About the publisher
New Star Press focuses on classic works, mystery and detective fiction, science fiction, history, foreign literature and art, and its 602 titles in the library show a balance between popular reading and humanistic depth. Representative books include The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Illustrated Collector's Edition, And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, The Player of Games, Local Government in Qing China, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and A Collection of Fine Ukiyo-e Prints, spanning classic literature, detective fiction, science fiction, local history and visual art. Its authors and contributors include William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Iain M. Banks, as well as translators such as Zhu Shenghao and Su Fuzhong and illustrators such as John Gilbert and George Cruikshank. Known for the detective series Midnight Library and for social-science and humanities titles, the press emphasizes edition design and reading experience; public information is limited, so this profile highlights the publishing features reflected in the library's books.
Published (1128)
Rating 3.8★ The Wife of Mr. Alzheimer's 蓝江 New Star Press · 2023 This is a book that records nine years of marriage—nine years in the life of the wife of an Alzheimer's patient. Alzheimer's disease is a cruel diagno… Rating 3.8★ The Star-Falling Villa Murder Case 仓知淳 / 水七木 New Star Press · 2023 Sugishita Kazuo is demoted by the president to artist assistant after talking back to his boss, and has to accompany the stargazer Hoshizono Shiro on … Rating 3.8★ A Biography of Jingdezhen: The Porcelain Capital 江华明 New Star Press · 2023 Jingdezhen: City of Porcelain presents the town's history, ancient and modern, in chronological order and organized by subject matter: geography and i… Rating 3.8★ Galaxy's Edge 011: Space-Time Barrage 杨枫 New Star Press · 2023 Galaxy's Edge is a science fiction series created for young readers, fast-paced urbanites, and sci-fi fans. Published in a pocket-sized paperback form… Rating 3.8★ Galaxy's Edge 010: Planting the Universe 杨枫 New Star Press · 2023 Galaxy's Edge is a science fiction series crafted for younger readers, fast-paced urbanites, and sci-fi fans. Published in a portable bunko format, it… Rating 3.8★ Yantai Chronicle: Here and There on the Peninsula 王月鹏 New Star Press · 2023 This book is one of the key volumes in the "Silk Road Cities" series. Yantai lies on the Jiaodong Peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides—a la… Rating 3.8★ Galaxy's Edge 008: Flying Crack in the Firmament 杨枫 New Star Press · 2023 Galaxy's Edge is a science fiction series crafted for younger readers, fast-paced urbanites, and sci-fi fans. Published in a portable bunko format, it… Rating 3.8★ The Empress Dowager's Flight to the West: Panic and Turmoil in the Late Empire 谭木声 New Star Press · 2023 The 1900 Gengzi Incident forced the Qing court's Empress Dowager into a "western excursion." Though a self-contained historical event, it bore on the … Rating 3.8★ Nocturne 依井贵裕 / 赵滢 New Star Press · 2023 Retired actor Sakuragi receives an anonymous manuscript in the mail accusing him of being the murderer in a serial killing case. The savage crimes too… Rating 3.7★ Waseda's History of Japan 金谷俊一郎 / 林敏洁 / 陈道竞 New Star Press · 2023 How did the Article 9 clause "forever renounce war" make its way into Japan's constitution? Is this a constitution imposed upon Japan, or a treasure t… Rating 3.7★ Dunhuang: Where Four Great Civilizations Converge 杜永卫 New Star Press · 2023 Dunhuang: Where Four Civilizations Converge is a key volume in the "Biographies of a Hundred Silk Road Cities" series. Though small, Dunhuang has for … Rating 3.7★ The Greedy Sheep 美轮和音 / 罗亚星 New Star Press · 2023 The Greedy Sheep: In a grand mansion live two beautiful sisters of utterly different temperaments. Their lovers vanish one after another, their grandm… Rating 3.7★ Heading Far Away: Educational Explorations Across the World Zhou Chenggang New Star Press · 2023 In 2013, New Oriental CEO Zhou Chenggang launched the "Journey to Explore World-Class Universities" initiative. This book is his summary of that seven… Rating 3.7★ Biography of Hangzhou: Living in Paradise Wang Xufeng New Star Press · 2023 Hangzhou: A Biography—Living in Paradise is a key volume in the Silk Road Cities series. Taking chronology as its framework, the author traces Hangzho… Rating 3.7★ The Gate of Depravity Xu Kaizhen New Star Press · 2023 A Red River bridge, built to mark National Day, collapses just after opening, shaking the entire province. Si Xue, the beautiful female director of th… Rating 3.7★ Portrait 依井贵裕 / 赵滢 New Star Press · 2023 Wealthy merchant Yoshihiro Katakura has four daughters, all remarkably gifted in the arts. After the youngest, Shiori—whose painting skills surpassed … Rating 3.6★ Doctor Who: The Good Doctor 朱诺·道森 New Star Press · 2023 Far away on the planet of Grey Wolf, the Doctor and her companions successfully brokered a peace agreement between the natives and the human settlers.… Rating 3.6★ Entering History Through Tang Poetry 宁欣 New Star Press · 2023 "By the bridge at Weicheng the new wine is ripe; who lodges tonight with golden saddle and white horse?" From the wild and unrestrained youths of Wuli… Rating 3.6★ Biography of Qin Shi Huang 黄中业 New Star Press · 2023 This book follows a chronological order, drawing on rich historical sources and informed by reasonable imagination to narrate the history of the Qin E… Rating 3.6★ The Mood-Spoiling First Morning Bus 青崎有吾 / 郑晓蕾 New Star Press · 2023 The first train of the morning, an empty carriage— of all people, I run into a classmate I've barely ever spoken to. What is she doing on this train? …Frequent authors
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