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The Taj Mahal
Giles Tillotson
Hardcover November 2008
The Great Wall Revisited
William Lindesay
Hardcover September 2008
Beijing Time
Michael Dutton
Hsiu-ju Stacy Lo
Dong Dong Wu
Deeply immersed in the culture, everyday and otherworldly, this anthropological tour, from ancient cosmology to Communist kitsch, allows us to see as never before how the people of Beijing—and China—work and live.
Hardcover May 2008
The Forbidden City
Geremie R. Barmé
The Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng) lying at the heart of Beijing formed the hub of the Celestial Empire for five centuries. Over the past century it has been celebrated and excoriated as a symbol of all that was magnificent and terrible in dynastic China’s legacy. In this book, Barmé provides a new and original history of the culture, politics, and architecture of the Forbidden City.
Hardcover May 2008

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