Guangming Daily Press

Founded
1981
Country / Region
China
Notable books
A History of the Second World WarA Tree Grows in BrooklynFrom Idealism to Empiricism

94 books 107 authors

About the publisher

Guangming Daily Press focuses on academic and social science, theory, education and young people's reading, and also covers world history, foreign literature, social culture, historical reading and philosophy. Among its books, Liddell Hart's History of the Second World War, Tocqueville's The Old Regime and the French Revolution, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and works such as From Idealism to Empiricism, fin-de-siècle Vienna and A History of Western Philosophy reflect its emphasis on historical narrative, translation of ideas and retranslation of classics. Its author resources include Liddell Hart, Tocqueville, Betty Smith, Gu Zhun and Carl E. Schorske. In terms of publishing features, the press relies on series such as the Guangming Academic Library, the University Social Science Library and the West Wind Translation Series to form a comprehensive multi-disciplinary and multimedia publishing structure, continuing to position itself as a spiritual home for intellectuals. Public information is limited, and the above is summarized mainly from the books in the database.

Published (94)

Alas, the Boss Is Too Much of a Calamity cover
Rating 2.2
Alas, the Boss Is Too Much of a Calamity 四夕若若 Guangming Daily Press · 2024 "You idiot girl, little wildcat, scatterbrained fool—always forgetting things, stirring up one mess after another, catching everyone off guard and lea…
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Rating 4.7
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 贝蒂·史密斯 / 梅静 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a semi-autobiographical novel by American author Betty Smith, first published in 1943. The book has no bizarre or sensatio…
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Rating 4.4
The Old Regime and the Revolution Alexis de Tocqueville / 戴光年 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 The Old Regime and the Revolution is a work by the French historian Tocqueville. It explores the French Revolution: the old feudal system collapsed du…
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Rating 4.1
The King of Plagues: The Black Death and the World After It 罗伯特·S.戈特弗里德 / 鹿妍 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 A gripping work of detective-style history, this book traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of the notorious plague outbreak that swept acro…
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Rating 4.0
Why Mao Zedong 任志刚 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 Why Mao Zedong takes time as its thread, tracing Mao's early education and schooling, the major events he lived through, and ultimately the founding o…
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Rating 3.9
If You Had Never Come, How Could I Grow Old 苏格兰折耳猫 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 As a child she read so many fairy tales, and so many of them ended the same way: the prince finds the princess, and they live happily ever after. At f…
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Rating 3.7
Tens of Thousands of Layers of Brocade Letters 不见莲花 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 Do you believe in destiny? Do you believe that somewhere in this world there is someone fated to meet you? If you believe it, if you believe we should…
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Rating 3.7
The Great Trend of Civilization 周兴旺 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 Today, human civilization has reached an unprecedented crossroads. On the one hand, human society faces a mountain of global governance problems, with…
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Rating 2.8
Rainy Season in Chengdu 蔡斌 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 Known for its picturesque scenery, Pengzhou is abundant in fine navel oranges. In most farmhouses here, clusters of lush orange and tangerine trees gr…
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Rating 2.8
Strategic Life Planning 伍哥 Guangming Daily Press · 2023 A personal life strategy plan is a thinking framework in which a person, based on their overall qualities, circumstances, stage of social development …
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Rating 4.6
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 卡尔·休斯克 / Li Feng Guangming Daily Press · 2022 At the turn of the twentieth century, Vienna gave birth to a wealth of modern artistic and intellectual achievements amid the crisis of political and …
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Rating 4.2
Samurai Revolution: The Meiji Restoration and the Rise of Modern Japan 罗米拉斯·希尔斯伯勒 / 袁皓天 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 In 1853, the American Commodore Perry led a fleet into Edo Bay, and Japan, which had maintained a policy of national isolation for over two hundred ye…
The Analects in Light and Illusion: The Directorial Logic of Seventeen Years of Cinema cover
Rating 4.1
The Analects in Light and Illusion: The Directorial Logic of Seventeen Years of Cinema 徐皓峰 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 Lunyu in the Phantom Light: The Directorial Logic of Seventeen Years of Cinema is Xu Haofeng's latest collection of film criticism. It chiefly interpr…
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Rating 3.4
Why the Eastern Zhou? 任志刚 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 Feng Youlan said: Chinese culture took shape on a grand scale by the Zhou dynasty. In the Eastern Zhou period emerged the remarkable intellectual spec…
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Rating 3.4
Assessing the Trend: Insights into the World's Tailwinds 黄湘 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 This book is a collection of columns from "Reading Notes," written by veteran book critic Huang Xiang for CBN Weekly. Through reviews of 48 new Englis…
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Rating 3.3
Huawei: Greatness Comes from Struggle 任景涛 / 罗静珊 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 This book presents Huawei's core values, strategic management, risk control, international environment, and corporate culture, ultimately distilling f…
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Rating 3.0
Enhancing Humans 吕家俊 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 Technologies for human enhancement are so important, with such far-reaching impact on all humanity, that they may fundamentally change the human condi…
Meeting at Peking University cover
Rating 2.9
Meeting at Peking University 邓智海 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 The annual college entrance exam is approaching again, and the "dark July" once more hangs over all exam candidates; students, their parents, and teac…
Young Doctor cover
Rating 2.8
Young Doctor 成钢 Guangming Daily Press · 2022 Professor Wang, Lu Yi, Teacher Zu, and Liu Fei—four young doctors of similar age but very different temperaments—are brought together by a shared medi…
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Rating 4.0
Two Hearts of the Great Earth 徐皓峰 Guangming Daily Press · 2021 The 1911 Revolution broke out, and the following year the Qing emperor abdicated. In 1917, a young tomb keeper, entrusted by someone, comes to the emp…

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