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Myths and Myth-Makers
New World Press · 2010
This book is a collection of essays on comparative mythology published in 1872 by the American philosopher and historian John Fiske (1842–1901), origi…
Superman/Batman Vol. 4
World Publishing Corporation · 2018
This is Volume 4 of the Superman/Batman series introduced by World Publishing Corporation, corresponding to the English edition Superman/Batman Vol. 4…
Illustrated World · Discovery Series: Tomb Secrets
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2008
Tomb Secrets is one volume in the "Illustrated World · Discovery Series," collectively compiled by the series editorial board and published by Jilin P…
Fangcun · A History of Human Civilization: At the Origin of Civilization, How Did East and West Diverge? (8-Volume Set)
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2022
This is an eight-volume collection in the Social Sciences Academic Press's Fangcun Series, with the subtitle "At the Origin of Civilization, How Did E…
The Beckoning Cat: Life Rules for Finding Happiness and Good Fortune
People's Literature Publishing House · 2025
"The Beckoning Cat: Life Rules for Finding Happiness and Good Fortune" is a small book that looks like a little gift but reads like a cultural essay. …
The Craftsman's Heart: A Lifetime to Master One Thing
CITIC Press · 2016
The Craftsman's Heart: A Lifetime to Master One Thing was reported and written by Qiu Yang, Qiu Lian, Ai Jiangtao and other journalists of Sanlian Lif…
Monkey in a Cap: How Culture Shapes Human Nature
Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2015
Monkey in a Cap is a collection of cultural commentary by Hui Ge, written after years of tracking developments in anthropology, evolutionary psycholog…
Zhihu Weekly · 300 Questions of 2013
· 2014
Zhihu Weekly · 300 Questions of 2013 is a year-end special compiled, edited, and fact-checked by the Zhihu team from the vast body of user questions a…
The Culture of Doors in China
China International Broadcasting Publishing House · 2023
A door is the face of a house and the meeting point of everyday life and cultural values in China. Wu Yucheng, a longtime researcher of Chinese folklo…
Slow-Brewed Time, a Cup of Tea: Portraits of Chinese Tea People
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press · 2021
Slow-Brewed Time, a Cup of Tea: Portraits of Chinese Tea People is a book on the aesthetics of life that records the lives of contemporary tea people,…
A History of Chinese Social Customs
Taihai Publishing House · 2021
This book is a comprehensive history of Chinese social customs by Qin Yongzhou, professor at Shandong Normal University and executive director of the …
The Dark Net
Beijing Times Chinese Press · 2018
The Dark Net is a work of reportage by the British digital culture researcher Jamie Bartlett, translated into Chinese by Liu Dandan and published in 2…
An Accursed Race
· 1855
An Accursed Race is a historical essay by the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), first published on August 25, 1855, in Household Words…
Beishan Jiujing (With Two Other Works)
Zhonghua Book Company · 2021
Beishan Jiujing (The North Mountain Wine Classic) was written by Zhu Gong of the Northern Song dynasty and is one of the earliest extant Chinese works…
Startling Prophecies
Printing Industry Press · 2013
"Prophecy" is a subject easily turned into mysticism or scare stories; what makes this book unusual is that it offers both the excitement of storytell…
I Thought Having a Baby Would Just Hit Pause on My Life
Jiuzhou Press · 2025
This is a graphic memoir about childbirth, written and illustrated by Bao Xiaxia. A graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, she uses a sincere and candi…
Red-Powdered Ladies of the Inner Chambers: Women's Lives and Literature
Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2017
Writing about women in ancient China, one most easily falls into two clichés: either the "oppressed silent" or the "elegant legend of talented ladies …
The Good Bookstore
Yilin Press · 2025
This is not a how-to manual for opening a bookstore but a gentle defense of them. Jeff Deutsch, who spent a decade at the helm of the Seminary Co-op B…
Shanxi Laoxi'er (Chinese Stories)
CITIC Press · 2013
Shanxi Laoxi'er is one title in the Chinese Stories series, a brand of narrative nonfiction e-books launched by CITIC Press in 2013, and is jointly wr…
Old Beijing's Zaba Di: Memory and Interpretation of Tianqiao
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2011
"Zaba di" is an old Beijing colloquialism for places like Tianqiao where people of every walk of life mingled—bustling yet chaotic. This book is a stu…