Ji-li Jiang
Ji-li Jiang was born in Shanghai, China, in 1954. She graduated from Shanghai Teachers' College and Shanghai University and was a science teacher before she came to the United States in 1984. After her graduation from the University of Hawaii, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Frommer's Shanghai
 So-so: Usually I am very pleased with the quality of Frommer's guide books, but not this time. Some of the information is out-of-date and some is not useful at all. For example, the places to eat and stay it recommends - after visiting Shanghai and [... more]
CDN$21.99
Amazon CA |
Andrew Forbes
Shanghai is the hotspot Asian city to visit, and Traveler assures that every visitor will experience the very best. Divided into chapters by neighborhoods, plus excursions, the guide highlights famous sites and little-known enjoyments: the French ... [... more]
Random House |
Eileen Chang
Eileen Chang (1920-1995) was born in Shanghai. She studied literature in Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese occupation, where she published two works, Now a major motion picture from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee ... [... more]
Random House |
James Schamus
Eileen Chang's thrilling short story "Lust, Caution"--a devastating tale of love, betrayal, and manipulation set in Shanghai during World War II--marks... The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film Eileen Chang, Wang Hui Ling and [... more]
Random House |
Deliana Simeonova
Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, famous musicians, Hilde, a young film extra, and Vladek, an Eastern European adventurer wanted by the police on political charges, flee Nazi Germany for Shanghai at the onset of World War II. A magnet for every ... [... more]
Random House |
Christina Skye
Chritina Skye has eaten snake meat in Shanghai and armadillo in Canton. A Ph.D. graduate in Chinese literature, she has translated for Chinese generals, dissident poets, and fifth-generation puppet masters. In 1981 the Ohio native was nearly ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Angel Wagenstein
Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, famous musicians, Hilde, a young film extra, and Vladek, an Eastern European adventurer wanted by the police on political charges, flee Nazi Germany for Shanghai at the onset of World War II. A magnet for every ... [... more]
Random House |
Shanghai Insight Guide
substantial guide: If you are looking for a cheap, pocket-size guidebook full of hackneyed cliches about Shanghai, and have the attention span of an MTV- and video game-addled ten-year-old, then by all means, don't buy this book. But if you are looking [... more]
CDN$26.95
Amazon CA |
Shanghai
potent evocation of the pre-communist city: This is a work of exceptional richness and observation. Beautifully constructed and written -the author draws from converations across the work, the most sensual yet critically insightful portrait of this [... more]
CDN$18.02
Amazon CA |
Fodor's Pocket Shanghai, 2nd Edition: The All-in-One ...
Could be Better: Frommer's "Shanghai" is better with more up to date information, more detailed maps and less flimsy pages. Author: Fodor's Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 915 EAN: 9780676901283 Edition: 2 ISBN: 067690128X Number Of [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
Lonely Planet Shanghai City Guide
This book is worth it's weight in gold!: A friend of mine and I visited Shanghai May-June 2004. Reading this book beforehand was incredibly useful. It does, however, seem to give the impression that the e.g hotels and nightclubs it enlists are the only [... more]
CDN$27.95
Amazon CA |
