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    Book cover image: A Danger Shared, by Melville Jacoby and Bill Lascher
    A Danger Shared: A Journalist's Glimpses of a Continent at War1 x HK$450.00
    The Alphabet of Vietnam2 x HK$108.00
    Paper Tigress: A life in the Hong Kong government1 x HK$138.00
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    China Revisited: a series bundle1 x HK$360.00
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    Sunset Survivors: Meet the people keeping Hong Kong's traditional industries alive3 x HK$288.00
    Book cover image: Sevens, by G.T. Reels
    Sevens: a Hong Kong novel1 x HK$120.00
    Remembering Bruce Lee: And Jon Benn’s Other Adventures1 x HK$138.00
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    Octopus: The Pioneering Story of the World's First Contactless Payment Card2 x HK$238.00
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    The Tale of Temujin2 x HK$100.00
    Street Life Hong Kong: Outdoor workers in their own words1 x HK$158.00
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    Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong's last ghetto4 x HK$158.00
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    Spatial Cemetery: A Journey Beneath the Surface of Hidden Hong Kong1 x HK$168.00
    Book cover image: Along the Southern Boundary by Les Bird
    Along the Southern Boundary: A Marine Police Officer's Frontline Account of the Vietnamese Boatpeople and their Arrival in Hong Kong1 x HK$180.00
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    The Tale of Run Run Rat1 x HK$100.00
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    Thirty-six Views of Lion Rock1 x HK$350.00
    Book cover image: The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster
    The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster1 x HK$100.00
    The Great Walk of China: Travels on foot from Shanghai to Tibet1 x HK$128.00
    Book cover image: Volume 1, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo
    Volume 1: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell2 x HK$168.00
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    Chinese Gods: An introduction to Chinese folk religion1 x HK$138.00
    Sleeping Chinese2 x HK$88.00
    Kowloon: Unknown Territory3 x HK$180.00
    Book cover image: Searching for Billie, by Ian Gill
    Searching for Billie: A journalist's quest to understand his mother's past leads him to discover a vanished China1 x HK$148.00
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    Hong Kong Noir (Akashic noir series)2 x HK$125.00
    Book cover image: Designing a Life, by Kai-Yin Lo
    Designing a Life: A Cross-Cultural Journey1 x HK$148.00
    Wordjazz for Stevie: How a profoundly handicapped girl gave her father the gifts of pain and love4 x HK$108.00
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    Chinese Street Food: A Field Guide for the Adventurous Diner2 x HK$168.00
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    Forty Nights (Eating Smoke #2)1 x HK$118.00
    Book cover image: An Even Dirtier Story by Sarah Brennan
    An Even Dirtier Story2 x HK$100.00
    Book cover image: Volume 5, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo
    Volume 5: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell1 x HK$168.00
    Book cover image: Dear Hong Kong
    Dear Hong Kong vol.1 -《鄉港家書》第一冊1 x HK$360.00
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    Strangers on the Praia: A Tale of Refugees and Resistance in Wartime Macao1 x HK$78.00
    Eating Smoke: One man’s descent into drug psychosis in Hong Kong’s triad heartland3 x HK$138.00
    Drawing on the Inside: Kowloon Walled City 19851 x HK$288.00
    Book cover image: The Chakrata Incident, by Neville Sarony
    The Chakrata Incident1 x HK$138.00
    Book cover image: Sustainably Stylish by Sheryl Bolden
    Sustainably Stylish: A guide to curating a guilt-free wardrobe2 x HK$180.00
    Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the men and women of Hong Kong's sex industry2 x HK$118.00
    Book cover image: The Tale of Pin Yin Panda
    The Tale of Pin Yin Panda1 x HK$100.00
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    The Peak: An Illustrated History of Hong Kong’s Top District2 x HK$228.00
    Walking the Tycoons' Rope: How ambition drove a poor boy from Ningbo to compete with the richest men of Hong Kong and Singapore1 x HK$138.00
    Dim Sum: A Survival Guide1 x HK$98.00
    Book cover image: Confessions of a Hong Kong Naturalist, by G. T. Reels
    Confessions of a Hong Kong Naturalist1 x HK$138.00
    Book cover image: Great Leaps, by Colin Flahive
    Great Leaps: Finding home in a changing China2 x HK$128.00
    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 Tell2 x HK$168.00
    Book cover image - The Hong Kong Letters
    The Hong Kong Letters1 x HK$138.00
    Book cover image - Hong Kong Confidential
    Hong Kong Confidential: Life as a Subversive1 x HK$148.00
    Master of None: How a Hong Kong high-flyer overcame the devastating experience of imprisonment2 x HK$138.00
    No City for Slow Men: Hong Kong's quirks and quandaries laid bare2 x HK$128.00
    Waiting for the Dalai Lama: Stories from all sides of the Tibetan debate1 x HK$118.00
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    Hong Kong on the Brink: An American diplomat relives 1967's darkest days1 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 - Farewell My Colony
    Farewell, My Colony: Last Days in the Life of British Hong Kong1 x HK$128.00
    Book cover image: Roving Through Southern China, by Harry A Franck
    Roving Through Southern China: An American's Explorations of Hong Kong, Macao and Canton in the early 1920s1 x HK$90.00
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    Welly the Wild Boar and the Quest for the Egg Puffs1 x HK$100.00
    The Dictionary of the Asian Language1 x HK$138.00
    The Taste of Old Hong Kong: Recipes and memories from 30 years on the China coast1 x HK$158.00
    Book cover image: The Evergreen Tea House, by David T. K. Wong
    The Evergreen Tea House: A Hong Kong Novel1 x HK$138.00
    Book cover image: The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey
    The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey1 x HK$100.00
    Don't Joke on the Stairs: How I learnt to navigate China by breaking most of the rules1 x HK$128.00
    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 Tell1 x HK$168.00
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    Tin Hats and Rice: A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-19451 x HK$138.00
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  • Book cover image - Hong Kong Confidential

    Hong Kong Confidential: Life as a Subversive

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

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    Sevens: a Hong Kong novel

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    The Tale of a Dark Horse

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

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    Other Voices, Other Eyes: Expatriate Lives in Hong Kong

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  • The Dictionary of the Asian Language

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    Chinese Ghosts Revisited: A Study of Paranormal Beliefs and Experiences

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    The Tale of Rickshaw Rooster

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    Confessions of a Hong Kong Naturalist

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    The Tiger Hunters of Tai O

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  • Book cover image: Volume 1, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo

    Volume 1: Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell

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    Hong Kong on the Brink: An American diplomat relives 1967’s darkest days

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  • Book cover image - Policing Hong Kong - An Irish History

    Policing Hong Kong – An Irish History

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    Dateline Mongolia: An American journalist in nomad’s land

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    The Tale of Desmond Dog

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  • Book cover image - How to Hong Kong: An illustrated travel journal

    How to Hong Kong: An illustrated travel journal

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    Collected Hong Kong Stories

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    Sheriff of Wan Chai: How an Englishman helped govern Hong Kong in its last decades as a British colony

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    The Tale of Ming Kee Monkey

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    Hong Kong Unveiled: A journey of discovery through the hidden world of Chinese customs and culture

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  • Fishing in Hong Kong: A How-To Guide to Making the Most of the Territory’s Shores, Reservoirs and Surrounding Waters

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    The Mercenary Mandarin: How a British adventurer became a general in Qing-dynasty China

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    The Tale of Rodney Ram

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