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    Book cover image: A Dirty Story by Sarah Brennan
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    Book cover image - Chinese Ghosts Revisited

    Chinese Ghosts Revisited: A Study of Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences

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  • The Dictionary of the Asian Language

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  • 香港二十 – 反思回歸廿載

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  • Book cover image: The Tale of Ping Pong Pig

    The Tale of Ping Pong Pig

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  • Book cover image: Love, Money and Friendships

    Love, Money and Friendships

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  • The Curious Diary of Mr Jam: Official humorist for repressive regimes

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  • Explore Macau: A walking guide and history

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  • Lama of the Gobi: How Mongolia’s mystic monk spread Tibetan Buddhism in the world’s harshest desert

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    Dateline Mongolia: An American journalist in nomad’s land

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    Farewell, My Colony: Last Days in the Life of British Hong Kong

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    The Cleaner: The true story of one of the world’s most successful money launderers

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    LING-NAM: Hong Kong, Canton and Hainan Island in the 1880s

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  • Hong Kong for Kids: A Parent’s Guide

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    The Eurasian Face

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  • Getting Along with the Chinese: For Fun and Profit

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    Chinese Street Food: A Field Guide for the Adventurous Diner

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    Dear Hong Kong vol.1 -《鄉港家書》第一冊

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  • Book cover image: Time Tourists - Extinct mammals go on holiday

    Time Tourists: Extinct mammals go on holiday

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    The Girl Who Dreamed: A Hong Kong Memoir of Triumph Against the Odds

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  • The Yunnan Cookbook: Recipes from China’s land of ethnic diversity

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    Sketches of Sai Kung: From Clearwater Bay to the Country Parks

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  • Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the men and women of Hong Kong’s sex industry

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    Confessions of a Hong Kong Naturalist

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    The Evergreen Tea House: A Hong Kong Novel

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    Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World’s First Contactless Payment Card

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