Author: Joanne O'CallaghanPublisher:
ISBN: 9789881913418
Category : Hong Kong
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
My Hong Kong Billionaire
Author: Cristina GrenierPublisher: Monster Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Iris Monroe fled the United States in a bid to leave her old life behind her. What she didn't count on was Hong Kong kicking her while she's already down. When she makes a life-altering run into traffic to save a child on impulse, she lands herself with much more than the job she was looking for. Sucked into the complicated family life of Cantonese billionaire Rowan Liu, she must decide if she can truly fix what can be broken and find a miracle in the rubble of tragedy. After losing his wife in a car crash, Rowan Liu shut himself off from the world. Only through his son's close brush with death does he meet the one woman who might be able to heal him - even if Rowan isn't quite sure he's ready to heel. Iris Monroe brings out the best in everyone she meets - and when she rescues William from his father's sorrow, Rowan can only wonder if he'll be left behind - or if Iris will give him the greatest gift he's ever received: A new lease on life.
Author: Xi, Xi
Author: Mark J. RobertsA New Day Dawning: My Hong Kong…
Author: Bob GeorgePublisher: Pelangi ePublishing Sdn Bhd
ISBN: 9674313737
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
A New Day Dawning is a poignant memoir on the author’s journey which dates back as early as 1960. Bob George, a British by origin, narrates his experiences in Hong Kong during his 36-year stay there. Through this book, he reflects on the many interesting things to explore that Hong Kong has to offer, including the lifestyle and culture of the locals. A keen interest in music which led to friendships with budding musicians gives readers an insight into their road towards fame. Through the eyes of the author, experience yourself how living in Hong Kong during its developing years into the present vibrant city feels like!
Author: Donna Bailey
Author: Isabel CrombieCity Between Worlds
Author: Leo Ou-fan LeePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674046897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insiderÕs view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make his densely packed home city so different from its generic neighbors. The search for an indigenous Hong Kong takes Lee to the wet markets and corner bookshops of congested Mong Kok, remote fishing villages and mountainside temples, teahouses and noodle stalls, Cantonese opera and Cantopop. But he also finds the ÒrealÓ Hong Kong in a maze of interconnected shopping malls, a jungle of high-rise residential towers, and the neon glow of Chinese-owned skyscrapers in the Central Business District, where land development, global trade, capital accumulation, consumerism, and free-market competition trump every valueÑexcept family. Lee illuminates the relationship between Hong KongÕs geography and its colonial experience, revisiting colonial life on the secluded Peak, in the opium-filled godowns along the harborfront, and in crowded, plague-infested tenements. He examines, with a criticÕs eye, the ÒHong Kong storyÓ in film and fiction: romance in the bars and brothels of Wan Chai, crime in the walled city of Kowloon, ennui on the eve of the 1997 handover. Whether viewed from Tsing Yi Bridge or the deck of the Star Ferry, from Victoria Peak or Lion Rock, Hong Kong sparkles here in all its multifaceted complexity, a city forever between worlds.
Author: Isabel CrombieHong Kong Rose
Author: Xu XiPublisher: Typhoon Media Ltd
ISBN: 9881516366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
In October of 1987, Rose Kho, Hong Kong girl who left home, returned and has left it again for New York to escape her life, reflects, scotch in hand, as the sun sets on the Statue of Liberty. Meanwhile, the Feds are ransacking her offices because Gordie, her employer, is under investigation for illegal arms running. Rose faces the likelihood of deportation on the eve of the day when her sister Regina, a long-time illegal immigrant, will become a U.S. citizen as a result of the amnesty program. The novel rewinds through a drama set in Hong Kong of the seventies, where Confucian family ties and British colonial society embrace Rose's "perfect" marriage to a solicitor from a prominent South African Chinese family. But even before the wedding, a dark underside to that family begins to emerge, and Rose must confront the reality of her new life as it unfolds with many surprising twists and turns.
