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 Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live SquidBest Price: $13.66 Very well done book...even though I like historical fiction, this gave me a very good outlook... |  Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other ChinaBest Price: $20.00 A coffee table book glimpse into multi-ethnic China and its varied cuisines little known in the... |  Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)Best Price: $6.15 I've read it before going to sleep and more than a few times it made stay up later than I... |  River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)Best Price: $5.15 Hessler writes candidly about his experiences in China as if he were writing to a friend back... |  Lonely Planet ChinaBest Price: $19.19 I used this book only in Beijing and Shanghai, so I can only vouch for those two sections. The... |
 Beijing and Shanghai (Eyewitness Travel Guides)Best Price: $12.28 It was my first time in China and I went to both cities. The book was very informative,... |  China: People Place Culture HistoryBest Price: $23.50 This book has beautiful pictures and good writing. I got one for my 5th grader, and another as... |  China (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)Best Price: $17.06 Trying to review this book is somewhat hard, technically it's a travel guide and as that its ok,... |  American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNew ChinaBest Price: $3.93 What a great, unique book. Matthew Polly is a gifted storyteller. In American Shaolin, he... |  Beijing (City Guide)Best Price: $10.11 Compared to the other travel guides (I have them all - Frommer's, Time Out, Fodors, HoodHot),... |
 Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. 1Best Price: $24.00 This work is thorough, but at the same time simple and concise. It is essentially a collection... |  Insider's Guide to Beijing 2008Best Price: $15.95 How else are you going to tell the cabbie that you want to go to the Kerry Center Hotel? I... |  Shanghai (City Guide)Best Price: $11.95 As of June 2007, this book has become out of date. Many of the shikumen houses that I went to... |  Iron and SilkBest Price: $2.35 Sometimes travel books can come across as "looking down" on the locals for their... |  China Survival Guide: How to Avoid Travel Troubles and Mortifying MishapsBest Price: $5.30 This book is great! It is an easy and very enjoyable read! I recommend it to anyone traveling to... |
 Hong Kong & Macau (City Guide)Best Price: $12.25 I have visited both Hong Kong and Macau over the years and always turn back to this guide for a... |  National Geographic Atlas of ChinaBest Price: $15.05 Received the book quickly. Book was in excellent condition. Very pleased with this book. |  The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau - Edition 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)Best Price: $10.30 Great walking tours are included in this Rough Guide to Hong Kong and Macau-the directions are... |  Mandarin: Lonely Planet PhrasebookBest Price: $4.30 Some of the negative reviews harp on this book for not using pinyin, but they seem to be... |  Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and PresentBest Price: $6.71 Like Peter Hessler's other book, this is a great book about China. I have lived in and visited... |
 Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, Eighth EditionBest Price: $12.33 Very detailed and informative guide. I find Lonely Planet's books to be consistently the best. |  Frommer's China (Frommer's Complete)Best Price: $13.53 We just returned from a month in China and needless to say we shipped this book back stateside. ... |  Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides: Hong Kong (Eyewitness Travel Top 10)Best Price: $6.80 My husband purchased this for a visit to Hong Kong and found it to be of little help. It's best... |  Frommer's Hong Kong (Frommer's Complete)Best Price: $4.97 One of the reviews below declares that the author of the Frommer's guide to Hong Kong should... |  Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese HermitsThe over all knowledge displayed by the Author Bill Porter is Exclent,and the knowledge of China. |
 Red Dust: A Path Through ChinaBest Price: $8.85 If you are looking for a well written account of a Chinese national traveling through his own... |  The Rough Guide to China 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)Best Price: $16.05 Disagree with Mr. M. Kibbee. I think this is very good guide book, it is a bit different than... |  Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red SeaBest Price: $8.00 I read this book 6 years ago. It made me laugh and really appreciate the author and his... |  Top 10 Beijing (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)Best Price: $6.74 This book came in quite handy on my recent trip to China. I plan to use it again in July 2008.... |  Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & MerchantsBest Price: $16.57 Got to me in a decent enough time and nothing was wrong with the book so i would say overall... |
 Tibet (Country Guide)Best Price: $15.81 This book does what most of the Lonely Planet guides do best: provides clear, personalized... |  The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret PlaceBest Price: $6.99 I just started to read this book but found that this guy is getting involved in smuglling rare... |  China - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)Best Price: $5.31 A Quick Guide To Customs and Etiquette is a new series of travel guides which seems so ideal I... |  Twilight in The Forbidden City (Illustrated and revised 4th Edition)Best Price: $19.00 Love this book, since being young I have borrowed this book from interlibrary loans, now I have... |  I Can Read That: A Traveler's Introduction to Chinese CharactersBest Price: $8.95 When one travel to China for a meeting and never studied Chinese before this book can be a good... |
 Top 10 Bangkok (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)Best Price: $6.78 If you are on a few days city trip this is a very good little book to carry a long. Handy, easy... |  Trans-Siberian Railway (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)Best Price: $11.98 This gives a very comprehensive account of the various routes on the trans siberian, i'v chosen... |  Pocket Map and Guide Beijing (EYEWITNESS POCKET MAP & GUIDE)Best Price: $5.59 A perfect guide for a visit to Beijing for 3-4 days. Hits all the highlights, with beautiful... |  China A to Z: Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and CultureBest Price: $6.84 China is changing fast. Opening up to the West, morphing into an economic power house; ever so... |  China's Southwest (Lonely Planet Regional Guide)Best Price: $14.49 In general I always like the Lonely Planet books, as you know what you get: all books are... |
 Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through ChinaBest Price: $7.28 The book, like a long train trip, gets tiring after a while, but Theroux loves traveling this... |  Fodor's China, 5th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)Best Price: $13.70 Experience the Olympic buzz around Beijing, take a slow boat through the spectacular Three... |  Time Out Hong Kong: Macau and Guangzhou (Time Out Guides)Best Price: $11.25 Good book, easy to follow and a ton of info. I'd buy it again. Pros: has a good, easy to... |  Laminated Beijing Map by BorchBest Price: $7.45 In looking at maps of Beijing, my criterion was simple: "Does the map show the street where... |  Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing Restaurants and Hotels (Zagat Survey: China)Best Price: $4.24 |
 Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 (Library of World Biography Series) (Library of World Biography)Best Price: $17.99 Edward Dreyer's book on Zheng He is a disappointment. I had known about Zheng He through Louise... |  The Rough Guide to China 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)Best Price: $18.80 Overall this book is very detailed with a lot of background information and interesting reading.... |  A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working WomanBest Price: $8.00 China always seems to have a veil of mystery around it. This book give a rare glimpse of life at... |  Culture Shock! China: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! China)Best Price: $8.88 Cultureshock covers most if not all the content of about 3 other books I've read on traveling to... |  Zhao Beijing China Travel Guide - Olympics 2008 Special Edition (Zhao Cards)Best Price: $14.99 I go to China very often for business. Moving around is always problematic if you don't hire a... |
 Wild China: Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic LandBest Price: $18.50 Within the vast borders of China, a dazzling array of ecosystems and habitats are... |  Wallpaper City Guide: Hong Kong (Wallpaper City Guide)Best Price: $4.31 Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay, eat,and drink, but what the tourist... |  The Silk Road Journey With XuanzangBest Price: $14.52 This is the revised edition of the Author's previous "Xuanzang: a Buddhist Pilgrim on the... |  My China: A Feast for All the SensesBest Price: $29.85 Kylie Kwong was born into one of Australia's oldest Chinese families. She is a 29th generation... |  Moon Living Abroad in China (Living Abroad)Best Price: $8.50 We read Living Abroad in China while we were on our fact finding trip to China in the Summer of... |
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