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The Rape of Nanking

The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II

de Iris Chang ...

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... ... Leer más

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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...
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The Compensations of Plunder

How China Lost Its Treasures

de Justin M. Jacobs ...

"A very important contribution to the history of collecting in the new context of nationalism in China and in the West . . . innovative and engaging." — American Historical ReviewFrom the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their ... Leer más

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"A very important contribution to the history of collecting in the new context of nationalism in China and in the West . . . innovative and engaging." — American Historical ReviewFrom the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their
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The Corpse Walker

Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up

de Liao Yiwu ...

The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his
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The Great Heist

China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets

de David R. Shedd, Andrew Badger ...

A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to comeThe Great Heist exposes China's unprecedented state-orchestrated espionage campaign to strip the United States and its allies of ... Leer más

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A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to comeThe Great Heist exposes China's unprecedented state-orchestrated espionage campaign to strip the United States and its allies of
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Medieval Chinese Warfare 300-900

de David Graff ...

Series series Warfare and History
Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Despite this, the empire gradually formed a unified imperial order. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 explores the military strategies, institutions and wars that reconstructed the Chinese empire that has survived into modern times.Drawing on ... Leer más

$59.99 USD

Shortly after 300 AD, barbarian invaders from Inner Asia toppled China's Western Jin dynasty, leaving the country divided and at war for several centuries. Despite this, the empire gradually formed a unified imperial order. Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 explores the military strategies, institutions and wars that reconstructed the Chinese empire that has survived into modern times.Drawing on
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The Last Kings of Shanghai

The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

de Jonathan Kaufman ...

**"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."—The Boston Globe"Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."—LA Review of BooksAn epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

**"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."—The Boston Globe"Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."—LA Review of BooksAn epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as
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Producing Guanxi

Sentiment, Self, and Subculture in a North China Village

de Andrew B. Kipnis ...

Throughout China the formation of guanxi, or social connections, involves friends, families, colleagues, and acquaintances in complex networks of social support and sentimental attachment. Focusing on this process in one rural north China village, Fengjia, Andrew Kipnis shows what guanxi production reveals about the evolution of village political economy, kinship and gender, and local patterns of ... Leer más

$16.59 USD

Throughout China the formation of guanxi, or social connections, involves friends, families, colleagues, and acquaintances in complex networks of social support and sentimental attachment. Focusing on this process in one rural north China village, Fengjia, Andrew Kipnis shows what guanxi production reveals about the evolution of village political economy, kinship and gender, and local patterns of
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Adrift in the South

de Xiao Hai ...

Traducido por Tony Hao ...

When Xiao Hai turned fifteen, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began fifteen years spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China's fast-growing southern cities.Adrift in the South is a memoir of life as a migrant labourer in the twenty-first century, making iPhones and baby clothes, hand-stitching football ... Leer más

$14.59 USD

When Xiao Hai turned fifteen, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began fifteen years spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China's fast-growing southern cities.Adrift in the South is a memoir of life as a migrant labourer in the twenty-first century, making iPhones and baby clothes, hand-stitching football
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The Qin Dynasty: Birth of the Empire

Dynasties of Ancient China, #1

de Katherine Zhu ...

Series Libro 1 - Dynasties of Ancient China
The Qin dynasty lasted only fifteen years, yet it transformed China forever.The story begins in the violent world of the Warring States period, when seven competing kingdoms battled for supremacy. At the center of the drama is Ying Zheng, the son of a hostage prince who became the king of Qin, defeated all rival states, and declared himself Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China.Through ... Leer más

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The Qin dynasty lasted only fifteen years, yet it transformed China forever.The story begins in the violent world of the Warring States period, when seven competing kingdoms battled for supremacy. At the center of the drama is Ying Zheng, the son of a hostage prince who became the king of Qin, defeated all rival states, and declared himself Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China.Through
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Destination Peking

de Paul French ...

New York Times bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking) returns to the Chinese capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people – many Americans among them – who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century.From the ultra-wealthy Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton and her husband the Prince Mdivani, to the poor “American girl” Mona Monteith, who worked in the city as a ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

New York Times bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking) returns to the Chinese capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people – many Americans among them – who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century.From the ultra-wealthy Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton and her husband the Prince Mdivani, to the poor “American girl” Mona Monteith, who worked in the city as a
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Fanshen

A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village

de William Hinton, Fred Magdoff ...

More than forty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential volume for those fascinated with China's revolutionary process of rural reform and social change. A pioneering work, Fanshan is a marvelous and revealing look into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

More than forty years after its initial publication, William Hinton's Fanshen continues to be the essential volume for those fascinated with China's revolutionary process of rural reform and social change. A pioneering work, Fanshan is a marvelous and revealing look into life in the Chinese countryside, where tradition and modernity have had both a complimentary and caustic relationship in the
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Himalaya

A Human History

de Ed Douglas ...

A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from
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Imperial China, 900–1800

de F. W. Mote ...

This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a similar synthesis: generational events, personalities, and the spirit of the age combine to yield a ... Leer más

$34.19 USD

This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a similar synthesis: generational events, personalities, and the spirit of the age combine to yield a
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The People's Republic of Amnesia

Tiananmen Revisited

de Louisa Lim ...

Finalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the world on Foreign Affairs An Economist Book of the Year, 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989." --The New York Times Book Review On June 4, ... Leer más

$12.39 USD

Finalist for the 2015 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Award for the Best Non-Fiction book in the world on Foreign Affairs An Economist Book of the Year, 2014 A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "One of the best analyses of the impact of Tiananmen throughout China in the years since 1989." --The New York Times Book Review On June 4,
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Records of Zhou Dynasty: Zi Zhi Tong Jian; or Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance; Volume 1-5 资治通鉴

de Sima Guang ...

Series series Zi Zhi Tong Jian 资治通鉴
Zi Zhi Tong Jian (Chinese: 资治通鉴;English: "Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance") is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 in the form of a chronicle. In 1065 AD, Emperor Yingzong of Songordered the great historian Sima Guang (1019–1086 AD) to lead with other scholars such as his chief assistants Liu Shu, Liu Ban and Fan Zuyu,[1] the compilation of a ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Zi Zhi Tong Jian (Chinese: 资治通鉴;English: "Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance") is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 in the form of a chronicle. In 1065 AD, Emperor Yingzong of Songordered the great historian Sima Guang (1019–1086 AD) to lead with other scholars such as his chief assistants Liu Shu, Liu Ban and Fan Zuyu,[1] the compilation of a
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Dope, Inc. Britain's Opium War Against The U.S

de United States Labor Party, Konstandinos Goldman, David Steinberg ...

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Red Dawn Over China

How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

de Frank Dikötter ...

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land ... ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

A Financial Times and Foreign Policy Most Anticipated Book of 2026A Barnes & Noble Reads Best Book of February 2026From renowned, prize-winning historian Frank Dikötter, a commanding new history of China's path to Communism.The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land ...
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The Scythian Empire

Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

de Christopher I. Beckwith ...

A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient worldIn the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast Eurasian continent, creating an innovative empire that would give birth to the age of philosophy and the Classical age across the ancient world—in the West, the Near East, India, and China. Mobile horse ... Leer más

$17.29 USD

A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient worldIn the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the vast Eurasian continent, creating an innovative empire that would give birth to the age of philosophy and the Classical age across the ancient world—in the West, the Near East, India, and China. Mobile horse
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少年臺灣史二○一九年增訂版

de 周婉窈 ...

了解臺灣的歷史，必須「從頭講起」，從頭了解起，我們的視野拉長、拉廣了，然後當我們回頭看這個島嶼的歷史，才能更真切地感受到它的獨特，進而珍惜它的多樣性。　　歷史需要的不是記誦，而是思考和理解。記誦的歷史，考完就忘記了，自己思考和理解過的歷史，成為你對過去的認識，也會幫助你了解現在、面對未來。——作者周婉窈　　歷史，不僅是發生過的事而已，更是與現在和未來連續而無法分割的整體。藉著本書的插畫工作，我才開始認識許多一向視而不見、卻不可或缺的生命源流。這份成長，並不因此書的完成而結束，卻是要持續一輩子的工作。——繪者許書寧本書特色　　1. 經典增訂再版：因應5年來臺灣歷史的急速進展，周婉窈教授特別增訂內容，補充戰後至今的重大歷史事件與觀點，並加上全書索引，讓讀者方便檢索詞彙與內容。　　2. 注重觀念的釐清：從「地球和美麗島的誕生」、「臺灣給世界的禮物」，到「轉型正義和美... ... Leer más

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了解臺灣的歷史，必須「從頭講起」，從頭了解起，我們的視野拉長、拉廣了，然後當我們回頭看這個島嶼的歷史，才能更真切地感受到它的獨特，進而珍惜它的多樣性。　　歷史需要的不是記誦，而是思考和理解。記誦的歷史，考完就忘記了，自己思考和理解過的歷史，成為你對過去的認識，也會幫助你了解現在、面對未來。——作者周婉窈　　歷史，不僅是發生過的事而已，更是與現在和未來連續而無法分割的整體。藉著本書的插畫工作，我才開始認識許多一向視而不見、卻不可或缺的生命源流。這份成長，並不因此書的完成而結束，卻是要持續一輩子的工作。——繪者許書寧本書特色　　1. 經典增訂再版：因應5年來臺灣歷史的急速進展，周婉窈教授特別增訂內容，補充戰後至今的重大歷史事件與觀點，並加上全書索引，讓讀者方便檢索詞彙與內容。　　2. 注重觀念的釐清：從「地球和美麗島的誕生」、「臺灣給世界的禮物」，到「轉型正義和美...
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Tibet

de Sam van Schaik ...

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Faithful Disobedience

Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement

de Wang Yi ...

Christianity Today Book Award Finalist—Missions/Global ChurchReader's Choice Award WinnerThroughout China's rapidly growing cities, a new wave of unregistered house churches is growing. They are developing rich theological perspectives that are both uniquely Chinese and rooted in the historical doctrines of the faith. To understand how they have endured despite government pressure and cultural ... Leer más

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Christianity Today Book Award Finalist—Missions/Global ChurchReader's Choice Award WinnerThroughout China's rapidly growing cities, a new wave of unregistered house churches is growing. They are developing rich theological perspectives that are both uniquely Chinese and rooted in the historical doctrines of the faith. To understand how they have endured despite government pressure and cultural
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真事隐

de 孙立天 ...

康熙四十七年（1708）九月，太子胤礽在随驾巡幸途中被废，由此开启了长达十余年的储位之争。雍正登位后，亲自监督编纂康熙朝历史，给出了关于这段纷争及相关人物的官方说法。但无论当时还是后世，都从未停止对这一官方叙事的质疑。本书从一套在罗马尘封三百余年，由昔日往来清宫内廷的传教士所作的记录入手，综合运用清宫档案、官修实录、私人笔记等传统文献，钩沉还原被掩盖和篡改的大量历史细节，挖掘出雍正对历史记载进行系统清理的诸多证据，为康熙朝储位之争带来了一系列前所未闻的新故事，同时对雍正如何操纵历史、掩埋真相的手法进行了深度揭示。 ... Leer más

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康熙四十七年（1708）九月，太子胤礽在随驾巡幸途中被废，由此开启了长达十余年的储位之争。雍正登位后，亲自监督编纂康熙朝历史，给出了关于这段纷争及相关人物的官方说法。但无论当时还是后世，都从未停止对这一官方叙事的质疑。本书从一套在罗马尘封三百余年，由昔日往来清宫内廷的传教士所作的记录入手，综合运用清宫档案、官修实录、私人笔记等传统文献，钩沉还原被掩盖和篡改的大量历史细节，挖掘出雍正对历史记载进行系统清理的诸多证据，为康熙朝储位之争带来了一系列前所未闻的新故事，同时对雍正如何操纵历史、掩埋真相的手法进行了深度揭示。
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Trouble in Heaven: A Story in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin, 600 Word Vocabulary Level

Journey to the West, #2

de Jeff Pepper, Xiao Hui Wang ...

Series Libro 2 - Journey to the West
Things begin to unravel for Sun Wukong as he sees the consequences of his outrageous actions. While trying to defend his troop of monkeys, he manages to offend the underwater Dragon King, the Dragon Kong's mother, all ten Kings of the Underworld, and the great Jade Emperor himself. Finally, goaded by a couple of troublemaking demons, he goes too far, calling himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven ... Leer más

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Things begin to unravel for Sun Wukong as he sees the consequences of his outrageous actions. While trying to defend his troop of monkeys, he manages to offend the underwater Dragon King, the Dragon Kong's mother, all ten Kings of the Underworld, and the great Jade Emperor himself. Finally, goaded by a couple of troublemaking demons, he goes too far, calling himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven
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The Life of Madame Mao

de Ross Terrill ...

A peculiar facet of China's history is that its greatest villains have often been women. The evil Empress Wu lives on in legend, as does another ogre: the "White-Boned Demon," Madame Mao Zedong. On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, widow of Mao, was sentenced to death. Two years later, that sentence was changed to life imprisonment. The daughter of a concubine, Jiang Qing grew up as an outcast in the ... Leer más

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A peculiar facet of China's history is that its greatest villains have often been women. The evil Empress Wu lives on in legend, as does another ogre: the "White-Boned Demon," Madame Mao Zedong. On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, widow of Mao, was sentenced to death. Two years later, that sentence was changed to life imprisonment. The daughter of a concubine, Jiang Qing grew up as an outcast in the
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