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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang

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  Mesmerising and enormously powerful, this is Jung Chang and Jon Halliday's intricately researched, uniquely revealing biography of Chairman Mao and his tyrannical dictatorship.

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  Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang

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  It is 1940s Shanghai and Jiazhi, beneath the facade of a decadent, high-society girl, is a radical activist determined to undermine Japanese rule. A story of passion, compromise and deception, accompanied by four more of Chang's short stories.

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  The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd

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  The story of the innocent, young wife of a British attache and her affair with a Japanese soldier. Deeply moving, at times unbearable, and completely gripping, this is a superb book about early 20th century British values, misogyny and Japanese society. Highly recommended.

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  The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

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  Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck tells the classic story of O-lan, an extraordinary heroine struggling to save her family in an era of turbulent change. Even when they are rewarded by sudden wealth, O-lan realises that the money they have always dreamed of brings only mistrust and unhappiness because they have betrayed the earth from where they came. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

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  Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

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  When Inspector Chen, honourable, artistic and great at his job, is called in to investigate the death of a young woman he is faced with a dilemma between party loyalty and his own conscience. Evocative and gripping, this is the first in Qui Xiaolong's acclaimed Inspector Chen mysteries and was awarded the Anthony Award for Best First Crime Novel.

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  China by GeoCenter

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  Small scale, topographical road map of China with full index of places.

  Map scale: 1: 4 000 000

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  China by Eyewitness

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  A pictorial guide to China with beautiful colour photographs and bird's eye graphic. Perfect as a sightseeing companion.

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  Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

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  It is the Cultural Revolution and two boys from intellectual families are sent to be 're-educated' by the State. They are kept in good spirits by their good-natured friendship, the appearance of a pretty, local seamstress and the discovery of a suitcase full of highly subversive Western, nineteenth century literature. A delightful and clever novel about the awakening of passion, set against a fascinating historical backdrop.