Time Out Shanghai

Author : Time Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781904978671
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Shanghai written by Time Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a key city of "the new superpower," Shanghai is an increasingly popular and important destination. Written by local experts, this guide covers every inch of the city and the region surrounding it, from the shiny malls and discount markets to the hippest restaurants and dumpling joints, luxurious spas and simple massage parlors to colorful side trips to the city's canals, gardens, and islands. This new edition contains candid, current listings for eateries, accommodations, and must-see destinations. Cultural background adds informative context.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 1846700450
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Rio de Janeiro written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Out's resident team helps you get the best out of the capital of carnival, giving you the inside track on local culture plus hundreds of independent venue reviews. As well as covering visitor essentials, Time Out Rio de Janeiro shows you the best places to sunbath e, shop, samba and (if you really have to) sleep.

Author : Helen Zia
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345522338
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Boat Out of Shanghai written by Helen Zia and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution—a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. “A true page-turner . . . [Helen] Zia has proven once again that history is something that happens to real people.”—New York Times bestselling author Lisa See NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY Shanghai has historically been China’s jewel, its richest, most modern and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao’s proletarian revolution emerged victorious from the long civil war. Terrified of the horrors the Communists would wreak upon their lives, citizens of Shanghai who could afford to fled in every direction. Seventy years later, members of the last generation to fully recall this massive exodus have revealed their stories to Chinese American journalist Helen Zia, who interviewed hundreds of exiles about their journey through one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. From these moving accounts, Zia weaves together the stories of four young Shanghai residents who wrestled with the decision to abandon everything for an uncertain life as refugees in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. Benny, who as a teenager became the unwilling heir to his father’s dark wartime legacy, must decide either to escape to Hong Kong or navigate the intricacies of a newly Communist China. The resolute Annuo, forced to flee her home with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation from the U.S. in order to continue his studies while his family struggles at home. And Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America. The lives of these men and women are marvelously portrayed, revealing the dignity and triumph of personal survival. Herself the daughter of immigrants from China, Zia is uniquely equipped to explain how crises like the Shanghai transition affect children and their families, students and their futures, and, ultimately, the way we see ourselves and those around us. Last Boat Out of Shanghai brings a poignant personal angle to the experiences of refugees then and, by extension, today. “Zia’s portraits are compassionate and heartbreaking, and they are, ultimately, the universal story of many families who leave their homeland as refugees and find less-than-welcoming circumstances on the other side.”—Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club

Author : Jonathan Kaufman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735224439
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Kings of Shanghai written by Jonathan Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist The Sassoons and the Kadoories stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than one hundred seventy-five years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and nearly losing everything as the Communists swept into power. Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families ignited an economic boom and opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil on their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 1846701511
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Great Train Journeys of the World written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Out Great Train Journeys is a selection of forty of the world's best train journeys, from nostalgic steam lines to state of the art high-speed locomotives. Beautifully illustrated and written with passion, it will appeal to dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts, but also reaches out to a new generation of train travellers, both actual and armchair.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781846700675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Shanghai written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel Guides.

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Publisher : Time Out
ISBN 13 : 9781846700330
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Boston written by and published by Time Out. This book was released on 2007 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Out's resident team helps you get the best out of this revitalised city, giving you the inside track on local culture plus hundreds of independent venue reviews. As well as the essential historic sights, Time Out Boston covers the latest shopping and eating hotspots, dazzling new arts spaces and a slice of New England coast and country.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out
ISBN 13 : 1846701147
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Hong Kong written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often called the most breathtaking city in the world, Hong Kong has something for every traveler. Time Out Hong Kong is the perfect companion for navigating this overwhelming metropolis that expects over 20 million travelers to visit the duty-free port this year. The experts at Time Out help travelers navigate through this shopper's fantasy, from the old-world markets and bazaars to designer boutiques including how to buy jade. Time Out food mavens helps travelers sort through the offerings of over 9,000 restaurants and the art of "yum cha"(drinking tea). The guide includes suggested itineraries for visits anywhere between one and five days, as well as side-trips to Macau, the buzzing boomtown of Guangzhou, and beaches and museums that are an hour by ferry.

Author : Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781846700033
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out New York written by Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitor basics are here--accommodations from haute to humble; dining from fine to funky; and party destinations for every taste--all in a user-friendly design. Illustrated chapters celebrate the city's fascinating history and architecture.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
ISBN 13 : 1846701295
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Out Shortlist Kyoto written by Editors of Time Out and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Out's Shortlist guides offer all the usual visitor information, presented in a way designed to take you straight to what you're looking for: reviews of the classic sights and venues in area-by-area chapters, maps with all the entries pinpointed, customised itineraries and visitor basics, all illustrated with inspiring photography. To help you make city-wide choices, they include critical and useful venue selections in a variety of fields u our Shortlists.