City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong (Dapiran Antony)(Paperback)

City on Fire - the fight for Hong Kong (Dapiran Antony)(Paperback / softback)

City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong (Dapiran Antony)(Paperback)

A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a

The Hong Kong Legal System (Lo Stefan H. C.)(Paperback)

This book provides an introduction to the legal system in Hong Kong. Understanding Hong Kong's legal system today requires both an understanding of the British origins of much of the laws and legal institutions as well as the uniquely Hong Kong developments in the application of the Basic Law under

Hong Kong Without Us: A People's Poetry (Project The Bauhinia)(Paperback)

Hong Kong without Us is a decentralized book of revolutionary poetry. Drawn directly from the voices of Hong Kong during its anti-extradition protests, the poems consist of submitted testimonies and found materials--and are all anonymous from end to end, from first speech to translated curation

Red Affairs, White Affairs (Nay Felicia)(Paperback)

Hong Kong -- a teeming city where ritual, religion, the spirits of the dead and the spirit of enterprise meet, sometimes clash. For Reini it's a home that sometimes is strange, sometimes familiar, a place of contrasts -- even her name: Reini to close friends, Kim to her colleagues. When she meets

A Concise History of Hong Kong (Carroll John M.)(Paperback)

John M. Carroll's engrossing and accessible narrative explores the remarkable history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The book explores Hong Kong as a place with a

Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (Wasserstrom Jeffrey)(Paperback)

VIGIL takes you to the frontlines of the battle for democracy in China, helping readers truly understand what's at stake, and how China rules. The story of Hong Kong's struggles can also bring into sharper focus issues associated with China's rise and the challenges of resisting authoritarian

Post Economic Growth - Development Challenges in East Asia (Press City University of Hong Kong)(Paperback / softback)

The Hong Kong Protests and Political Theology (Pui-Lan Kwok)(Paperback)

A Modern History of Hong Kong: 1841-1997 (Tsang Steve)(Paperback)

This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War'. As premier power in Europe and an

Architectural Guide Hong Kong (Meyer Ulf)(Paperback)

Hong Kong's location on the water, the high mountains and the narrow urban strip in between, its forced drive into the sky, have led to the development of the most breathtaking skyline in the world. This new architectural guide presents one hundred of Hong Kong's most interesting

Gelignite (Marshall William)(Paperback)

In the seamy Hong Bay district of Hong Kong, crimes of every shape and size are commonplace. But not letter bombs. Not till Mr Leung and Mr Ramaswamy are successively spread bloodily over the office walls.When Detective Inspector Spencer narrowly escapes becoming victim number 3, the Yellowthread

Tales of the Taoist Immortals (Wong Eva)(Paperback)

As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Eva Wong heard and memorized many tales told to her by Hong Kong's finest professional storytellers, by actors on the radio, and by her grandmother. These popular tales of the Taoist immortals were also often dramatized in Chinese operas. The stories are of

Tai-Pan - The Second Novel of the Asian Saga (Clavell James)(Paperback / softback)

The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of

The Borrowed (Ho-Kei Chan)(Paperback)

From award-winning Hong Kong writer Chan Ho-Kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective whose career spans fifty years of the territory s history. A deductive powerhouse, Kwan becomes a legend in the force, nicknamed the Eye of Heaven by his awe-struck colleagues

The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China's Instant City (Du Juan)(Pevná vazba)

An award-winning Hong Kong-based architect with decades of experience designing buildings and planning cities in the People's Republic of China takes us to the Pearl River delta and into the heart of China's iconic Special Economic Zone, Shenzhen.Shenzhen is ground zero for the economic

Hungry Ghost (Leather Stephen)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Hong Kong, 1991. The colony is preparing for Chinese rule. Geoff Howells, a government-trained killing machine, is brought out of retirement and sent to there. His brief: to assassinate Chinese Mafia leader, Simon Ng. Howells devises a dangerous and complicated plan to reach his intended victim -

Hit-Girl Volume 5 (Way Daniel)(Paperback)

Hit-Girl's in Hong Kong. She's hunting a merciless gang leader -- one responsible for drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion and bloody gang warfare. Yet all is not what it seems, and Hit-Girl's ready to recruit allies from the darkest, dirtiest corners of Hong Kong. A hyper violent, Hong Kongese

Level 5: The Bourne Supremacy (Ludlum Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A Chinese politician assassinated in Hong Kong. Jason Bourne's name found at the scene...the killer has returned! Who's paying him and who will he kill next? But American officials know there never was an assassin called Bourne. So who is the impostor? How can he be

Umbrellas in Bloom (Ng Jason Y.)(Paperback)

The Umbrella Movement put Hong Kong on the world map and elevated this docile, money-minded Asian island to a model for pro-democracy campaigns across the globe. Umbrellas in Bloom is the first book available in English to chronicle this history-making event, written by a bestselling author and

Tears of the Dragon (Moran Jean)(Paperback)

A rich and erotically charged romantic saga, set in Kowloon and Shanghai, from the fall of Hong Kong in 1941 to the defeat of Japan in 1945. A sweeping, exotic historical saga for fans of Dinah Jefferies. One sultry evening in Kowloon, Dr Rowena Rossiter and Sister Alice Huntley are off-duty and in

This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class (Warren Elizabeth)(Paperback)

The fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save itSenator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's middle class, and by the time the people of

Stalingrad 1942-43 (2): The Fight for the City (Forczyk Robert)(Paperback)

The second in a three-part series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II, that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich. In early September 1942, Hitler believed that Stalingrad was about to fall: 6.Armee and 4.Panzer-Armee

His Excellency, Governor Wallace (Wilson Alexander)(Paperback)

The government of Hong Kong has been systematically defrauded of 100 million dollars, state secrets have been sold and funds embezzled. The people who have investigated the crimes have wound up dead, so the British Prime Minister asks Sir Leonard Wallace to take up the post of Governor of Hong Kong