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Iron & Silk (Vintage Departures) by Mark Salzman Publisher Comments Salzman captures post-cultural revolution China through his adventures as a young American English teacher in China and his shifu-tudi (master-student) relationship with China's foremost martial arts teacher.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt Publisher Comments “An eye-opening account of life in Chinas orphanages. Kay Bratt vividly details the conditions and realities faced by Chinese orphans in an easy-to-read manner that draws the reader in to the heart-wrenching moments she has experienced in her work... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On China by Henry Kissinger Publisher Comments andquot;Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history.andquot; andmdash;Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man by Jonathan Spence Publisher Comments A renowned historian captures a critical moment in Chinese history. Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of China's Ming dynasty. When he was born into a wealthy family in 1597, the Ming dynasty had been in place for... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (P.S.) by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham—the brilliant Cambridge scientist, freethinking intellectual, and practicing... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir by Wenguang Huang Publisher Comments Three generations of a family living under one roof reflect the dramatic transformations of an entire society in this memoir of life in 20th century China When Wenguang Huang was nine years old, his grandmother became obsessed with her own death. Fearing... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Aching for Beauty by Ping Wang Publisher Comments The author explores the cultural history behind the Chinese custom of footbinding, why Chinese women over 1,000 years endured the practice, and why Chinese men found women's "golden lotuses" so arousing. Photos.... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Frances Wood Publisher Comments Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? Chinas First Emperor (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. He gave us the name by which China is known in the West and, by his unification or elimination of six states, he created... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China (Studies in Environment and History) by Judith Shapiro Publisher Comments This book tells the story of environmental destruction and human suffering during the Mao years.... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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China Road: a Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power (07 Edition) by Rob Gifford Publisher Comments Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Red Star Over China by Edgar Snow Synopsis The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Maos life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the... (read more) List Price $16.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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What Life Was Like in the Land of the Dragon: Imperial China, A.D. 960-1368 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran Publisher Comments Following her internationally bestselling book The Good Women of China, Xinran has written one of the most powerful accounts of the lives of Chinese women. She has gained entrance to the most pained, secret chambers in the hearts of Chinese mothers&... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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When China Rules the World (09 Edition) by Martin Jacques Publisher Comments “Provocative . . . a fascinating account.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this prodigiously researched book, Martin Jacques presents a groundbreaking look at how China’s continued economic ascendency will alter the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Factory Girls: From Village To City in a Changing China (08 Edition) by Leslie T. Chang Publisher Comments An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China. China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history. In Factory Girls... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Man Who Stayed Behind by Sidney Rittenberg Publisher Comments The Man Who Stayed Behind is the remarkable account of Sidney Rittenberg, an American who was sent to China by the U.S. military in the 1940s. A student activist and labor organizer who was fluent in Chinese, Rittenberg became caught up in the turbulence... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women #23: Chinese Women Organizing: Cadres, Feminists, Muslims, Queers by Ping Chun Hsiung Publisher Comments In the process of helping women to help themselves, female activists have assumed a decisive role in negotiating social and political transformations in Chinese society. This is the first book that describes and analyzes the new phase of women's... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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To Change China: Western Advisers in China by Jonathan D Spence Publisher Comments "To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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China: A Photographic Journey Through the Middle Kingdom by Guang Guo Synopsis This attractive little volume is the perfect stocking stuffer for any Sinophile: its 238 breathtaking color photographs take us on a visual journey through the greatest splendors of Chinas varied geography and the chief monuments of its 5,000-year-old... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Studies on China #20: Chinese Historical Microdemography by Stevan Harrell Publisher Comments Using local studies to answer global questions, this compilation challenges traditional notions concerning historical Chinese population trends. Genealogies, epitaphs, and household registers are some of the local and primary materials used to examine... (read more) List Price $74.25 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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