Time Out Shanghai

Author: Time Time Out
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9781904978671
Category : Shanghai (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
As a key city of "the new superpower," Shanghai is an increasingly popular and important destination. Written by local experts, this guide covers every inch of the city and the region surrounding it, from the shiny malls and discount markets to the hippest restaurants and dumpling joints, luxurious spas and simple massage parlors to colorful side trips to the city's canals, gardens, and islands. This new edition contains candid, current listings for eateries, accommodations, and must-see destinations. Cultural background adds informative context.

Time Out Shanghai

Author: Editors of Time Out
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9781846700675
Category : Shanghai (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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Time Out Rio de Janeiro

Author: Editors of Time Out
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 1846700450
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Time Out's resident team helps you get the best out of the capital of carnival, giving you the inside track on local culture plus hundreds of independent venue reviews. As well as covering visitor essentials, Time Out Rio de Janeiro shows you the best places to sunbath e, shop, samba and (if you really have to) sleep.

Time Out Great Train Journeys of the World

Author: Editors of Time Out
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 1846701511
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Time Out Great Train Journeys is a selection of forty of the world's best train journeys, from nostalgic steam lines to state of the art high-speed locomotives. Beautifully illustrated and written with passion, it will appeal to dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts, but also reaches out to a new generation of train travellers, both actual and armchair.

Time Out New York

Author: Time Out
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9781846700033
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
Visitor basics are here--accommodations from haute to humble; dining from fine to funky; and party destinations for every taste--all in a user-friendly design. Illustrated chapters celebrate the city's fascinating history and architecture.

Time Out Shanghai

Author:
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9781904978220
Category : Shanghai (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Shanghai is rapidly en route to becoming the economic and cultural powerhouse not just of China, but of all Asia. Recognized as the world's fastest growing cities, it's a place where skyscrapers sprout weekly, where the world's fastest train is shortly to come into service and where to do something immediately is considered sluggish. Boundless energy, technological advancement and cash, cash, cash make Shanghai buzz like perhaps no other city in the world. The first edition of this Time Out guide is written by a team of resident experts and local journalists who have scoured Shanghai from the early morning farmers' market at Xiangyang to the clubs of Guandii at dawn to present the complete picture of this city in flux.

Time Out Hong Kong

Author: Editors of Time Out
Publisher: Time Out
ISBN: 1846701147
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Often called the most breathtaking city in the world, Hong Kong has something for every traveler. Time Out Hong Kong is the perfect companion for navigating this overwhelming metropolis that expects over 20 million travelers to visit the duty-free port this year. The experts at Time Out help travelers navigate through this shopper's fantasy, from the old-world markets and bazaars to designer boutiques including how to buy jade. Time Out food mavens helps travelers sort through the offerings of over 9,000 restaurants and the art of "yum cha"(drinking tea). The guide includes suggested itineraries for visits anywhere between one and five days, as well as side-trips to Macau, the buzzing boomtown of Guangzhou, and beaches and museums that are an hour by ferry.

Beijing and Shanghai

Author: Paul Mooney
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 142621023X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
This book is a description and travel guidebook of Beijing and Shanghai in China. It will assist travellers with their itinerary and plans.

The Last Kings of Shanghai

Author: Jonathan Kaufman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist The Sassoons and the Kadoories stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than one hundred seventy-five years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and nearly losing everything as the Communists swept into power. Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families ignited an economic boom and opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil on their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.

The Rough Guide to Shanghai

Author: Simon Lewis
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 024101154X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
The Rough Guide to Shanghai is the ultimate insider's guide to China's brash new mega city. Having hosted the extravagant 2010 world expo, Shanghai is muscling forward to take its place alongside such financial powerhouses as Tokyo and London. But it's no longer just about China's rising business clout; in everything from fashion and art to cutting-edge architecture, Shanghai is making waves. All the major and offbeat sights of this notoriously fast-changing city are covered in this fully-revised third edition, from the glorious, newly renovated Bund (set to become China's Champs Elysee) to huge new cultural markers such as the Power Station of Art, to chic shopping district Tianzifang. Cutting through the hype, this guide reveals the best places to shop, from malls to backstreet tailors; to sleep, whether you want a youth hostel, trendy boutique hotel or luxury pad; and to eat, from the glitziest destination restaurants to the best street dumplings. For when the pace of the city gets too frantic, there's all you need to know for great day trips to tranquil canal towns such as Wuzhen or Suzhou. Easy to read, full-color maps are provided throughout the guide, plus there's a handy subway map, and the pinyin and Chinese characters are given for all attractions and venues. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Shanghai.