About the publisher
Grounded in a tradition of illustrated publishing, China Pictorial Publishing House covers photography and fine-art albums, children's books, lifestyle and health, cookbooks, and literary and social-science titles. Its catalogue shows a sustained focus on Western philosophy and foreign literature, including Kang De's Critique of Pure Reason, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Taine's Philosophy of Art, Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and Woolf's A Room of One's Own, alongside Chinese classics such as Lao She's Teahouse and Dragon Beard Ditch and Zhang Dai's Dream Searches by the West Lake, reflecting an editorial approach that balances translated works with native resources. Its authors range from Kant, Lao She, and Marcus Aurelius to John Steinbeck, Taine, and Fu Lei. Public information is limited, so a full account of each series is not possible; the available titles suggest a preference for thought-provoking, literary, and readable works, giving the press a character centred on classic translations and the humanities.
Published (158)
Rating 4.6★ Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck / 王晋华 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 Of Mice and Men is a novella by Steinbeck set during the Great Depression of the 1930s in America. It tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two… Rating 4.6★ A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf / 韩正 / 于彩娴 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 This is a work exploring female consciousness and feminist thought. From ancient times to the present, the status of women in Europe has been low; by … Rating 4.6★ Philosophy of Art 丹纳 / Fu Lei China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 “A monumental work on art, history, and human culture,” Philosophy of Art is both a guidebook that leads readers through the world of art and a classi… Rating 4.6★ The Complete Works of Zeng Guofan (4 Volumes) Zeng Guofan China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 This set includes four volumes: Family Letters, Vol. 1; Family Letters, Vol. 2; Chronological Biography; and Memorials to the Throne. Highly praised b… Rating 4.5★ The Red and the Black Stendhal / 罗新璋 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 The protagonist, Julien Sorel, is strikingly handsome and exceptionally intelligent. Born into poverty but burning with ambition, he dreams from an ea… Rating 4.4★ Notre-Dame de Paris Victor Marie Hugo / Li Yumin China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 Set in 15th-century France, Notre-Dame de Paris tells its story through the bizarre and the contrasting: Archdeacon Frollo of Notre-Dame, outwardly sa… Rating 4.4★ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin / 赵志卓 / 高文斐 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 The pioneering work of American biographical literature, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin chronicles the journey of one of the greatest souls. F… Rating 4.3★ Liang Qichao's Family Letters Liang Qichao China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 This collection mainly brings together letters Liang Qichao wrote to his wife and children between 1898 and 1928, their lines expressing his deep care… Rating 4.3★ The Autobiography of Helen Keller Helen Keller China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 An unparalleled masterpiece in the history of world literature and a monumental work of the soul that transcends time and space, bearing witness to th… Rating 4.2★ The Autobiography of John D. Rockefeller 约翰·D·洛克菲勒 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 A treasury of wealth from the greatest fortune in human history, and the life wisdom of the world's first billionaire. From penniless obscurity to bus… Rating 4.2★ The Biography of Lincoln Dale Carnegie China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 The only biography Dale Carnegie ever wrote, this book is a timeless classic in which a master chronicles a great man. With deeply moving and vivid pr… Rating 4.1★ Micro History: The Interesting Origins of Everything 张立辉 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 This is an encyclopedia of everything under the sun, a comprehensive guide to the origins and curious anecdotes of all things—from astronomy, geograph… Rating 3.8★ Great Plants: Records of Plants and Trees in the South 嵇含 / 兰心仪 / 杨盈盈 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 Nanfang Caomu Zhuang (Treatise on the Plants and Trees of the South) is the earliest extant botanical monograph in China, completed in 304 CE. The boo… Rating 3.8★ Customized Time and Space Chinese Nebula Awards Organizing Committee China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 Time-Space Customization is the collected winning works of the 12th Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Awards, featuring selected award-winning nov… Rating 3.5★ Approaching Traditional Chinese Learning with One Book 闲云居士 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 A classic and practical encyclopedia of five thousand years of Chinese national studies, and an entertaining popular reader on national studies. These… Rating 2.0★ The Most Popular Management Course at Harvard Business School 于晓燕 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022 Master authentic Harvard Business School management wisdom without leaving home! Harvard Business School is the Vatican of the business world, a symbo… Rating 4.3★ Vegetable Roots Discourse Hong Yingming China Pictorial Publishing House · 2021 The Caigentan: Collector's Edition uses the maxim form common in the Ming dynasty to discuss life philosophy—self-cultivation, handling affairs, deali… Rating 4.2★ The Chrysanthemum and the Sword 田伟华 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2021 Japan, a tiny island nation with scarce resources, on the one hand brought about a world war and on the other created the postwar economic miracle. Wh… Rating 3.4★ Zhuangzi Teaches Us to Be More Philosophical 永放 China Pictorial Publishing House · 2021 Zhuangzi lived such a free and easy life because he held profit lightly and fame and achievement even more lightly. That is how he could truly "ride o… Rating 2.2★ Flexibly Learn from Zeng Guofan and Apply Hu Xueyan's Methods Long Qi China Pictorial Publishing House · 2021 Zeng Guofan and Hu Xueyan both succeeded because each possessed a body of wisdom on dealing with people and conducting business. It set them apart fro…Frequent authors
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