Shanghai in Marshall Cavendish's Culture Shock! Series; comprising a range of guides that inform visitors of the finer points & details relating to social etiquette, traditions & customs; bringing visitors to a sensitive yet substantial understanding of the country or city in question. The series targets those who are planning long stays in the destination or extended periods of residence. The guides are written by authors who have experienced the joys & pitfalls of cultural adaptation, & so are ideally placed to provide informative & relevant advice. Each title contains insights into local culture & traditions, guidance on adapting to the local environment, linguistic help & lots of general advice about local culture & idiosyncrasies to help prepare readers for their visit. Each title is structured similarly, beginning with the first impressions a visitor might expect to have. The guides aim to help readers understand the local culture through first appreciating the motivations, beliefs & attitudes of the local people. Practical advice on settling in is provided, with focused sections on accommodation, utilities, health, education & telecommunications. There is also extensive information on the destination ...

Shanghai in the Frommer's Day By Day series is a pocket-sized guide ideal for short trips, covering a variety of budgets. The best sights of each destination are listed in convenient full-day tours for one, two or three days such as: thematic tours for interests including art, architecture & history are described, allowing you to get the most out of your time; walking tours take you around each destination ...

Practical travel guide to Shanghai, showing you the smartest way to get the most out of the city with bulleted maps, thematic tours & handy advice & information. Details the best neighbourhood walks of the Greater Bund district, the Old City & Pudong as well as recommendations for all budgets & tastes. • Special-Interest Tours including Art-Deco Architecture, zany skyscrapers, Futuristic Shanghai, Restaurants with a View, Family Visits & Shanghai Art • Outdoor Shanghai: Parks & Urban Renovation Projects (Xintiandi, Taikang Lu, New Factories) •

Includes:: day trips to some of the surrounding canal towns of Qibao & Zhujiajiao

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Shanghai in the Encounter Guide Series from Lonely Planet, exploring a range of cities & regions worldwide in a handy, pocket-sized format designed to introduce visitors to the distinctive neighbourhoods of the destination. Frank & informal in style, the guides are renowned for their appeal to independent travellers & are written & researched by local authors. Each guide is organised into 5 distinct sections
- Highlights, Diary, Itineraries, Neighbourhoods & Snapshots
- recommending a series of essential encounters for visitors to the region. Each guide opens with a

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Glamorous Shanghai is one of the most exciting cities in the world, where the remnants of a fabled history combine with the rapidly expanding skyline of a contemporary economic powerhouse. Explore Shanghai is part of a br&-new series & is the ideal pocket companion when discovering this dynamic & atmospheric city: a full-colour guide containing 15 easy-to-follow routes which lead you from the famous waterfront Bund & Old City`s neighbourhoods to Pudong`s glittering skyscrapers & out to the landscaped gardens of Suzhou & Hangzhou. Insight`s trademark cultural coverage perfectly sets the routes in context, with introductions to Shanghai`s fabulous cuisine, wealth of architecture & historical significance. Each route guides you through an interesting area with clear directions, a detailed map & authentic places to eat & drink along the way. The directory section contains a wealth of practical information & a range of carefully selected hotels to suit all budgets. All routes are also plotted on the pull-out map. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, & however long your stay, Explore Shanghai will guide you to the best of the Paris of the East. Ed. September 2014. ...

Shanghai on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map with an indexed street plan of the city’s central districts, a plan of a wider area of the Shanghai conurbation including the Pudong New Area, a diagram of the metro network, a regional road map including Nanjing & Hangzhou, plus extensive tourist information. On one side is a street plan of Shanghai’s central districts, highlighting numerous facilities & places of interest, including selected hotels. Metro & railway stations & lines are clearly marked. For drivers, the plan indicates main traffic arteries. All place names are in both Chinese & Latin alphabets. On the reverse is a plan of a wider part of the city including the Pudong New Area, plus a regional road map highlighting main places of interest; both maps have place names in Latin alphabet only. Both the main plan & the two additional maps are indexed, including lists of places of interest. A special feature of the Insight Flexi series are panels with additional tourist information:- 37 main sights, neatly grouped into sections covering Major Attractions, Other Attractions, Shopping, & Further Afield, are given brief descriptions & are prominently highlighted on the relevant maps.- Further panels provide information on Getting Around & Facts for Visitors, including tourist information offices, opening times, money, tipping, telecommunications & monthly climate charts. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Shanghai, 1937. Pearl & May are two sisters from a bourgeois family. Though their personalities are very different
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On the eve of the Second World War, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century`s most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the illustrious Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily ` Mickey` Hahn arrived there at the height of the Depression. A legendary New Yorker journalist, Hahn`s vivid writing would play a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. But on reaching Shanghai, Hahn was nursing a broken heart after a disappointing affair with an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter; she was convinced she would never love again. Checking in to Sassoon`s glittering Cathay Hotel, Hahn was absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton & the colourful gangster Morris ` Two-Gun` Cohen. But when she met Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet from an illustrious family, she discovered the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, & increasingly desperate White Russian & Jewish refugees
- a place her innate curiosity led her to explore first h&. Danger lurked on the horizon, though, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroyed the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung & the Communists` rise to power. A compelling tale of fatal glamour & forbidden love, Shanghai Grand is their story, meticulously researched & vividly told.
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Shanghai in the Select Guide series offers a more exclusive handy-sized city break guide from the publisher Insight, with a collection of over 100 inspiring ideas for your chic-urban stay, including plenty of secret gems & off-beat haunts designed for informed, experienced travellers & those on a repeat visit but looking for fresh insights. All recommends have been carefully selected by a local writer who knows the city inside out & can sincerely recommend great places to eat, drink, relax & explore. The guide is constructed with an introductory city overview & then an ...

Shanghai in the Smart Guide series from Insight is a streamlined version of travel information, in a concise format arranged in three sections
- Areas, A-Z & Atlas. Areas & districts in & around town are described before the guide moves on to an A-Z detailing of attractions & services, from accommodation to transportation via history & nightlife. A selective, indexed mini Atlas of a few maps at the back of the guide helps place sites & attractions for the tourist, metro plans are included where relevant the each guide is illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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