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The great fire
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Shirley Hazzard |
In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn from their past, to dream again. Some will ful… |
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Typhoon
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Charles Cumming |
Hong Kong 1997 - only a few short months of British rule remain before the territory returns to Chinese rule. It's a febrile place. And in that claustrophobic environment of uncertainty and fear the … |
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The piano teacher
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Janice Y. K. Lee |
In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient, a gripping tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong. In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong int… |
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Fragrant Harbor
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John Lanchester |
"It is 1935 and Tom Stewart, a young Englishman with an almost visceral longing for adventure, has bought himself a cheap ticket to the complex, corrupt, and corrupting world of Hong Kong. Aboard the… |
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Necropolis (The Power of Five / The Gatekeepers #4)
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Anthony Horowitz |
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 Gatekee… |
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The Trophy Taker
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Lee Weeks |
A serial killer is on the loose. His target? Lone Western women lured to Hong Kong by the promise of easy money. As The Butcher's killing spree escalates, bags of mutilated body parts are found all o… |
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The Trafficked
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Lee Weeks |
DETECTIVE JOHNNY MANN IS BACKMissing children. An evil racket. A race against time ...Summoned to meet his boss, rebellious Detective Johnny Mann expects to be told that he is being demoted. Instead … |
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The Expatriates
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Janice Y. K. Lee,Janice Y K Lee |
Three very different American women livie in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her … |
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Giada De Laurentiis's recipe for adventure
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Giada De Laurentiis |
Alfie and Emilia are transported by their great-aunt's latest magical secret ingredient to Hong Kong, where they assist Ying's family with the opening of a new restaurant. |
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
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Dorothy Gilman |
With less than 30 minutes to pack, Mrs. P. is on her way to Hong Kong. An agent has stopped his information gathering and Mrs. P. is sent on a mission. |
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Whispering shadows
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Jan-Philipp Sendker |
"American expat Paul Leibovitz was once an ambitious advisor, dedicated father, and loving husband. But after living for nearly thirty years in Hong Kong, personal tragedy strikes and Paul's marriage… |
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Nine dragons
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Michael Connelly |
The murder of John Li, a South L.A. liquour store owner, hits LAPD Detective Harry Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. As he uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad--a le… |
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Dragon games
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Jan-Philipp Sendker |
Hong Kong. American journalist Paul and his Chinese girlfriend - face a crisis. A troubling letter arrives from mainland China from Christine's long lost brother and they feel compelled to come to hi… |
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On dangerous ground
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Jack Higgins |
Sean Dillon, once a feared IRA enforcer, now employed by British Intelligence, is instructed to track down a mysterious document. Known as the Chungking Covenant it it was negotiated by Lord Mountbat… |
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Blood+ Kowloon Nights
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Hirotaka Kisaragi |
146 p. : 19 cm |
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The harbour
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Francesca Brill |
It is the summer of 1940, and for Stevie Steiber, a young American journalist in Hong Kong, the war raging in Europe is a world away. While longing to be taken seriously as a writer, she keeps her re… |
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Flowers for Mei-ling
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Lorraine Lachs |
Chinese by birth, Eurasian by blood, Mei-ling Wang's extraordinary life is a mirror of our time. Born in 1949, the year of the Red Army's entry into Beijing, she is the daughter of an English mother … |
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The Horizon
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Douglas Reeman |
The bestselling novel from the master storyteller of the sea.1914-1918... This is the third book in the Blackwood saga. For three generations, members of the Blackwood family served the Royal Marines… |
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The Clue of the Hissing Serpent
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Franklin W. Dixon |
Why is a wealthy sportsman so frightened by the serpent design on a mysterious balloon that he begs Frank and Joe Hardy to protect him? And who stole the ancient, life-size chess king which is to be … |
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The Map Thief
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Heather Terrell |
Beijing, China, 1421: It is a momentous time for the Ming Dynasty. Honoring the completion of the Forbidden City, a fleet of unprecedented size sets sail under Admiral Zheng He. Zheng's mission is to… |
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