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  • The Slightest Chance

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    Destination Shanghai

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    The Tramways of Hong Kong: A history in pictures

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

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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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  • It Won’t Be Long Now: The Diary of a Hong Kong Prisoner of War

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