with Min, a university professor who might be able to help him get a... JEL is going about his business as a professor in Canada when there's a knock on his door one April morning. The visitor, Royal, is a language i... |
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A Short Stint in Tibet: Captured by Chinese Horse Soldiers, A Couple is Taken on a Wild Journey of Body and Mind
ISBN: 9780595347100 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seeking adventure, a couple, Ernst and Emilie, embark on a trek across the Himalayas, from Nepal into western Tibet. After a clandestine mountain crossing at the source of the Brahmaputra River, the two lost explorers find themselves destitute with no map and meager supplies. Suddenly, they are captured by a bedraggled patrol of outcasts from the Chinese Army. Their trip turns into a wild odyssey as they become 'prisoners" of this ragtag group of wacky characters. "Dripping wet and shivering, we found refuge in a shack adjoining the collection of drowning huts from which we had escaped. It...
Seeking adventure, a couple, Ernst and Emilie, embark on a trek across the Himalayas, from Nepal into western Tibet. After a clandestine mountain cros...
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Dancing on the Frontier: Travels by Land through China and Tibet
ISBN: 9781479701568 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a memoir of a year I spent off the beaten track in China. From the Pacific coast to the dusty heart of Central Asia, I travelled 10,000 miles through virtually every region of that vast country. My backpacking adventures were much more than just a young man s solitary wanderings. I taught myself Mandarin so that I could communicate with anyone and everyone I came across. My book is a personal account, yes, but it is also reveals China through the eyes of the Chinese. I spoke to people in every part of the nation, from politically-disillusioned artists in Shanghai to... This is a memoir of a year I spent off the beaten track in China. From the Pacific coast to the dusty heart of Central Asia, I travelled 10,000 mil... |
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Disoriented: Two Strange Years in China as Unexpected Expats
ISBN: 9781494322809 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Hong Kong: Ultimate Travel Guide to the Unforgetable Destination. All you need to know to get the best experience on your travel
ISBN: 9781508540595 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Walking in the Autumn: Literary Tour in China 2015
ISBN: 9781537595061 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. a tour book for the people who love to travel
a tour book for the people who love to travel
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Mr. Song's Bicycle: Middle Kingdom Memories
ISBN: 9781986136136 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Wushu Were Here: Training Shaolin Kung Fu in China
ISBN: 9781527264502 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A China Moment
ISBN: 9781479723768 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A China Moment is Clare Bagshaw s informed and insightful account of the rewards and challenges of living, working and travelling across the breadth of China and beyond. Clare battles through cultural barriers and social nuances to gain an understanding of the dynamics and history of China and Her people. The relationships Clare builds with local Chinese and western compatriots offer a unique insight into the contradictory societies living side by side. Tales of Clare s travels, for both work and enjoyment, are accompanied by the rewards and frustrations of daily life in China,... A China Moment is Clare Bagshaw s informed and insightful account of the rewards and challenges of living, working and travelling across the bread... |
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