Results for "shanghai" in Literature & Fiction

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Two Chinese sisters, sold as wives to American merchants, must adapt to a strange new country in this “powerful” (The Washington Post) historical novel from the acclaimed author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. “A gifted...

Named a Best Mystery & Suspense Book of the Year by BookPage and CrimeReads “A steamy, thrilling crime story” (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon, this atmospheric historical espionage thriller is set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and...

Shanghai, with Extra Soy Sauce is a heartfelt, hilarious tale of friendship, cultural collision, and personal growth. Through every wrong turn and right moment, Ben discovers that sometimes the best classroom is the world itself—and the greatest lessons come when you’re totally out of your depth.

Shanghai 1927. Pearl of the East or Whore of the Orient? Depends on who you ask. It's a cesspool of poverty, thronged with refugees, gripped by civil war. But for some it's still a fever dream: jazz clubs, film stars, and opium dens, celebrities and spies, easy money and easier women. The son of a rural Irish cop, Michael Gallagher has joined the Shanghai Municipal Police to escape an Ireland crippled by its recent bitter independence fight and escape a personal tragedy.

Half vampire. Half fox-spirit. All trouble. Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King's ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers...

Jong may be clever, but he was so awkward when it comes to dealing with women. After his girlfriend broke up with him, Jong got into all sorts of troubles. A chance encounter put him under the radar of Shirley Li, the daughter of Li Kun, one of the richest men in China. Shirley quickly became obsessed with him and hinted at the possibility of a long-term relationship. She whisked him away to America on a whirlwind honeymoon tour, but little did he know that there was a hidden agenda behind her apparent affection.

Hacia el año 1937, Shanghai está considerada el París del continente asiático. En la sofisticada y opulenta ciudad, donde conviven mendigos, millonarios, gángsters, jugadores y artistas, la vida sonríe a las hermanas Pearl y May Chin, hijas de un acaudalado hombre de negocios.

Widerwillig fliegt Julia für die Charity-Organisation ihrer kranken Freundin Danielle zu einer Gala von Shanghai nach Hongkong. Dort begegnet ihr Damian Stanhope, ein gutaussehender Engländer mit sanfter, dunkler Stimme, der ihre Knie weich werden lässt. Plötzlich wird aus Pflicht Vergnügen – bis er ihr ein fragwürdiges Angebot macht. Empört lehnt sie ab. Doch das Leben in der Metropole Shanghai ist teuer und auf Julias Konto herrscht wie üblich Ebbe. Als Damian sie überraschend noch einmal aufsucht, unterzeichnet Julia schließlich den vorgefertigten Vertrag.

‘Step forward Kanon, the American Robert Harris, a man who finds untold stories from our recent past and brings them alive’ TIM SHIPMAN, SUNDAY TIMES Daniel Lohr, sensing that the Nazis are closing in on the Jews, leaves his dying father in Berlin and boards a ship to Shanghai. His passage...

Despite his intelligence, Jong was hardly employee-of-the-month, and he was fired from his job once again. Luckily for him, Marvey Simons, the American intern he had a secret crush on, introduced him to Mr. Qi, the manager of a major international bank, who was desperately looking for a good programmer to take over the development of a series of highly complex fin-tech projects. The man was filthy rich for a corporate employee, and when he offered Jong a mind-blowing remuneration package with the job, Jong took the bait without thinking twice.

He hides online. She hides in the real world.The real world would like to have a word with him.Ben isn’t asking for much. He simply wants to escape his dead-end job and shake off a wobbly family legacy.Thanks to his creation of Eddie, a provocative online avatar and secret alter ego, Ben is...

Ein temporeicher Schicksalsroman, den man atemlos und mit Tränen in den Augen verschlingt. Hotel Shanghai, erschienen 1939, gilt als »Meisterwerk der populären Literatur« und ist doch viel mehr: Die Geschichte von neun Menschen, die zu Beginn des chinesisch-japanischen Krieges aus den verschiedensten Teilen der Welt in einem Hotel zusammentreffen und am Ende durch eine Bombe getötet werden, ist ein Plädoyer für den Frieden und das Leben in seiner vielfältigen, hinreißenden Gestalt.

Dieser Roman wagt einen ungewöhnlichen Kunstgriff: Er erzählt seine Geschichte rückwärts, von ihrem vorläufigen Ende zurück zu ihrem Beginn, vom Shanghai des Jahres 2040 zurückgespult ins Jahr 2014. Im Zentrum steht die Familie Yang: der Geschäftsmann Leo, seine Frau, die enigmatische Eko, und die drei Töchter Yumi, Yoko und Kiko. Schlaglichtartig folgen wir ihnen durch die Jahrzehnte, durch Glücksmomente und Krisen, dorthin, wo alles begann, zurück zu Leos und Ekos Hochzeitstag - in dem der Keim dessen, was noch kommen soll, bereits angelegt zu sein scheint.

The most able general of the Ming Emperor is appointed as supreme military leader of the North-East Army, an intellectual and highly regarded aristocrat: Yuan Chonghuan. He fought and pushed back the invading Manchus for ten years. But it was clear that soon he had to defend his homeland. He did it with bravery and courage, winning all the battles against the invaders even when he was badly outnumbered. The Manchus understood that they could only defeat Chonghuan through intrigue and politics.

1628. The most able general of the Ming Emperor is appointed as supreme military leader of the North-East Army, an intellectual and highly regarded aristocrat: Yuan Chonghuan. He fought and pushed back the invading Manchus for ten years. But it was clear that soon he had to defend his home land. He did it with bravery and courage winning all the battles against the invaders even when he was badly outnumbered.

Forbidden friendship, political conspiracy and incendiary passion draw Australian woman Annie Brand deep into the glamour and turmoil of 1920s Shanghai. Leaving behind the loneliness and trauma of her past in country Australia, Annie Brand arrives to the political upheaval and glittering...

In the Gilded Age boomtown of Astoria, Oregon, Jo sets out to prove herself as a girl reporter. Following the trail of a missing maid, she finds her newspaper’s publisher dead. Left in charge of the paper, she discovers danger is a lot closer than she thinks.

Tom Loftus is accepted in the elite special ops Panther Unit. By taking the position, he leaves the love of his life Kath behind in the rural town of Appleton Vermont. They had planned to have a family and settle down in Appleton. Loftus leaves on a bus out of town watching Kath slowly fade as he begins his time in the Defense Secret Service. After intensive basic training Loftus meets his lifelong buddy Zach Grasso.

Dette er historien om to kinesiske søstres skæbne og drømmen om Amerika. Den 21-årige Pearl og hendes yngre søster May lever et ubekymret liv i 1930’ernes Shanghai - Asiens Paris. De har tilegnet sig en vestlig moderne livsstil, hvor det er slut med indsnørede fødder. Men selv om pigerne lever et frit liv, er Kina stadig et patriarkalsk samfund. tDa faren mister sin rickshaw forretning pga. spillegæld, er det slut med det sorgløse liv.

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....