Trying to remain on the cutting edge of trends, hong kong just added a 24hour bookshop, called eslite bookstore, in the recently opened hysan place shopping mall in causeway bay. Its contact method and company information is as below. Today, it is one of the market leaders of preschool and primary textbooks. Feb 10, 2019 the eslite bookstore is currently the biggest bookstore in hong kong. Causeway bay books, located in causeway bay, hong kong, was founded in 1994 by lam wingkee. Established in 1999, paddyfield revolutionized bookselling in hong kong. Create and send custom online invoices from any device. Does anybody know where i can find good book stores in hong kong with a decent selection of english language books. Oct 04, 2010 my hong kong is a book of discovery to the muchloved places that children enjoy.
Find bookstores companies in hong kong, sar china dun. If secondhand books are your thing, then enjoy the great selection youll find nestling alongside new prints at flow. I 10 migliori hotel a hong kong dove soggiornare a hong kong. Jul 04, 2012 jan morris, hong kong 1997 in its last days under british rule, jan morris explores hong kongs complex past, present and future.
For readers in hong kong and macau, please enter details and send by. The eslite bookstore is currently the biggest bookstore in hong kong. It is more than a city actually, being an archipelago of. The best book stores in hong kong tatler hong kong. Explore this extraordinary city and experience hong kong through a childs eyes. Then, when you drag and drop in images, your text automatically flows around them.
Delightful rhymes by joanne ocallaghan lead us on this journey. Polyu offers diploma, associate, bachelors and research degrees to students in 8 areas of study. The massive space allows the customer to go on an exploration while browsing. Lee is a recent novel that is also set in hong kong.
Mcbarron book company, established in 1986, is one of the leading medical booksellers in hong kong. Holy moly, the options and silly jokes that can be cracked from this sign are potentially endless. Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong and. A hidden gem housed in the basement of hotel stage, muse comprises a cafe, a small art gallery and of course, a book store housing titles that range in topics from plants to retro hong kong style apothecary labels and plenty of art, as well as stunning illustrated books made from textured silkscreen. One of the first local firms to implement an ecommerce platform, paddyfield brought the universe of englishlanguage books at international pricing to hong kong readers for the first time. If i ever come across the shop in hong kong, ill need to venture inside. Building a book is as easy as dragging and dropping.
Other than books, the book store has a small cafe and ten ren tea shop. We are the largest selections of quality childrens book store in hong kong, and a wide range of educational toys, puzzles, games, and audio books. Located in san po kong not somewhere you would generally expect to see an englishlanguage bookstore, the two owners personally curate all the shelves at the shop. Hong kong is one of the worlds most enigmatic cities and its complex history has captured peoples imaginations around the world, these ten mustread books about hong kong will help visitors understand what makes this extraordinary citys heart beat. This appears to be a publication associated with the time period of bicentennial of the american revolution. There was a big mess in the first few weeks after opening as there were too many visitors. Bookstores have so much more to offer than online shops. But according to the hong kong alliance in support of patriotic democratic movements in china, an influential prodemocracy group, some of those. My hong kong is a book of discovery to the muchloved places that children enjoy. The ultimate guide to hong kong book stores highlights of hong kongs best sources for english language books, including art books, used book shops, specialty book stores, and online retailers. The sprawling twostory space includes galleries, shops, a cafe, and a restaurant all under one roof. Eslite bookstore hong kong 2020 all you need to know.
Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The curious tale of five missing publishers in hong kong. Find detailed information on bookstores companies in hong kong, sar china, including financial statements, sales and marketing contacts, top competitors, and firmographic insights. The book is an excellent thriller outright, but is also an insight into the. Pages in category novels set in hong kong the following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. Store owner urusla huber, is passionate about sharing books as a way to captivate the imagination and take readers on an adventure and spirit of discovery.
In 1949, popular set up world publishing company in hong kong to retail and publish magazines and chinese books for the local and southeast asian markets the following year 1950, educational publishing house eph was established in hong kong to publish chinese textbooks. Mcbarron book company mcbarron book company, established in 1986, is one of the leading medical booksellers in hong kong. The flagship store can be found in the ifc mall on harbour view street. Page148 is conveniently located near bustling nathan road and a good 10 to 15 minute walk to tsim sha tsui on one side and mong kok on the other. Quiet, nice coffee, and most importantly, books everywhere. The quickbooks online mobile app automatically stores your data in the cloud and syncs across your devices, making it easy to manage your business onthego. We specialize in medical and nursing books, video, cdroms and stethoscopes as well. Once inside, its easy to forget youre actually in a shopping mall.
The retail outlets are strategically located in prime business and residential districts. Photos of hong kong bilingual by stokes, edward, morrison, hedda isbn. Online book store buy books online in hong kong fishpond. The bookstore is very calming and spread over three floors, including a delightful. Now in its 20th year, this is the place to come to find the unexpected. Elim christian bookstore is a hong kong company, located in lippo centre tower one, queensway, hong kong, hong kong.
Bookazine is a familyrun bookseller, established in hong kong 35 years ago. Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong. C1we are a book cafe located at 10 park road midlevels, just 1 minute away from sai ying pun mtr station. Millions of products at discount prices its shopping made easy.
Quality and affordable eretailer of childrens books and toys. Came across this small book shop cafe in sai ying pun. Offbeat travel photo wrong book shop, or wong fook hing book store. The store offers a wide range of childrens books including those by local hong kong authors. The hong kong polytechnic university polyu, is a ugc funded university having 2 campuses. Drag and drop a pages or microsoft word document to the book pane to add it as a new section. It offers a diverse selection of special interest books, covering art, design, business and travel. Accompanies by 12 page staple bound sheets on the american soldier series and each image. Get ready to keep calm and read on with our guide to the best bookstores in hong kong. This may have been a publication produced at the time of the bicentennial of the american revolution. Mcbarron book company flat c, 1st floor, pak lok building 322326a nathan road, kowloon hong kong. Visiting the sleek new page one bookstore in harbour city is like stepping into the future. The best bookstores in hong kong sassy hong kong the girl. The bookstore sold a number of political books that are considered sensitive and banned in mainland china.
I have visited eslite few days ago and i would say it is much better now, much less people and much enjoyable, this bookstore contains millions of books and it never fail to impress me. Welcome to the largest online bookstore in hong kong. Biggest bookstore in hong kong eslite bookstore, hong kong. Hong kong, where people come and go and know themselves more impermanent than anywhere else on earth. Beautiful island of many worlds in the arms of the sea. Eslite has an incredible mixture of books, lots of them in chinese but many english options as well. Eslite bookstore hong kong all you need to know before. We have a broad selection of wonderful books by international writers and illustrators. We charge by the weight of the order and not by the number of books. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best. Our knowledgeable staff can help select books specifically for your child.
Besides retail, the company acts as distributor for. I go to eslite bookstore in hysen place every time i visit hong kong, which is twice yearly. With galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3d objects, mathematical expressions, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page. We have over 3 million books available for you to buy online, in thousands of categories and deliver to both hong kong and macau. This interesting concept has worked well in taiwan so perhaps it will do fine here in hong kong. The book sits among other paperbacks promising more scandalous anecdotes about chinese leaders love lives in a bookstore in causeway bay, hong kongs bustling shopping district. Book store with a wide selection of general and special interest books, including art and design, business, travel and childrens books. You can also find the latest best sellers here, and the little ones will enjoy the kids section. You get immediate satisfaction as you browse the shelves of freshly stacked books, flip through those crisp pages with thumb and finger ahh, that new book smell.
Best fiction and nonfiction books, novels and memoirs that take place primarily in the city of hong kong. A stinging critique of hong kong and its british elite in the dying days of colonial rule, kowloon tong is a typically gripping theroux novel stringing together inept british families, corrupt mainland businessmen and the shadowy streets of the hong kong crime world. A local favourite among booklovers in hong kong, its become a community hub for literary events and readings. Jul 23, 2007 i went to a book store next to star ferry one time and they have good selection of books and theres a book store in times square mall. Shop 211, cityplaza, 18 taikoo shing road, island east, hong kong. It was one of about 110 independent hong kong bookshops that rent out space in upstairs locations to avoid high rents at street level. I went to a book store next to star ferry one time and they have good selection of books and theres a book store in times square mall. The top level is a masterpiece of modern interior design that stretches out for many times the length of a typical hong kong store. Biggest bookstore in hong kong eslite bookstore, hong. There are nine dymocks stores in the hong kong region. Available free on the mac app store, ibooks author is an amazing app that allows anyone to create beautiful textbooks and just about any other kind of book for ipad, iphone, and mac. Add it to the list, sophie, we use these lists as aide memoirs as to what to read next and having just checked out the blurb on the piano teacher, that might just be the one i go for next. The maclennan case of 1980 and the suppression of a scandal royal asiatic society hong kong studies at.
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