Promise. Love and Loss in Modern China, Paperback - Xinran Xue

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DescriptionWhen I had finished the old lady spoke softly: "It takes great strength to open such a heavy door." At the start of the twentieth centur...

Reducere. Now in paperback one of the most stirring accounts of the lives of Chinese women since Wild Swans "full of heart-rending tales....shocking, simply ...

Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city's recent history, explaining how...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Fei-Hsien WangIllustration(s): 14 b/w illus. 8 tables.Number of pages: 368Collection: Studies of th...

Part memoir, part love story, part wildly scenic travel piece, The Greek for Love is every bit as sumptuous as its settingPublisher: John Murray Pr...

In 1919, Florence Deshon--tall, radical, and charismatic--was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Embroiled in a clande...

Howard Chiang traces the genealogy of sexual knowledge in China from the demise of eunuchism to the emergence of transsexuality, showing its role i...

A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.

A compelling, twisting and evocative crime thriller set in China, perfect for fans of acclaimed writers such as Will Dean, Abir Mukherjee and D.B. ...

A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.Publisher: Profile Book...

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth.The Penguin History of Modern China shows how ...

Ten chapters, ten women and many stories of heartbreak, including her own: Xinran once again takes us right into the lives of Chinese women and the...

DescriptionTen Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinpin...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Sinclair McKayNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 240 x 47Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city's recent history, explaining how...

Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinping era. Usin...

The preeminent historian Ying-shih Yu offers a magisterial examination of religious and cultural influences in the development of China's early mod...

One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China's rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that...

Explores the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to the present day. Essential reading for anyone who wants to under...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): He BianIllustration(s): 9 b/w illus. 3 tables. 4 maps.Number of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dim...

This book examines death and loss within Chinese medicine and related Taoist models, offering practical advice for working with frail or dying clie...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Reginald JacksonIllustration(s): 4 illustrationsNumber of pages: 250Collection: New Interventio...

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In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese art...

Reducere. In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting votes to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a health...

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This book revisits the central issue of how propaganda was understood within China's Communist Party system. The contributions to this volume captu...

Drawing on German, English, Japanese and Chinese primary sources, Ghassan Moazzin explores how foreign banks financially connected modern China to ...

Reducere. Xue Mo, cunoscut anterior drept Chen Kaihong, s-a nascut in Liangzhou, provincia Gansu. Scriitor national de prima mana, vicepresedinte al Asociati...

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Reducere. An artfully-wrought memoir of an orphan boy who became a world-famous acrobat under the thumb of China's Communist regime. In 1949, when much of Ch...

An astonishing and brave memoir of life, love, and assisted death, from the author of White Houses.Publisher: Granta BooksAuthor(s): Amy BloomNumbe...

This 29th volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series aims to provide a multi-faceted "whole evidence" analysis of the management...

This 23rd volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series aims to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the management...

Reducere. Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Jing TsuNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 166 x 240 x 35Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

DescriptionThis study tells the epic story of how a routed group of Chinese Communists marched tens of thousands of miles with Mao on a journey tha...

A compelling, twisting and evocative crime thriller set in China, perfect for fans of acclaimed writers such as Will Dean, Abir Mukherjee and D.B. ...