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Story of Hong Gildong

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Made, Laid and Betrayed in Hong Kong

Follow the true story of two young yet disparate Brits as they venture east to Hong Kong to join the colonial police out there.

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Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941

New B-format paperback - 25 December 1941 is known to this day by the people of Hong Kong as 'Black Christmas'. The battle for Hong Kong is a story th

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The Story of Saiunkoku 1

Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T audiences. Shurei Hong, destitute but of

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The Story of Saiunkoku 9

A period fantasy in which a palace consort must guide a feckless emporer to assume the throne. Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from hol

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The Story of Saiunkoku 8

A period fantasy in which a palace consort must gu Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, ref

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The Story of Saiunkoku 6

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T. Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ...

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The Story of Saiunkoku 3

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) T audience. Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne'er-...

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The Story of Saiunkoku 7

Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T. Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ...

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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (PC) Klíč Steam

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual ...

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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (PC) Klíč Steam (PC)

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual ...

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Making of M+

This visually driven compendium combines brief narrative descriptions and widely sourced images to tell the fascinating story of the creation of Hong

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Across Oceans of Law

Renisa Mawani charts the story of the Komagata Maru-a steamship that left Hong Kong for Vancouver in 1914 carrying 376 Punjabi immigrants who were den

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The Art of War - Tzu Sun

Anotace: For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu`s The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, i...

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The Art of War, 1. vydání - Sun Tzu

<p>For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, in...

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Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations - Simon Schama

<p>Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingenuity of science, it has happened before. Characteristically, with...

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Too Big to Jail: HSBC and the Banking Scandal of the Century - Blackhurst Chris

Anotace: `Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you` - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations - and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ev...

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Too Big to Jail: HSBC and the Banking Scandal of the Century - Chris Blackhurst

<p>'Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you' - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations - and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has eve...

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Chasing the Dragon (Manga)

The incredible true story of a young British woman's struggle against the darkness of Hong Kong's Triads and drug dens - re-told for the first time as

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Fortune's Bazaar

FORTUNE'S BAZAAR is a story of empire, race and sex, and it offers startling insights into the ambiguous identity of Hong Kong to this day, just as it

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Bold Venture

Bold Venture tells an important and riveting untold wartime story of the American airmen who flew combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second Wor

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Tai-Pan - Clavell James

Anotace: The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers. Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master ...

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Tai-Pan - James Clavell

<p>The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers.</p> <p>Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggle...

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New From Here: The no.1 New York Times hit! - Yang Kelly

Anotace: Don`t miss the stunning no.1 New York Times bestseller.New country. New life. Whole new world . . .When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox`s mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings to California, where they think they will be safe from the virus.But life in America isn`t easy. At Knox`s new school, the other kids think that...

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New From Here: The no.1 New York Times hit! - Kelly Yang

<p>Don't miss the stunning no.1 New York Times bestseller.New country. New life. Whole new world . . .When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings to California, where they think they will be safe from the virus.But life in America isn't easy. At Knox's new school, the other kids think that ...

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Bestiary - Ming Chang

Anotace: Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this blazing debut of one family's queer desires, violent impulses and buried secrets. One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body. Her name was Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes. S...

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Old Filth (0349139490)

Kniha - autor Jane Gardam, 260 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná 'A magnificent, deeply moving and compassionate portrait of an era and a sentimental education. Please read it'Daily Mail FILTH, in his heyday, was an international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Now, only the oldest QCs and Silks can remember that his nickname stood for Failed In Lond...

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China : An Epic Novel - Edward Rutherfurd

<p>The internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in his new epic: China China in the nineteenth century: a proud and ancient empire forbidden to foreigners. The West desires Chinese tea above all other things but lacks the silver to buy it. Instead, western adventurers resort to smuggling opium in exchange. The Qing Emperor will ...

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Beautiful Days

This book of contemporary Chinese literature contains two separate novellas, A Riot of Brilliant Purple and Tender Crimson and Beautiful Days. A Riot of Brilliant Purple and Tender CrimsonThis novel is about the love lives of a father and daughter pair. The heroine is Xiang Yijun, a government officer who is greatly influenced by her Peking Opera performer father. She is ...

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Beautiful Days - Xiaolan Teng

Anotace: This book of contemporary Chinese literature contains two separate novellas, A Riot of Brilliant Purple and Tender Crimson and Beautiful Days. A Riot of Brilliant Purple and Tender CrimsonThis novel is about the love lives of a father and daughter pair. The heroine is Xiang Yijun, a government officer who is greatly influenced by her Peking Opera performer fathe...

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Beijing Rules: China´s Quest for Global Influence - Allen Bethany

Anotace: `Allen has shown remarkable courage in writing this . . . A disturbing, insightful book about China`s hidden, multitiered war-and how the West can fight back` Kirkus Reviews The remarkable story of China`s two-decade quest for global dominance.For several decades China`s ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of quie...

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The Adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection - Christian Habermeier

<p>The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, this book presents adidas’s history through more than 350 pairs of shoes from the “adidas Archive”, including one-of-a-kind originals, vintage models, never-before-seen proto...

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The adidas Archive. The Footwear Collection. 40th Anniversary Edition - Christian Habermeier

<p>The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, this book presents adidas’s history through almost 200 pairs of shoes, including one-of-a-kind originals, vintage models, and designer pieces.</p> <p> </p> ...

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