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Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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The discovery of violet gold, a vital fuel for steam-powered machines, propelled the empire of Great Liang into an age of prosperity. But for Chang Geng, a young man raised on the impoverished northern border, the concerns of the empire are as distant as the stars above. When raiders from the north attack Chang Geng's small village, he discovers that the life he knows is a lie. His mother, his teacher, and even his godfather whom he trusted more than...
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. This novel re-creates the ritualized hurly-burly of Chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming Buddhist belief. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the...
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Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
''The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws. They form a bandit community in Liangshan Marsh, becoming such a formidable force in their own right that they threaten the power of government itself. The author, Shi Nain, writing in the 14th century, the time of the Ming Dynasty, presents...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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''Set against the backdrop of developing modern China, this mesmerizing literary debut is part coming-of-age tale, part family and social drama, as it follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world-perfect for readers of Behold the Dreamers, White Ivy, and The Leavers. Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva has always longed for more. Raised by her American expat mother, she's never known her Chinese father,...
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Inspector Lu Fei mystery volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A brutal murder investigation with connections to corruption at the very highest level threatens not just the career but also the life of Inspector Lu Fei in Brian Klingborn's latest mystery..."--
"Investigating a brutal murder, Deputy Chief Inspector Lu Fei?—?as someone attacks illegal cyber-sex operations, disposing of the operators and quietly freeing sex trafficked teens from North Korea?—?must connect these different events, with...
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Guardian Zhen Hun volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Officially in English for the first time: the modern fantasy danmei/Boys’ Love trilogy about gods, ghosts, and supernatural investigations! Don’t miss the popular live-action drama streaming in English, or Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang by the same creator (also published by Seven Seas)! Zhao Yunlan heads up a covert division of the Ministry of Public Security that deals with the strange and unusual, blurring the line between the mortal realm and...
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Legends of the condor heroes volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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The epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time! Featured in iO9's 2019 Fall Preview. A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, Jin Yong's A Hero Born is the classic novel of its time, stretching from the Song Empire (China 1200 AD) to the appearance of a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis Khan. Filled with an extraordinary cast of characters, A Hero Born is a tale of fantasy and wonder, love...
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