Walking the Tycoon's Rope

Author: Robert Wang
Publisher: Blacksmith Books(JP)
ISBN: 9789881613813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Robert Wang fled the Chinese civil war as a child and came to Hong Kong with nothing. It was a harsh place in the 1950s but he was determined to rise to the top. With the 1997 handover to China approaching, and no one knowing what the end of British rule would bring, Robert hatched an audacious scheme to safeguard the fortunes of Hong Kong's richest tycoons -- but swimming with sharks has its dangers.

Riot and Remembrance

Author: James S. Hirsch
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618340767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
"A buried part of history comes to light in this informative account of the Black Wall Street Massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921"--

Whispers and Moans

Author: Yeeshan Yang
Publisher: Blacksmith Books
ISBN: 9628673289
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Hong Kong has a bewildering range of sex businesses offering services to suit various imaginable tastes. This book shows the human side of sex for sale. It contains tales of easy money, financial ruin and hopeless relationships - and rare insights into Hong Kong's huge but hidden sex industry.

Sketches of Sai Kung

Author: Lorette E. Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
From Clearwater Bay to Tai Long Wan, the Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong's back garden - a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood alfresco, and otherwise escape the city. But besides the popular beaches and waterfront restaurants, there is an abundance of hidden attractions, and Lorette E. Roberts has discovered them for this book. In these pages you'll find rolling green hills, weekend junk trips, gambling grannies and pooches on parade; walled village houses and old film studios; Sung dynasty temples and rice farmers' implements; fish markets, folk museums and wakeboarding clubs; a Chinese herbalist's shop and the tools of ancient trades; sampan ladies, fleets of ferries, and ships of all shapes! Part of a series of best-selling books, Sketches of Sai Kung paints this beautiful area of Hong Kong in a new light.

The Twenty-One Balloons

Author: William Pene du Bois
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140320970
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
A Newbery Medal Winner Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pene du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell astory that has no age limit."—The Horn Book

Wing Chun Warrior

Author: Ken Ing
Publisher: Blacksmith Books
ISBN: 9881774225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Duncan Leung was introduced to Wing Chun Kung Fu by his childhood friend, famed screen star Bruce Lee. At the age of 13, after the ritual of 'three kneels, nine kowtows' in the traditional Sifu worship ceremony, he became the formal disciple of sixth-generation Wing Chun master Yip Man.

Spatial Cemetery

Author: H. K. Urbex
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789887792864
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
The book you are holding contains secrets and stories about Hong Kong that have never before been published. Prepare to have your notions of this bustling Asian city butchered as you journey through crevices, clamber over barbed wire, evade security and infiltrate abandoned structures to travel back in time. Your hosts are an anonymous squad of explorers who will take you beyond the shimmering skyscrapers and under the city, where an unknown world awaits.

The Qabalistic Tarot

Author: Robert Wang
Publisher: Red Wheel
ISBN: 9780877286721
Category : Cabala
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A textbook of mystical philosophy that demonstrates how to use the tarot for inner development. It explains the Hermetic Qabalah in terms of the Waite, Marseilles, Crowley and Golden Dawn decks, and is illustrated with all four decks.

Welly the Wild Boar

Author: Lindsay Varty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789887554653
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Welly the wild boar loves nothing better than eating fluffy egg puffs! He roams his home city of Hong Kong in search of his favourite snack, but he finds many other tasty foods to try along the way.This poetic tale of a loveable local creature will introduce you to traditional Hong Kong snacks and persuade you to go out and try some for yourself. See how many of these street foods you can find!

Sketches of Soho

Author: Lorette E. Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789628673230
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this full-colour book illustrating life in the colourful area south of Hollywood Road, Hong Kong, Lorette Roberts paints the town red - and orange, and yellow, and green, and blue . . . There is a centre foldout of the rainbow-hued Soho restaurants; elsewhere you will find the crimsons and pinks of tiny boutiques and musicians playing live in a purple bar. And those Soho-ites - from uniform in their working clothes to bright and exotic in their street party costumes - they are all there. Yet there is more: the reds and golds of the temple and lantern shops, the muted ochres and turquoises of the old shophouses, the green trees and busy street market in vivid colour and, last but not least, the silver of the Mid-Levels Escalator which leads to this vibrant district. A fold-out map at the back of the book will guide you through the less familiar streets. Part of a series of best-selling books, Sketches of Soho is the perfect gift item for residents and visitors alike.