General Books


The Great Wall: The Extraordinary Story of China's Wonder of the WorldThe Great Wall: The Extraordinary Story of China's Wonder of the World
Best Price: $6.64
"The Great Wall" by John Man is also a great book! Throughly loved it from the...
A History of CambodiaA History of Cambodia
Best Price: $25.99
Chandler presents a rather complete picture of the long history of Cambodia in about 250 pages....
Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's <i>100 Questions</i> (Philip E. Lilienthal Books)Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions (Philip E. Lilienthal Books)
Best Price: $15.65
The land of Tibet--its people, culture, and religion--has long been both an object of contention...
The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese MedicineThe Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
Best Price: $11.00
This remarkable book accomplishes several things. First, it is a stunningly CLEAR analysis of...
Chinese Art (World of Art)Chinese Art (World of Art)
Best Price: $8.00
If you, like millions of westerners, have found within yourself an intense curiosity for, and...


The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their RevolutionThe Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution
Best Price: $5.05
The Gate of Heavenly Peace thoroughly documents the naivety of a prevailing idea during the...
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and PresentOracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
Best Price: $4.00
I will keep this short and sweet. I had the great fortune to read this book while in Beijing. ...
The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
Best Price: $7.05
My education in Tibetan history reads like the serial cliff hangers of a tragic soap opera. ...
Mao's Last RevolutionMao's Last Revolution
Best Price: $12.84
This was a wonderfully easy to read book that gave me a much better perspective into the events...
Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to NowRed China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now
Best Price: $3.25
An enthusiastic young activist, Jan Wong left Canada for Beijing in 1972, in hopes of...


The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in ChinaThe Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
Best Price: $6.54
It seems fitting that one of the most implausible films ever made should be based...
The Silk Road Journey With XuanzangThe Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang
Best Price: $14.55
This is the revised edition of the Author's previous "Xuanzang: a Buddhist Pilgrim on the...
The City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of ChinaThe City of Heavenly Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China
Best Price: $13.96
When the world descends on Beijing for the 2008 Olympics, it will find the results of a helter...
History in Three KeysHistory in Three Keys
Best Price: $27.45
I bought this book for its China centered content, and I was not let down, but what I liked best...
China: Empire of Living SymbolsChina: Empire of Living Symbols
Best Price: $14.95
This is a fabulous book on Chinese, though it's not a textbook on learning Chinese. It tells...

Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to ChinaBeijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China
Best Price: $22.45
Susan Brownell has approached the topic of the Beijing Olympics with the seriousness which it...
Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of ShanghaiTen Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai
Best Price: $14.06
The account of a Jewish familys' descent in Vienna through the Nazi hell to the foreign shores...
Twilight in The Forbidden City (Illustrated and revised 4th Edition)Twilight in The Forbidden City (Illustrated and revised 4th Edition)
Best Price: $18.66
Love this book, since being young I have borrowed this book from interlibrary loans, now I have...
Science in Traditional ChinaScience in Traditional China
Best Price: $19.50
The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure,...
Brand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial CultureBrand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture
Best Price: $19.65
This is a hybrid book, part academic treatise and part business report. Although her practical...

The Chinese in America: A Narrative HistoryThe Chinese in America: A Narrative History
Best Price: $5.48
The Chinese in America "Chinese workers were prevented from immigrating to America by...
Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political CultureUnderstanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture
Best Price: $7.95
A reviewer from Bangalore hit the nail on the head when they said this book was meant to be an...
Three Thousand Years of Chinese PaintingThree Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
Best Price: $26.33
With one exception, the essays in this compilation suffer from a problem that seems to crop up...
The Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's HeadThe Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head
Best Price: $20.00
A journey along the Great Wall in the past and present, this landmark volume offers an...
Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient PopulationsHandbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations
Best Price: $72.50
This book is a great resource and is very well written. It is an invaluable source of information.

The New Oxford Picture Dictionary (English/Chinese Edition)The New Oxford Picture Dictionary (English/Chinese Edition)
Best Price: $14.77
i bought the dictionary, hoping to use it as a reference tool to teach my 4 year old chinese. i...
The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of  Chinese Women in the Sung PeriodThe Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period
Best Price: $17.95
This book presents a comprehensive portrait of the lives of women in Sung China (960-1279 AD). ...
Chinese Art and Culture (Trade Version)Chinese Art and Culture (Trade Version)
Best Price: $114.67
This is a great book for a serious survey of Chinese art and also for common readers interested...
Reflections On A Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical BuddhismReflections On A Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism
Best Price: $6.98
This book is a Buddhist western woman's dream. Ani Tenzin Palmo has the ability to transcend...
The Question of HuThe Question of Hu
Best Price: $7.40
Once again Jonathan Spence has written a wonderful book, which is both a model of historical...

ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian AgeReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age
Best Price: $22.39
"ReORIENT" is a fairly silly title perhaps, but behind this lurks German economic...
China's Ascent: Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)China's Ascent: Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
Best Price: $16.52
Contributors Robert Art, Brandeis University Avery Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania ...
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising PowerChina Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
Best Price: $11.50
This was an enjoyable read, great if you what a flavor of China but not if you want an in-depth...
China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental AutocracyChina's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy
Best Price: $17.93
I am not a political scientist, economist or expert on China, and I found this book quite clear...
Eurasian Crossroads: A History of XinjiangEurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
Best Price: $33.20
Eurasian Crossroads is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian...

The Medical Classic of the Yellow EmperorThe Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor
Best Price: $25.95
Let me start off by saying that I am new in my studies into Chinese Medicine and that over the...
1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
Best Price: $14.00
1581 was a book used in the political science Class of Carleton University in Ottawa. It just...
Get in the Booth! A Citizen's Guide to the 2008 ElectionsGet in the Booth! A Citizen's Guide to the 2008 Elections
Best Price: $17.48
Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect RevolutionaryZhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary
Best Price: $10.18
A fascinating book, its rare look into the machinations and motivations of Communist China's top...
The Forbidden City (Wonders of the World)The Forbidden City (Wonders of the World)
Best Price: $11.94
If you want a big, glossy picture book of the Forbidden City don't buy this book. If you want...

Chinese History: A Manual, Revised and EnlargedChinese History: A Manual, Revised and Enlarged
Best Price: $26.24
Wilkinson's 'Chinese History: A Manual' is an essential volume on the bookshelf of any serious...
Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
Best Price: $17.00
As China emerges as an international economic and military power, the world waits to see how the...
Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
Best Price: $6.71
Not enough different from the original to be worth purchasing. If you don't have the original...
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal MedicineThe Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
Best Price: $14.23
The content of this book, originally translated in 1949, could be 3,000 years old and reflects a...
The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto MusashiThe Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
Best Price: $14.00
Anyone who is familiar with Musashi's reputation as a master swordsman and the many stories...

The Chinese Cultural Revolution: A HistoryThe Chinese Cultural Revolution: A History
Best Price: $16.25
This is a truly groundbreaking study that completely overturns the conventional wisdom on the...
Flexible Citizenship: The Cultural Logics of TransnationalityFlexible Citizenship: The Cultural Logics of Transnationality
Best Price: $21.53
Aihwa Ong uses the example of the international (and now transnational) diaspora of...
City of Darkness - Life In Kowloon CityCity of Darkness - Life In Kowloon City
Best Price: $85.00
I hate to do this, but other buyers should be aware: I have the July 2005 printing (paperback;...
China since Tiananmen: From Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jintao (Cambridge Modern China Series)China since Tiananmen: From Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jintao (Cambridge Modern China Series)
Best Price: $18.95
In a new edition of his path-breaking analysis of political and social change in China since the...
Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine: Zhong Yi Xue Ji Chu (Paradigm Title)Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine: Zhong Yi Xue Ji Chu (Paradigm Title)
Best Price: $79.95
This is a great book for current practitioners and students of Chinese Medicine, regardless if...

The Politics of China: The Eras of Mao and DengThe Politics of China: The Eras of Mao and Deng
Best Price: $29.42
Marfarquahr's edited book, The Politics of China, is an expectional one in all aspects. Not only...
The Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern ChinaThe Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China
Best Price: $4.85
The history of China is a history of warfare. Wars have caused dynasties to collapse, fractured...
The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's ArmyThe Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army
Best Price: $13.94
There is absolutely not one word of substance in this book. There's not all that much about the...
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (History of Imperial China)The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (History of Imperial China)
Best Price: $18.68
This is a very good book covering this time period. It's broken down in to sections (religion,...
Chinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity: Understanding the Five Elemental Types for Health and Well-BeingChinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity: Understanding the Five Elemental Types for Health and Well-Being
Best Price: $12.32
By far the most informative and easy to understand self help book I have ever purchased. It...

A History of Chinese CivilizationA History of Chinese Civilization
Best Price: $14.80
Is anyone familiar with the difference between the 1982 edition and the newer revised edition? ...
    
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