Human Geography

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Rating 2.5
What Travel Left Me 蔡铭鑫 · 2026 What Travel Left Me is a collection of photographic essays combining photography and travel notes. The book includes photographs taken during the auth…
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Rating 3.6
Going to Zhenze 周淑娟 / 何圭襄 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2026 Zhenze in Suzhou—situated at the junction of "Wu's head and Yue's tail"—is a famous town on Lake Tai, an ancient canal town, and also a silk town and …
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Rating 3.6
From the Farming-Herding Conflict to the Land-Sea Divide 盛思鑫 Chongqing Publishing House · 2026 This work of geopolitical analysis breaks out of the conventional land-versus-sea dichotomy. Using Fei Xiaotong's theory of the "differential mode of …
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Rating 4.0
A Global History of the Potato 贝托尔德·劳费尔 / 郭炎华 / Zeng Ruiyun Chongqing Publishing House · 2026 The potato began as a wild plant in the Andes of South America, domesticated and cultivated over centuries by Indigenous peoples as a food crop. Intro…
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Rating 3.4
Knowing Dunhuang 韩宝峰 Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2026 Knowing Dunhuang is an accessible introduction to Dunhuang culture. The book traces Dunhuang's history as a key stop on the Silk Road, presents its ar…
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Rating 3.8
A History of Social Life in Ancient Greece 达玛丽斯·罗梅罗·冈萨雷斯 / 宋若筠 Gold Wall Press · 2026 Ancient Greece—a land of mysterious allure and wisdom—gave birth to countless magnificent stories. In the work of Damaris Romero, she depicts with del…
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Rating 4.3
Sea of Learning: Mobility and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Guangzhou 麦哲维 / 沈正邦 Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2026 In 1825, during the Daoguang reign, Ruan Yuan founded a academy on Yuexiu Hill (then called Yuexiu Shan) north of Guangzhou city—Xuehaitang, the Hall …
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Rating 2.9
Dunan Memories 陈剑文 · 2026 Readings of Nan is a collection of essays rooted in Nan County, a small town in the heart of the Dongting Lake region. Through four sections—"By the D…
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Rating 3.0
Ten Days in Spain: A Travelogue 邢西武 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Spain has long been a favorite destination for travelers. Over ten days, the author toured more than a dozen towns—including Barcelona, Valencia, Gran…
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Rating 3.0
Brewing in Accordance with the Seasons: Chinese Strong Aroma in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms 李宾 / 赵明利 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Brewing in Accord with the Seasons: Chinese Strong-Aroma Baijiu Through the Twenty-Four Solar Terms is a work that uses strong-aroma baijiu (especiall…
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Rating 4.2
Between Text and Image: Dunhuang History in Steles, Murals, and Documents 李永宁 / 王使臻 Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is one volume in the "Into Dunhuang" series. The "Into Dunhuang" series gathers renowned experts and scholars in the field of Dunhuang studi…
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Rating 3.8
A Study of Shu Road Literature in the Tang and Song Dynasties 伍联群 / 田文仲 Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is one of the first volume of the "Shu Road Heritage and Culture Series," edited by the Shu Road Research Institute of China West Normal Uni…
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Rating 3.4
Gems of Shu Dance: Sichuan Ethnic and Folk Dance and I 林堃 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 _Sichuan Dance Selections: My Journey with Sichuan's Ethnic and Folk Dances_ is a rare documentary work on Sichuan's ethnic and folk dances. The book …
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Rating 4.4
The Danube 克劳迪奥·马格里斯 / 蔡佩君 / 郁好 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2026 The Danube, Europe's most poetic river and the world's most "cultural" river. It rises in Germany's Black Forest, winds through nine countries, and fi…
Hongtang Kiln and the Japanese Tea Ceremony: The Origins and Aesthetic Formation of Karamono Tea Caddies cover
Rating 3.9
Hongtang Kiln and the Japanese Tea Ceremony: The Origins and Aesthetic Formation of Karamono Tea Caddies 付春山 · 2026 Tracing the discovery of the Hongtang kiln and the process by which it was confirmed as the main kiln producing Japanese "karamono chaire," this artic…
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Rating 4.0
Dunhuang and Bashu Culture 龙晦 / 龙达瑞 / 黄诗茵 Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2026 This is a volume in the "Into Dunhuang" series. Bringing together renowned scholars in Dunhuang studies, the series showcases the research achievement…
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Rating 3.4
Summer in Jerusalem 林小颜 · 2026 Xueli, a Chinese girl from California, decides to travel alone to Jerusalem. Her friend Disheng had planned to go with her, but his trip is postponed …
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Rating 3.5
Terraced Fields Homeland: Longji Town, Guilin (Guangxi Village Culture Series, Volume 1) 卢子 Lijiang Publishing House · 2026 Rooted in Terraces: Longji Town, Guilin (Guangxi Village Culture Series, Vol. 1)
The Human Warmth of \"Dan Sanhua\": Chinese and English cover
Rating 3.2
The Human Warmth of \"Dan Sanhua\": Chinese and English 成悦闻 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 The Human Warmth of “Dan Sanhua”: Chinese-English Bilingual Edition
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Rating 3.0
Rhymes of Love Poems Through Four Seasons 廖德松 · 2026 Four Seasons of Love in Verse is a work steeped in poetry and feeling. It reveals not only the author's love of nature and expression of personal emot…