Download or read book Hong Kong Nights written by Renford Reese and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hong Kong China written by Ralph Arnote and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 1996-08-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1997: Hong Kong, China. No longer a prize of British colonialism, Hong Kong will enter a new realm of history as China reclaims what she sees as her most wayward child. No one knows what this change will bring. Will this become a new era of peace and prosperity for the city, uniting the people with a common goal and vision, all working for the glory of China? Or will this mean the destruction of Hong Kong's way of life, a withdrawal of all the liberties enjoyed by the island's residents by a mainland government that views all trade as state secrets and the press as an enemy of the People's Republic? Change can bring joy--but more often it brings fear. Among the varied individuals confronting this historic change: Brandon Poole: One of Hong Kong's richest industrialists, he is a British aristocrat whose family helped colonize the city and whose love for it will keep him there...perhaps long past the time of safety. Lacy Lock: A New York investment banker who comes to Hong Kong to make her mark and winds up with much more than she ever bargained for. Cloud Van Hooten: A Dutch businessman hungry for success, whose dreams have drawn him to this city and whose love for one woman may doom them both. Moia Hsu: A beautiful Chinese intellectual with ties to Beijing, whose love for Van Hooten and her country are tearing her apart. These four people--and all the teeming masses of this wondrous place--will face the destiny of Hong Kong together. And the question all will seek the answer to is...Will the dragon destroy it's most precious treasure? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book War and Revolution in South China written by Edward J. M. Rhoads and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In War and Revolution in South China, Edward Rhoads recounts his childhood and early teenage years during the Sino-Japanese War and the early postwar years. Rhoads came from a biracial family. His father was an American professor while his Chinese mother was a typist and stenographer. In the late 1930s and the 1940s, the Rhoads family lived through the turbulent years in southern China and Hong Kong. The book follows Rhoads’ childhood in Guangzhou, his family’s evacuation to Hong Kong, his father’s internment and repatriation to the United States, and his and his mother’s flight to Free China. He recalls his reunion with family members in northern Guangdong Province in 1943, their retreat to China’s wartime capital of Chongqing, where his father worked for the American government, and how they returned to Guangzhou after the war. The Rhoads family then witnessed the socioeconomic recovery in the city and the regime change in 1949. The book ends with their departure from China to the United States in 1951, a year and a half after the Communist revolution. The book fills an important gap in the scholarship by examining the impact of the Sino-Japanese War in southern China from the perspective of one family. Rhoads reveals that the war in this region, while often neglected by scholars, was in fact no less turbulent than it was in northern and central China. He combines autobiography with serious historical research to reconstruct the lives of his family, consulting a large number of archival documents, private correspondence, and scholarly literature to produce a rare study that is both scholarly and accessible. “This book is a very timely reminder that one should look at the experience of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Second World War from a regional perspective in order to understand the diverse historical experience of the people from different geographical, ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds.” —Chi-man Kwong, Hong Kong Baptist University “A pleasure to read and of compelling interest, Edward Rhoads’ book explores the more benign side of the foreign influence in modern China: the introduction of modern educational institutions. The intriguing lens through which we look is his biracial family, their multiple flights across southern China as refugees escaping war, and their eventual expulsion from China.” —Stephen Davies, The University of Hong Kong
Download or read book Top 10 Hong Kong written by Andrew Stone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Top 10: Hong Kong travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Hong Kong has to offer. Whether you're looking for the liveliest nightlife in Hong Kong, wish to view the amazing skyline or discover the city's captivating museums and modernist architecture; this travel guide is packed with essential information for every corner Hong Kong, whatever your budget. There are dozens of Top 10 lists; including the Top 10 ways to experience the real China, Hong Kong's Top 10 most thrilling festivals, the Top 10 greatest modernist buildings in Hong Kong and the Top 10 best places to shop. Top 10 Hong Kong travel guide is packed with over 350 beautiful illustrations, photographs, and detailed cutaways of the greatest attractions with reviews and recommendations of Hong Kong's best hotels, bars and clubs which will ensure you won't miss a thing! Your guide to the Top 10 best of everything in Hong Kong.
Download or read book Top 10 Hong Kong written by DK Travel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2016. True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Hong Kong covers all the city's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you. This newly updated pocket travel guide for Hong Kong will lead you straight to the best attractions the city has to offer, from the city's amazing skyline and modernist architecture to the Hong Kong Museum of History and Man Mo Temple to Victoria Peak. Expert travel writers have fully revised this edition of DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Hong Kong. + Brand-new itineraries help you plan your trip to Hong Kong. + Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time. + New Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more. + New typography and fresh layout throughout. You'll still find DK's famous full-color photography and museum floor plans, along with just the right amount of coverage of the city's history and culture. The perfect pocket-size travel companion: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Hong Kong.
Download or read book The complete travel guide for Hong Kong China written by and published by YouGuide Ltd. This book was released on with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At YouGuide™, we are dedicated to bringing you the finest travel guides on the market, meticulously crafted for every type of traveler. Our guides serve as your ultimate companions, helping you make the most of your journeys around the world. Our team of dedicated experts works tirelessly to create comprehensive, up-todate, and captivating travel guides. Each guide is a treasure trove of essential information, insider insights, and captivating visuals. We go beyond the tourist trail, uncovering hidden treasures and sharing local wisdom that transforms your travels into extraordinary adventures. Countries change, and so do our guides. We take pride in delivering the most current information, ensuring your journey is a success. Whether you're an intrepid solo traveler, an adventurous couple, or a family eager for new horizons, our guides are your trusted companions to every country. For more travel guides and information, please visit www.youguide.com
Download or read book Hong Kong written by Simon Winchester and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1992 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, the colony of Hong Kong will be ceded to the People's Republic of China. To capture Hong Kong in transition, 11 photojournalists spent two weeks on a shoot in Hong Kong. The result is this book which presents the many cultures and subcultures of a city about to undergo a radical change.
Download or read book Hong Kong Macau written by Jules Brown and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource includes full details of Hong Kong harbour, its shopping and nightlife districts, traditional sites and off-the-beaten track areas of the New Territories and outlying islands. A history and a cultural guide is included, as well as places to eat, drink and sleep on every budget. Background information on post-handover politics and features on festivals, feng shui and Chinese astrology are also included.
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Top 10 Hong Kong written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hong Kong has it all: futuristic buildings home to glitzy shops and restaurants, traditional villages full of beautiful temples and gorgeous beaches lined with pristine coastline. Make the most of your trip to this captivating region with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Hong Kong has to offer and ensuring that you don’t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. Our updated 2022 travel guide brings Hong Kong to life. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Hong Kong is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime. Inside DK Eyewitness Hong Kong you will find: - Up-to-date information with insider tips and advice for staying safe - Top 10 lists of Hong Kong’s must-sees, including Temple Street Night Market, Tai Long Wan Coastline, The Peak and Cheung Chau Island - Hong Kong’s most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping - Themed lists, including the best walking routes and promenades, modern buildings, areas of natural beauty and much more - Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week - A laminated pull-out map of Hong Kong, plus eleven full-color area maps About DK Eyewitness: At DK Eyewitness, we believe in the power of discovery. We make it easy for you to explore your dream destinations. DK Eyewitness travel guides have been helping travellers to make the most of their breaks since 1993. Filled with expert advice, striking photography and detailed illustrations, our highly visual DK Eyewitness guides will get you closer to your next adventure. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations, from pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides. Named Top Guidebook Series at the 2020 Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, we know that wherever you go next, your DK Eyewitness travel guides are the perfect companion.
Download or read book Hong Kong on Air written by Muhammad Cohen and published by Blacksmith Books. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Hong Kong handover boom fizzles into the Asian economic bust, a young American couple's marriage and their careers tumble into a maze of television news, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie.
Download or read book Forty Nights written by Thrall Chris and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Royal Marines Commando Chris Thrall returned from a year in Hong Kong suffering severe psychosis from crystal meth addiction and PTSD. The medical profession said recovery was unlikely. Chris refused all treatment and his life descended into a chaotic cycle of drug use that almost killed him ... until salvation came in a surprising form.
Download or read book Cool Places written by Tracey Skelton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection of engaging essays addresses issues of representation and resistance in youth culture today and focuses on the complexities of youth cultures and their spatial representations and interactions.
Download or read book More than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment written by Chaloner Grenville Alabaster and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment is the wartime journal of Sir Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, former attorney-general of Hong Kong and one of the three highest-ranking British officials during the Japanese occupation. He was imprisoned by the Japanese at the Stanley Internment Camp from 1941 to 1945. During his internment, he managed to keep a diary of his life in the camp in small notebooks and hid them until his release in 1945. He then wrote his wartime journal on the basis of these notes. The journal records his day-to-day experiences of the fall of Hong Kong, his time at Stanley, and his eventual release. Some of the most fascinating extracts cover the three months immediately after the fall of Hong Kong and when Alabaster and his colleagues were imprisoned in Prince’s Building in Central and before they were sent to the camp, a period little covered in previous publications. Hence, the book is an important primary source for understanding the daily operation of the Stanley Internment Camp and the camp’s environment. Readers will also learn more about the daily life of those imprisoned in the camp, and C. G. Alabaster’s interaction with other prisoners there. ‘A prominent figure in pre-war Hong Kong, Alabaster was one of the leaders of the British community in Stanley Internment Camp. His recently discovered journal provides a detailed and candid account of the routines, anxieties, and hardships of camp life. It also offers new insights into the complex politics and divisions among internees. With its substantial editorial introduction, this book is an important addition to the growing literature on internment during Japan’s wartime occupation of Hong Kong.’ —Christopher Munn, University of Hong Kong ‘Of the many memoirs of the Stanley civilian internment camp, this is perhaps the most fascinating and engrossing. Written soon after the war and based on a diary, it is not only a day-by-day description of the travails of life in captivity but also, more interestingly, an account of the inner tensions and divisions that were rampant among the British internees from beginning to end.’ —Edward J. M. Rhoads, University of Texas at Austin
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Top 10 Hong Kong written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unbeatable pocket-sized guide to Hong Kong, packed with insider tips and ideas, color maps and top 10 lists--all designed to help you see the very best of Hong Kong. Take the historic tram up the Peak, ride the Star Ferry between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, join the crowds at the Happy Valley Races, explore the buzzing night markets, or browse in Tsim Sha Tsui's designer stores. From Top 10 ways to experience real China to Top 10 things to do for free--discover the best of Hong Kong with this easy-to-use travel guide. Inside Top 10 Hong Kong: Eleven easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week Top 10 lists showcase the best Hong Kong attractions, covering Central's Statue Square, Stanley, the Tau Long Wan coastline, and more Plus eleven color neighborhood maps In-depth neighborhood guides explore Hong Kong's most interesting areas, with the best places for shopping, going out, and sightseeing Color-coded chapters divided by area make it easy to find information quickly and plan your day Essential travel tips including our expert choices for where to stay, eat, shop, and sightsee, plus useful transportation, visa, and health information Color maps help you navigate with ease Covers Hong Kong Island, Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Prince Edward, New Kowloon, the New Territories, Outlying Islands, Macau, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and more Staying for longer and looking for a comprehensive guide to the mainland? Try our DK Eyewitness Travel Guide China.
Download or read book Book of My Nights written by Li-Young Lee and published by BOA Editions, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book of My Nights is the first poetry collection in ten years by one of the world's most acclaimed young poets. In Book of My Nights, Li-Young Lee once again gives us lyrical poetry that fuses memory, family, culture and history. In language as simple and powerful as the human muscle, these poems work individually and as a full-sequence meditation on the vulnerability of humanity. Marketing Plans: o National advertising o National media campaign o National and regional author appearances o Advance reader copies o Course adoption mailing Li-Young Lee burst onto the American literary scene with the publication of Rose, winner of the 1986 Delmore Schwartz Memorial Poetry Award from The Poetry Society of America. He followed that astonishing book with The City in Which I Love You, which was The Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets. Mr. Lee has appeared on National Public Radio a number of times and The Power of the Word, the PBS television series with Bill Moyers. Rose and The City in Which I Love You are in the 19th and 17th printings respectively, making them two of the highest-selling contemporary poetry books in the United States. Moreover, Mr. Lee's poems have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He currently lives in Chicago.
Download or read book Live and Work In Hong Kong written by Rachel Wright and published by How To Books. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever your reasons for planning to live and work in Hong Kong, this comprehensive guide will tell you all you need to know to make the most of your time in this vibrant and challenging city. Organised into three sections: Living, Working, and Leisure, this book includes up to date information and well-informed opinion on: * The kind of lifestyle you can expect to enjoy in Hong Kong * The cost of living * Finding accommodation, whether short term or to buy or rent *Having and raising children in Hong Kong *Shopping for food or luxuries - Working and volunteering *Teaching English *Sporting events, special interest groups and the local arts scene *Travelling and places to visit *Entertainment and nightlife
