Hong Kong: Stability and Change

Lethbridge, H.J.

Oxford Univ. Pr.

The Moon Year (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

Bredon, Juliet

Mitrophanov, Igor

Oxford University Press

Europe in China (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)

History

Eitel, E. J.

Asia

First published in 1934, this book brings Shanghai in its heyday vividly to life. Shanghai remains the most modern city in China, although today much of the glamour is gone. With All About Shanghai, the enterprising tourist can recapture the atmosphere of this extraordinary city.

All About Shanghai: A Standard Guidebook (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)

Reference

First published in 1917, Samuel Couling's Encyclopaedia Sinica provides a wealth of information about Chinese society and history, culture and customs, much of it gathered at first hand by the author during his 26 years of evangelizing in China.

The Encyclopaedia Sinica

Couling, Samuel

In the 1930s, when China was becoming more accessible to visitors, this was the standard guidebook. Today it contains much of historical interest, and also shows how much of old China has survived.

Handbook for China

Travel

Crow, Carl

The beautiful Golden Orchid becomes the concubine of the Chinese Amassador to Germany and Russia in this novel, set against the corruption and intrigue which flourished in China before the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty.

The Fabulous Concubine

Arts & Photography

Chang Hsin-hai

History & Criticism

This was Ann Bridge's second novel, published in 1934. It combines romance and adventure and is set in the days when expatriates and diplomats enjoyed privileged and cosseted lives in the Far East.

The Ginger Griffin

Bridge, Ann

Torbay in Devon has known human habitation from prehistoric times, when men lived in the limestone caves at Torquay and Brixham. Kent's Cavern has revealed extensive deposits of human and animal remains. Brixham and Paignton became villages at an early date, though there was little at Torquay before Torre Abbey was founded in 1196 and the monks built a small quay there. Brixham and Paignton, with St Marychurch, soon developed into fishing centres, the former growing to become the leading fishing port in the country, a position it held until the late 19th century with a great fleet of the famous Brixham trawlers that sailed to Newfoundland as well as around Britain. Torquay, with its beautiful wooded hillsides, harbour and secluded bays, grew throughout the 19th century into one of Britain's finest resorts, joining up with Paignton in the 20th century. The complex rocks of Torbay's geology provided material for buildings and for marble and terracotta products; Torquay potteries produced outstanding wares.

Torquay & Paignton: The Making of a Modern Resort

Europe

Phillimore

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