Documentary Style

84 books

The Beijing Godfather cover
The Beijing Godfather Wang Shan CHINA CITY PRESS · 2012 In 1967, after his father commits suicide amid internal factional struggle and his mother is placed under supervision, seventeen-year-old Chen Cheng s…
Major Crimes Unit Series (5-Book Box Set): Major Crimes: Manhunt · Major Crimes: The Trace · Major Crimes Unit No. 1 · The Story of a Serial Killer · He · Kill cover
Major Crimes Unit Series (5-Book Box Set): Major Crimes: Manhunt · Major Crimes: The Trace · Major Crimes Unit No. 1 · The Story of a Serial Killer · He · Kill Jiu Mu The Major Crimes Unit Series (5-Book Box Set) collects five representative works of Jiumu's crime fiction: Major Crimes: Manhunt, Major Crimes: The Tr…
Marquise de Ganges cover
Marquise de Ganges Alexandre Dumas "Marquise de Ganges" is a piece from Celebrated Crimes, a collection of true-crime narratives by the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870); in Eng…
Chronicles of the Four Field Armies at War cover
Chronicles of the Four Field Armies at War 陈枫 Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2004 This book devotes independent chapters to the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Field Armies of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, systematically tr…
The Speed of a Great Nation: The Rise of China's High-Speed Rail cover
Rating 3.9
The Speed of a Great Nation: The Rise of China's High-Speed Rail 高铁见闻 Hunan Science & Technology Press · 2017 This book, originally titled The Speed of a Great Nation: The Rise of China's High-Speed Rail, is another major work by the high-speed rail popular-sc…
The Red Trilogy (3-Volume Set) cover
Rating 4.3
The Red Trilogy (3-Volume Set) Ye Yonglie TIANDI PRESS · 2019 The Red Trilogy is a three-volume narrative history of the Chinese Communist Party written by Ye Yonglie in a documentary style, covering the period f…
Here Lies Cao Cao cover
Rating 3.8
Here Lies Cao Cao Tang Jigen CITIC Press · 2023 Regarding Cao Cao's tomb, there has long been a folk rumor of the "Seventy-Two Suspected Tombs." In 2006, a tomb epitaph from the Jin period was accid…
The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert cover
Rating 3.2
The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert Eugène Daumas 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 …
My Monks of Vagabondia cover
Rating 2.0
My Monks of Vagabondia Floyd, Andress 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 …
Silent Spring cover
Rating 4.7
Silent Spring 蕾切尔·卡逊 / 吕瑞兰 / 李长生 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2020 Silent Spring opens with a fable: a picturesque, thriving village falls under a spell and sinks into deathly silence, introducing the grave harm done …
Collected Works of Wang Huo (Volume Four): Jie Zhenguo and the Workers' Special Detachment; The Legend of a Female Peking Opera Actress cover
Rating 4.0
Collected Works of Wang Huo (Volume Four): Jie Zhenguo and the Workers' Special Detachment; The Legend of a Female Peking Opera Actress 王火 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 The Collected Works of Wang Huo comprises ten volumes in twelve books and brings together many of Mr. Wang Huo's representative works. Volume One is t…
Great Changes cover
Rating 3.0
Great Changes 姚立发 / 张礼庆 / 张书云 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Great Transformation tells the story of dramatic change in Taozhen, a township in northern Jiangsu. Since the start of reform and opening up, Taoz…
The Tongue Hunter (Revised Edition) cover
Rating 3.8
The Tongue Hunter (Revised Edition) 房伟 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Hunter of Tongues (Revised Edition) is a series of war-resistance novels by the young writer Fang Wei, best seen as a "combination punch" of historica…
Night of Street Fighting cover
Rating 3.5
Night of Street Fighting Zhang Henshui · 2025 Night of Street Fighting tells the story of the people of Tianjin and Qianshan fighting the invaders in bloody combat as the Japanese army advanced. I…
The Tale of Sixi's Return Home cover
Rating 2.3
The Tale of Sixi's Return Home 张得福 · 2025 Ever since high school, when I saw a report on Today's Statement about a migrant worker with a broken leg traveling a thousand li home, "I" could not …
Founding Generals cover
Rating 4.0
Founding Generals 吴东峰 Contemporary China Publishing House · 2025 In twentieth-century Chinese history, the founding generals occupied a pivotal and far-reaching place. The author Wu Dongfeng interviewed more than 20…
This Is Liaoning: Industry cover
Rating 3.3
This Is Liaoning: Industry 刘庆 Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 This "Mountains and Seas Hold Affection, the Vast Land of Liaoning Is Tranquil" culture, sports, and tourism series maps out Liaoning's cultural, spor…
Black Gold cover
Rating 3.7
Black Gold 何喜东 Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 The story collection *Black Gold* is a 2022 targeted immersive-life project of the China Writers Association and a showcase of the best short fiction …
The Treasure Book to Make You Happy for a Lifetime cover
Rating 2.7
The Treasure Book to Make You Happy for a Lifetime 郭云刚 World Joint Publishing House Pte. Ltd. · 2024 The Treasury of a Happy Life tells the story of a poor young man from the countryside who, shaped by his experiences in the military, higher education…
Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage (Part 1) cover
Rating 3.3
Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage (Part 1) 黄南丁氏 · 2024 During the Tongzhi reign, there was a tofu shop in Cangqian, Yuhang County, Zhejiang, whose owner was known as Ge Da. He married a woman of the Yu fam…