Earnshaw Books: 82 books
Tales of Old Tokyo
The Remarkable Story of one of the World's Most Fascinating Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
A breathtaking romp through the city’s Tokyo’s history from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century, with, using lots of images, writings and clippings to bring back to life those far-off days.
Tales of Old Bangkok
Rich Stories from the Land of the White Elephant
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Using a patchwork of words and images from Bangkok’s residents and visitors of yesteryear, this book shares the often untold past of this busy city while shedding light on Thai culture.
by Scott D. Seligman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Hemmed in by prejudice and restrictive laws, Chinese Americans lived in a defensive crouch at the turn of the 20th century. This is the true story of three scrappy and ambitious brothers who fought hard for their share of the American dream. Activists who rose to prominence and spoke out against...
Intruder in Mao's Realm
An Englishman's Eyewitness Account of 1970s China
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
In 1974, out of the blue, Richard Kirkby got the opportunity to go to one of the most isolated places on the planet, Communist China. Then for more than three years, he watched from the inside as China dealt with the disastrous consequences of the Culture Revolution, the death of Chairman Mao, and...
A War Away
An American Woman in Vietnam, 1967-1974
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Tess Johnston has spent her life seeking adventure and excitement and she had plenty of that in Germany before the Wall came down and in China for more than thirty years. But the pinnacle of her experiences was seven years in Vietnam, 1967-74, during the war, where she found even Saigon too tame and...
Unsavory Elements
Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Westerners are flocking to China in increasing numbers to chase their dreams even as Chinese emigrants seek their own dreams abroad. Life as an outsider in China has many sides to it - weird, fascinating and appalling, or sometimes all together. We asked foreigners who live or have lived in China...
While We're Here
China Stories from a Writers' Colony
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Anyone who has lived in China has stories to tell. For foreigners and Chinese alike, this is a land that transforms itself every day, with something to write about on every corner. Collected in this anthology are 33 contributions, a mix of narrative non-fiction, fiction and poetry, from the writers'...
Bridge House Survivor
Experiences of a Civilian Prisoner-of-War in Shanghai & Beijing 19421945
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
In this never-before-seen account, Henry F. Pringle, a Chinese citizen of British parentage, describes the Japanese occupation of Shanghai from a survivor’s perspective. From the engine room of Imperial Japanese terror-Bridge House Prison-to the prison camps at Haiphong Road in Shanghai and Fengtai...
by Liliane Willens
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
With vivid firsthand descriptions of Asia’s most cosmopolitan city from the 1920s to the 1950s, this recollection chronicles Liliane Willens' life and trials in Shanghai as China collapsed under the weight of foreign invaders and civil war. Engaging and often humorous, this unique memoir relates Willens' experiences as a Jewish Russian living in early Communist China.
Tales of Old Hong Kong
Treasures from the Fragrant Harbour
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Pirates, plagues, pistols, and poisons: with adventure of all varieties, this is a rollicking journey into colonial Hong Kong. A collection of historical odds and ends—stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards, and drawings—this book recounts in thrilling detail how a “barren rock” seemingly destined to fail rose to become one of the richest trading outposts in Asia.
Tales of Old Peking
Inside the Walls of China's Tumultuous Capital
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
A forbidden city for Westerners for hundreds of years, China’s capital has always been viewed as one of the world’s most mysterious cities. This book re-creates a sense of old Peking through a pastiche of historical snippets—stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards and drawings—and shares...
by Aleko E. Lilius
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
An enthusiastic history of rampant Cantonese piracy in the 1930s, this first-hand account follows globetrotting journalist Aleko E. Lilius as he sets out to infiltrate mysterious pirate gangs. Describing every detail of the reporter’s life as he eats, sleeps, and sails with murderous gangs, this...
by The Royal Asiatic Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch, 2016 edition.
by The Royal Asiatic Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch, 2017 edition.