Dragons and Boxers
Fighting for Two Kings
The Lacquered Talisman
By Margaret Sun This is a unique memoir of modern China, a story of courage, of despair and of hope. Margaret Sun was born in Shanghai in1935 into a poor Cantonese family but English was her main language almost from birth. In 1956, she volunteered to go to work in China’s far northwest region of
By Daisy Kwok Daisy Kwok was the daughter of the man who founded Wing On, Shanghai’s largest and most successful department store, and her life spanned old Shanghai and modern Shanghai, old China and “New” China in a way that no other did. This book presents stories written by her of her life, stories from
by Brian McElney and Andrew Hoste Primrose In the year BC 35, it is recorded that 145 Roman Soldiers settled in northwestern China. How did they get there? This novel creates a narrative starting thirty years before, following the fortunes and misfortunes of one of those soldiers, Marcus, as he fights with Julius Caesar in
Portraits of Trees of Hong Kong and Southern China Illustrated by Sally Bunker and written by Richard Saunders and Chun-Chiu Pang Hong Kong possesses an impressively diverse tree flora with 390 native species. This book celebrates the incredible diversity, beauty and biology of the territory’s tree species, highlighting over 100 important species that are individually
by Daniel Reid This is the long-awaited memoir of Daniel Reid, world-renowned expert on consciousness, holistic medicine and living life to the full. Unbound by convention and driven by a quest for new experiences on roads less-traveled, Dan takes us through the sex, drugs and rock & roll scene of Late Sixties America to the
