General Books


Rooted in Spirit: The Heart of Chinese MedicineRooted in Spirit: The Heart of Chinese Medicine
Best Price: $15.52
Book arrived on time and in good condition. This book is a wonderful wonderful tool for...
A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese CivilizationsA Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations
Best Price: $55.00
I'm a college student majoring in East Asian Studies. This book is required for the intro...
A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working WomanA Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman
Best Price: $8.00
China always seems to have a veil of mystery around it. This book give a rare glimpse of life at...
Understanding Sun Tzu on the Art of WarUnderstanding Sun Tzu on the Art of War
Best Price: $8.77
This book is in two parts. The first part explains how you can apply the principles of the...
Soong DynastySoong Dynasty
Best Price: $5.97
A very intriguing look at the power behind the power in China before the Communist takeover....


Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under PressureShantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure
Best Price: $5.49
This book is a classic on people who were interned in China during WWII. I have used it in...
Asian ArtAsian Art
Best Price: $77.00
La Plante's text is able to give you a good feel for the artistic culture of India, China, and...
Just One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's ChinaJust One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China
Best Price: $19.69
China's one-child rule is unassailably one of the most controversial social policies of all...
Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-HsiEmperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
Best Price: $6.50
This book was a good read; it showed a glimpse of 17th/18th century China in a very unique way:...
Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 (Library of World Biography Series) (Library of World Biography)Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 (Library of World Biography Series) (Library of World Biography)
Best Price: $15.50
Edward Dreyer's book on Zheng He is a disappointment. I had known about Zheng He through Louise...


Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming DynastyPower and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty
Best Price: $33.78
An informative exhibition catalog which is marvelously illustrated. A must for anyone...
Mao Zedong: A Life (A Penguin Life)Mao Zedong: A Life (A Penguin Life)
Best Price: $2.99
Jonathan Spence is probably the leading Western scholar on Chinese history, and for that reason...
China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in AsiaChina Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia
Best Price: $4.48
Mr. Lilley led a fascinating life, growing up in China, going to Andover and Yale and winding up...
Daoism and Chinese CultureDaoism and Chinese Culture
Best Price: $17.99
Livia Kohn has taught Daoism to college students for over 15 years, and she just edited the...
Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and ResurrectionGenghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection
Best Price: $6.71
I am no expert on Genghis Khan and picked this book at an airport. I really enjoyed reading this...

China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang DynastyChina's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty
Best Price: $11.25
The book i got back was totally messed up. It started on page 9 with no intro or anything in the...
Chinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a NationChinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a Nation
Best Price: $31.84
I can't imagine there being a better book out there on Chinese houses as this book has history...
Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in ChinaAncestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China
Best Price: $32.97
This innovative work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife is the result of Stephen Bokenkamp's...
The Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach: A Translation of the Pi Wei LunThe Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach: A Translation of the Pi Wei Lun
Best Price: $23.87
This is a translation and annotation of Li Dong-yuan's Pi Wei Lun; by Bob Flaws. With so much...
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Modern China: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Best Price: $6.67
China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy...

Return to the Middle Kingdom: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern ChinaReturn to the Middle Kingdom: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China
Best Price: $5.54
I really enjoyed the book and felt it was a worthwhile read. Told from the perspective of an...
Records of the Grand Historian: Qin DynastyRecords of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty
Best Price: $21.86
Written about one hundred years after the events 2kYs ago, it is less far from the truth than...
The Human Tradition in Premodern China (The Human Tradition Around the World Series, 4)The Human Tradition in Premodern China (The Human Tradition Around the World Series, 4)
Best Price: $19.50
The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the...
Art of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics Including Women's Solo Meditation TextsArt of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics Including Women's Solo Meditation Texts
Best Price: $17.06
This is the best translation of Taoist sexual practices available. The translation formatting...
The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First CenturyThe Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
Best Price: $23.75
As China develops, this book is a good account of how Chinese cinema is documenting the many...

From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu YiFrom Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
Best Price: $21.95
This is very nice used book that was delivered very quickly. I like this seller and will...
The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and HerbalistsThe Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists
Best Price: $150.00
If this is your first year studying TCM and you have to use this book, then brace yourself. I...
A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest MarketA Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market
Best Price: $12.08
Anytime someone makes you a lot of money, you tend to become a fan. And so I am a fan of Jim...
Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's PeasantsWill the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's Peasants
Best Price: $5.64
Will the Boat Sink the Water? is a series of stories that show the problems of peasant life in...
The Simple Art of Chinese Calligraphy: Create Your Own Chinese Characters and Symbols for Good Fortune and ProsperityThe Simple Art of Chinese Calligraphy: Create Your Own Chinese Characters and Symbols for Good Fortune and Prosperity
Best Price: $14.28
I have found this book very useful. It gives instructions how to use brush and how to write...

China (Kaleidoscope Kids)China (Kaleidoscope Kids)
Best Price: $7.72
I bought this book to give as birthday presents for my goddaughter and a friend from her...
The Art of Silver Jewellery: From the Minorities of China, The Golden Triangle, Mongolia and TibetThe Art of Silver Jewellery: From the Minorities of China, The Golden Triangle, Mongolia and Tibet
Best Price: $39.64
An excellent overview of the silver jewelry of the minority tribes of China, it also addresses...
The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural RevolutionThe Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution
Best Price: $17.52
"A powerful mixture of political passion and original research, a brave polemic against the...
Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual ImageryChinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery
Best Price: $28.98
Patricia Welsh turns, what at first glance could be considered a dry and dull subject, into an...
Wu Zhao: China's Only Female Emperor (Library of World Biography)Wu Zhao: China's Only Female Emperor (Library of World Biography)
Best Price: $18.60
Behind this fabulous tale of the rise of the daughter of a lumber merchant to the first and only...

The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II (P.S.)The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II (P.S.)
Best Price: $3.65
The Road to Burma was an unexpected treat for me; a gift from my son who lives and teaches in...
Cap Mot: The Story of a Marine Special Forces Unit in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (War and the Southwest Series , No 5)Cap Mot: The Story of a Marine Special Forces Unit in Vietnam, 1968-1969 (War and the Southwest Series , No 5)
Best Price: $28.53
I too have serious doubts about the events in this book. This does not sound like the Corps I...
Power Shift: China and Asia's New DynamicsPower Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics
Best Price: $19.75
The 16 essays in this book are combined into 6 different parts,with each of the different parts...
Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical TextHuang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text
Best Price: $59.69
While I love the fact that this is a book actually written for fully literate adults and is also...
Cinema and Desire: Feminist Marxism and Cultural Politics in the Work of Dai JinhuaCinema and Desire: Feminist Marxism and Cultural Politics in the Work of Dai Jinhua
Best Price: $7.99
Dai Jinhua is one of contemporary China's most influential theoreticians and cultural critics. A...

God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong XiuquanGod's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
Best Price: $7.80
This book jumps all over the place trying to get inside its subject's head but also trying to...
Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in ChinaRemaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China
Best Price: $18.00
In this provocative, important study, Dali L. Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms...
Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in ChinaForever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China
Best Price: $0.75
I did not like the flops between reality and her dreams. The dreams could have been a second...
Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films: Attachment in the Age of Global Visibility (Film and Culture Series)Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films: Attachment in the Age of Global Visibility (Film and Culture Series)
Best Price: $19.84
Humanities professor Rey Chow presents Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films, a...
The Art of Warfare (Classics of Ancient China)The Art of Warfare (Classics of Ancient China)
Best Price: $15.00
This is an inspirative book. Written by ancient chinesse philosopher during spring and autumn...

Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical SurveyChinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey
Best Price: $13.19
I have some mixed feelings in regard to this book, but I feel that by and large it deserves a...
China A to Z:Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and CultureChina A to Z:Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and Culture
Best Price: $3.35
China is changing fast. Opening up to the West, morphing into an economic power house; ever so...
Tibetans (Peoples of Asia)Tibetans (Peoples of Asia)
Best Price: $16.65
This is a very well written book for those who have general interest on Tibet and Tibetans,...
Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged RomeAttila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome
Best Price: $12.00
Pro: Extensive research Account of meetings with people and visits to places in contemporary...
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia RemembersFirst They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Best Price: $6.99
Wow, I was blown away by this book. Despite the virtually universal good reviews, this book sat...

The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
Best Price: $5.95
This book is interesting and easy to read. It seems to give a good detailed view of what it was...
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang ExoticsThe Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics
Best Price: $18.46
When this book arrived yesturday I couldn't wait to dive into it. I'm doing a research project...
The Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered AmericaThe Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America
Best Price: $7.40
As far as I'm concerned I'm convinced that Paul has the right idea! While we westerners thought...
The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of ChinaThe Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China
Best Price: $19.80
This is a landmark book on environmental history that is well-received by many academics (also...
China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central EurasiaChina Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia
Best Price: $21.94
This book provides an fairly indepth account of dynastic expansion. The Qing retained the...

Taiwan: A Political HistoryTaiwan: A Political History
Best Price: $17.95
the book prevents the basic facts, but lacks analytical depth. a good intro nonetheless for...
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records (Oxford World's Classics)The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $7.21
"The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was...
The Yin/Yang of Painting: A Contemporary Master Reveals the Secrets of Painting Found in Ancient Chinese PhilosophyThe Yin/Yang of Painting: A Contemporary Master Reveals the Secrets of Painting Found in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Best Price: $44.81
I am almost through reading this book and dread reaching the end! It has been such a wonderful...
  
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