Beyond Lion Rock

Author : Gavin Young
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571287263
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Lion Rock written by Gavin Young and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946 Roy Farrell and Syd de Kantzow's beloved, battered wartime DC-3 touched down in Shanghai for the first time. On board was a cargo of morning coats and toothbrushes from New York, forging the first post-war supply route across the treacherous eastern Himalayas. The international airline now known as Cathay Pacific was born. Gavin Young tells the swashbuckling story of an empire of the air, a thrilling, action-packed adventure that began in an era closer to Biggles and biplanes held together by wire and safety pins than to our own. 'Pioneers like Farrell and de Kantzow would have had plenty of time to enjoy the dawn over Kangchebjunga. Would thye think of us with envy or contempt, cruising seven miles up with hundreds of passengers, air-conditioning, i-flight concerts, movies, hot four-course meals with an elaborate wine line and all mod-cons? . . . All this in forty years! Could the world have changed so much and so fast?' This is Gavin Young himself eloquently reflecting on the extraordinary changes in air travel. There can be little doubt where his own sympathies lie.

Author : Young
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780091738372
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Lion Rock written by Young and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1988-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy Kwan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473461799
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Lion Rock written by Nancy Kwan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "About Nancy’s personal journey and the historical events that affected her and the people around her in Hong Kong between the 1960s and the early 2000s, along with the interesting photos"--Publisher information.

Author : Jennifer D. Walker
Publisher : Moon Travel
ISBN 13 : 1640498109
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon Budapest & Beyond written by Jennifer D. Walker and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From soaking up Budapest's poignant history and vibrant nightlife to soaking in thermal baths, savor one of Europe's most stunning cities with Moon Budapest & Beyond. Explore In and Around the City: Get to know Budapest's most interesting neighborhoods, like Castle Hill, South Buda, South Pest, and the historic Jewish quarter, and nearby areas, including Gödöllö, Lake Balaton, the Eger wine country, Pécs, and more Go at Your Own Pace: Choose from multiple itinerary options designed for foodies, history buffs, art lovers, outdoor adventurers, and more See the Sights: Soak in the thermal Széchenyi baths, meander through Magyar history at the Hungarian National Museum, or take in views of the city from 170 meters above the Danube. See Europe's largest synagogue and catch a performance at the palatial Opera House. Hike to the top of the Elizabeth Lookout, or go cave-diving in the Buda Hills Get Outside the City: Explore the vineyards of the Valley of Beautiful Women, stroll through historic Hungarian folk villages, or go canyoning in the Pilis Hills Savor the Flavors: Grab a mouthwatering lángos from a food truck, tuck into a rich authentic goulash, linger over coffee at a riverside café, or indulge in contemporary farm-to-table cuisine Experience the Nightlife: Hop between eclectic ruin bars in the bustling Jewish Quarter or attend a Saturday "Sparty" in one of the city's famous spas. Sample Hungarian wines at a tasting room, sip creative concoctions at a cocktail bar, and watch the sunset over the Danube with a local craft beer in hand Get to Know the Real Budapest: Follow honest suggestions from Budapest local Jennifer D. Walker Full-color photos and detailed maps, including a full-color foldout map Handy Tools: Background information on Budapest's history and culture, plus tips on sustainable travel, what to pack, where to stay, and how to get around Day trip itineraries, favorite local spots, and strategies to skip the crowds: Take your time with Moon Budapest & Beyond. Exploring more of Eastern Europe? Check out Moon Prague & Beyond.

Author : Christine Rawlins
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490886176
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Snow written by Christine Rawlins and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a much-needed study of a remarkable life. Elizabeth Goudge was not only a sensitive and acute artist in fiction, but a profoundly insightful commentator on the processes of growing up spiritually and morally. She fully deserves the kind of sympathetic and appreciative exploration provided by this book.” Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Elizabeth Goudge once said she had “done no exciting things” - none of the “wonderful things that some people do”. Yet her achievement was wonderful. From the stuff of her own life – even the hard things like depression and nervous breakdown, even the Christian faith that upheld her throughout – she created best-selling books that were read, worldwide, throughout the forty years of her career and are still being read today. J.K. Rowling has said that her favourite childhood book was The Little White Horse - recently filmed as The Secret of Moonacre. Beyond the Snow is an appreciation of Miss Goudge’s life and work that attempts to look beyond her memoires, by linking them to her books and letters and the recollections of family and friends. It examines in particular her Christian faith and its illuminating influence on everything she did, and was. As Alan Walton said, reviewing The Joy of the Snow – “there is nobody like her.”

Author : Becky W. Thompson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452902760
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond a Dream Deferred written by Becky W. Thompson and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1186 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chemist and Druggist written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191530468
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchants to Multinationals written by Geoffrey Jones and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2002-03-07 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merchants to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade intermediaries and subsequently engaged in foreign direct investment. Complex multinational business groups emerged controlling large investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. While theories of the firm predict the demise over time of merchant firms, this book identifies the continued resilience of British trading companies despite the changing political and business environments of the twentieth century. Like Japanese trading companies, they 're-invented' themselves in successive generations. The competences of the trading companies resided in their information-gathering, relationship-building, human resource, and corporate governance systems. This book provides a new dimension to the literature on international business through the focus on multinational service firms and its evolutionary approach based on confidential business records.

Author : Robert Bickers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147294996X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China Bound written by Robert Bickers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins in Liverpool in 1816, one unusual British firm has threaded a way through two centuries that have seen tumultuous events and epochal transformations in technologies and societies. John Swire & Sons, a small trading company that began by importing dyes, cotton and apples from the Americas, now directs a highly diversified group of interests operating across the globe but with a core focus on Asia. From 1866 its fate was intertwined with developments in China, with the story of steam, and later of flight, and with the movements of people and of goods that made the modern world. China Bound charts the story of the firm, its family owners and staff, its operations, its successes and its disasters, as it endured wars, uprisings and revolutions, the rise and fall of empires - China's, Britain's, Japan's – and the twists and turns of the global economy. This is the story of a business that reshaped Hong Kong, developed Cathay Pacific Airways, dominated China's pre-Second World War shipping industry, and helped pioneer containerization. Robert Bickers' remarkable new book is the history of a business, and of its worlds, of modern China, Britain, and of the globalization that entangled them, of compradors, ship-owners, and seamen, sugar travellers, tea-tasters, and stuff merchants, revolutionaries, pirates and Taipans. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in global commerce, China Bound provides an intimate history that helps explain the shape of Asia today.

Author : Leo Ou-fan Lee
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674046897
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City Between Worlds written by Leo Ou-fan Lee and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. Leo Ou-fan Lee offers an insiderÕs view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make his densely packed home city so different from its generic neighbors. The search for an indigenous Hong Kong takes Lee to the wet markets and corner bookshops of congested Mong Kok, remote fishing villages and mountainside temples, teahouses and noodle stalls, Cantonese opera and Cantopop. But he also finds the ÒrealÓ Hong Kong in a maze of interconnected shopping malls, a jungle of high-rise residential towers, and the neon glow of Chinese-owned skyscrapers in the Central Business District, where land development, global trade, capital accumulation, consumerism, and free-market competition trump every valueÑexcept family. Lee illuminates the relationship between Hong KongÕs geography and its colonial experience, revisiting colonial life on the secluded Peak, in the opium-filled godowns along the harborfront, and in crowded, plague-infested tenements. He examines, with a criticÕs eye, the ÒHong Kong storyÓ in film and fiction: romance in the bars and brothels of Wan Chai, crime in the walled city of Kowloon, ennui on the eve of the 1997 handover. Whether viewed from Tsing Yi Bridge or the deck of the Star Ferry, from Victoria Peak or Lion Rock, Hong Kong sparkles here in all its multifaceted complexity, a city forever between worlds.