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  • Book cover image: Where Strange Gods Call, by Harry Hervey

    Where Strange Gods Call: Harry Hervey’s 1920s Hong Kong, Macao and Canton Sojourns

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    Wanderings in China: Hong Kong and Canton, Christmas and New Year, 1878/1879

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

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  • 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 1920s

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  • The Chinese Wet Market Handbook: A guide to shopping at Hong Kong’s fresh food markets

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  • Dim Sum: A Survival Guide

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  • The Dragon’s Back

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  • Hong Kong On Air

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  • 詠春善戰者–葉問的私徒

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    The Extraordinary Amazing Incredible Unbelievable Walled City of Kowloon

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  • 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 Kong

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    Welly the Wild Boar and the Quest for the Egg Puffs

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  • Book cover image: The Crocodile who Wanted to be Famous

    The Crocodile who Wanted to be Famous

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    Time Tourists: Extinct mammals go on holiday

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  • Book cover image: Pickle the Porcupine and the Wild Hong Kong Adventure, written by Lindsay Varty, illustrated by Catherine Choi

    Pickle the Porcupine and the Wild Hong Kong Adventure

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  • Wordjazz for Stevie: How a profoundly handicapped girl gave her father the gifts of pain and love

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  • Tales from Victoria Park: Short stories of Indonesian women in Hong Kong

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

    Hong Kong Sweet and Sour

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  • HONG KONG State of Mind: 37 views of a city that doesn’t blink

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    Hong Kong Noir: Fifteen true tales from the dark side of the city

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    Diamond Hill: Memories of growing up in a Hong Kong squatter village

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

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  • Wing Chun Warrior: The True Tales of Kung Fu Master Duncan Leung, Bruce Lee’s Fighting Companion

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

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  • Paul’s Records: How a refugee from the Vietnam War found success selling vinyl on the streets of Hong Kong

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