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Luoji Siwei Collection (5-Volume Set)
Shanghai Wenhui Publishing House · 2021
The Luoji Siwei Collection (5-Volume Set) gathers five volumes—Cognition, History, Business, Figures, and Humanities—drawn from the internet knowledge…
Politics: A Very Short Introduction
Yilin Press · 2013
This novel, Haruki Murakami's first in seven years, was translated into Chinese by Lin Shaohua and published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House …
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press · 2016
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths is a classic retelling of Norse mythology in accessible narrative form by the Irish poet, novelist an…
Monkey in a Cap: How Culture Shapes Human Nature
Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2015
Monkey in a Cap is a collection of cultural commentary by Hui Ge, written after years of tracking developments in anthropology, evolutionary psycholog…
Advertising: A Very Short Introduction
Yilin Press · 2014
Advertising: A Very Short Introduction is a short primer for general readers by Winston Fletcher, a veteran of the British advertising industry. It is…
Freud and Psychoanalysis
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press · 2015
This book is an introductory volume on Freud in the "Encyclopedia Common Knowledge Library" series, originally Freud: A Very Short Introduction in Oxf…
The Shortest History of Europe
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2011
This book is an introduction to European history written for general readers by the Australian historian John Hirst; it was originally a textbook he w…
The History You Must Know series
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press · 2018
"The History You Must Know" is a series of popular history books launched by Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press around 2018. Organize…
The Way to a Peaceful Mind: Ten Lectures on Buddhist Essentials
Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2025
The Way to Peace of Mind: Ten Lectures on Buddhism is an introduction to Buddhist thought by Cheng Qing, associate professor of history at Shanghai Un…
Logic: A Very Short Introduction
Yilin Press · 2013
A Very Short Introduction to Logic is a volume in the Oxford Very Short Introductions series, written by Graham Priest, Professor of Philosophy at the…
A Very Short History of Humanity: From the Big Bang to the 21st Century
CITIC Press·Xinsi Culture · 2016
A Very Short History of Humanity is a short history of humanity written for general readers by the American historian David Christian, a champion of t…
Economics: A Very Short Introduction
Yilin Press · 2008
Economics: A Very Short Introduction is a popular introduction to economics written by the Indian economist Partha Dasgupta, a senior professor of eco…
Professor Dai's High-Energy Tang Poetry Course
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2022
Professor Dai's High-Energy Tang Poetry Course is a general-readership book on Tang poetry compiled by Dai Jianye, a professor at Central China Normal…
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press · 2007
In 1947, a shepherd boy accidentally discovered sheepskin scrolls that had lain dormant for nearly two thousand years in a cave in the Qumran wilderne…
The Humble Condom: A History of the Condom's Evolution
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House · 2013
From ancient Egyptian papyrus and animal gut to the "gloves" sewn from fish bladders and sheep cecum in the Middle Ages, from Goodyear's vulcanized ru…
Very Short Introductions: Lost Civilizations (Four-Volume Set)
Hainan Publishing House · 2021
Very Short Introductions: Lost Civilizations is a four-volume history set in the Very Short Introductions series, published in March 2021 by Hainan Pu…
From Watching the Show to Reading the Game: Ways of Thinking About International Affairs
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018
In today's world, the international stage shifts with every wind, great powers maneuver, small states jostle among them, and regional flashpoints flar…
The Cambridge Introduction to Art: Medieval Art
Yilin Press · 2009
This volume is the medieval art installment of The Cambridge Introduction to Art series; the original English edition, titled The Middle Ages, was pub…
A History of American Culture
Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2014
A History of American Culture is a general-readership work by the Taiwanese scholar Lin Lishu. The simplified Chinese edition was brought out by Centr…
A Brief History of Western Architecture
Tsinghua University Press · 2015
This book is an introductory survey of Western architecture for general readers, aiming to sketch concisely the development of Western architecture fr…