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    Book cover image: Volume 1, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, by David Bellis from Gwulo
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    No City for Slow Men: Hong Kong's quirks and quandaries laid bare1 x HK$128.00
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    Where Strange Gods Call: Harry Hervey's 1920s Hong Kong, Macao and Canton Sojourns1 x HK$90.00
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    Backstage in Hong Kong: A life with the Philharmonic, Broadway musicals and classical superstars1 x HK$148.00
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    The Mystic Flowery Land: A Curious Imperial Maritime Customs Officer's Roamings in Hong Kong and Canton in Southern China's Plague Year1 x HK$90.00
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    Early Golf in China, 1870-1950: How Modern Golf Spread from Scotland to China1 x HK$388.00
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    Hong Kong Shifts: Stories from the streets of Hong Kong1 x HK$288.00
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    Wanderings in China: Hong Kong and Canton, Christmas and New Year, 1878/18791 x HK$90.00
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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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    Chinese Gods: An introduction to Chinese folk religion1 x HK$138.00
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    A Danger Shared: A Journalist's Glimpses of a Continent at War1 x HK$450.00
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    Why Your CEO Failed in China: True tales of how not to do business in the People’s Republic

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    Destination Peking

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    Coming to Canada

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    The Last Tigers of Hong Kong: True stories of big cats that stalked Britain’s Chinese colony

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    The Chakrata Incident

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

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    The Good War of Consul Reeves

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    Destination Macao

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    Hong Kong Confidential: Life as a Subversive

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    Designing a Life: A Cross-Cultural Journey

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    Women, Crime and the Courts: Hong Kong 1841-1941

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    Love, Money and Friendships

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    The Hong Kong I Knew: Scenes and Stories from a Childhood in Kowloon

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    When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong: The remarkable story of the first European football star in Asia

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    Searching for Billie: A journalist’s quest to understand his mother’s past leads him to discover a vanished China

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    Backstage in Hong Kong: A life with the Philharmonic, Broadway musicals and classical superstars

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  • Street Life Hong Kong: Outdoor workers in their own words

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  • Hong Kong for Kids: A Parent’s Guide

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  • The Taste of Old Hong Kong: Recipes and memories from 30 years on the China coast

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  • Tibet, the Last Cry

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    Policing Hong Kong – An Irish History

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    Chungking Mansions: Photographs from Hong Kong’s last ghetto

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    Chinese Street Food: A Field Guide for the Adventurous Diner

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    The Tramways of Hong Kong: A history in pictures

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

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