This Is Shanghai: What it's Like to Live in the World's Most Populous City

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This Illustrated book about Shanghai's weird sights, streets and culture is the perfect accompaniment to a travel guide. Alexander Barrett's This is Shanghai is a first-hand account of expat life in China's (and the world's) largest city. Like a guidebook, it helps newcomers and visitors discover the city, but instead of making quickly outdated lists of restaurants and museums, Alexander Barrett takes you on a tour of the essential facts of existence in Shanghai.

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Praise for This is Portland:
If you're a newcomer to Portland, it's the letter home you're too busy to write yourself. If you're an old-time resident, it's a look into what those green-haired, skinny-jeaned young people are up to. --Portland Monthly

This book is earnest, good looking and a great read: just like the Portland I love." --Sam Adams, mayor, City of Portland

This is a very nice book about a very nice town by a very nice boy." --Joe Randazzo, stand-up comedian and former editor, Onion

Thirteen insightful, funny, beautifully written short essays on what makes Portland Portland. And it looks bad ass." --Andrew Dickson, actor and advertizing director, Wieden+Kennedy

Great little insights into such things as rain, Portland's nicknames, food carts, bands, Portland drivers, strip clubs, tattoos, tater tots, snow, bikes, beer and much more. Really, you should just read it. --Mikel Kelly, Portland Metro

great little insights into such things as rain, Portland's nicknames, food carts, bands, Portland drivers, strip clubs, tattoos, tater tots, snow, bikes, beer and much more. Really, you should just read it. --Mikel Kelly, The Portland Tribune

Author Bio

Alexander Barrett is a writer and illustrator who is constantly baffled by the human experience. From his home in Shanghai, China, he uses ink and words to try to make sense of it all. He is rarely successful, but his work has appeared all over the internet, the streets, and the TVs of North America and Asia.