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  • Soul Mountain

    by Gao Xingjian ...
    A writer flees Beijing's Communist authorities and embarks on a mythical quest through rural China in a "playful monster of a book" by a Nobel Prize winner ( The New York Times Book Review).In 1983 Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and prepared for imminent death. But six weeks later, a second examination revealed the cancer was ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Messy Roots

    A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

    by Laura Gao ...
    Illustrated by Laura Gao ...
    “Messy Roots is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt, and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself--as an American, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as a queer person, and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic.”—Malaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American DreamAfter spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Have You Eaten?

    Deliciously Simple Asian Cooking for Every Mood

    by Verna Gao ...
    A beautifully personal cookbook of more than 70 easy and inspiring Chinese and East Asian recipes for every occasion.Verna Gao is throwing a Chinese dumpling party and everyone is invited-so roll out the dough and learn to pleat like a Hangzhou grandma!The Hungry Banana Cookbook brings together more than 70 of Verna's all-time favorite Asian-inspired recipes. Each dish is simple to make and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Six Funny Scary Stories of Three Girls (Children's Books)

    by Vicky Gao ...
    This is where our adventure all started: OUR NEW SCHOOL. No sooner had I thought it than I felt a hand on my shoulder. I whipped around to see a short plump girl with bounce-a-bounce black hair that was tied up in an out of fashion pony tail."Hullo." She said in a short cheeky voice and as she spoke I noticed that her front tooth was missing. The tooth made her look tricky and kind of wicked. Her ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)

    A Graphic Novel

    by Laura Gao ...
    “I’m once again blown away by Laura Gao’s ability to make me relate to someone completely different from myself. Get ready to experience the epic highs and lows of high school rock climbing.” —Sonora Reyes, National Book Award finalist and bestselling author of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic SchoolOnce dubbed the Queen of Balance as her school’s top rock climber, Kirby Tan suffers an injury that ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Nezha

    A Story in Easy Chinese, Pinyin and English

    by Ting Gao ...
    Before he became a god, Nezha was just a troublemaker.Born from a glowing sphere after three and a half years in the womb, Nezha arrives in the world already armed with the Universe Ring and the Red Armillary Sash, destined for greatness and almost certain to cause chaos along the way.From a legendary battle with the Dragon King of the East Sea to a heartbreaking sacrifice that reshapes his very ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Born Red

    A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution

    by Yuan Gao ...
    Born Red is an artistically wrought personal account, written very much from inside the experience, of the years 1966-1969, when the author was a young teenager at middle school. It was in the middle schools that much of the fury of the Cultural Revolution and Red Guard movement was spent, and Gao was caught up in very dramatic events, which he recounts as he understood them at the time. Gao's ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Zhou Enlai

    The Last Perfect Revolutionary

    by Gao Wenqian ...
    Zhou Enlai, the premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death in 1976, is the last Communist political leader to be revered by the Chinese people. He is considered "a modern saint" who offered protection to his people during the Cultural Revolution; an admirable figure in an otherwise traumatic and bloody era. Works about Zhou in China are heavily censored, and every hint of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • AI-based 3D Point Cloud Coding

    Methods, Standards, and Applications

    by Wei Gao ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    As 3D vision reshapes industries from augmented reality to autonomous systems, a critical challenge emerges: How can we efficiently process massive point cloud data without sacrificing quality? This book delivers the answer by unveiling the first unified framework that integrates AI-based coding algorithms, international standards (MPEG/JPEG/AVS), and real-world implementations—a breakthrough ... Read more

    $204.99 CAD

  • The Strange Creature at Kuroyuri Apartments, Vol. 1

    by Gao Yuzuki, Rochelle Gancio ...
    Translated by Abby Lehrke ...
    Series Book 1 - The Strange Creature at Kuroyuri Apartments
    Meet Meme, the good-for-nothing daughter of the Demon World's mighty Summoners Clan leader. Her dad has kicked her out into the human realm to learn some responsibility, and she needs to find a home! Enter Sentarou Narigane, wealthy landlord of Kuroyuri Apartments. Suffering from the worst case of malaise, Sentarou offers Meme a free apartment on one condition: She has to be his entertainment! ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather

    Stories

    by Gao Xingjian ...
    "Precisely detailed and delicately suggestive: the best work of Gao's yet to appear in English translation."—Kirkus ReviewsA collection of six exquisite short stories from Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. T hese beautifully translated stories take as their themes the fragility of love and life, and the haunting power of memory.In "The Temple," the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • China's Economic Engagement in North Korea

    by Bo Gao ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book addresses growing tensions in Northeast Asia, notably between North Korea and China. Focusing on China’s economic participation in North Korea’s minerals and fishery industries, the author explores the role of China’s sub-state and non-state actors in implementing China’s foreign economic policy towards North Korea. The book discusses these actors’ impact on the regional order in ... Read more

    $102.49 CAD