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    Book cover image: Time Tourists - Extinct mammals go on holiday
    Time Tourists: Extinct mammals go on holiday1 x HK$100.00
    The Chinese Wet Market Handbook: A guide to shopping at Hong Kong's fresh food markets1 x HK$98.00
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    Book cover image - Other Voices, Other Eyes
    Other Voices, Other Eyes: Expatriate Lives in Hong Kong1 x HK$138.00
    Thai the Knot: How to Untangle the Complexities of Cross-cultural Marriage1 x HK$78.00
    Remembering Bruce Lee: And Jon Benn’s Other Adventures1 x HK$138.00
    Hong Kong Beat: True Stories From One of the Last British Police Officers in Colonial Hong Kong1 x HK$138.00
    Book cover image: The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah: A Mystery in Hong Kong
    The Marvellous Adventures of Maggie and Methuselah: A Mystery in Hong Kong1 x HK$100.00
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    Farewell, My Colony: Last Days in the Life of British Hong Kong1 x HK$128.00
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    Love, Money and Friendships1 x HK$148.00
    Dragon Bones: Two Years Beneath the Skin of a Himalayan Kingdom1 x HK$128.00
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    Strangers on the Praia: A Tale of Refugees and Resistance in Wartime Macao1 x HK$78.00
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    Hong Kong on the Brink: An American diplomat relives 1967's darkest days1 x HK$138.00
    The Dragon's Back1 x HK$98.00
    The Dictionary of the Asian Language1 x HK$138.00
    The Curious Diary of Mr Jam: Official humorist for repressive regimes2 x HK$118.00
    Book cover image: The Hong Kong I Knew
    The Hong Kong I Knew: Scenes and Stories from a Childhood in Kowloon2 x HK$148.00
    Book cover image: Volume 2, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo
    Volume 2: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell1 x HK$168.00
    Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the men and women of Hong Kong's sex industry1 x HK$118.00
    Book cover image: The Tale of Ping Pong Pig
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    A Small Band of Men: An Englishman’s Adventures in the Hong Kong Marine Police1 x HK$180.00
    Book cover image - Collected Hong Kong Stories
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    Book cover image: The Crocodile who Wanted to be Famous
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    Book cover image - Hong Kong Noir
    Hong Kong Noir (Akashic noir series)1 x HK$125.00
    Book cover image: "When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong" by Derek Currie
    When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong: The remarkable story of the first European football star in Asia1 x HK$148.00
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    Welly the Wild Boar and the Quest for the Egg Puffs1 x HK$100.00
    Street Life Hong Kong: Outdoor workers in their own words1 x HK$158.00
    Book cover image: The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster
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    Book cover image: Hong Kong Sweet and Sour, by Daniel Zabo
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    With Bare Hands: The true story of Alain Robert, the real-life Spiderman1 x HK$138.00
    Book cover image - The Tramways of Hong Kong
    The Tramways of Hong Kong: A history in pictures1 x HK$168.00
    Book cover image: Designing a Life, by Kai-Yin Lo
    Designing a Life: A Cross-Cultural Journey1 x HK$148.00
    中国早期高尔夫 1870-1950 — 现代高尔夫运动如何从苏格兰传入中国
    中国早期高尔夫 1870-1950 — 现代高尔夫运动如何从苏格兰传入中国1 x HK$388.00
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    Year of Fire Dragons: An American Woman’s Story of Coming of Age in Hong Kong1 x HK$128.00
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    Sunset Survivors: Meet the people keeping Hong Kong's traditional industries alive1 x HK$288.00
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    Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World's First Contactless Payment Card1 x HK$238.00
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    Book cover image: The Good War of Consul Reeves, by Peter Rose
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  • Book cover image: Volume 4, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo

    Volume 4: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

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  • Book cover image: Strangers on the Praia

    Strangers on the Praia: A Tale of Refugees and Resistance in Wartime Macao

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  • Book cover image: Hong Kong Sweet and Sour, by Daniel Zabo

    Hong Kong Sweet and Sour

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  • Book cover image: The Rise and Fall of the Hang Seng Index

    The Rise and Fall of the Hang Seng Index

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    Trading Places: A photographic journey through China’s former Treaty Ports

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  • Book cover image: The Evergreen Tea House, by David T. K. Wong

    The Evergreen Tea House: A Hong Kong Novel

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  • A Small Band of Men: An Englishman’s Adventures in the Hong Kong Marine Police

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  • Book cover image - Spatial Cemetery

    Spatial Cemetery: A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong

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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: Designing a Life, by Kai-Yin Lo

    Designing a Life: A Cross-Cultural Journey

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    Book cover image - Lost Hong Kong

    Lost Hong Kong: A history in pictures

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    Forty Nights (Eating Smoke #2)

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  • Book cover image - The Hong Kong Letters

    The Hong Kong Letters

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  • Book cover image: Volume 3, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo

    Volume 3: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

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    Great Leaps: Finding home in a changing China

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  • Book cover image - Chungking Mansions

    Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong’s last ghetto

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  • Book cover image - The Slightest Chance

    The Slightest Chance

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  • Book cover image - Hong Kong Noir

    Hong Kong Noir (Akashic noir series)

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  • Book cover image: The Tale of Sybil Snake

    The Tale of Sybil Snake

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  • Book cover image - Destination Shanghai

    Destination Shanghai

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  • Book cover image - The Tramways of Hong Kong

    The Tramways of Hong Kong: A history in pictures

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  • Book cover image - Chinese Street Food

    Chinese Street Food: A Field Guide for the Adventurous Diner

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  • Book cover image - Sunset Survivors

    Sunset Survivors: Meet the people keeping Hong Kong’s traditional industries alive

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    Tin Hats and Rice: A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-1945

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  • Book cover image: Volume 2, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo

    Volume 2: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

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