Cultural Region/Chinese
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The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 Bc-89 Ad: The Struggle of China and a Steppe Empire Told Through Its Key Figures
$34.95 Read moreThrough a series of novelistic biographies that showcase the pivotal roles and actions of those involved, dive into a centuries-long fight for survival for the Han empire that resulted in a golden age… [more below]
- Author: Crawford, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1526790661
- Language: English
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China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen
$21.95 Read moreA beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.
Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century- Author: Hinton, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1611807131
- Language: English
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This Is a Book about Noodles
$23.99 Read moreDelicious Dishes to Satisfy Your Soul
If you’ve been searching for flavorful recipes within the realm of Asian cuisine that hit all the right notes, look no further than This Is a Book About Noodles.- Author: Pang, Brendan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1645675785
- Language: English
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China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
$18.00 Read moreA New York Times Notable Book
Chinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-wi… [more below]- Author: French, Howard W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 03 2015
- ISBN10: 0307946657
- Language: English
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution
$24.00 Add to cartThe dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution–a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by emigra… [more below]
- Author: Zia, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0345522338
- Language: English
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China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China
$35.00 Read moreChina’s mid-twentieth-century wars pose extraordinary interpretive challenges. The issue is not just that the Chinese fought for such a long time–from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 1937 unti
- Author: Van de Ven, Hans
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0674983505
- Language: English
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Empire of Horses: The First Nomadic Civilization and the Making of China
$17.95 Read moreAn authoritative and rich history of the remarkable Xiongnu culture–a lost empire which preceded the Mongols and even China itself.
The author of landmark histories such as Genghis Khan, Attila, and- Author: Man, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1643136917
- Language: English
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No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs
$28.99 Read more*Shortlisted for the Moore Prize on Human Rights Literature*
A powerful memoir by Nury Turkel that lays bare China’s repression of the Uyghur people. Turkel is cofounder and board chair of the Uyghur H… [more below]
- Author: Turkel, Nury
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1335469567
- Language: English
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age
$20.00 Read moreAs China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.
- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0345803027
- Language: English
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The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation
$17.00 Read more“To quietly persevere in storing up what is learned, to continue studying without respite, to instruct others without growing weary–is this not me?”
Confucius is recognized as China’s firs
–Confucius- Series: Classics of Ancient China
- Author: Ames, Roger T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 07 1999
- ISBN10: 0345434072
- Language: English
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Chinese New Year Colors
$8.99 Add to cartThis bilingual color concept book celebrates a rainbow of traditional objects seen during the Chinese New Year.
H?g is the color of explosive firecrackers! Jīn is the hue of lucky coins. Zŏn- Author: Lo, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0823452425
- Language: English
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Decapitated Poetry
$21.00 Add to cartPoems from a boisterously out and open queer voice from Taiwan.
Ko-hua Chen’s Decapitated Poetry was the first explicitly queer book of poems published in Taiwan and remains a foundational work in Ta- Series: The Pride List
- Author: Chen, Ko-Hua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1803091649
- Language: English
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Death of a Red Heroine
$16.95 Read moreQiu Xiaolong’s Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police.
A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns- Series: Inspector Chen Investigation #1
- Author: Xiaolong, Qiu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1569472424
- Language: English
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Chinese Myths & Tales: Epic Tales
$30.00 Add to cartGreat floods and river Gods, snake spirits, and Immortals, China’s unique set of mythological tales are derived from its vast expanse, diverse culture and the endless wars between tribes and dynasties… [more below]
- Series: Gothic Fantasy
- Author: Latini, Davide
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1787552373
- Language: English
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Cultural Traditions in China
$9.95 Read moreMany of the cultural traditions celebrated in China today have been passed down through the centuries by the people of this ancient civilization. This intriguing book describes how the traditions, bel… [more below]
- Series: Cultural Traditions in My World
- Author: Peppas, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0778775917
- Language: English
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Beast at Every Threshold
$14.95 Read moreAn unflinching shapeshifter, Beast at Every Threshold dances between familial hauntings and cultural histories, intimate hungers and broader griefs. Memories become malleable, pop culture provides a b… [more below]
- Author: Wee, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1551528835
- Language: English
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Nine Color Deer
$18.99 Read moreOur Querido list is a wonder cabinet that we are filling with treasures from around the world. Here, from China, is a gorgeous story about generosity and gratitude, adapted from a traditional Buddhist… [more below]
- Author: Duan, Kailin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1646141784
- Language: English
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The Selected Poems of Po Chu-I
$17.95 Read moreThe quintessential Chinese poet, translated by David Hinton, recipient of the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award.
- Series: New Directions Paperbook
- Author: Chu-I, Po
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 17 1999
- ISBN10: 0811214125
- Language: English
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The Moon Lady
$8.99 Read moreA MAGICAL NIGHT WHEN SECRET WISHES CAN COME TRUE
On a rainy afternoon, three sisters wish for the rain to stoop, wish they could play in the puddles, wish for something, anything, to do. So Ying-Ying… [more below]- Author: Tan, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0689806167
- Language: English
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In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony
$15.99 Read moreHow China used a network of surveillance to intern over a million people and produce a system of control previously unknown in human history
Novel forms of state violence and colonization have been u- Author: Byler, Darren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1735913626
- Language: English
