The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II."A powerful, landmark book, riveting in its horror." —Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombIn December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of...

En diciembre de 1937 tuvo lugar una de las masacres más brutales que se recuerdan en tiempos de guerra. El ejército japonés entró en Nanking, entonces capital de China, y en pocas semanas no sólo saqueó e incendió la antigua ciudad indefensa, sino que sistemáticamente violó, torturó y asesinó a más de 300.000 civiles. Mediante entrevistas a supervivientes y documentos desclasificados en cuatro idiomas, Iris Chang, cuyos abuelos escaparon de la masacre, ha escrito la historia definitiva de ...

A quintessiantially American story chronicling Chinese American achievement in the face of institutionalized racism by the New York Times bestselling author of The Rape of NankingIn an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people’s search for a better life—the determination of the Chinese to forge an identity and a destiny in a strange land and, often against great obstacles, to find success. She c...

In December 1937, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred in the capital of China. The Japanese army swept into Nanking and not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured, and murdered half of the city’s remaining population, some 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the account of this atrocity was denied by the Japanese government.The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: th...

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.

Chinese Americans have been an integral thread in the tapestry of American history since the California gold rush of 1848-49. The fascinating story of the Chinese in America is also one of the long struggle for civil liberties, an all too familiar refrain to virtually all the ethnic groups who have settled in this country over the centuries, and a particularly relevant concern even today in the midst of a “war on terrorism.”

教訓要記取仇恨要遺忘我的（寫作）目的是要了解整個事件，並希望世人從中學習教訓，記取沉痛的殷鑑。但是，不同的殘暴程度，通常就會引起不同的反應；因此我一定要提出一些數字，讓讀者對1937年發生在南京的大屠殺規模，有些許概念。一位歷史學家曾經估算，如果讓所有南京大屠殺的死難者手牽手，長度可以從南京到達杭州，綿延約兩百英里長。他們身上的血液共重達一千兩百噸，屍體可裝滿兩千五百節火車車廂。如果把這些屍體疊起來，高度相當於七十四層樓。――張純如這是一段讓人不忍回顧，卻必須面對的過去。1937年12月13日，南京落入日軍手中。一場泯滅人性的大屠殺隨即展開。成千上萬的年輕男子被集合起來驅趕至市郊，不是遭機關槍掃射，就是被日軍當作練習刺刀用的肉靶，甚或被潑了滿身的汽油活活燒死。無數的婦女慘遭日軍強暴與凌虐，就連孕婦也不放過。在幾個星期的時間裡，南京城內屍橫遍野，宛如煉獄。本書從三個不同角度――日本人、中國受難者與當...

Iris Chang, bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking and tireless human rights activist, symbolized strength to many in the literary and social justice worlds. Her fearlessness made it all the more shocking when she committed suicide in 2004 at age thirty-six.Longtime friend and confidante Paula Kamen, author of the critically acclaimed All in My Head, reveals for the first time the private woman behind the bold international celebrity. She offers a tribute to th...

A Série Entrevistas Espirituais apresenta mensagens recebidas de espíritos famosos e revolucionários da história da humanidade e também de espíritos guardiões de pessoas ainda encarnadas que estão influenciando o mundo contemporâneo. Utilizando seu dom de canalizar mensagens espirituais, o mestre Okawa revela as intenções ocultas e os ideais de espíritos do passado e de pessoas do presente de um modo que nem mesmo os pesquisadores ou repórteres mais competentes conseguiriam descobrir. Seu ...

重新定义成功是给脱虎的虎爸妈的参考指南关于成功的信念及其来源并如何改变它.In Redefining Success, Iris Chen challenges the traditional understanding of success based on status, stats, and status quo and encourages parents to embrace a definition that empowers children and honors their individuality.This is a simplified Chinese translation of a chapter for her book, Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent.

Embodied Memories, Embedded Healing critically engages with the major East Asian cultural knowledge, beliefs, and practices that influence environmental consciousness in the twenty-first century. This volume examines key thinkers and aspects of Daoist, Confucianist, Buddhist, indigenous, animistic, and neo-Confucianist thought. With a particular focus on animistic perspectives on environmental healing and environmental consciousness, the contributors also engage with media studies (eco-cin...

Decades of theory, research, and practice have singled out sense of belonging (in its many derivative forms) as a pivotal component of healthy development: psychologically, socially, culturally, academically. The human need for belonging, and therefore its essential nature, have been well established across multiple arenas. Despite growth in this field, answers to the barriers to belonging among marginalized groups and contexts remain especially elusive. For decades, this work was anchored...