Cheung, Karen

Summary: "In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHEUNG, KAREN CHE

Gilman, Susan Jane.

Summary: In 1986, fresh out of college, Susan Jane Gilman and her friend Chloe dreamed of hitting the road as modern-day female Kerouacs. Inspired by a placemat at the International House of Pancakes, they mapped out a trip circling the globe, then headed west--to China. At that point in time, the People's Republic had been open to backpackers for barely ten minutes. But Susan and Chloe relished the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2009

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 915.104 GIL

England, Vaudine

Summary: "Hong Kong has always been many cities to many people: a seaport, a gateway to an empire, a place where fortunes can be dramatically made or lost, a place to disappear and reinvent oneself, and a mixing pot of diverse populations from literally everywhere around the globe. A British Crown Colony for 155 years, Hong Kong is now ruled by the Chinese Communist Party who continues to threaten its...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.2506 ENG

Hessler, Peter

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.104 HES

Cai, Chongda

Summary: "An unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love, and loss that crosses cultures and time. Cai Chongda spent his childhood in a rural fishing village in Fujian province. When his father-a former communist gang leader turned gas station owner-has a stroke that partially paralyzes him, his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAI, CHONGDA CAI

Mah, Adeline Yen

Summary: The true story of a young Chinese girl who grew up feeling unloved by her father who remarried shortly after her mother's death and treated his new family and subsequent children as upper class compared to his first children.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4889 MAH
Call number: 921 MAH, ADELINE YEN MAH

Li, Juan

Summary: "An award-winning travel memoir from China documents how the author, a girl from the Altai Mountains, joined a Kazakh family of camel, sheep and cattle herders during their winter pasture migration from the Ulungur River to the Heavenly Mountains"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LI, JUAN LI