About the author

Lü Jia is an active Chinese translator of books, though public information about this figure is limited, with details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background not clearly documented. Judging from the 43 works included in the database, Lü Jia's translation interests are broad, spanning popular science, applied psychology, health, management, inspirational growth, and social psychology. Representative translations include The Body: A Guide for Occupants (full-color illustrated edition), Influence (newly upgraded edition), The Management Century, Don't Think of an Elephant, and The Essential Drucker. Most of these works are popular books aimed at general readers, balancing informative content with readability; the translations strive for accuracy and fluency so that Chinese readers can readily understand the original arguments. Lü Jia's translation work has to some extent promoted the dissemination of overseas popular science and management works within Chinese-language readerships.

Written (43)

The Rational Optimist: A History of Human Economic Progress cover
Rating 4.3
The Rational Optimist: A History of Human Economic Progress 里德利 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 If you are a Chinese person living in the twenty-first century, you probably understand the word 'pessimism' all too well. I am not talking about glob…
People and Performance: The Essentials of Drucker's Management cover
Rating 4.3
People and Performance: The Essentials of Drucker's Management 彼得.德鲁克 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 In an era of rapid change, Drucker's legendary wisdom is more relevant than ever, transcending conventional thinking to offer insights of enduring val…
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties cover
Rating 4.2
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties 大卫·德容 / 闾佳 Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2025 This book reveals the true story of how five of Germany's wealthiest business families—the Quandts, the Flicks, the Finks, the Porsche-Piëchs, and the…
A Princeton Guide to Economics Research: From Choosing a Topic and Publishing Papers to Managing an Academic Career cover
Rating 4.2
A Princeton Guide to Economics Research: From Choosing a Topic and Publishing Papers to Managing an Academic Career 迈克尔·S. 魏斯巴赫 / 闾佳 World Publishing Corporation · 2025 Much of what academics do beyond the subject itself can be described as "craft": launching a research project with coauthors, writing an excellent res…
From the Bottom Up: A Brief History of the Evolution of Everything cover
Rating 4.2
From the Bottom Up: A Brief History of the Evolution of Everything 马特·里德利 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 This book argues that evolution happens all around us. It is the best way to understand how both the human world and the natural world change. Changes…
Bottom-Up: A Brief History of the Evolution of Everything (Collector's Edition) cover
Rating 4.2
Bottom-Up: A Brief History of the Evolution of Everything (Collector's Edition) 马特·里德利 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 The keyword of this book is evolution. The author defines evolution as "unfolding," as "incremental, gradual change": spontaneous, irresistible, arisi…
The Game of Desire: How to Overcome Addiction with Mindfulness cover
Rating 4.1
The Game of Desire: How to Overcome Addiction with Mindfulness 贾德森·布鲁尔 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 This book applies current and emerging scientific knowledge to everyday and clinical examples. It presents numerous cases to explain how modern cultur…
The Deviant Killer cover
Rating 4.0
The Deviant Killer 约翰·道格拉斯 / 马克·奥尔谢克 / 闾佳 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2025 With deep sympathy for victims and an unshakable understanding of "predators," John Douglas dissects a series of violent crimes against women, includi…
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Rating 3.9
The Splendid Life of a Wrinkled Jelly 大卫·伊格曼 / 闾佳 Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House · 2025 Centered on "how the brain constructs the social self," Eagleman draws on research such as "how mirror neurons let us empathize with others," "oxytoci…
Influence: Action Volume cover
Rating 3.8
Influence: Action Volume 肖恩·扬 / 闾佳 China Financial & Economic Publishing House · 2025 People often struggle to sustain action: they abandon nutrition plans, fail to follow medication regimens, and cannot keep their New Year's resolution…
On Pins and Needles: My Stormy 16 Years with General Electric cover
Rating 3.8
On Pins and Needles: My Stormy 16 Years with General Electric 杰夫·伊梅尔特 / 埃米·华莱士 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 Jeff Immelt took the helm of GE at the height of its prominence, with seemingly boundless prospects—yet the company had already grown bloated and rudd…
Milk and Cola Economics 2 cover
Rating 3.8
Milk and Cola Economics 2 罗伯特· 弗兰克 / 闾佳 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025 The upgraded edition of a Wenjin Book Award–winning work and a classic by Robert Frank, the father of popular economics. Centered on “naturalist econo…
Can't Stop: How to Escape Behavioral Addiction in the Screen-Scrolling Era cover
Rating 3.8
Can't Stop: How to Escape Behavioral Addiction in the Screen-Scrolling Era 亚当·奥尔特 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 A foundational work that thoroughly exposes and addresses "behavioral addiction," a #1 bestselling category book on Amazon US. The book traces the ris…
The Art of Persuasion cover
Rating 3.7
The Art of Persuasion 杰伊·海因里希斯 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 Aristotle called rhetoric an "art"—a tool or method used by the persuader (one who persuades others to accept his views), or, one might say, "the art …
A Brief History of the Human Body (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
A Brief History of the Human Body (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) Bill Bryson (William McGuire Bryson) / 闾佳 Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House · 2024 You are one of the few animals with a chin, and one of the few creatures that weep from emotion. Your body remembers sleeping in trees, which is why y…
Win by Greatness cover
Rating 4.0
Win by Greatness 斯科特·亚当斯 / 闾佳 China Textile & Apparel Press · 2022 Adams argues that persuasion operates on three levels: commercial-grade, science-grade, and weapon-grade. Weapon-grade persuasion is especially hard, …
The Power of Suggestion cover
Rating 4.0
The Power of Suggestion 亚当·奥尔特 / 闾佳 China Textile & Apparel Press · 2022 This book explains the power of suggestion through three lenses—our external environment, the social environment among groups, and our inner world—and…
Influence (New Upgraded Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Influence (New Upgraded Edition) 罗伯特·西奥迪尼 / 闾佳 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2021 Influence has long been a bestselling classic. Thanks to its impact, persuasion became a science. Whether you are an ordinary person or someone advoca…
A Brief History of the Human Body cover
Rating 4.6
A Brief History of the Human Body Bill Bryson (William McGuire Bryson) / 闾佳 Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2021 Your body is 3 billion years old! The genes that built your body have existed since a single-celled speck drifted in a shallow sea 3 billion years ag…
Influence (Classic Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
Influence (Classic Edition) 罗伯特·B.西奥迪尼 / 闾佳 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2021 A global bestseller for three decades, one of the 75 business books recommended by Fortune, and a widely cited classic in contemporary social psycholo…

Publishers

Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseWorld Publishing CorporationChina Renmin University PressChina Textile & Apparel PressChina Financial & Economic Publishing HouseBeijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Sichuan People's Publishing HouseGuangdong People's Publishing HouseShanghai Wenhui Publishing HouseChina Machine PressZhejiang People's Publishing HouseZhejiang Education Publishing HouseZhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House