This book, written by a former Chinese ambassador to London, is a cultured and entertaining view of the gastronomic side......more
It s amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication Do you want to speak conversational Mandarin Ch......more
In an era of accelerating population growth, mass urbanisation, and increasing pressure on the natural environment, the ......more
Your All-In-One Travel Guide to Beijing s Absolute BEST Best of Beijing: Your #1 Itinerary Planner for What to See, Do, ......more
Do you want to travel with ease an elegance getting what you need when you need it? This is the solution for your commun......more
Deriving from a special issue on "China Watching" (Journal of China Tourism Research), this book presents the readers wi......more
The city of Beijing has been the capital of China for over 800 years and shows many aspects of China s imperial past. Be......more
While economy or budget hotels have been popular in western countries since the end of the Second World War, they have o......more
Wyatt Harris was born with one arm in mainland China. For reasons unknown, he was abandoned as an infant to an orphanage......more
The story of a young man s outrageous adventures in China and his search for identity in the most unexpected of places. ......more
MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2013 helps travelers find great places to eat and stay, with rigorously researched reco......more
At age 40, Greg and Heidi Rhodes kept a rash promise to each other made 17 years earlier, when the naive, mortgage-free ......more
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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 A......more
Lana, staid, predictable, suffering from empty nest syndrome needed a change. After spending most of her 40 years of m......more
China is an amazing country, a place that needs time and complete immersion to be able to understand. I took a job as a ......more
Chopsticks culture: Your Photo Guide to exploring Chinese cuisine, is an additional guide to the smart phone app of the ......more
Yes China is a funny, self-deprecating, and brutally honest travelogue/memoir about teaching English in modern China. Th......more
Tourism in China has grown rapidly since the country started implementing its open-door policy in 1978. Tourism developm......more
Following Marco Polo s Silk Road is Brian and Jill Lawrenson s personal account of their adventure-filled journey as the......more
Each person experiences a city differently. In Hong Kong: Lost & Found, readers discover one of the world s most excitin......more
Running from scandal--in her family, church, and community life--Susan moves from California to China. At first, the adv......more
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to: Journey up Jade Dragon Snow Mountain? Attend a Daoist fortune telling c......more
Book Description It s essential to build a solid foundation for learners of any language as early as possible - THIS IS ......more
At the beginning of the 21st century, it is hard to imagine a place more exciting than China. Westerners hear much about......more
As the British-born Tutor to the Dragon Emperor, Johnston was the only foreigner in history to be allowed inside the inn......more
In the early 1900s a man named Edwin John Dingle embarked on a remarkable mapping expedition of China. Overcoming incred......more
Watch Hong Kong Harbour awake Experience a local bus ride Visit out-of-the-way walled cities Experience Chinese huge mat......more
A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most d......more
In August, 2003 I made arrangements to teach English in China, but when I got there, there was no job. So begins a very ......more
China is a country in transition, a country of contradictions and a country worthy of being discovered without bringing ......more
What does it take to survive? More than you could fathom. YAK BUTTER BLUES: A Tibetan Trek of Faith (an IPPY award win......more
China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now ......more
This book follows four Seventeenth-century Englishmen on their journeys around the Ottoman Empire while the British were......more
Wade Brackenbury wanted an adventure, and he got the journey of a lifetime. Along with a charismatic photographer named ......more