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Sort by:     Date Added     SKU     Product Name     Price     Pages:   1 2 3   See details 100 Celebrated Chinese Women SKU: ONCECH 100 Series art album by Lu Yanguang is the first successful full-scale attempt to depic historical and legendary Chinese characters in drawings. In this first volume, Lu Yanguang captures the spirit of some of China's most influential and famous women. Spanning over two thousand years of.... Our price: $24.95; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details A Small Town Called Hibiscus SKU: SMTOCA "A novel written with a verve and sense of humanity that have rarely been seen in Chinese literature since 1949." -Australia-China Review Now in a reprint edition from China Books, one of the bestselling novels in China is available again after an absence.... Our price: $14.95; In stock  See details »  See details Adorning the Empress SKU: ADEMPR Bejewelled women, embroidered robes, delicately painted fans and exquisite shoes conjure up a lost world of the rich elite of imperial China. Our price: $19.95; In stock  See details »  See details Army Nurse SKU: ARNUDV An early feature from the leading Fifth Generation woman director Hu Mei, her sensibilities are evident in this character driven story of young women training to be army nurses and the emotions, including love, that become an integral part of their education process. (1985) Dir: Hu Mei In.... Our price: $9.95; In stock  See details »  See details Chang'e Flying to the Moon SKU: CHEFL Beautiful fairy maiden Chang’e flies to the moon, leaving her heroic husband Huoyi behind in the land of mortals. With a love as strong as theirs, why would she do this? Our price: $8.95; In stock  See details »  See details Chinese Silk: A Cultural History SKU: CHSICU Silk is one of China's major contributions to world civilization, the secrets of its cultivation closely guarded for generations. The famous network of trade routes between West and East is still known as the Silk Road. The organization and techniques of Chinese silk production, the uses of the.... Market price: $39.95 Our price: $19.98, save 49%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Chinese Women Striding Into the New Century SKU: CHWOST This album, with the attractive photos and concise text, celebrates the elegant demeanor of Chinese women in the new century. It has both Chinese-English and Chinese-French editions. Our price: $34.95; In stock  See details »  See details Contemporary Chinese Women Writers, Vol. 2 SKU: COCHW2 A fine collection of recent short stories by young authors. The varied styles and viewpoints reveal how much Chinese literature has evolved over the last 10 years. Volume two of the Selected Women Writers Series is highly recommended. Market price: $9.95 Our price: $3.00, save 69%; In stock  See details »  See details Contemporary Chinese Women Writers, Vol. 3 SKU: COCHW3 Third in the Selected Women Writers Series, this volume highlights popular Chinese women writers including Cheng Naishan. Focusing on daily life at the height of China's reform movement, these stories reflect Chinese women's feelings about marriage, family, work and politics. Our price: $9.95; In stock  See details »  See details Contemporary Chinese Women Writers, Vol. 5: Three Novellas by Fang Fang SKU: COCHW5 One of the most popular female writers in present day China, Fang Fang is best known for her stories about urban life, populated with characters ranging from intellectuals to laborers. One Glittering Moment is the moving story of frustrated first love. Landscape depicts the relationships between.... Market price: $14.95 Our price: $4.00, save 73%; In stock  See details »  See details Contemporary Chinese Women Writers, Vol. 7 SKU: COCHW7 This is the latest edition in the highly popular series, featuring eight of China's most exciting women writers. Providing a captivating view of the varied and vibrant genres in contemporary Chinese literary development during the past decade, the stories in this collection are uniquely.... Market price: $14.95 Our price: $5.00, save 66%; In stock  See details »  See details The Cowherd and the Girl Weaver SKU: COGIWE When the West Queen Mother finds out that her daughter the Girl Weaver has fled to the land of humans to marry the Cowherd, she punishes them by separating the heavens and earth with the Milky Way. Our price: $8.95; In stock  See details »  See details Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's Commentary SKU: EMCOSE A meticulous and richly annotated translation of a text providing important insights into the worlds of palace women and court politics at the close of the Third century. Market price: $44.00 Our price: $9.98, save 77%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Favorite Love Stories from China SKU: FALOST The delightful characters in these four classics will steal your heart. Stories include: Cowherd and Weaver Girl—where love transcends social norms, Meng Jiang Nu—where love evokes the strongest emotions, and The Butterfly Lovers—where love defies all odds, even death. These stories prove that.... Market price: $12.95 Our price: $4.00, save 69%; In stock  See details »  See details Fen Hong Se Nu Lang / Pink Ladies SKU: FEHOSE Amazingly funny book of four panel comic strips in Chinese with bitingly true running commentary about hipster love by famous Taiwanese cartoonist Zhu Deyong (Ronald Chu). Easy to read elementary Simplified Chinese only. Our price: $8.95; In stock  See details »  See details Getting An Heir: Adoption and the Construction of Kinship in Late Imperial China SKU: GEHEAD The need for heirs in any traditional society is a compelling one. In traditional China, where inheritance and notions of filiality depended on the production of progency, the need was nearly absolute. As Ann Waltner makes clear in this broadly researched study of adoption in the late Ming and.... Market price: $29.95 Our price: $2.98, save 90%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Golden Boy and Jade Maiden SKU: GOBOJA This romantic Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) classic details the love between Wang Jiaoniang and Shen Chun. The depiction of this ideal couple's longings for each other, literally "unto death do us part", strongly advocates for free choice in marriage and opposition to feudal marriage concepts. Market price: $12.95 Our price: $4.00, save 69%; In stock  See details »  See details Guan Yin: Goddess of Compassion SKU: GUYIGO One look at her soft features is sufficient to convince anyone that Guan Yin is filled with compassion for all beings. No wonder she is popularly known as the Goddess of Mercy. We see various depictions of her in the mass media, but the one consistent element is her immense compassion.... Our price: $9.95; In stock  See details »  See details Haystacks SKU: HAYSTA From the Contemporary Chinese Women Writers Series, this collection of eleven stories marks the writing career of Tie Ning, who has been the recipient of national literary przes for her fiction. Market price: $8.95 Our price: $3.00, save 66%; In stock  See details »  See details Into the Porcelain Pillow: 101 Tales from Records of the Taiping Era SKU: INPOPI Into the Porcelain Pillow, compiled by Li Fang and others of the Song Dynasty, includes 101 tales from Records of the Taiping Era, one of China's most famous collection of ancient stories. Contains nearly 7,000 intriguing tales from 475 books dating from the Han Dynasty (206.... Our price: $11.95; In stock  See details »

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