Social Mosaic

13 books

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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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Officer Han Zhuo Muxian Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 Officer Han is Zhuo Muxian's representative work that established his fame. At the opening of the novel, the protagonist Han Bo unexpectedly returns t…
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Rating 3.8
Words 阿伏伽德六 / 董纾含 Guangdong Tourism Publishing House · 2026 Yan Ye is a full-color illustration collection by the hugely popular Japanese artist Avogado6 (A6), featuring 7 major chapters and 200+ illustrations.…
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Rating 3.6
Collected Works of Wang Huo (Volume 7): Tides in the Heart; The Right to Privacy; The Myriad Faces of Life 王火 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 The Collected Works of Wang Huo comprises ten volumes in twelve books and gathers many of the representative works of the elder writer Wang Huo. Volum…
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Rating 3.6
The River All Red Zhang Henshui Northern Literature and Art Publishing House (Beifang Wenyi Chubanshe) · 2022 The indifferent-to-fame painter Yu Shuicun moves to Nanjing, living a life devoted to mountains and rivers. By chance he meets the singer Tao Zhi, and…
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Rating 3.7
A World of Demons Zhang Henshui · 2022 In Chongqing, the wartime capital in the middle years of the War of Resistance, around the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, prices soar an…
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Rating 4.4
Boule de Suif: Selected Short Stories by Maupassant (Wenjing · Stellar System) Guy de Maupassant / Liu Mingjiu Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2021 This collection, compiled by renowned French literature translator Liu Mingjiu, brings together 29 of Maupassant's classic stories, including such bel…
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Rating 4.4
Youjian Library: The Travels of Lao Can Liu E · 2020 "The Travels of Lao Can is a enduring work highly praised by Hu Shi, Wang Guowei, Lin Yutang, and many others. The novel follows the travels of Lao Ca…
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Rating 3.7
A Gambler Who Wins: A Novel Mór Jókai 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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Rating 3.0
A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Joseph Grego Project Gutenberg · 2023 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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Rating 2.8
Signora Fantastici Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, Madame de Staël 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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Rating 3.6
Fragments Collection (Premium Public Domain Edition) Yu Dafu Zhangyue Banli · 2019 Public-domain series featuring the renowned writer Yu Dafu, a classic work by the literary youth Yu Dafu. "Duan Can Ji" collects eleven essays.
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Rating 3.7
Worldly Ways in Court-Case Fiction (Masters' Short Notes Series) 张国风 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2019 Court-case fiction is a genre of classical Chinese fiction that evolved from the court-case tales of Song dynasty huaben and flourished in the Ming an…