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Oriental Dinner Party Cookbook (The Australian Women's Weekly)

By: Australian Women's Weekly, The (editors at))

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Australian Consolidated Press:

Edition: First Australian Edition

Seller ID: FOOCOO160

ISBN: 0949128023

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first Australian edition, 502gms, 128 pages. Includes recipes from: China; Korea; India; Japan; Thailand; Vietnam; Malaysia; and Indonesia. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a small texta mark on the front cover, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Cultural Atlas of China

By: Blunden, Caroline; Elvin, Mark

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Stonehenge Press: 1992

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: HISASI34

ISBN: 0867065621

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hard cover, reprint, 1490g, 237pgs, illustrated endpapers. A comprehensive and highly readable account of Chinese culture and society from earliest times to the present day. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, dust jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!!.
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China: The Land and the People: The History, The Art, and the Science

By: Buchanan, Keith; Fitzgerald, Charles. P.; Ronan, Colin. A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, USA, Crown Publishers, Inc.: 1980

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: HISASI16

ISBN: 0517544946

Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 2,200gms 520 pages, blank endpapers. China, the land of contradictions, the land of tranquil landscapes and changeless tradition, the land of rapid change and social upheaval, the land of enormous human potential, the old China and the new China- for so many years hidden from us by its cultural isolation, its language, the cryptic nature of its political crises, our own fears, and yet so essential for us in the west to understand. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with...
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Flying the Kite: Travels of an Australian Politician

By: Button, John

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Milsons Point, Australia, Random House Australia: 1995

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: TRAAUS48

ISBN: 0091828724

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 214gms, 241 pages. Based on John Button's experiences as a travelling Australian politician in countries ranging from the USA to India, from Ireland to Scandinavia, and from China to Vietnam, he writes on topics as varied as the fundamental changes in the Australian economy in the 1980s and our ability to operate in the global marketplace. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Barbarians and Mandarins: Thirteen Centuries of Western Travellers in China

By: Cameron, Nigel

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hong Kong, Oxford University Press: 1997

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: HISASI59

ISBN: 0195903730

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 576gms, 443pgs, illustrated endpapers. This book presents a fascinating record of the confrontation between East and West over thirteen centuries, through the accounts of representative Western travellers in China. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Chinese Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: XIV-XXth Centuries

By: Capon, Edmund; Pang, Mae Anna

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Clayton, Vic, International Cultural Corporation of Australia Ltd: 1981

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: ART153

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Hardcover, first edition, 876g, 208pgs. Catalogue that accompanied an exhibition of the same name that toured Australian art galleries in the early 1980s. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

By: Chang, Jung

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, England, Flamingo: 1992

Edition: Special Overseas Edition

Seller ID: BIOASI311

ISBN: 0006374921

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, special overseas edition, 696gms, 582 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Bound Feet & Western Dress

By: Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha

Price: $5.50

Publisher: London, England, Bantam Books: 1997

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: BIOASI27

ISBN: 0553506501

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 188g, 215pgs. This is an exquisitely written dual memoir that tells the story of independent women struggling to emerge from centuries of custom and tradition, a deeply textured portrait which braid's a woman's life in China with the very Western story of a young woman's search for identity and belonging. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family

By: Ching, Frank

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, USA, Ballantine Books: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: BIOASI33

ISBN: 0449903532

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Softcover, first edition, 652g, 528 pgs. In a work of extraordinary drama and intensity, Frank Ching, formerly a correspondant for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, traces his origins back to the eleventh century. Book is in fair to good condition with mild general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Hong Kong 1997: Hello Goodbye

By: Chugani, Michael (ed)

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Standard and Sing Tao Daily: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: HISASI12

ISBN: 9626720344

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover with laminated pictorial boards, first edition, 1080gms, 299 pages, blank endpapers. This book contains a collection of views - both domestic and foreign - on what lies beyond 1997 for Hong Kong. Foreign leaders, as well as leading Hong Kong figures in politics, government, and business talk candidly about what they think will and should happen to Hong Kong. A separate chapter contains a pictorial history of colonial Hong Kong. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards are also in good condition with only mild shelf we...
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Heart of the Dragon, The

By: Clayre, Alasdair

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Boston, USA, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1985

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: HISASI42

ISBN: 039535336X

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket, reprint edition, 1280g, 281pgs, map endpapers. This book takes the reader into China, exploring the private lives of individual families, the work of the villages, the problems and successes of factories and mines, and the closed world of the country's courts, hospitals, asylums and prisons - a rare look at areas that will once again be closed to public view. Companion book to the PBS series. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf w...
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High Road to China

By: Cleary, Jon

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Fontana: 1988

Edition: Fourth Impression

Seller ID: ACTFIC3572

ISBN: 0006167217

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, fourth impression, 166gms, 283 pages. A high-speed adventure story. Book is in good condition with minor age-related general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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High Road to China

By: Cleary, Jon

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Fontana: 1979

Edition: First Thus

Seller ID: ACTFIC3573

ISBN: 0006154832

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, first thus, 168gms, 283 pages. A high-speed adventure story. Book is in good condition with minor age-related general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a small stamp on the inside front page from a previous bookseller, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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High Road to China

By: Cleary, Jon

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Fontana: 1979

Edition: First Thus

Seller ID: ACTFIC3571

ISBN: 0006154832

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, first thus, 168gms, 283 pages. A high-speed adventure story. Book is in good condition with minor age-related general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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High Road to China

By: Cleary, Jon

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Fontana: 1983

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: ACTFIC3578

ISBN: 0006162717

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, reprint, 154gms, 283 pages. A high-speed adventure story. Book is in good condition with age-related general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Pirates: A Worldwide History - Terror on the High Seas From the Caribbean to the South China Sea

By: Cordingly, David (ed)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Turner Publishing Inc.: 1996

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: HIS43

ISBN: 1570362858

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Laminated pictorial hardcover, first edition, 1370gms, 256 pages. The first comprehensive, worldwide survey of piracy, this is a fascinating tale of exotic and romantic climes and of crusty cutthroats whose very names were frightening and whose dastardly deeds still echo down the ages. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear and some very light fading to the back cover and spine, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Book weighs over 1kg and may incur additional postage. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage....
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Tears of Blood: A Cry For Tibet

By: Craig, Mary

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., Counterpoint: 1999

Edition: First Printing

Seller ID: HISASI44

ISBN: 158243025X

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket, first printing, 754gms, 341pgs plus notes, index and appendices. This book looks at what has taken place in Tibet over the last 4 decades since the Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded the Tibetan heartland in 1959. It is not only an account of the Chinese attrocities, but more importantly a celebration of the Tibetan people and their non-violent struggle to preserve their culture and religion. Book is in very good condition with light general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in very good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no ot...
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Jungle Warfare: Experiences and Accounts

By: Cross, J. P.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: London, UK, Guild Publishing: 1989

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: WARTWO87

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover, reprint, 666g, 222pgs. In this book, Colonel John Cross uses his unrivalled breadth of knowledge to impart a very personal account of fighting in the jungle. Book is in good condition with moderate general wear and tear, dust jacket is in fair condition with moderate shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!!.
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Mao's Last Dancer

By: Cunxin, Li

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Camberwell, Australia, Penguin Group Australia: 2003

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: BIOASI12

ISBN: 067004024X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Large softcover, reprint, 626gms, 444 pages. From bitter poverty to the stardom of the West - this is the extraordinary true story of one boy's great courage and determination. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Mao's Last Dancer

By: Cunxin, Li

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Camberwell, Australia, Penguin Group Australia: 2003

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: BIOASI1222

ISBN: 067004024X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

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Keyword: China