How did Jackie Chan become one of the most recognizable and beloved actors in the world? Find out in this exciting biography of this martial artist turned international film superstar. When Kong-sang was a young boy in Hong Kong, he...
China--Hong Kong
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Author:Jensen Shaffer, JodySummary: - Author:Cumming, CharlesSummary:
In the last days before Hong Kong once again falls under Chinese rule, a professor surfaces with information about a deadly terrorist plot. Agent Joe Lennox sees this as his chance for advancement, but his plans are derailed when the...
- Author:Hamilton, IanSummary:
Get the very first book in the wildly popular Ava Lee series, which includes the prequel — The Dragon Head of Hong Kong. In the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish...
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Author:Graudin, RyanSummary:Three teens live in the Walled City, a lawless labyrinth run by crime lords and street gangs. When Dai offers Jin a chance to find her lost sister, she begins a breathtaking race to escape the city itself.
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Author:Flanagan, AndySummary:Near the end of October 1941, a few hundred soldiers from New Brunswick were among the 1,975 Canadian troops who set sail from Vancouver to reinforce the British Colony of Hong Kong. Within two short months, after a hard-fought but...
- Author:Hamilton, IanSummary:
The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series. Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer...
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Author:Ho-Kei, Chan, Tiang, JeremySummary:From award-winning Hong Kong writer Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective who rises from constable to senior inspector over the span of several decades, from the 1960s to the present day, and...
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Author:Clavell, JamesSummary:It is the early nineteenth century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Struan, sets out to...
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Author:Clavell, JamesSummary:Set in Hong Kong in 1963, the action of Noble House spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes-fire, flood, landslide. Yet they...
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Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary:To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper, whose fate is inextricably...
- Author:Paquette, MarieSummary:
Une histoire émouvante qui captive l’intérêt du lecteur du début à la fin Dans ses grands moments de réflexion, Valérie revient toujours dans ce beau nid douillet qui a bercé son enfance. Située dans les Laurentides, plus précisément...
- Author:Hamilton, IanSummary:
Hong Kong, 1995. Two years before Hong Kong is to be returned to the People’s Republic of China, the Communist government has its eye on the New Territories, and tensions are running high among the triads. A turf war breaks out in Macau...
- Author:Chan, Mary JeanSummary:
Winner of the 2019 Costa Poetry Award Winner Flèche (the French word for 'arrow') is an offensive technique commonly used in fencing, a sport of Mary Jean Chan's young adult years, when she competed locally and...
- Author:Dolan, NaoiseSummary:
“This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high living—and guaranteed to please.” —Vogue
A recommended...
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Author:Walker, RobynSummary:Sergeant Gander is a fascinating account of the Royal Rifles of Canadas canine mascot, and his devotion to duty demonstrated during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War. Armed only with his formidable size, an intimidating...
