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Subtext Lao Ma Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2011 Subtext is a short-story collection by the writer Lao Ma (real name Ma Junjie), published by Tianjin People's Publishing House in 2011, gathering many…
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Rating 4.0
The Vernacular Illustrated Twenty-Four Histories Gong Shuduo Bashu Publishing House · 2016 The "Twenty-Four Histories" is the collective name for twenty-four official biographical histories, from the Records of the Grand Historian to the His…
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Rating 4.8
Selected Works of Mao Zedong (Volume I) Mao Zedong People's Publishing House · 1991 Volume I of the Selected Works of Mao Zedong opens the four-volume Selected Works. It was compiled under the auspices of the Central Committee's Edito…
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Peter Hessler Trilogy (Translation Documentary: River Town + Country Driving + Strange Stones) 彼得·海斯勒 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2014 This is a boxed set of Peter Hessler's China-themed nonfiction works, published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House under its Translation Documen…
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Rating 3.5
Country Profiles: Australia (Third Edition) Shen Yongxing / Zhang Qiusheng / Gao Guorong Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2014 For anyone seeking to quickly build a "knowledge skeleton" of Australia, this book is perhaps the least effortful choice in the Chinese-language world…
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Rating 3.7
A History of the Aisin Gioro Clan Liu Xiaomeng China Social Sciences Press · 2015 A History of the Aisin Gioro Clan is a general history of the clan by Liu Xiaomeng, a researcher at the Institute of Modern History of the Chinese Aca…
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Rediscovering Society (Revised Edition) Xiong Peiyun New Star Press · 2011 This book is a collection of essays and commentaries by Xiong Peiyun on China's social transformation. It was first published in 2009, and a revised e…
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Journey of Life Gong Wen China Intercontinental Press · 2024 This book is one title in the "Journey Through China" series from China Intercontinental Press, introducing the customs and refinements of everyday Ch…
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Rating 4.2
Strangers in China 杨猛 China Renmin University Press · 2014 Strangers in China is a collection of narrative nonfiction by veteran journalist and nonfiction writer Yang Meng, based on reporting and writing that …
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In Search of China in History: Dialogues on the Epistemology of Regional History Research Liu Zhiwei / 孙歌 Orient Publishing Center · 2016 This book is a record of an extended conversation between Liu Zhiwei, professor in the Department of History at Sun Yat-sen University, and Sun Ge, re…
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No Return to the Soil (Chinese Stories) Xie Ding CITIC Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2013 No Place to Call Home is a collection of long-form reportage by journalist Xie Ding, part of the "Stories of China" series, exploring "great eras and …
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Denmark 王鹤 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2006 Denmark is a volume in the Nations of the World series published by Social Sciences Academic Press, written by Wang He, a researcher at the Institute …
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China History Talk · Thought and Scholarship Series (21-Volume Set) Sun Kaitai / Gu Fang / Wei Jiaxiong Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2011 China History Talk · Thought and Scholarship Series (21-Volume Set) is a thematic collection within the large popular-reading series China History Tal…
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Zi Zhongyun on America and China Zi Zhongyun Zi Zhongyun is a widely recognized bellwether in Chinese American studies and a rare scholar able to explain specialized knowledge in plain language. …
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Rating 3.6
Coming Back Sun Zhonglun Taihai Publishing House · 2017 Coming Back is Sun Zhonglun's first work of nonfiction, published in 2017 by Taihai Publishing House and produced by Imaginist. The author was born in…
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Rating 4.5
The New Science of Management Decision 赫伯特A.西蒙 China Social Sciences Press · 1982 The New Science of Management Decision is the representative work of Herbert A. Simon, Nobel laureate in economics and founder of the decision theory …
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Blood on the Waves: Black and White on the China–North Korea Border 杨猛 CITIC Press · 2013 Blood on the Waves: Black and White on the China–North Korea Border is a work of border reportage written by veteran journalist and non-fiction writer…
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Rating 3.6
China's Motor: A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism (960–1949) 葛希芝 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2025 This book is a long-duration study of traditional Chinese society by the American anthropologist Hill Gates, translated into Chinese from the English …
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France: A History (Great Powers Series) Pierre Miquel China Social Sciences Press · 2010 This book is a general history of France by the French historian Pierre Miquel. It is one of the more widely circulated Chinese translations of a Fren…
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Participation or Separation: China's Public Life Construction from the Perspective of Transcendence Wang Jianda Zhejiang University Press · 2010 This is an academic monograph by Wang Jianda (a teacher at Zhejiang University Law School, PhD in foreign philosophy, specializing in contemporary Chr…