Ancient Life

48 books

An Illustrated Guide to Ancient Life and Culture: Langhuajiang's Encyclopedia of China cover
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An Illustrated Guide to Ancient Life and Culture: Langhuajiang's Encyclopedia of China 浪花姜 Volumes Publishing Company · 2025 Writing "ancient life" as a book is hard not because there is too little material, but because there is too much, and it easily becomes a list of arti…
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A Carol for the Dead Patrick Dunn Chongqing Publishing House · 2007 A Carol for the Dead (original English title A Carol for the Dead) is the third novel by Irish author Patrick Dunne. One week before Christmas, a cons…
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Chinese Imagery: A Return to the Most Beautiful Antiquity 周语 上海市华文创意写作中心 · 2014 Chinese Imagery: A Return to the Most Beautiful Antiquity is a collection of Chinese-style prose essays by the writer Zhou Yu. Taking "imagery" as its…
Zei Dao Sanchi's Classic Trilogy cover
Zei Dao Sanchi's Classic Trilogy Zeidao Sanchi Zei Dao Sanchi's Classic Trilogy collects three representative works by the late online historical novelist Zei Dao Sanchi (real name Zheng Hui, 1972–…
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Traditional Culture Is Fun 段张取艺 CITIC Press · 2023 Traditional Culture Is Fun is an original children's popular science picture book series created by Duan Zhang Quyi and published by CITIC Press Group…
Hualu: A Chinese Love Affair (China Stories) cover
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Hualu: A Chinese Love Affair (China Stories) 孟晖 CITIC Press · 2014 Hualu: A Chinese Love Affair is a short cultural essay by Meng Hui, collected in CITIC Press's "China Stories" series. The book corrects a popular mis…
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Clouds Drifting Like the Sea Han Xuesong Zhuhai Publishing House · 2009 Clouds Drifting Like the Sea is a fantasy novel by Han Xuesong, published by Zhuhai Publishing House in May 2009 as part of the "Dream Journey" series…
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The Great Transmigration Era Lao Laowang The Great Transmigration Era is a multi-verse transmigration (infinite flow) web novel by Laolaowang, serialized on Chuangshi Chinese Network from May…
Everyday Life in Ancient China: Clothing, Food, Housing and Travel cover
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Everyday Life in Ancient China: Clothing, Food, Housing and Travel Xu Jialu Beijing Publishing House · 2016 Everyday Life in Ancient China: Clothing, Food, Housing and Travel is one of the representative works of the linguist Xu Jialu, published in Beijing P…
Naming and Knowing: Museum Visits, Volume Two cover
Naming and Knowing: Museum Visits, Volume Two Yang Zhishui Guangxi Normal University Press · 2021 This book is the sequel to Yang Zhishui's Naming and Knowing: Museum Visits. It collects ten essays written from the author's visits to museums across…
A Brief History of Cat Petting in China cover
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A Brief History of Cat Petting in China 侯印国 / 李嘉宇 Zhonghua Book Company · 2024 Cat-petting has many devotees today, and people spare no expense for the cute felines at home. So what was daily life like for ancient "poop-scooping …
The Lake Dwellings of Ireland cover
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The Lake Dwellings of Ireland Wood-Martin, W. G. (William Gregory), 1847-1917 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients cover
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Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients Martyn, Charles, 1874- Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Greek Antiquities Maisch, Richard, 1860-1909 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Nicanor - Teller of Tales: A Story of Roman Britain cover
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Nicanor - Teller of Tales: A Story of Roman Britain Taylor, C. Bryson, 1880- Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Qimin Yaoshu: A Translated and Annotated Edition (Revised Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
Qimin Yaoshu: A Translated and Annotated Edition (Revised Edition) 贾思勰 / 缪启愉 / 缪桂龙 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2021 The earliest and most complete ancient Chinese agricultural classic extant, The Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People (Qimin Yaoshu) comp…
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How the Ancients Lived 史杰鹏 · 2026 What life was like in ancient China is a matter of individual opinion, but Shi Jiepeng, the author known as "Dawang," may have given the most down-to-…
The Endless River: Observing the Waves of History and Cultural Reflections cover
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The Endless River: Observing the Waves of History and Cultural Reflections 王瑞来 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2026 Did Confucius eat meat? What was the forerunner of paper money? How did people in ancient times treat cataracts? … This book is a major work by the re…
How the Ancients Lived a Good Life cover
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How the Ancients Lived a Good Life 铲史官 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Over two thousand years ago, two Qin soldiers, Heifu and Jing, marched far to fight in Chu, hoping only to win military merit for their impoverished f…
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Common Knowledge of Ancient Chinese Culture: Newly Revised and Expanded Edition Wang Li / 马汉麟 / 余才林 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2024 Originally the 'Common Knowledge of Ancient Chinese Culture' section in the general introduction of the university textbook Ancient Chinese, edited by…