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Author | : Richard Hughes |
Publisher | : Deutsch |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Rev. ed. published 1976 under title: Borrowed place, borrowed time. Bibliography: p. [173].
Author | : Frank Welsh |
Publisher | : Kodansha |
Total Pages | : 668 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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About the history of Hong Kong from ancient times until 1993.
Author | : Chan Ho-Kei |
Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2017-01-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802189822 |
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A legendary detective uncovers Hong Kong’s darkest crimes: “An ambitious narrative brilliantly executed . . . What an achievement!” (John Burdett, author of Bangkok 8). From award-winning author Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a detective who’s worked in Hong Kong fifty years. Across six decades of Hong Kong’s volatile history, the narrative follows Kwan through the Leftist Riot of 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, in a modern Hong Kong that increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultra-violent gangsters, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice.
Author | : P. E. N. Hong Kong Kong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9789887792765 |
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The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kong's transition from colonial to communist rule under the auspices of 'one country, two systems'. But twenty years on, the real impact of the sovereignty change is just starting to register, with a rapid erosion of freedoms. Believing that we are stronger together, PEN Hong Kong invited some of the city's most prominent writers to contribute to an anthology of essays, fiction and artwork that marks this historical milestone.
Author | : Stanley S.K. Kwan |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2008-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9622099556 |
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In his autobiography Stanley S.K. Kwan discusses his roots, Hong Kong after the War, Hang Seng Bank, the new China and home and country.
Author | : Christopher DeWolf |
Publisher | : Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2017-07-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1760143979 |
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Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes Borrowed Spaces, a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that are casualties in the struggle to reclaim public spaces. Christopher DeWolf explores the history of Hong Kong’s urban growth through the daily tug of war between the people’s needs to express themselves and government regulations.
Author | : Martin Booth |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2006-11-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780312426262 |
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The last work of the internationally known, Booker-shortlisted writer is a memoir of growing up in 1950s Hong Kong.
Author | : Jung-fang Tsai |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231079334 |
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This historical study traces unrest and social transformation in Hong Kong and explores how merchants, the intelligentsia and labourers played important roles in China's social and political movements from the mid-19th century until the first years of the Chinese Republic.
Author | : Paul Monette |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2014-03-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1480473855 |
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“An eloquent testimonial to the power of love and the devastation of loss” from the National Book Award–winning author of Becoming a Man (Publishers Weekly). In 1974, Paul Monette met Roger Horwitz, the man with whom he would share more than a decade of his life. In 1986, Roger died of complications from AIDS. Borrowed Time traces this love story from start to tragic finish. At a time when the medical community was just beginning to understand this mysterious and virulent disease, Monette and others like him were coming to terms with unfathomable loss. This personal account of the early days of the AIDS crisis tells the story of love in the face of death. A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Borrowed Time was one of the first memoirs to deal candidly with AIDS and is as moving and relevant now as it was more than twenty-five years ago. Written with fierce honesty and heartwarming tenderness, this book is part love story, part testimony, and part requiem. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Paul Monette including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the Paul Monette papers of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Author | : Han Suyin |
Publisher | : Signet |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1960-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780451022561 |
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