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"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the...
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"After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire, with literacy reserved for the elite few. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's greatest and most daunting challenge was a linguistic one. Just as important as China's technological and industrial advances and political maneuvers was the century-long fight to make the Chinese language--with its many dialects...
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Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks. Chinese Soul Food draws cooks into the kitchen with recipes that include sizzling potstickers, stir-fries that areunbelievably easy to make, saucy braises, and soups that bring comfort with a sip. These are dishes that feed the belly and speak the universal language of "mmm!" You'll find approachable recipes and plenty of tips for favorite homestyle...
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"From rising culinary star Danny Bowien, chef and cofounder of the tremendously popular Mission Chinese Food restaurants, comes an exuberant cookbook that tells the story of an unconventional idea born in San Francisco that spread cross-country, propelled by wildly inventive recipes that have changed what it means to cook Chinese food in America, "--
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"Home chefs will enjoy preparing these Chinese home cooking-inspired dishes with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook"--
Katie Chin learned to cook by watching and helping her mother Leeann prepare delicious Chinese dishes in her popular restaurants. This treasury of family recipes includes many unique dishes that Leeann developed during a six-decade career in the food business, including classics that she learned from her mother in China. Woven...
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Ben shu shou lu de xiao shuo you : jing xiao shang ; xiao mo ; cai wei ; qiao fu ; lü shang chui diao ; zuan mu qu huo ; kong zhong lou ge ; chang sheng xi ri ; tao hua yuan ; shi ren de yuan lin ; chi ren shuo meng ; san zhi shi zi ; kong zhong zhi wang ; dui niu dan qin ; pi zhe lang pi de yang ; wo niu yu ta de da hai deng.
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"An eye-opening and soul-nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world. From Cape Town, South Africa, to small-town Saskatchewan, family-run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far-flung settlers, bringers of dim sum, Peking duck and creative culinary hybrids, Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. They are an insight into time, history, and place....
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"Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture illustrates how the spaces between tiles and the moments between games have fostered distinct social cultures in the United States. This mass-produced game crossed the Pacific, creating waves of popularity over the twentieth century. Mahjong narrates the history of this game to show how it has created a variety of meanings, among them American modernity, Chinese American heritage,...
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On a quiet night in the garden, vegetables take on a new life and the garden becomes battlefield. Based on a Chinese nursery rhyme.
A garden full of vegetable pixies takes the surprising colors and shapes of the green onion, chives, eggplants, chili peppers, and lotus. The author splashes them across the pages with outrageous stories and makes the reader laugh out loud.
17) Mian kong
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Annibaobei's introspective essay collection on writing, living, traveling, reading and aesthetics.
19) Da yu ru zhu
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A collection of short stories by Chinese writer Bi Feiyu (1964- ), who is known for his complex portrayal of female characters. Bi has won major literature awards, including Lu Xun Literary Prize and Mao Dun Literary Prize. This book includes Heavy Rain, which won Yu Dafu Prize for Short Stories and the Best Short Story in 2013 by People's Literature magazine.
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"This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many around the world are familiar with some aspects of Chinese myth--through Chinese New Year festivities or the classic adventures of the Monkey King in Journey to the West--few outside of China understand the richness of Chinese mythology, influenced by Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Offering much more than any competing overview of Chinese mythology,...
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