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  • Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor

    A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Story Collection

    de Aina the Layman ...
    Written around 1660, the unique Chinese short story collection Idle Talk under the Bean Arbor (Doupeng xianhua), by the author known only as Aina the Layman, uses the seemingly innocuous setting of neighbors swapping yarns on hot summer days under a shady arbor to create a series of stories that embody deep disillusionment with traditional values. The tales, ostensibly told by different narrators, ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Soong Sisters

    de Emily Hahn ...
    "If the story of the Soong family were told as fiction, people would say it was fascinating but too improbable. . . . A dramatic human chronicle . . . engrossing." — The New York Times Book ReviewIn the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong sisters—Eling, Chingling and ... Leer más

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  • Six Records of a Floating Life

    de Shen Fu ...
    Traducido por Leonard Pratt, Chiang Su-hui ...
    Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the domestic and romantic joys of his marriage to Yün, the beautiful and artistic girl he fell in love with as a child. He also describes ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

  • Art of War

    The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy

    de Stephen F. Kaufman ...
    Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded.Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of strategic thinking ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Chinese New Year For Kids

    Chinese Calendar

    de Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore Asia Books
    Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now! ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi

    Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi

    de Jonathan D. Spence ...
    A remarkable re-creation of the life of K'ang-hsi, emperor of the Manchu dynasty from 1661-1772, assembled from documents that survived his reign. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Let's Explore China (Most Famous Attractions in China)

    China Travel Guide

    de Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore the World Books
    Pack up your bags because we're going to China! This picture book features majestic China, and is the perfect introduction to Chinese culture and art. Exposing little children to picture books allows for the development of language and in this case, geography too. This is an amazing book that deserves a place in your library. Get a copy today! ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Hong Kong

    A Cultural History

    de Michael Ingham ...
    Series series Cityscapes
    Hong Kong has always been something of an anomaly, and an outpost of empire, whether British or Chinese. Once described as a barren island, the former fishing community has been transformed by its own economic miracle into one of Asia's World Cities, taking in its stride the territory's 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty. Beneath the surface of Hong Kong's clichéd self-image as Pearl of the Orient ... Leer más

    $21.89 USD

  • Four Seasons of T'ang Poetry

    de John C.H. Wu ...
    This substantial collection of Tang Dynasty poetry includes extensive commentary and notes-offering insight into this rich literary heritage."Stretching out my hand I feel the pulse of the stars," wrote Li Po, one of the most famous of the T'ang dynasty poets. This superlative study of the Golden Age of Chinese poetry, based on nearly 50,000 poems written by more than 2,000 poets, captures not ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Recollections of West Hunan

    de Shen Congwen ...
    Recollections of Western Hunan is a collection of the letters and essays of Chinese novelist Shen Congwen. Describing his childhood and life in Western Hunan between 1902 and 1937, this collection paints a vivid picture of both the idyllic beauty and turmoil of life in a province once known as the “bandit area,” a countryside shrouded in mystery, mysticism, and chaos. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • China's Rise in Historical Perspective

    Edición de Brantly Womack ...
    China, with its geographical, historical, cultural, and political distance from the West, long has been a black box upon which we readily paste labels—communist, non-Western, developing country—but whose internal logic remains a mystery to us. Arguing that it would be a major step forward in our genuine knowledge of China if we understood its internal dynamic, this innovative book considers China ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • Sanyan Stories

    Favorites from a Ming Dynasty Collection

    de Feng Menglong ...
    Traducido por Shuhui Yang, Yunqin Yang ...
    Presented here are nine tales from thecelebrated Ming dynasty Sanyan collection of vernacular stories compiled and edited by Feng Menglong (1574–1646), the most knowledgeable connoisseur of popular literature of his time in China. The stories he collected were pivotal to the development of Chinese vernacular fiction, and their importance in the Chinese literary canon and world literature has been ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD