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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2008
Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and was once an ordinary boy who loved street dancing and playing with his friends. When the Sierr…
The Book of the Dead
Sichuan University Press · 2020
The Book of the Dead is a popular forensic-science work by the forensic examiner Qin Ming. Taking "death education" as its main thread, it links foren…
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…
Blood Cobalt: How Congolese Blood Powers Our Lives
Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2025
The lithium-ion batteries in phones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles all contain cobalt, a silver-gray metal. A large share of global cobalt p…
National Geographic (U.S. Edition) August 2019, Vol. 236, No. 2
National Geographic Society · 2019
This issue of National Geographic magazine, August 2019, Volume 236, Number 2, is a single-topic special edition centered on migration, with the cover…
Empress Wu Gone Wild: The Complete Scandalous High Tang
Jilin Literature and History Publishing House · 2014
This book is a collected edition of Zong Chenghao's Empress Wu-themed works in the "Scandalous High Tang" series. It begins with a talented lady in Em…
The Diary of a Young Girl
People's Literature Publishing House · 2009
The Diary of a Young Girl is the real diary kept by Anne Frank, a young German Jewish girl, during World War II. Born in Frankfurt in 1929, she moved …
Strange Tales from Africa
Beijing Genius Catcher Culture Media Co., Ltd. · 2025
Strange Tales from Africa is a nonfiction account by the Chinese woman Zhou Yike. After graduating from university in 2014, she went to Africa to work…
Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
CITIC Press · 2019
The subtitle's word for the author may be a layman's shorthand, but Carla Valentine's real identity—anatomical pathology technologist and pathology mu…
They Should Walk: An American Story of Polio
Tsinghua University Press · 2015
This book is a work of nonfiction by American historian David M. Oshinsky, originally titled Polio: An American Story, and won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize…
Peter Hessler Trilogy (Translation Documentary: River Town + Country Driving + Strange Stones)
Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2014
This is a boxed set of Peter Hessler's China-themed nonfiction works, published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House under its Translation Documen…
The Power of Warmth (China Story)
CITIC Press · 2013
The Power of Warmth (China Story) is one title in "China Story," an e-book-only imprint from CITIC Press. Written by several authors, the book gathers…
Strangers in China
China Renmin University Press · 2014
Strangers in China is a collection of narrative nonfiction by veteran journalist and nonfiction writer Yang Meng, based on reporting and writing that …
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
CITIC Press · 2016
My Promised Land is a history of Israel's founding written by Ari Shavit, a columnist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, with the subtitle "The Triump…
Budapest Memoir: A Secret Dossier of an Eastern European Family During the Cold War
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2016
This book is the family memoir of Kati Marton, a Hungarian-American journalist and author; the original English title is Enemies of the People: My Fam…
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2016
This book is the best-known work of fieldwork by the American sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, originally published in English as Gang Leader for a Day: …
The Time Rental Agency: Keeping You Company and Turning Loneliness into Warmth
Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018
The Time Rental Agency: Keeping You Company and Turning Loneliness into Warmth is a collection of true stories by the poet and former journalist Liu H…
Storm Front: Latin America in World War II
Shanxi People's Publishing House · 2020
When we think of World War II, we tend to look toward the European and Pacific theaters, while Latin America often flashes by only in a footnote. This…
Born Guilty: Interviews with the Children of Nazis
World Publishing Corporation Beijing Branch · 2017
This book is an in-depth collection of interviews by the Austrian journalist Peter Sichrovsky. The author himself was born in postwar Vienna and is a …
Decisive Moments in History: Fourteen Historical Miniatures
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2019
Decisive Moments in History is a collection of fourteen historical miniatures written by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig between 1912 and 1940. Zweig…