Another Disaster: Hong Kong Sketches |
 Denys Roberts
ISBN: 1845111125
Hong Kong was one of the last outposts of Empire, remaining a Crown Colony until handover to the Chinese in 1997. In this engaging and amusing memoir, Denys Roberts chronicles his time there from his arrival in 1962 as Solicitor General to his rise to...(read more) |
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Bruce Lee (Asian Americans of Achievement) |
 Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
ISBN: 0791092747
Born in San Francisco, Bruce Lee grew up learning how to survive on the rough-and-tumble streets of Kowloon, Hong Kong, where he became a mischievous punk and member of a street gang. When he came back to the United States, however, he was ready to...(read more) |
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Chasing the Dragon |
 Jackie Pullinger, Andrew Quicke
ISBN: 0340785691
Jackie Pullinger, a young English woman, trying to follow God's direction, finds herself in the centre of Hong Kong's underworld. What she discovers about herself, the society around her, and the spiritual resources available to her, forms the basis for...(read more) |
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East and West |
 Christopher Patten
ISBN: 0330373080
In June of 1997, over a century and a half of British rule in Hong Kong came to an end. Chris Patten writes about his experiences as the last governor of the colony of Hong Kong. He explains why he adopted the stance that he did, and how he fought his...(read more) |
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Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter |
 Adeline Yen Mah
ISBN: 0140265988
This is a Chinese woman's story of how she suffered appalling emotional deprivation and rejection by her family as a child growing up in China and Hong Kong in the 40s and 50s, and of its consequences in her adult life, above which she rose to make a...(read more) |
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Feeling the Stones: Reminiscences by David Akers-Jones |
 David Akers-Jones
ISBN: 9622096557
Sir David Akers-Jones has been a major figure in the life and government of Hong Kong for many years. In this book he writes with a light and distinctive touch about his life, focusing more on the human than the administrative, but nonetheless providing...(read more) |
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Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood |
 Martin Booth
ISBN: 0312426267
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Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood |
 Martin Booth
ISBN: 0553816721
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Jackie Chan |
 Amy Stone
ISBN: 0836876482
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Li Ka-Shing: Hong Kong's Elusive Billionaire |
 Anthony B. Chan
ISBN: 0195900766
This is the biography of billionaire Li Ka-shing, the ultimate Hong Kong rags-to-riches success story. The book follows his life from his poor family's flight from the Japanese to Hong Kong in 1940, to his famous takeover of the British hong Hutchison...(read more) |
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The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong |
 Jonathan Dimbleby
ISBN: 0316185833
In July 1997, Hong Kong ceased to be a British colony and passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. Charged with overseeing the transfer was Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, who was appointed Hong Kong's last...(read more) |
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