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    The Analects

    by Confucius ...
    Narrated by Bruno Roubicek ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 58 min

    One of the undisputed giants in the history of human thought, and the founder of one of the world’s longest-lasting cultural traditions, Confucius (known as Kong Fuzi in his native China) is arguably the most enduring of all the world’s great thinkers. The Analects, the slender volume thought to have been compiled by his followers, has the strongest claim to represent Confucius’ actual words. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBooks

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    The Cat and The City

    by Nick Bradley ...
    Narrated by Bruno Roubicek ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 17 min

    'A love letter to Japan and its literature' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan'Ingenious... Touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking' Guardian'An ideal tonic for anyone craving far-flung adventure' Mail on Sunday'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell...try this' The Times_______________In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Wuhan

    by John Fletcher ...
    Narrated by Bruno Roubicek ...

    Unabridged

    30 hours 23 min

    A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.Everyone's heard of Wuhan in connection with Covid-19. But 80 years ago it was equally famous as the first place on earth to decisively defeat fascism.In 1937 Japan invaded China, slaughtering 20 million Chinese – mainly civilians. As vast swathes of the country fell to the ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Global Theatre Anthologies: Classical and Modern Plays from China

    by Guan Hanqing, Wang Shifu, Tang Xianzu, Cao Yu, Tian Han, Gao Xingjian ...
    Translated by Stephen H. West, Wilt L. Idema, Cyril Birch, Christopher Rand, Joseph S. M. Lau, Amy Dooling, Bruno Roubicek ...
    Series series Global Theatre Anthologies
    The power of theatrical performance is universal, but the style and concerns of theatre are specific to individual cultures.The third volume in the Global Theatre Anthologies series presents six of the most iconic classical and modern plays from China. By exploring the older works alongside important pieces from across the modern period, students gain insight to the theatrical and cultural values ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

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    The Last Days of Socrates

    by Plato, Christopher Rowe ...
    Narrated by Justin Avoth, Laurence Dobiesz ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 35 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Justin Avoth and Laurence Dobiesz. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe read by Justin Avoth.'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just'Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Scattered All Over the Earth

    by Yoko Tawada ...
    Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 46 min

    A mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian new novel by Yoko Tawada, winner of the National Book AwardWelcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as "the land of sushi." Hiruko, its former citizen and a climate refugee herself, has a job teaching immigrant children in Denmark with her invented language Panska (Pan-Scandinavian): "homemade ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBook

  • The Fox Wife

    A Novel

    by Yangsze Choo ...
    Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .Manchuria, 1908.In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes, which are believed to lure people by transforming ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Three Souls

    by Janie Chang ...
    A finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction PrizeA dazzling historical-fiction debut perfect for readers of Amy Tan and Lisa SeeCivil war China is fractured by social and political change. Behind the magnificent gates of the Song family estate, however, none of this upheaval has touched Leiyin, a spoiled and idealistic teenager. But when Leiyin meets the captivating left-wing poet Hanchin, she defies ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 4

    by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ...
    Series Book 4 - Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel)
    The Reverend of Empty Words, a monster that feeds off the fears of the fortunate, is hunting Xie Lian's friend, the Wind Master Shi Qingxuan. Knowing that his abysmal luck inoculates him from the creature's power, Xie Lian doesn't hesitate to throw himself into harm's way--to Hua Cheng's horror and panic. But another one of the Four Calamities may be closer than anyone knows, and even a ghost as ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 5

    by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ...
    Series Book 5 - Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel)
    Ghosts are converging on the cursed Mount Tonglu for a massive battle royale, the sole survivor of which may become a Ghost King, a being of unimaginable power. Xie Lian is sent to secretly infiltrate and try to prevent this--by destroying any ghosts strong enough to stand a chance. His heavenly powers are weakened near the cursed mountain, but he has one trump card on his side--Hua Cheng, who has ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Peach Blossom Pavillion

    by Mingmei Yip ...
    In a sunny California apartment, a young woman and her fiancé arrive to record her great-grandmother's story. The story that unfolds of Precious Orchid's life in China, where she rises from a childhood of shame to become one of the most successful courtesans in the land, is unlike any they've heard before. . .When Precious Orchid's father is falsely accused of a crime and found guilty, he is ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies

    by Moss Roberts ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    This collection of tales opens up a magical world far from our customary haunts. Ghost stories, romances, fables, and heroic sagas: the forms are familiar, but the characters we meet surprise us at every turn. For those who know and love the tales of the Grimms and Andersen, the universal themes of fairy tale literature emerge in these classic stories, but with a sophistication that is uniquely ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD