China
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The Woman Back from Moscow: In Pursuit of Beauty
$21.99 Read moreThrough the life of a remarkable woman–based on pioneering stage director Sun Weishi (1921-1968)–this epic novel immerses us in the multifaceted history of China’s Communist Party.
A powerful, insig- Author: Jin, Ha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1635423775
- Language: English
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Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution
$29.95 Add to cart“It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution,” Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976, children turned on par
- Author: Branigan, Tania
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1324051957
- Language: English
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Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide
$28.00 Read moreWinner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, awarded to the best first book of the year
Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORK TIMES – THE WASHINGTON POST – THE ECO- Author: Izgil, Tahir Hamut
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0593491793
- Language: English
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Monkey King: Journey to the West (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$19.00 Add to cart*Now a Netflix animated movie featuring Stephanie Hsu, Bowen Yang, and BD Wong among the all-Asian voice cast*
Before there was The Lord of the Rings, there was China’s Monkey King, one of the all-ti- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Cheng’en, Wu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0143136305
- Language: English
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Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu
$18.99 Add to cartA playful, feminist retelling of Rapunzel with a Chinese-cuisine twist
The story of Rapunzel where she’s being locked in a tower by a witch is a good one–but it’s not totally the truth. The real stor- Author: Compestine, Ying Chang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593533054
- Language: English
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Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
$32.50 Add to cartChinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese laborers began to settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of
- Author: Dunlop, Fuchsia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0393867137
- Language: English
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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang (Novel) Vol. 1
$19.99 Add to cartThe steampunk danmei/Boys’ Love novels from China that inspired multimedia adaptations–written by priest, the author behind live-action hits Guardian and Word of Honor!
The discovery of violet gold,- Series: Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang (Novel)
- Author: Priest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 444
- Publish Date: July 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1638589313
- Language: English
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The Apothecary Diaries 01 (Manga)
$12.99 Add to cartAfter breaking a “curse” on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster…and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly i… [more below]
- Series: The Apothecary Diaries #1
- Author: Hyuuga, Natsu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1646090705
- Language: English
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Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang (Novel) Vol. 3
$19.99 Add to cartCAPITAL UNDER SIEGE
With the Westerners and their allies pressing in on all sides, the empire of Great Liang enters its darkest hour. Under these desperate conditions, Gu Yun leads the beleaguered Bla- Series: Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang (Novel)
- Author: Priest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 436
- Publish Date: May 07, 2024
- ISBN10: 1638589380
- Language: English
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartThe “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while … [more below]
- Author: Ai Weiwei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 055341948X
- Language: English
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The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
$30.00 Read moreThe thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express-style adventure, set in China’s republican era.
In May 19- Author: Zimmerman, James M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1541701704
- Language: English
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Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan
$32.65 Read moreNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by The Economist and Kirkus Reviews
From one of China’s most celebrated–and silenced–literary authors, riveting portraits of eight Wuhan residents at the dawn- Author: Xuecun, Murong
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1620977923
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartAs we enter the “Asian century,” China demands our attention for being an economic powerhouse, a beacon of rapid modernization, and an assertive geopolitical player. To understand the nation behind th… [more below]
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Jaivin, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1615198202
- Language: English
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Owlish
$16.00 Read more* FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S GREGG BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZE *
A professor falls in love with a mechanical ballerina in a mordant and uncanny fable of contemporary Ho- Author: Tse, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1644452359
- Language: English
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On China
$25.00 Add to cart“Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history.“ –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“No one can lay claim to so much influence on the shaping of fore- Author: Kissinger, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: April 24, 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121316
- Language: English
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The Dark Forest
$31.99 Add to cartThe inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!
Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North America PRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—Th- Series: Remembrance of Earth’s Past #2
- Author: Liu, Cixin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 11, 2015
- ISBN10: 076537708X
- Language: English
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Fortune’s Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
$35.00 Read moreA timely, well-researched, and “illuminating” (The New York Times Book Review) new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world me… [more below]
- Author: England, Vaudine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1982184515
- Language: English
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War
$18.95 Read moreJun and Hong were scions of a once great southern Chinese family. Each other’s best friend, they grew up in the 1930s during the final days of Old China before the tumult of the twentieth century brou
- Author: Li, Zhuqing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1324064390
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the East: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
$35.00 Read moreThe long history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2023 Chinese soci- Author: Huang, Yasheng
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266367
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist): The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
$18.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century a- Author: Tsu, Jing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0735214735
- Language: English
