Chinese Literature

You'll love this collection of folktales from China. In "The Magic Paintbrush", Liang is given a magical paintbrush that has the power to turn anything he paints into real life. Liang must be clever, using both his brain and painting power to escape the greedy emperor. Also included are five other Chinese folktales: "The Water Bucket", "Song Dingbo and the Hungry Ghost", "Money Problems", "The Terrible Kites of Len Yo", and "The Divine Tortoise."

Shanghai in the 20s was a fabulous place, a gaudy, immoral, violent, unjust, optimistic free-for-all where rickshaws competed with Rolls-Royces and a wealthy Englishman, American, or Japanese who spent an afternoon at the dog races might be inconvenienced by the sight of a public beheading on his way to the club for cocktails. It was also an improbable model for the future where racial barriers were rigid in certain neighborhoods and completely lacking in others only a few blocks away.

In "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official. The first series is addressed to her husband whilst he is on a world tour with Prince Chung in the late 19th century. The second series of letters is from 25 years later and are addressed to her mother-in-law. Political intrigue is raging in China and the country is on the verge of a revolution.

The "Stories of Poems by Famous Tang and Song Dynasty Poets" series, specifically the "Tang Poetry" section, carefully selects over a hundred well-known poems from 35 Tang Dynasty poets. By explaining the poets' life experiences and anecdotes, it vividly portrays the social environment and cultural atmosphere of that era. With a balance of informative content and storytelling, it's easy to understand and convenient for children to enhance their learning interests!

A timeless masterpiece written by L. Frank Baum, this is one of the few Cantonese children's books available on the market. Edited by writers from Hong Kong and the United States, it retells the story of Dorothy's search for her way home in the Land of Oz, using the language you are most familiar with.

Stream of consciousness with beat writing in a satirical, Gothic, noir and Zen setting.

Januar 2006. Die Polizei von Hudiksvall macht eine schreckliche Entdeckung: 18 Menschen wurden auf grausame Weise getötet, am Tatort findet man ein rotes Seidenband. Unter den Toten sind auch die Adoptiveltern der Mutter von Richterin Birgitta Roslin, und sie beginnt zu recherchieren. Die Spur führt 140 Jahre in die Vergangenheit und bis nach China ...

The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family’s controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay.

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中国历史的面儿上有数不尽的精彩故事，给今人极大的启迪。英雄打江山讲述的创业智慧，为臣之道反映的职场生存法则，道义和利益面前折射的人性高贵……中國歷史的面兒上有數不盡的精彩故事，給今人極大的啟迪。英雄打江山講述的創業智慧，為臣之道反映的職場生存法則，道義和利益面前折射的人性高貴……

Biff Brewster heads to Burma to visit his uncle, Charles Keene. His trip to the Far East is evidently of interest to other people. When he arrives in Burma, a kidnap attempt occurs at the airport. He doesn't understand why but escapes back to the airline terminal. An employee of Charles Keene finds Biff and takes him to Explorations Unlimited, Charles Keene's company. Biff discovers his uncle is missing in Communist China and decides to find and rescue him. During the rescue, Biff discovers a secret Chinese base whose knowledge is valuable to the United States.

The Chinese Murder of Edward Watts is a Covey Jencks mystery. Covey and JayJay travel to China and then return home to deal with shady characters, spies, gangsters, and other tough customers. In an exciting last act, they solve a murder most foul.

I am a mortician working at a funeral home. After applying makeup to the body of a beautiful woman, she unexpectedly appeared in front of my bed that night! With two years of experience as a mortician, I deal with corpses, converse with spirits, and document various bizarre and eerie incidents...

This set of products has a total of 30 lectures, each with an average of 18 minutes for each idiom. The speaker, Sun Gang, knows the past and the present, quotes from the classics, and his language is vivid, funny, and humorous; he interprets the ins and outs of each idiom vividly and interestingly. It is the best gift for children and a good assistant in learning Chinese.

钱钟书与杨绛，一个是清华才子，一个是南国佳人。他们的爱情，始于初见，终于死别。……錢鍾書與楊絳，一個是清華才子，一個是南國佳人。他們的愛情，始於初見，終於死別。

霍华德・休斯，美国航空工程师、企业家、电影导演，是个将神话与怪异集结一身的天才人物。他有着怎样的传奇人生呢？……霍華德・休斯，美國航空工程師、企業家、電影導演，是個將神話與怪異集結一身的天才人物。他有著怎樣的傳奇人生呢？

在经历了宫廷争权夺利的纷争之后，回忆过去悲欢离合，时过境迁之后的慨叹总是那么的让人心痛……在經歷了宮廷爭權奪利的紛爭之後，回憶過去悲歡離合，時過境遷之後的慨嘆總是那麼的讓人心痛……

每个人都应当知道生命的来处与孕育的艰辛，因为你每一毫米的前进，都是母亲的疼痛换来的……每個人都應當知道生命的來處與孕育的艱辛，因為你每一毫米的前進，都是母親的疼痛換來的……

赌博渗透澳门的每一个角落。赌博也造就了澳门的三大教父——赌圣、赌枭、赌王。三大教父在这块弹丸之地上，各展所长，拨风弄雨……賭博滲透澳門的每一個角落。賭博也造就了澳門的三大教父——賭聖、賭梟、賭王。三大教父在這塊彈丸之地上，各展所長，撥風弄雨……

钱钟书与杨绛，一个是清华才子，一个是南国佳人。他们情比金坚，生离死别都无法拆散和摧毁他们的爱情……錢鍾書與楊絳，一個是清華才子，一個是南國佳人。他們情比金堅，生離死別都無法拆散和摧毀他們的愛情……