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National Geographic Magazine, January 2014 (Vol. 225, No. 1)
National Geographic Society · 2014
This is Vol. 225, No. 1 of the U.S. edition of National Geographic, published in January 2014, about 158 pages, the opening issue of the magazine's 12…
Times of Turmoil, Times of Want
Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2013
Times of Turmoil, Times of Want is Jiang Shumei's first book. Born in Juye, Shandong, in 1937, she left her hometown in 1960 because of the great fami…
The Tycoon's Banquet: The "Face" Life of Chan Wai-man (China Story)
CITIC Press · 2013
The Tycoon's Banquet: The "Face" Life of Chan Wai-man belongs to China Story, a nonfiction e-book imprint launched by CITIC Press in September 2013. T…
Hospital Ukiyo-e: Selected Writings of Zhihu's Curry Chicken
Zhejiang Publishing United Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2015
This is volume 46 of Zhihu's "Salt" series and a self-selected collection of articles by Curry Chicken, a cardiac surgeon and a top contributor on Zhi…
Phoenix Weekly Hong Kong 2015 Issue 4: My Days Fighting Terrorism in Southern Xinjiang
Zhejiang Publishing United Group · 2015
This is the e-edition of Hong Kong's Phoenix Weekly, 2015 Issue 4 (whole no. 533). The cover stories are "My Days Fighting Terrorism in Southern Xinji…
I Am a Prosecutor: A Special Contributor to Zhihu Logos
Zhihu · 2015
This is an e-book in Zhihu's "Salt" series, written by Luogesi, a Zhihu author on legal topics. Luogesi graduated from Southwest University of Politic…
Middle-Aged Virgins: A Report on Japanese Society
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2024
This book is a work of social reportage by the Japanese nonfiction writer Atsuhiko Nakamura, originally published in Japanese as Reportage: Middle-Age…
Single Read 26: Global True Stories
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021
Single Read 26: Global True Stories, edited by Wu Qi, was published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House in April 2021. This volume takes a…
No Return to the Soil (Chinese Stories)
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 …
The Witches: Salem, 1692
Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2020
In the winter of 1692, in the small town of Salem near Boston, a minister's niece began to twitch and scream, and soon the minister's daughter showed …
You Forgot the Whole World, But I Remember You
CITIC Press · 2025
This is a caregiver's memoir by Cheng Chiu-yu, a linguist and former director of the Institute of Linguistics at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. She and he…
Our Taiwan Years: From 1977 to the Present
Chongqing Publishing House · 2009
This book is a "family letter" from a young Taiwanese author, Liao Hsin-chung, to mainland readers. Its subtitle, "From 1977 to the Present," signals …
Fake Heiress
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025
This is not a fictional fraud novel but a real social con that unfolded in Manhattan—and the author herself was one of its victims. What makes her per…
Old Tales of Cuotuo Slope: The Farming-and-Reading Dream of a Generation of Chinese Peasants
Yuwen Publishing House · 2013
Old Tales of Cuotuo Slope is a long memoir written in his later years by Shen Bo'ai (born 1936), a native of Liuyang, Hunan. Originally a middle schoo…
London's Underworld
Beijing Dongxi Shidai Digital Technology Co., Ltd. · 2014
The book has fourteen chapters. It begins with the author's friends and acquaintances and goes on to examine, in turn, nomads, lodging houses, furnish…
Going to Market: A Zhihu Work by Lü Haofeng
Zhejiang Publishing United Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2015
Going to Market: A Zhihu Work by Lü Haofeng is a short e-book in Zhihu's "One Hour" series. The author, Lü Haofeng, once worked with a "big brother" d…
Goodbye, Ping-Pong (China Story)
CITIC Press · 2013
Goodbye, Ping-Pong is a work of sports reportage written by veteran nonfiction author Guan Jun for CITIC Press's "China Story" e-book brand. Launched …
Understanding America: A Spiritual Guide for a Time of Chaos
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2022
Understanding America: A Spiritual Guide for a Time of Chaos is a six-volume boxed set collecting six works, translated and domestic, that together as…
Dongguan Dream Factory
Tsinghua University Press · 2014
Dongguan Dream Factory is the first novel by the poet Liu Dacheng, subtitled "A Spiritual History of a Generation of Drifters," published by Tsinghua …
Life Underground (China Story)
CITIC Press · 2014
Life Underground (China Story) is a work of narrative nonfiction written by Cao Zongwen and published as an e-book by CITIC Press in 2014 as part of t…