Hainan Publishing House

Also known as: 理想国丨海南出版社, 理想国|海南出版社, 理想国 | 海南出版社, 海南出版社有限公司

Founded
1985
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Anna Karenina (Complete Two Volumes, Dook Classics Library)The Social Contract: Expert Guided Reading EditionCollected Essays of Lu Xun

276 books 278 authors

About the publisher

Hainan Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher known for literary and intellectual works, covering foreign literature, philosophy, classics, world-famous works, classical poetry and prose miscellanies. Its catalog includes foreign literary classics such as Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Romain Rolland's Jean-Christophe, philosophical works such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract: Expert Companion Edition, and Chinese classics and poetic studies such as Lu Xun's essays and prose collections and Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua, as well as illustrated popular-science works like Fabre's Insects. The involvement of translators such as Zhong Shufeng, Fu Lei and Chen Xiaoqing reflects the publisher's emphasis on translation quality and expert guidance. Public information is limited, and the above is based mainly on the books in the catalog.

Published (276)

Enduring: The Complete Story of the Most Tumultuous Years in the History of the Republic (Three Volumes) cover
Rating 3.6
Enduring: The Complete Story of the Most Tumultuous Years in the History of the Republic (Three Volumes) Hanchuanzi (Wang Yuerui) Hainan Publishing House · 2015 This is a three-volume boxed set of Hanchuanzi's novel, centered on the village of Sikeyang in southwestern Henan and spanning 1949 to 1976, using nea…
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Rating 4.2
The Whiz Kids 约翰·伯恩 Hainan Publishing House · 2014 This book is the representative work of John A. Byrne, a senior BusinessWeek reporter. Originally titled The Whiz Kids, it focuses on a highly unusual…
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Biography of Zhuangzi 王新民 Hainan Publishing House · 2011 Biography of Zhuangzi is a biographical novel by the young scholar Wang Xinmin that recounts the life of Zhuangzi. Drawing on the accounts of Zhuang Z…
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The Noble Eightfold Path Bhikkhu Debao Hainan Publishing House · 2009 The Noble Eightfold Path is the core work on meditation by the Sri Lankan Theravada elder Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, following his book Mindfulness i…
Judge Dee Mysteries: Collector's Edition (Volume Two) cover
Judge Dee Mysteries: Collector's Edition (Volume Two) Robert Hans van Gulik Hainan Publishing House · 2008 The Judge Dee Mysteries is a series of detective novels written over many years by Robert van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat and sinologist, featuring the Ta…
Full of Golden Armor Throughout the City: From Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to Emperor Taizu of Song, a Historical Storm Sweeping the Late Tang and Five Dynasties cover
Full of Golden Armor Throughout the City: From Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to Emperor Taizu of Song, a Historical Storm Sweeping the Late Tang and Five Dynasties Wu Wei Hainan Publishing House · 2006 This is a popular history by Wu Wei, written after completing 1644: The Rise and Fall of Chinese Dynasties, when she turned her attention to the perio…
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Rating 3.2
World History in One Sitting Manfred Mai Hainan Publishing House · 2004 This book is the representative work of the German historian and writer Manfred Mai and one of Germany's long-standing bestselling popular histories o…
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Rating 4.0
The SAS Personal Trainer: Fitness Manual of the British Royal Special Forces John Wiseman Hainan Publishing House · 2003 This book is a self-help fitness training manual adapted by John Wiseman—a career officer of the British Royal Army and instructor with the British Sp…
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Ron Chernov Hainan Publishing House · 2000 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. is one of the representative works of American biographer Ron Chernow. Building on the reputation he earne…
The Story of Psychology: Origins and Evolution cover
Rating 4.0
The Story of Psychology: Origins and Evolution Morton Hunt Hainan Publishing House · 1999 The Story of Psychology is a well-known history of psychology written for general readers. Originally published in English as The Story of Psychology,…
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Rating 3.4
Benjamin Graham on Value Investing 珍妮特·洛 Hainan Publishing House · 1999 This book is a biographical and critical study by American financial writer Janet Lowe of Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, originally p…
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Mission Earth, Volume 1: The Invaders Plan L. Ron Hubbard Hainan Publishing House · 1999 This is the first volume of L. Ron Hubbard's ten-volume space opera Mission Earth and the opening of the entire series. The story unfolds from the per…
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Rating 3.7
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy 托马斯·J.斯坦利 / William D. Danko Hainan Publishing House · 1998 This is a book that looks plain but will change your spending habits once you finish it. Unlike common personal-finance books that teach you how to pi…
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Battlefield Earth L. Ron Hubbard Hainan Publishing House · 1997 Battlefield Earth is a science fiction novel by American writer L. Ron Hubbard, originally published in English as Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Ye…
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The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame Hainan Publishing House · 1997 The Golden Age is the breakthrough work of the British writer Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932). First published in London by The Bodley Head in 1895, the b…
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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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