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"Shanghai, nichts klingt so verheißungsvoll, nichts so verführerisch, nichts so geheimnisvoll wie eben Shanghai." So beschreibt die bekannte Schriftstellerin Mian Mian die "Perle des Ostens". Der Schriftsteller und Abenteurer Joscha Remus durchstreifte mehrere Wochen die blühende Weltmetropole und begegnete dabei den Gegensätzen von Tradition und Moderne: den imposanten Tempelanlagen von Hangzhou, den verrücktesten Wolkenkratzern der Welt.

Weil Hongkong eine Filmstadt ist, hat sie auch ihre Stars. Und Ai Wu ist der größte...

"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."—The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."—LA Review of...

Dieser Roman wagt einen ungewöhnlichen Kunstgriff: Er erzählt seine Geschichte rückwärts, von ihrem vorläufigen Ende zurück zu ihrem Beginn, vom Shanghai des Jahres 2040 zurückgespult ins Jahr 2014. Im Zentrum steht die Familie Yang: der Geschäftsmann Leo, seine Frau, die enigmatische Eko, und die drei Töchter Yumi, Yoko und Kiko. Schlaglichtartig folgen wir ihnen durch die Jahrzehnte, durch Glücksmomente und Krisen, dorthin, wo alles begann, zurück zu Leos und Ekos Hochzeitstag - in dem der Keim dessen, was noch kommen soll, bereits angelegt zu sein scheint.

Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King's ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers, and trying to control her explosive temper - with varying levels of success. So when Jing overhears the courtiers plotting to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King, she seizes her chance to expose them, once and for all.

Der Mann hatte Shao schon in Flugzeug angelächelt. Das wiederholte sich später in der Halle, plötzlich aber erlosch das Lächeln. Ein Schrei erklang, ein dumpfer Schlag folgte, und dann war das Blut da, das aus der Gesichtswunde spritzte... So lief der Empfang ab, der Shao und Suko auf chinesischem Boden bereitet wurde. Denn auf sie wartete: DIE SHANGHAI-FALLE

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—USA Today In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars...

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....

An unnamed spy is dispatched to Shanghai to aid a shadowy U.S. agency known only as HQ. There he meets a mysterious woman named Mei and begins a torrid affair that threatens to expose him to Chinese intelligence, the notorious Guoanbu. As danger waits for him around every corner, and the enigmatic Mei moves into and out of his life, he finds himself drawn further into a deadly cat-and-mouse game between Guoanbu and HQ that threatens not only to end his life but to also dangerously destabilize East/West relations.

This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China into a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. Ultimately, it led to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world.