Nonfiction

237 books

Islands of Sorrow: The Chagossian Diaspora and Resistance cover
Rating 4.3
Islands of Sorrow: The Chagossian Diaspora and Resistance 南多·博达 / 曾珠 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2025 Against the backdrop of the Cold War, Diego Garcia, the main island of the Chagos Archipelago, became a key island for the United States in implementi…
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Rating 3.3
Delicious Stories 曹玮 Hunan People's Publishing House · 2025 This is a work of nonfiction by anthropologist Cao Wei. Childhood shadows, secret crushes, human warmth, the kindness and cruelty of neighbors, life c…
At the Vegetable Market, in the Human World cover
Rating 4.2
At the Vegetable Market, in the Human World Chen Hui Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2024 In the Market, in This World is a book about the fervent lives of a group of ordinary market vendors, and also a book about the joy of living close to…
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Rating 3.4
Documentary Creation Practice 黄鹏 Communication University of China Press · 2023 This is a practical textbook on documentary filmmaking that emphasizes hands-on practice and real-world application, structured around the documentary…
The Sheep's Path: Spring Pasture cover
Rating 4.7
The Sheep's Path: Spring Pasture Li Juan Flower City Publishing House · 2023 “The world's last truly nomadic people. Content to live out their days in the remotest corner of the earth, moving with the water and grass. From the …
The Sheep's Path: Summer Pasture in the Deep Mountains cover
Rating 4.8
The Sheep's Path: Summer Pasture in the Deep Mountains Li Juan Flower City Publishing House · 2023 “They are the world’s last truly nomadic people. They choose to disappear into the remotest corner of the earth, moving with the water and grass. From…
The Sheep's Path: Summer Pasture in the Front Mountains cover
Rating 4.7
The Sheep's Path: Summer Pasture in the Front Mountains Li Juan Flower City Publishing House · 2023 "This is the world's last truly nomadic people. Content to lie low in the remotest corner of the world, moving with the water and grass. From the wild…
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Rating 3.5
White Notebook 2 陈拙 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 "Hospital Curiosities," a documentary series. A major work from Genius Catcher Project, the nonfiction imprint of Mozhou! A critically acclaimed book …
A Brief Stay in Every City (Poetic Thinker) cover
Rating 3.5
A Brief Stay in Every City (Poetic Thinker) 安石榴 · 2026 He began wandering the world at twenty, moving repeatedly among Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Yinchuan, Shenyang, Guiyang, Zhongshan, Foshan, Nanning,…
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Rating 3.6
At Dawn Greenery Covers the Hills 远人 · 2026 I like Shenzhen, not because of its material side, but because compared with other cities where I have lived and come to know deeply, Shenzhen has a d…
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Rating 3.4
Report on Ice and Snow in the South 陈启文 Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 A panoramic work of long-form reportage that faithfully records the 2008 snowstorms in southern China—a deeply extended inquiry into existence, fate, …
Lifeline: An Investigation of China's Water Conservancy cover
Rating 3.6
Lifeline: An Investigation of China's Water Conservancy 陈启文 Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 Through on-site visits and independent investigation, this book offers a complete, all-round account of China's seven major river systems. In terms of…
Up and Down the Great River: The Fate of the Yellow River cover
Rating 3.9
Up and Down the Great River: The Fate of the Yellow River 陈启文 Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 This is an on-the-ground investigative work devoted to probing the fate and contemporary predicament of the Yellow River. The author traces the river …
A Brief Account of the Educational Publishing Business in the United States cover
Rating 2.4
A Brief Account of the Educational Publishing Business in the United States Pulsifer, William Edmond, 1852- 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 …
The Evening Post: A Century of Journalism cover
Rating 4.0
The Evening Post: A Century of Journalism Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971 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 4.2
Reasons to Stay Alive 马特·海格 / 赵燕飞 Jiangxi People's Publishing House · 2018 At 24, Matt Haig was unlucky enough to be chosen by fate as a depressive. This book tells how this young man—no stronger than anyone else—overcame ext…
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Rating 4.2
A Society Without Ties NHK节目组 / 高培明 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2018 Grief Society is a collection of work by veteran NHK television reporters. The interview theme is "lonely deaths in modern society." Advanced age, low…