2,022円 Polly Evans’s itinerary for China was simple: travel by luxurious high-speed train and long-distance bus, glide along the Grand Canal and hike up scenic mountains. Instead, the linguistically impaired adventurer found herself on a primitive sleeper-minibus where sleep was out of the question; per...

1,585円 It's time we got to know a little more about the Chinese. Did you know they don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This guide to avoid...

313円 Ever asked yourself after walking in Shanghai if this was the real China ? If this is it? Well, here you go with an Insider´s view from China ! A book written by an expert on the subject. He has felt it deeply and personally, and is still recovering. He wants you to understand why in China some t...

661円 The purpose of the book is to help explain Chinese culture for anyone living in, working in, or traveling to China. This book is a collection of true stories that occurred while Texas John was in eastern China. Together these stories tell the tale of the expat experience as lived by a guy who di...

1,399円 Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and ec...

1,159円 At age 40, Greg and Heidi Rhodes kept a rash promise to each other made 17 years earlier, when the naive, mortgage-free expats swore to return to China with their own children. Arriving back in the Middle Kingdom in 2005, they were surprised to find their former home city, Chengdu, unrecognizable...

2,919円 Reaktion’s new CityScopes series consists of concise, illustrated guides that provide a social and urban history from a city’s beginnings to the present day. Written by authors with unique and intimate knowledge of each city, these books offer fascinating vignettes on the quintessential and the q...

267円 L’an de Jésus-Christ 1235, sous l’empire du prince Baudoin, empereur de Constantinople[1], deux gentilshommes de la très illustre famille des Pauls, à Venise, s’embarquèrent sur un vaisseau chargé de plusieurs sortes de marchandises pour le compte des Vénitiens ; et ayant traversé la mer Méditerr...

196円 Why did China use "pandas" to solve diplomatic issues? Why do Chinese people especially love "Guan Yu" among many characters from "The History of Three States"? As the proverb "Everything is determined by the 'kuanxi' (relationship)", Chinese people value h...

2,250円 Ce livre n’est pas un récit de voyage, ni un essai historique ou ethnographique. Encore moins un traité de géopolitique ou d’économie. Il s’agit d’une mosaïque où textes et photographies se mêlent. Autant de fragments recueillis au gré d’un parcours aléatoire dans le monde tibétain, faits de renc...

562円 Learning about other countries and continents can be an exhilarating experience. Not only does it open children's minds and allow them to become more diverse, but it also teaches them unique trivia that is sure to blow their friend's minds. For instance, did you know that everybody in Vietnam has...

662円 A book about the wonders of the world will spark a child's imagination about history and traveling. They will be able to see how different cultures compare around the globe thanks to a detailed book full of colorful pictures. If one wants to make a difference in a child's life, the show them how ...