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1	Story about Ping more books like this by Marjorie Flack add to wishlist Ping the yellow duck hides from his whole family one night to try and avoid a spanking. There is no sign of any of them the next morning, and Ping's subsequent adventures make him long to go home - whatever the price. Marjorie Flack's story set on the Yangtze River was first published in the 1930s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory more books like this by Isabella Bird Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $2.62! new only from $22.99! \| first editions
3	The Yangtze more books like this by Michael Pollard add to wishlist This text takes us on a journey along the Yangtze. It is part of a series which includes some of the longest rivers in the world, and which aims to emphasize the geographical significance of these great waterways in terms of, for example, trade, irrigation, and the development of settlements and industry along their banks. The books relate the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.71!
4	Down the Yangtze more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist An account of Theroux's 1979 trip down the Yangtze river at a time when hard-line Maoists were in power. Theroux observes China's towns, cliffs, rapids, shrines and people, as well as the relationship between his fellow travellers, American tourists, and the Chinese. He concludes that in this country, things may never get better than they already ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $26.35!
5	Yangzi River: The Yangtze and the Three Gorges more books like this by Judy Bonavia, Richard Hayman (Revised by) add to wishlist An extensive, well-illustrated and highly useful guide to some of the world's most interesting regions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.43!
6	Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze more books like this by Richard Bangs, Christian Kallen add to wishlist In October 1987, Richard Bangs, Christian Kallen and a team of eager explorers challenged the towering rapids of the uncharted "Great Bend" section of the upper Yangtze River. They became the first Westerners ever to complete the trip. The book's sheer adventure will leave readers on the edge of their seats. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $183.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Riding the Dragon's Back more books like this by Richard Bangs, Christian K Allen, Bangs Richard add to wishlist The second in Laurel's new Expedition series of true adventure stories is the breathtaking chronicle of the bold attempts to ride China's deadly Yangtze "The Dragon" River, told by those who pitted their lives against its savage waters. "A fascinating look at a hidden part of China".--St. Petersburg Times. 16-page photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	The Yangzi River more books like this by Judy Bonavia add to wishlist An introduction to physical environment, history, language and food of the Yangzi River in China in the ODYSSEY ILLUSTRATED GUIDE series. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.18!
9	The Yangzi River: And the Three Gorges more books like this by Judy Bonavia, William Hurst (Revised by), Eric N Danielson (Revised by) add to wishlist From the snowfields of Tibet to the deltas of the Yellow Sea, the mighty Yangzi has enormous significance for China. As the main commercial waterway it is also a scenic boating route. This guide details its environs with maps, history and illustrations. see all copies from $3.03! new only from $99.00!
10	Yangtze more books like this by Philip Wilkinson add to wishlist Flowing over 6275 km (3900 miles) from one end of China to the other, the Yangtze is vast, varied, and mysterious, like China itself. It rises in the highlands of Tibet, where glaciers drip and ooze to create a network of icy channels that join to form what the Chinese call simply Chang Jiang, the Long River. From here it snakes and cascades its ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $23.86! \| SVS
11	Yangtze Remembered: The River Beneath the Lake more books like this by Linda Butler (Text by) add to wishlist In June 2003, the Three Gorges Dam opened and a reservoir the size of lake Superior began to form, inundating 372 miles of china's Yangtze River Valley. As 1,500 cities, towns and villages disappeared beneath the dark waters, more than a million people were being moved. Around the reservoir, huge construction projects are still transforming the ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $47.61! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Yangtze: Nature, History and the River more books like this by Lyman Van Slyke add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.14! \| first editions
13	The Yangtze more books like this by James Barter add to wishlist The Yangtze is a dragon of a river -- serpentine, deadly, reluctant to be tamed. For eons before the first primitive villages grew up close to its banks, China's longest river had been flowing east from the mountains of Tibet three thousand miles to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. For hundreds of generations, no one could have imagined that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
14	Yangtze: Nature, History, and the River more books like this by Oscar Gross Brockett, Lyman Van Slyke, Lyman Van Slyke add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $75.27! \| first editions
15	The Yangtze : China's river highway more books like this by Cornelia Spencer add to wishlist Describes life along the river whose basin supports one-tenth of the human race. see all copies from $1.99!
16	Chinese Modernity and the Peasant Path: Semicolonialism in the Northern Yangzi Delta more books like this by Kathy Lemons Walker add to wishlist This ambitious work traces a social history of semicolonialism in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China. It takes as its central concern the intertwining of two antagonistic forces: elite constructions of modernity shaped globally, and an alternate line of peasant resistance and development. Nantong county and the northern portion of ... see all copies from $40.78! new only from $69.00!
17	Children of the Yangtze River more books like this by Joan Tate (Translator), Otto S Svend (Illustrator) add to wishlist Mei Mei and Chang's life in their Chinese village takes a drastic turn after Yangtze River begins to rise and sweeps the houses, trees, animals, and peop along its path. see all copies from $1.99!
18	Junks of Central China: The Spencer Collection of Models at Texas Aandm University more books like this by Joseph E Spencer, Jim Bones (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $32.00! first editions
19	Yangtze River: The Wildest, Wickedest River on Earth more books like this by Ms. Madeleine Lynn (Editor) add to wishlist Awash with superstition and folklore, the Yangtze river has been an inspiration for more than a thousand years to those who have lived beside it or sailed along it. This new collection contains fifty-four passages about the Yangtze River dating from the Tang dynasty to the present day and spanning thirteen centuries. The pieces are taken from ... see all copies from $18.26!
20	Damming the Three Gorges: What Dam-Builders Don't Want You to Know: A Critique of the Three Gorges Water Control Project Feasibility Study more books like this by Probe International add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00!
21 view cover	Yangtze River more books like this by Cari Meister add to wishlist Surveys the origin, geological borders, water, plant and animal life, and economic and ecological aspects of the Yangtze River. see all copies from $1.99!
22 view cover	The Yangtze River more books like this by Nathan Olson, Robert M Hordon, PH.D. (Consultant editor) add to wishlist - Activities - Map - Fact! box - FactHound Internet sites see all copies from $7.19! new only from $51.33!
23 view cover	Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta: A City Reborn more books like this by Brian Hook (Editor) add to wishlist Each volume in this series focuses on a single province in China, and examines its history, government, geography, human resources, and economic development. This third volume explores the prominence of this strategic and important historical city and the Yangtze valley. see all copies from $4.13!
24 view cover	The Yangtze more books like this by Julia Waterlow add to wishlist From the publishers of The World Almanac, here is a series that provides vivid and authoritative portraits of the world's major rivers. Each title in Great Rivers of the World provides an insight into the river's history, its geographical features and wildlife, and the towns and settlements along its banks. Each book also includes a survey of ... see all copies from $27.44! new only from $48.06!
25	South China in the Twelfth Century: A Translation of Lu Yu's Travel Diaries, July 3 - December 6, 1170 more books like this by You Lu add to wishlist see all copies from $54.95! first editions

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