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What Travel Left Me cover
Rating 2.5
What Travel Left Me 蔡铭鑫 · 2026 What Travel Left Me is a collection of photographic essays combining photography and travel notes. The book includes photographs taken during the auth…
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Rating 2.9
Ouroboros 埃里克·吕克·埃迪森 / Yan He Culture Communication (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · 2026 E.R. Eddison's monumental fantasy Ouroboros depicts the epic war between the lords of Demonland and the wizard-kingdom of Gorice. The story follows Lo…
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Rating 3.0
I Come from Keketuohai 阿苏 · 2026 I Come from Koktokay is a memoir written by Asu (real name Shi Yilei) in his late sixties. The book is divided into two parts, 'Hometown Youth' and 'D…
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Rating 3.0
Notes on Solitude 贾洋 Chongqing Publishing House · 2026 A fantasy novel themed on solitude and searching, departure and homecoming, it tells the story of a talking cat and a young man who cannot sleep at ni…
World Literature Hall · French Classics Series: The Children of Captain Grant (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.1
World Literature Hall · French Classics Series: The Children of Captain Grant (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) Jules Verne / 唐越生 · 2026 The Children of Captain Grant tells how Lord Glenarvan finds a damaged message in a bottle inside a shark and learns that Captain Grant may still be w…
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Rating 3.2
Deep in the Sea of Sand 布林 / 海泉 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Deep in the Desert Sea weaves a realistic story into history, legend, and fantastical imagination. Taking Mogdema's turbulent experiences as its main …
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Rating 4.3
The Painted Veil (New Edition) W.毛姆·萨默塞特 / 阮景林 Chongqing Publishing House · 2026 The Painted Veil is a novel. Kitty, a beautiful but vain Englishwoman, marries Walter, a reclusive bacteriologist. After Walter discovers his wife's i…
World Literature Library · American Classics Series: The Wizard of Oz (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.3
World Literature Library · American Classics Series: The Wizard of Oz (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) Lyman Frank Baum / 宋若谷 · 2026 "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" tells the story of young Dorothy, who is swept by a tornado to the Land of Oz and sets off along the Yellow Brick Road to…
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Rating 3.1
Random Notes on a European Tour 郭颖晖 · 2026 The author traveled twice to London and its surrounding areas to attend her son's undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies, recording what s…
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Rating 3.0
Ten Days in Spain: A Travelogue 邢西武 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Spain has long been a favorite destination for travelers. Over ten days, the author toured more than a dozen towns—including Barcelona, Valencia, Gran…
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Rating 4.3
The Xixia Cave Temples and Mural Art of Dunhuang 刘玉权 / 张存良 Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2026 This book is one volume in the "Into Dunhuang" series. The "Into Dunhuang" series gathers renowned experts and scholars in the field of Dunhuang studi…
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Rating 3.8
A History of Social Life in Ancient Greece 达玛丽斯·罗梅罗·冈萨雷斯 / 宋若筠 Gold Wall Press · 2026 Ancient Greece—a land of mysterious allure and wisdom—gave birth to countless magnificent stories. In the work of Damaris Romero, she depicts with del…
World Literature Library · American Classics Series: A House Divided (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.0
World Literature Library · American Classics Series: A House Divided (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) Pearl S. Buck / 唐景澜 · 2026 The third volume of The Good Earth trilogy and the final chapter of the Wang family saga, The House Divided centers on Wang Yuan, son of Wang the Tige…
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Rating 3.4
Selected Translations of Henry Lawson's Poetry 亨利·劳森 / 赵彤 / 徐洲 / 何欢 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 This selected translation is based on the 2014 reissue of Henry Lawson's Collected Poems by A&R Classics, Australia. Focusing on Lawson's thought and …
The Painted Veil (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.5
The Painted Veil (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) William Somerset Maugham / 林景和 · 2026 Kitty is young and beautiful, accustomed to being noticed in social circles. She did not marry Walter out of deep affection but accepted the quiet bac…
Gems of Shu Dance: Sichuan Ethnic and Folk Dance and I cover
Rating 3.4
Gems of Shu Dance: Sichuan Ethnic and Folk Dance and I 林堃 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 _Sichuan Dance Selections: My Journey with Sichuan's Ethnic and Folk Dances_ is a rare documentary work on Sichuan's ethnic and folk dances. The book …
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Rating 4.4
The Danube 克劳迪奥·马格里斯 / 蔡佩君 / 郁好 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2026 The Danube, Europe's most poetic river and the world's most "cultural" river. It rises in Germany's Black Forest, winds through nine countries, and fi…
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Rating 3.4
Knowing Dunhuang 韩宝峰 Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2026 Knowing Dunhuang is an accessible introduction to Dunhuang culture. The book traces Dunhuang's history as a key stop on the Silk Road, presents its ar…
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Rating 3.3
The Illustrated Egyptian Book of the Dead 穆金 · 2026 The Egyptian Book of the Dead is not a "book" with a fixed set of chapters, but a collection of spells and images accompanying the deceased through th…
World Literature Library · World Literature Comprehensive Series: Chess Story (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.6
World Literature Library · World Literature Comprehensive Series: Chess Story (Full-Color Illustrated Edition) Stefan Zweig / 曹明安 · 2026 The story takes place aboard a steamship sailing from Europe to South America. The passengers learn that the world chess champion Czentovic is also on…