Family Life in China, Paperback

Reducere. James Lilley's life and family have been entwined with China's fate since his father moved to the country to work for Standard Oil in 1916. Lilley ...

Reducere. Learn Chinese as life happens Do you want your family to learn Chinese but not a native speaker or fluent?There are many parents and carers who wis...

Reducere. Award NameAlex AwardsAward categoryAdult/For Young AdultsDescriptionThe life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by dark family secrets and divid...

DescriptionThrough the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20...

In this beautifully crafted study of one emblematic life, Harrison addresses large themes in Chinese history while conveying with great immediacy t...

Jade Snow Wong's autobiography portrays her coming-of-age in San Francisco's Chinatown, offering a rich depiction of her immigrant family and her s...

Reducere. A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to...

Reducere. The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother is Pearl S. Buck's intensely moving memoir of her mother, Caroline (Carrie) Stulting Sydenstricker, who s...

Reducere. In this stunning, lyrical memoir that includes a curriculum guide, author Chun Yu recalls the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a...

After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split ...

Reducere. DRAWN BY A CHINA MOON, Introducing Lottie Moon -- "Dear Mollie, You can't believe what is happening here in China. . . ." Actually, what Mollie can...

Reducere. Ayya Khema (1923-1997) was the first Western woman to become a Theravadan Buddhist nun. As such, she has served as a model and inspiration for wome...

Reducere. "I Did Not Miss the Boat" is the coming of age story of an adolescent girl who struggled to help her family's assimilation into a new country while...

Reducere. A New York Times-bestselling novel of the lives, loves, and foibles of five generations of a British family occupying a manor house in Wales. For n...

Reducere. This is the compelling story of the life of internationally acclaimed cello virtuoso, Yo-Yo Ma, from the cradle to his entering Harvard University ...

Reducere. In this touching and informative memoir about foraging for food in New York City, Ava Chin finds sustenance...and so much more. Urban foraging is t...

Reducere. Disappearing Moon Cafe was a stunning debut novel that has become a Canadian literary classic. An unflinchingly honest portrait of a Chinese Canadi...

Reducere. Eleven-year-old Luolan Xia never expected her family to move across the world. But now she is in America, trying to fit in and get used to the new ...

Reducere. The first in the I See the Sun Series, readers follow a young girl as she travels from a small town in China to the city of Shanghai to spend time ...

Reducere. The complete twenty books of philosophic discussion by the superb Chinese sage Confucius are presented here anew. Originally, these sayings and con...

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the...

Reducere. Gene Luen Yang was the fifth the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known...

Reducere. DescriptionSet in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy famil...

DescriptionThe Ninja Daughter is an action-packed thriller about a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja with Joy Luck Club family issues who fights t...

Reducere. For thousands of years the Chinese have had a secret. A secret that has allowed them to treat illness in its earliest stages, a secret that allows ...

Reducere. DescriptionPart biography/spiritual memoir, part adventure tale, Her Name Was Elizabeth, by Eva M. Brewster is the inspiring story of Elizabeth Fis...

Reducere. Discover the China that before now was only whispered about in the dark.In this collection, award-winning writers and translators Yi Izzy Yu and Jo...

The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Div...

Reducere. Notable literary figures pay tribute to poet/writer Justin Chin with personal commentaries on works selected from his seven books.Justin Chin's fea...

Reducere. As World War II threatens their comfortable life in Hong Kong, young Joan and Emma Lew escape with their family to spend the war years in Macao. Wh...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sister M. Alfreda ElsensohnPolly Bemis was a Chinese American pioneer in the rugged river country of North Central Idaho. S...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, Slate In A Free Life, Ha...

Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confuci...

Reducere. An exciting debut novel set in the exotic, bustling streets of coastal China--a woman whose life is restored when she opens a small caf and gains t...

Reducere. On the rainy afternoon of November 28, 1938, a slight 18-year-old Austrian man took in his first impressions of Shanghai. Paul Hoffmann had left hi...

Contributor(s): Author: Lihong ShiChina's patrilineal and patriarchal tradition has encouraged a long-standing preference for male heirs within fam...

Reducere. Ninety-nine years of colonial rule are ending as the British prepare to hand over Hong Kong to China. For Betty Mullard and her son, Bunt, it doesn...

Benefit from the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui Take a look around you. What do you see? Whether or not you're aware of it, your environment prof...

The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Div...

Reducere. "We were a family of three girls. By Chinese standards, that wasn't lucky. In Chinatown, everyone knew our story. Outsiders jerked their chins, loo...

Reducere. Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrec...

Reducere. Fatima's life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore a...

Reducere. Du Fu (712-770) is one of the undisputed geniuses of Chinese poetry--still universally admired and read thirteen centuries after his death. Now Dav...

Reducere. Natalie Chin-Williams might be a cranky professor of climatology who thinks the world is doomed, but she believes in lasting love...just not for he...

DescriptionFrom rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the search for belonging ...

Reducere. My Two Dads is about a boy named Jacob who is raised by two fathers. It displays life from Jacob's point-of-view and also how some of his friends' ...

Yangchen and her family are Tibetan refugees living a simple life in Nepal. Often, her High Lama grandfather would tell her stories of the wonders ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book makes the self-cultivation of Daoist internal alchemy available to everyone. Avoiding predetermined academic categories, it pr...

Reducere. Uncle Three is nowhere to be found and to make matters worse, there s convincing evidence that he may be a liar and a killer. Exhausted and discour...

Reducere. A majority of women often suffer, without knowing it, in not having the sexual life that they wish: to be comfortable with the sensations, to be ab...

Reducere. R to L (Japanese Style) Carefree Megumi Kuroishi was living a life of luxury until the day a girl named Suzuka Kogami walked into his life. All of ...

Crazy Rich Asians meets Bridget Jones's Diary in this funny and irresistible debut novel about the pursuit of happiness, surviving one's thirties i...

Reducere. DescriptionPeter H. Dominick was a war hero prior to becoming a respected U.S. congressman, senator, and ambassador. "Flying the Hump" over the Him...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shannon PollyAuthor: Kathryn H. BrittonEditor: Shannon PollyWhat are the elements of good character? The Values in Action (...

Reducere. Award NameNational Book Critics Circle AwardAward categoryBiographyDescriptionRead Martha A. Sandweiss's posts on the Penguin Blog The secret doubl...

Reducere. Terry Gravy Jones wants an adventure and something new. Tired of life as a substitute teacher and after the death of his parents, he figures that n...

This book should be of interest to most kungfu enthusiasts. It is both an historical account of the heritage of the relatively unknown Gulun Kungfu...

Reducere. Before I heard of Pathways, my mental illness defined me. When I started the workbook, I realized my recovery defined me. By the time I finished it...

Reducere. It's 1928 in Melbourne and Phryne is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. To do so, Phryne ...

DescriptionThe conclusion to Eldo Yoshimizu's stunning manga story. The final book which explores the shocking life of Ryuko, a tough woman of the ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: D. J. MollesKeep your head down. Do what you're told. It's easier that way. Walter Lawrence Baucom is used to the troops th...

Reducere. In this classic British mystery starring a sleuth "who has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot, " Miss ...

Reducere. "Olen Steinhauer's Milo Weaver novels are must-reads for lovers of the genre." --The Washington PostWith An American Spy, Steinhauer delivers a sea...

Reducere. On June 24, 2012, Dr. Shane Truman Todd, a young American engineer, was found hanging in his Singapore apartment, just a week before his scheduled ...

Reducere. From the founder of This Gathered Nest YouTube channel, an uplifting story of Angela Braniff's unusual path to becoming the mother to seven childre...

Reducere. In the waning days of the last dynasty, in a quiet, beautiful corner of imperial Peking, a young girl's blissful ignorance is shattered when she le...

Reducere. ``In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, when he took his own life. I was ten years old.``...

Reducere. This commentary on Padampa Sangye's classic verses of advise to Tibetan villagers of Tingri--by renowned and beloved meditation master Dilgo Khyent...

Peacocks for Kids Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Fascinating Peacocks Chapter 2 Peacock's Features Chapter 3 A Peacock's Life Conclusion ...

Reducere. A visceral new collection from esteemed poet Stephen Torre, grappling with the strength and complexities of life in the northwest wild lands Drawin...