Take a Bite of Beijing!

Before we all become glued to our TV sets when the Olympics begin on August 8, there's still time to get a feeling for the setting, the city of Beijing in the country of China. Try one of these new titles at the Dover Public Library that will help orient you to the Far East!

Ø Along the Roaring River: my wild ride from Mao to the Met. Hao Jiang Tian.

Ø Beijing and Shanghai. Eyewitness Travel guide.

Ø Beijing: from imperial capital to Olympic city. Lillian M. Li.

Ø The Bitter Sea: coming of age in a China before Mao. Charles N. Li.

Ø Charm Offensive: how China’s soft power is transforming the world. Joshua Kurlantzick.

Ø China Road: a journey into the future of a rising power. Rob Gifford.

Ø The Elephant and the Dragon: the rise of India and China and what it means for all of us. Robyn Meredith.

Ø Frommer’s Beijing 2008.

Ø Frommer’s Chinese Phrasefinder and Dictionary. Wendy Abraham, ed.

Ø Last Days of Old Beijing: life in the backstreets of a city transformed. Michael Meyer.

Ø Lost on Planet China: the strange and true story of one man’s attempt to understand the world’s most mystifying nation, or how he became comfortable eating live squid. J. Maarten Troost.

Ø The Man Who Loved China: the fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom. Simon Winchester.

Ø Olympic Dreams: China and sports, 1895—2008. Xu Guoqi.

Ø Oracle Bones: a journey between China’s past and present. Peter Hessler.

Ø Out of Mao’s shadow: the struggle for the soul of a new China. Philip P. Pan.

Ø Serve the People: a stir-fried journey through China. Jen Lin-Liu.

Ø Snow Falling in Spring: coming of age in China during the cultural revolution. Moying Li. (YA fiction)

Ø Why the Dalai Lama Matters: his act of truth as the solution for China, Tibet and the world. Robert Thurman.