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Chronicle: A Transcultural Dialogue Between Europe and China (1988–2003): Building a Diverse and Collaborative World cover
Chronicle: A Transcultural Dialogue Between Europe and China (1988–2003): Building a Diverse and Collaborative World Yue Daiyun / 金丝燕 Peking University Press · 2008 This book is the second volume in the "Transcultural Dialogue Platform" series, recording in chronicle form the sustained exchanges and cooperation am…
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Jade Culture in China Yao Shiqi China International Broadcasting Publishing House · 2010 Jade Culture in China is one of the titles in the "China Reader" series from China International Radio Press, written by Yao Shiqi, a longtime researc…
The Common Sense Roundtable: The Complete Collection of Chinese Common Sense (10-Volume Boxed Set) cover
The Common Sense Roundtable: The Complete Collection of Chinese Common Sense (10-Volume Boxed Set) Wu Han / Lin Huiyin / Zheng Zhenduo / Lü Simian / Shen Congwen / Hu Shi / 曹伯韩 / 陈师曾 / 潘伯鹰 TIANDI PRESS · 2019 The Common Sense Roundtable: The Complete Collection of Chinese Common Sense is a ten-volume general reader on traditional Chinese culture, published …
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Rating 4.0
The Spirit of the Chinese People Gu Hongming Hainan Publishing House · 1996 The Spirit of the Chinese People is the representative work that Gu Hongming wrote in English and first published in Beijing in 1915; its original tit…
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Rating 4.3
Amusing Ourselves to Death Neil Postman CITIC Press · 2015 Amusing Ourselves to Death was first published in 1985 and is the seminal work of Neil Postman, an American scholar of media culture. Taking as its th…
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Tasting China (15 Volumes) Sanlian Life Weekly SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2016 Tasting China is an e-book collection in the "Linglong" series from Sanlian Life Weekly, comprising 15 volumes selected from the magazine's New Year f…
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Evil Men: How Ordinary People Become Monsters James Dawes Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2020 This is not another popular psychology book about "the evil mind." Dawes brings unavoidable firsthand material: Japanese veterans who committed atroci…
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What Do You Want to Drink in a Cup of Coffee? Sanlian Life Weekly SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2015 This small book is a coffee-themed collection in the e-only electronic series of Sanlian Life Weekly, compiled from coffee reports and essays the maga…
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Dream Street: 50 Years of Host Clubs in Kabukicho 石井光太 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2025 This book is a work of reportage by Japanese nonfiction writer Kohta Ishii, focusing on the host club industry in Shinjuku's Kabukicho. The narrative …
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Sea Bream and Sheep 莫邦富 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press · 2017 Sea Bream and Sheep is a collection of essays comparing Chinese and Japanese culture by Mo Bangfu, a Chinese writer long resident in Japan, published …
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Peking University General Education Course 经典课程编委会 Red Flag Publishing House · 2025 Peking University General Education Course is a comprehensive volume in the "Peking University General Education Course" series, compiled by the Class…
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Rating 3.0
Hello, Middle Class Zebedee Helm / Fay Court Craig CITIC Press · 2014 Hello, Middle Class is a humorous illustrated book modeled on a dictionary. Its original authors are Zebedee Helm, an illustrator and contributor to t…
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Rating 3.7
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women Naomi Wolf 民主与建设出版社 · 2025 This is the representative work of the British writer and journalist Naomi Wolf. The original book, The Beauty Myth, was first published in the early …
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Meeting Einstein at the Art Museum: 20 Encounters Between Art and Science Ian Blatchford / Tilly Blyth Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2025 Meeting Einstein at the Art Museum: 20 Encounters Between Art and Science
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The City Reads Series Rory MacLean Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2017 Launched by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in 2017, the City Reads series is a collection of urban biographies. Its aim is "open a book,…
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Harvard Classics, Volume 38: Lectures on the Harvard Classics Charles William Eliot / Robert Matteson Johnston / Ralph Barton Perry / Thomas Nixon Carver Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2014 This is Volume 38 of the Harvard Classics series, the closing and introductory volume of the set. Unlike earlier volumes, which directly collect origi…
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Beijing Memory Series 冯惠玲 China Renmin University Press · 2018 The "Beijing Memory Series" is the print-book outcome of the "Beijing Memory" digital resource platform established by the Research Center for Beijing…
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Classics of Chinese Elegant Culture Lu Yu / Yuan Mei / 计成 / 文震亨 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2017 Classics of Chinese Elegant Culture is a series of traditional elegant-culture readers issued over time by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishi…
The Fragrance of Books in This Generation: People and Events in Thirty Years of Publishing cover
Rating 3.8
The Fragrance of Books in This Generation: People and Events in Thirty Years of Publishing 俞晓群 Zhejiang University Press · 2010 This book is a collection of publishing essays by the renowned publisher Yu Xiaoqun, published in 2010 by Zhejiang University Press · Qizhen Guan unde…
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Rating 3.9
Paris, Annoying Bi Yuanyue Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2011 There are enough books about Paris to build a hill, but most repeat the same script: the Seine, cafés, the Left Bank, romance. Paris, Annoying refresh…