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Haitian Publishing House

Founded
1984
Country / Region
China
Notable books
The Surveillance SuperpowerThe CIA's Crime and Punishment: A 60-Year Secret History in AshesHero and Sinner: The Tragedy of Pan Hannian

231 books 204 authors

About the publisher

Haitian Publishing House publishes in such areas as world history, biography, foreign literature, cultural theory and essays, with a sideline in art documentation. Representative titles held in the collection include Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes and The CIA: A History of Sixty Years, Wang Chaozhu's Meritorious Officials and Criminals: The Tragedy of Pan Hannian, a Chinese translation of Marcel Proust's Seventy-Five Pages, the gongbi and comprehensive volumes of The Complete Works of Zou Chuan'an, and A Brief History of the Academy: A Thousand-Year Song. Among the translators and authors associated with these works are Du Mo, Lin Tiangui, Wei Zonglei, Du Qinggang and Cheng Jing. Overall, the press has built up a body of work in historical reportage, biography and the translation of foreign literature, alongside traditional culture and art titles; as public information is limited, this profile is based only on the books held in the collection.

Published (231)

A Unique Career cover
Rating 3.8
A Unique Career 王火 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 *A Unique Career* is divided into three sections, namely "Memoirs," "Testimonies," "Unforgettable Records," and "Narratives." It spans from the early …
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Rating 3.8
The Great Song Has Warmth 楼惠子 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 This is an essay-style popular history for general readers, well suited to a broad audience. Centered on the people and events of the Song dynasty, it…
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Rating 3.7
India? India! A Chinese Woman's 40 Days Traveling Alone in India 左妍 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 This is a travelogue of a Chinese woman traveling alone in India for 40 days. The author is a brave woman born in the 1970s who ventures into India on…
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Rating 3.7
Footprints of the Whampoa Women Soldiers 谭珊英 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 She was a student of Xu Teli and once listened to his earnest teachings in person; during the White Terror she posed as Tao Zhu's wife in Xiamen, work…
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Rating 3.7
Stories of Liangshan Li Hui Haitian Publishing House · 2020 "Stories of Liangshan" is grand in scope, profound and heartfelt, vivid and lively—a cultural and geographical notebook that unfolds page by page. Its…
Who Can Understand a Few Words That Voice the Autumn Heart: Into the Beauty and Sorrow of the Poetry of Dream of the Red Chamber cover
Rating 3.7
Who Can Understand a Few Words That Voice the Autumn Heart: Into the Beauty and Sorrow of the Poetry of Dream of the Red Chamber 陈英姿 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 This book aims to interpret the classic Dream of the Red Chamber through the lens of its poetry and songs. Rather than offering mere translation and a…
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Rating 3.7
The Charm of a Small Town in Luoyang Li Hui Haitian Publishing House · 2020 A collection of essays,洛阳小镇风情 paints an intimate portrait of the ancient town of Luoyang under Suizhou's jurisdiction—its people, customs, history, an…
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Rating 3.6
Why Shenzhen 陈启文 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 The long-form reportage Why Shenzhen unfolds a sweeping historical canvas of Shenzhen, offering a panoramic record of the city's momentous forty-year …
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Rating 3.6
Child, Let's Learn Together 尤今 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 This book collects Ms. You Jin's essays on parenting and child-rearing. With graceful prose and a warm heart, Ms. You Jin recounts many stories about …
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Rating 3.6
Drinking and Rejoicing Together: Interesting Souls in Tang Poetry 独秀山 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Taking history and classical poetry as its main thread, this book focuses on the mid-to-late Tang dynasty and revolves around historical figures such …
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Rating 3.6
Zeng Guoquan and the Great Changes of the Late Qing Dynasty 刘绪义 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 This book is a historical study of Zeng Guoquan, a renowned general of the Xiang Army. Grounded in meticulous primary sources and backed by the author…
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Rating 3.6
Everyone's Hometown Is the Center of the Universe 许石林 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Over the years, author Xu Shilin has accumulated a body of essays on the theme of his hometown, which have won wide acclaim and affection. This book w…
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Rating 3.6
The Caucasus Herdsman: The World in You Jin's Eyes 尤今 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Caucasus Herdsmen is a travelogue. The author visited three countries south of the Caucasus Mountains—Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia—as well as Uzbe…
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Rating 3.6
Writing on Sheep: The World in You Jin's Eyes 尤今 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 "Writing on Sheep" is a travelogue. Moved by golden calls, the author sets off for Africa and finds Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and others to be living "…
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Rating 3.6
Classic Chinese New Year Pictures of Opera Scenes Shen Hong Haitian Publishing House · 2020 In the Ming and Qing transition, the opera stage flourished even more. In this period, folk woodblock New Year prints prevailed; opera entered New Yea…
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Rating 3.5
Selected Award-Winning Works of the Third "Book City Cup" National Prose Competition 尹昌龙 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Selected Award-Winning Works from the Third "Book City Cup" National Prose Competition
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Rating 3.5
One Look at the Ming Dynasty and You Understand Wang Chunyu Haitian Publishing House · 2020 In *Reading the Ming Dynasty Makes It Clear*, the renowned Ming historian Wang Chunyu gathers his historical essays into three sections—"The Rise and …
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Rating 3.5
Classic Chinese New Year Pictures of Door Gods Shen Hong Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Door Gods, deities of old folk belief popular across vast regions of the country, are in legend the guardians of gates and doors. The earliest door go…
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Rating 3.5
Classic Chinese New Year Pictures of Beauties Shen Hong Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Maiden New Year prints are in fact prints of beautiful women. Because New Year prints are auspicious and festive, representing popular ideals and gath…
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Rating 3.5
A Thousand-Year-Old County: Nantou Ancient City 周保民 Haitian Publishing House · 2020 Part of the Shenzhen Landmarks series, this book recounts Nantou's administrative establishment and evolution during the Qin and Han dynasties, waves …

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