China
Chinese
in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine K. Kershul
(Paperback)
The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China
Four Years Before Marco Polo
by Jacob D'Ancona, David Selbourne (Translator)
Listed under Marco Polo
Dos
and Dont's in China: The Traveler's Guide to Culture
by Wilson Learning Corporation
(Paperback)
River
Town : Two Years on the Yangtze
by Peter Hessler
Peace Corps teacher for two years in the backblocks of China has produced
a superbly crafted book.
Paperback - 416 pages (December 24, )
Harper Perennial; ISBN: 0060953748 |
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Culture
Shock: China
by Kevin Sinclair
(Paperback -- June )
Lonely
Planet Beijing (Beijing, 5th Ed)
by Damian Harper
Book Description: Tastier than birds-nest soup, Lonely Planet;s
Beijing will have you shopping like an emperor, feasting on Imperial cuisine
and scaling the dizzying heights of the Great Wall. And that’s
just the weekend!
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navigate: 19 maps, including a map of the Forbidden City
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getting around: ride our easy-to-follow bike tour and wander historic hutong
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live it up: gallery-hop or dance till dawn
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rest well: accommodation options to suit any budget
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communicate: Chinese script and Pinyin throughout
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Lonely
Planet China (China, 7th Ed)
by Caroline Liou, et al
(Paperback -- October )
Lonely
Planet Beijing City Map (Maps & Atlases)
by Lonely Planet Publications
Map from Lonely Planet
Best
of Beijing (Lonely Planet Condensed Beijing, 1st Ed)
by Korina Miller, Bjorn Wiesler
Paperback from Lonely Planet
A
Traveller's History of China
by Stephen G. Haw, et al
Paperback: 320 pages
Interlink Pub Group; ISBN: 1566564034; 3 edition (March
)
National
Geographic Traveler China (National Geographic Traveler)
by Damian Harper
Paperback: 400 pages
National Geographic Society
ISBN: 0792279212; (March )
Fodor's
China : The Guide for All Budgets, Completely Updated, With Many Maps and
Travel Tips (Fodor's China)
by Fodor's (Editor)
Fodor's China shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in
all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from
casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough
reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A
to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local
contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you
to what to do in an emergency. Your personal supply of Post-it? flags makes
it easy to mark your favorite listings. Plus, web links, costs, and mix-and-match
itineraries make planning a snap. Amazon.com
Paperback: Fodors Travel Pubns
ISBN: 0676901263; 3rd edition (April 2, ) |
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Fodor's
2003 Hong Kong: The Guide for All Budgets, Completely Updated Every Year,
With Maps and Travel Tips
by Fodors
(Paperback)
Frommer's
China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips, Third Edition
by J. D. Brown
Paperback from Frommer
Frommer's
China
by Peter Neville-Hadley
Paperback from Frommer
Grace
in China: An American Woman Beyond the Great Wall, 1934-1974
by Eleanor Cooper, et al
(Hardcover)
Iron
and Silk (Vintage Departures)
by Mark Salzman
In 1982, Salzman flew off to teach English in Changsha, China. He writes
of bureaucrats, students and Cultural Revolution survivors, stripping none
of their complexity and humanity. He's gentle with their idiocies, saving
his sharpest barbs for himself (it's his pants that split from zipper to
waist whilst demonstrating martial arts in Canton). Though dribs of history
and drabs of classical lore seep through, this is mostly a personal tale,
noted by the Los Angeles Times for "the charmingly unpretentious manner
in which it penetrates a China inaccessible to other foreigners." Amazon.com
Paperback: 211 pages
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0394755111; (November 1987)
Red
Dust : A Path Through China
by Jian Ma, et al
Chinese dissident and sometimes vagabond Ma Jian offers a sharp-edged,
often surprising portrait of his native land, one that takes his readers
into corners that few non-Chinese travelers have seen. In 1983, Ma, tired
of life in a China that, he writes, "feels like an old tin of beans that,
having lain in the dark for forty years, is beginning to burst at the seams,"
grew his hair, quit his job, and took to the road. As he recounts in his
able--and, at times, very strange--memoir, over the next three years he
wandered into the western desert, through the mountains of Shaanxi, down
the steamy southern coast, and, eventually, to Tibet. Along the way he
slipped by inquisitive police agents, ate dodgy meals, fell in love a time
or two, and learned much about his country--more than he bargained on,
for, as he writes, "I am exhausted. China is too old, its roots too deep.
I feel dirty from the delving." Ma's travelogue, alternately humorous and
sober, offers a constantly illuminating view of life behind the Great Wall.
-Gregory
McNamee - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 324 pages
Pantheon Books; ISBN: 0375420592; 1 Amer Ed edition (November
6, )
A
Field Guide to the Birds of China
by John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps (Illustrator), Fen-Qi He
This is the first truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully
illustrated field guide to Chinese birds. Over 1300 species are illustrated
in 128 color paintings, and they are fully described in the text. Color
distribution maps are also provided for all illustrated species. The authors
have both lived and worked in the region for many years, and they have
extensive experience writing and illustrating bird guides. Thus, this important
book will become a landmark in field guide publishing. Amazon.com
Paperback - 848 pages
Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0198549407 |
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The
Treasures and Pleasures of China : Best of the Best (The Impact Guides)
by Ronald L. Krannich, Caryl Krannich
(Paperback)
Spectacular
China
by Nigel Cameron
(Hardcover)
A World Away
by Larry Snider
A photography book of portraits done over a 10 year period on trips
through China, Tibet, Bhutan and Ladakh. There is an introduction to the
book by Sylvia Wolf, the Sandra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney
Museum of American Art in New York. Amazon.com
Listed under Tibet
On
the Trail of Marco Polo: Along the Silk Road by Bicycle
by Brady Fotheringham
Book Description: In 1997, Brady Fotheringham set out to retrace
part of this historic trail on a mountain bike. Three months, 3000 miles,
and numerous arrests later, he arrived in New Delhi with a multitude of
unforgettable experiences that travel readers and biking enthusiasts will
delight in sharing.
Paperback - September 2002
Road
to Heaven : Encounters With Chinese Hermits
by Bill Porter (Photographer), Steven R. Johnson (Photographer)
(Paperback - June 1993)
Frommer's Born to Shop : Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing
by Suzy Gershman
(Paperback)
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