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Number of Titles Found: 18
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| Title: Saudi Match Point |
| By (author): Paul Ulrich |
| ISBN10-13: 9628673254 : 9789628673254 |
| Can the Chinese foil a US oil grab in the Middle East? This topical spy thriller captures the turmoil of the War on Terror and weaves agents of the Chinese Government into the plot, pulling the reader into a world of subterfuge and shifting alliances which may well mirror tomorrow's headlines. A young China expert at the US embassy in Riyadh learns a shocking secret: the US will use a hostage crisis as a pretext to invade the Saudi kingdom and seize control of its oilfields. Meanwhile, the daughter of a radical cleric is desperate to escape an arranged marriage. As she attempts to flee the country, her half-brother becomes embroiled in an Al-Qaeda plot to drive out the American infidels -- a plan the newly assertive Chinese are determined to stop. As the US and China compete for mastery of the Gulf, an American diplomat risks betraying his country and a Saudi woman risks her life - but what price betrayal in a land ruled and divided by harsh Islamic law? |
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Pages: 268
Size: 110x180mm
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - April 2007 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Espionage & spy thriller : Arabian peninsula |
| List Price: 5.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 15 |
| Title: 51 of: 18 |
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| Title: Shanghais Baghdadi Jews |
| By (author): Maisie Meyer |
| ISBN10-13: 9881376424 : 9789881376428 |
| A compilation of 26 biographical accounts from the entire spectrum of Shanghai's Baghdadi Jewish society offers fresh insights into a remarkable community that lived through the crossroads of China's 20th-century history. Using previously unseen diaries and archival material, Shanghai's Baghdadi Jews documents the rise and fall of larger-than-life personalities who witnessed the Sino-Japanese War, the Occupation of Shanghai and the Communist Party's rise to power. Photographs illustrate the life and times of these individuals and the magnificent, cosmopolitan city they called home. |
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"The narrative skill of the author, and the lucid prose flowing from her pen, belie the years of painstaking, dogged pursuance of source material, literally worldwide, all meticulously researched and scrupulously authenticated." – Sephardi Bulletin
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Pages: 480
Size: 210x210mm
Illustrations: 50 b/w photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - July 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Biography: general : Asian history : Social & cultural history : Black & Asian studies : Jewish studies : China |
| List Price: 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Reprint under Consideration
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| Title: 52 of: 18 |
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| Title: Sheriff of Wan Chai |
| Sub-title: How an Englishman Helped Govern Hong Kong in its Last Decades as a British colony |
| By (author): Peter Mann |
| ISBN10-13: 9881376564 : 9789881376565 |
| In 1976, Peter Mann left a gloomy England for the last corner of the British empire: Hong Kong. As a police inspector, he commanded a sub-unit and led a district vice squad in Kowloon, before joining the colonial governments Administrative Service and working in the fields of transport, housing, security, environment and tourism. He also served as District Officer for Wan Chai. From raids on gambling dens to organising Governors visits, his work involved him in all levels of Hong Kong society. Manns memoir is an anecdotal, historical and racy account of Hong Kongs last decades as a British colony and the colourful story of a young Englishman in the twilight of empire. |
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| England; Arrival in Hong Kong; Asia’s Finest; China; Her Majesty’s Overseas Civil Service; Lower Albert Road; Pearl of the Orient; Sheriff of Wan Chai; Twilight of the Brits; Back in the Motherland; A Buddhist Interlude; Pride of Lions, Blaze of Dragons. |
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"Hong Kong is one of the most intriguing places in the world and its modern history is endlessly fascinating. This book is a highly readable addition to the canon of memoirs which illuminate the period." -- Rachel Cartland, author, "Paper Tigress"
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Pages: 244
Size: 215x140mm
Illustrations: colour photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - November 2016 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Memoirs : Asian history : Hong Kong |
| List Price: 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Reprint under Consideration
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| Title: 53 of: 18 |
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| Title: Sleeping Chinese |
| By (author): Bernd Hagemann |
| ISBN10-13: 988177425X : 9789881774255 |
| We hear news reports of the rise of China and its sleepless economy, often with sinister undertones supposed to alarm us. The reality can look very different. German photographer Bernd Hagemann has long been fascinated by China and its people. He carries his camera at all times, because on every street corner you can find people napping in the strangest positions and situations, even snoring in deep slumber. "When China wakes, she will shake the world", warned Napoleon. This may be true. But let's not forget that hardworking people need their sleep too. |
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| Hard Sleepers; Soft Sleepers; Group Sleepers. |
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Pages: 148
Size: 165x120mm
Illustrations: 135 colour photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - January 2010 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Photography & photographs : China |
| List Price: 5.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
| Title: 54 of: 18 |
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| Title: South China Morning Blues |
| By (author): Ray Hecht |
| ISBN10-13: 9881376459 : 9789881376459 |
| From Canton to Hong Kong, the booming megalopolis of the Pearl River Delta has endless stories to tell. Who finds themselves in rapidly changing 21st-century China? There's Marco, a businessman with a penchant for call girls; Danny, a culture-shocked young traveler; Sheila, a local club girl caught up in family politics; Terry, an alcoholic journalist; and Ting Ting, an artist with a chip on her shoulder. Their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. |
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Pages: 344
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - September 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) : Short stories |
| List Price: 9.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 55 of: 18 |
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| Title: Spatial Cemetery |
| Sub-title: A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong |
| By (author): HK Urbex |
| ISBN10-13: 9887792861 : 9789887792864 |
| This book contains secrets and stories about Hong Kong that have never before been published. Prepare to have your preconceived notions of this bustling Asian financial hub butchered as you journey through crevices, enter hidden portals, clamber over barbed-wire fences, evade security guards and infiltrate derelict structures to travel back in time. Your hosts are an anonymous grassroots squad of explorers who will show you a side of Hong Kong only a specialist minority know about. Although the city has some of the most expensive property on the planet, an unknown world awaits beyond the shimmering skyscrapers and under the glitzy malls. This is the hidden kingdom of non-spaces: environments and structures that lie fallow, usually abandoned and left to rot, or suspended in limbo awaiting evictions and demolition. The HK Urbex crew -- a covert collective of urban explorers whose exploits merge archaeology, ethnography, historiography and anthropology -- unearth dead zones on the periphery of the city. They invite you to explore haunted schools, rummage through old crime scenes, reconnoitre condemned buildings and uncover the scraps of modernisation which wont be recorded in history books. So come inside, confront the aesthetic of loss, discover the value of dead architecture and see Hong Kong as youve never seen it before. |
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“Where many people see only squalor and grime, HK Urbex sees a trove of stories.” – Elaine Yau, South China Morning Post
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“HK Urbex force us to come face to face with this debris of modernization and these ruins that are constantly accumulating, even as we keep building.” – Lee Kah Wee, assistant professor of architecture, National University of Singapore
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“The explorers belong to HK Urbex, a so-called urban exploration collective whose expeditions often require trespassing or walks through dark, abandoned or dangerous sites. But unlike some urban explorers, they do not court danger purely for its own sake. Their primary goal is to peel back layers of history — sometimes literally, by digging through dust and trash — and forge a video archive of Hong Kong’s colonial-era environment.” – Mike Ives, The New York Times
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“To some, a deserted public housing block or a derelict hospital is nothing but a waste of space. But to the explorers behind anonymous collective HK Urbex, these forgotten buildings reveal another side of Hong Kong.”
– Kate Springer, BBC correspondent
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Pages: 224
Size: 215x215mm
Illustrations: colour photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - October 2019 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Photographs: collections : Photographic reportage : Architecture : Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, e : Travel & holiday guides : China |
| List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Title: 56 of: 18 |
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| Title: Street Life Hong Kong |
| Sub-title: Outdoor Workers in Their Own Words |
| By (author): Nicole Chabot |
| ISBN10-13: 988161385X : 9789881613851 |
| Hong Kong is famous for its vibrant, busy street scene. This book introduces us to two dozen people who provide its outdoor colour. Here you will meet a flower seller, a street musician and a tram driver; a bouncer, a shoe shiner and a gas canister delivery man; a security guard and a lifeguard; a man who makes a living climbing bamboo scaffolding, and a woman who ferries visitors around the harbour on a sampan. Among the interviewees are also mainlanders, and ethnic minorities including those from the Philippines, Africa and India, reflecting the diverse ethnic makeup of today's Hong Kong. These are the working people who are always seen but rarely heard, and in this book they tell their life stories in their own words. Sharp black-and-white portraits immerse the reader in the dynamic streetscape of Hong Kong. |
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| Tony Tam, Assistant foreman; Shiu King-Lung, Scaffolder; Lam Yuk-Gwong, Recycler; Chan Tsu-Wing, Chief coxswain; Yiu Chau-Leung, Tram driver; Sit King-Wah, School bus driver; Kwok Shu-Tai, Fisherman; Bessie Lee, Newspaper seller; Wong Pui-Lam, Hawker; Chan Ngoi-Lam, Flower seller; Lai Siu-Fan, Sign holder; Chu Yin-Ping, Sampan tour guide; Selwyn Magahin, Street musician; Paul Garvis, Bouncer; Yam Man-Hong, Chop & Business card designer; Chan Shu-Tong, Watch repairman; Dai Xiao-Qin, Shoe shiner; Arhin Francis Mensah, Security guard; Ng Siu-Wah, Gas delivery man; Harinder ‘King’ Singh, Pizza delivery man; Chiu Koo, Villain hitter; Amy Yuen, Ambulance woman; Cheng Mui, Toilet attendant; Law Chi-Hung, Lifeguard; Danny Chan, Pest controller. |
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"Here, we get a first-hand look at how life is for so many in our city. We are presented with richly evocative tales of normal, everyday life and of the common concerns that surround it – for the subjects, their families and, in some cases, for the city they call home. The characters are made more accessible through the photographs of Michael Perini. You see the subjects as they work, and the scenes that surround them, and the effect is an authentic feel for the streets many of us pass every day. One of the more illuminating aspects of the stories is the matter-of-fact way these people approach the situations in which they have found themselves – when your choices are limited, you play the cards fate deals you – and they share the moments of joy and of pride that they feel as they go about their daily lives. It's that sense of commonality that makes Street Life Hong Kong by its end a celebration of our city and the spirit of the people who inhabit it." -- South China Morning Post
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Pages: 248
Size: 215x215mm
Illustrations: 86 b/w photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - October 2014 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Photographs: collections : Hong Kong |
| List Price: 11.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 7 |
| Title: 57 of: 18 |
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| Title: Sunset Survivors |
| Sub-title: Meet the people keeping Hong Kongs traditional industries alive |
| By (author): Lindsay Varty Photographs by: Gary Jones |
| ISBN10-13: 9887792837 : 9789887792833 |
| This book tells the stories of Hong Kongs traditional tradesmen and women through stunning imagery and candid interviews. Covering a myriad of curious professions that are quickly falling into obscurity, from fortune telling to face threading and letter writing to bird cage making, readers soon find themselves immersed in the streets of old Hong Kong. Filled with interviews, photographs and little-known facts about the citys twilight industries, Sunset Survivors is a tribute to those who keep the flame burning in a city besieged by foreign imports and stiff competition. This book is a celebration of Hong Kongs cultural identity. It preserves the memory of these hardy men and women, and educates visitors and locals on the foundations on which the city was built. An up-close and personal look at the industries and workers that gave rise to the Hong Kong of today, Sunset Survivors is more than just a travel or coffee-table book; it is a tribute to the citys character, a celebration of its roots and a guide to its evolution. In a city undergoing a dramatic cultural shift, balancing social and political upheaval, the need to document Hong Kongs traditional livelihoods has seldom been greater. Capturing the true personality of this metropolis, this is a vital piece of history. |
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Pages: 80
Size: 235x180mm
Illustrations: 100+ photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - October 2018 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Photographs: collections : Social & cultural history : Hong Kong |
| List Price: 28.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 58 of: 18 |
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| Title: Tales From Victoria Park |
| Sub-title: Short stories of Indonesian women in Hong Kong |
| By (author): Todd Crowell |
| ISBN10-13: 9881613930 : 9789881613936 |
| Victoria Park, the largest expanse of open space in Hong Kong, is the crossroads and away home for thousands of Muslim women who come from Indonesia to find their fortunes, or at least support their families, in the teeming Chinese city. Most come initially as maids, but some lose their employers and descend into the netherworld of overstayers, illegal street hawkers and disco "PR" girls. Whoever they are, they all know Dina: a woman who sells phonecards, changes money, dispenses advice and listens to their tales of exile. Leila and Ahmed spend the day searching for a place to make love on their one day off, but all the cheap hotels are filled with other lovers celebrating the "End of Ramadan." Ani finds an unusual way to put a curse on a rival for her affections in "Golden Needles", while Retno decides that if she becomes a Mormon maybe she can find a regular place to sleep at night. "Wiji" somehow manages to juggle her two Western boyfriends until she manipulates them both into helping her buy a rice field back home, then finds that they insist on accompanying her to her home village as her great benefactors. "Wati and Murtini" grew up in the same small village in Java and worked together in Hong Kong until, on one hot day in Victoria Park, friendship ended in betrayal. From the comic to the bizarre to the heart-breaking, these cross-cultural tales of exiles in another country build on a sensual evocation of place and character. |
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Pages: 204
Size: 198x129mm
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - August 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) : Indonesia |
| List Price: 8.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 13 |
| Title: 59 of: 18 |
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| Title: Taste of Old Hong Kong |
| Sub-title: Recipes & Memories from 30 Years on the China Coast |
| By (author): Fred Schneiter |
| ISBN10-13: 9881613906 : 9789881613905 |
| Reminiscences and recipes of favourite international and regional dishes from households, fancy restaurants and back lanes which you can enjoy today in Hong Kong, that classy old gal who will forever reign as the Queen of Cuisine for all who knew her when she was the jewel of the British Empire. Bestselling author Fred Schneiter shares a nostalgic romp back into that earlier era which has faded into treasured memories and photos. But we didn't lose it all. The tantalising cuisines and tempting cookpot scents of that earlier time remain. Many of them await you here. If you have ever daydreamed about what it might be like to drop back into an earlier, less hurried time in an exotic corner of the world, this is how we found the food, the friends and the fun in old Hong Kong. Features 70 recipes. |
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"Spirit of place meets spirits and plaice, and squid and cold melon soup and a great deal more – if you are looking for a book that captures the tastes and smells of the East, this is it. A truly lovely book." – Jonathan Chamberlain, author of "King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong"
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"Schneiter delightfully puts food exactly where it should be: on the table, to be shared, as a way of meeting and connecting with people. But his chatty recipes also show how there can be joy in the cooking, not only in the eating. -- Annabel Jackson, author of "Taste of Macau"
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Pages: 208
Size: 216x216mm
Illustrations: 18 colour photos
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| Published: Blacksmith Books (HK) - October 2013 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: National & regional cuisine : Hong Kong |
| List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon |
| Title: 60 of: 18 |
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