This delightful collection of twenty-five traditional stories and folktales—some dating back more than one thousand years—all feature a dragon theme and have been part of the Chinese storytelling tradition for generations. Included are works such as noted author Pu Songling's The Rakshas and the Sea Market, featuring the fantastic narrative of a dragon palace beneath the waves. In addition, the myriad cast of characters, including mysterious spirits, princesses, philosophers, magicians, and much more, makes this an ideal book for younger readers to devour and helps them understand why the dragon is so important in Chinese culture. The dragons in this book are fierce, playful, tragic, and noble, but all of the stories reflect the deep respect and reverence that Chinese culture places on the dragon. As 2012 is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, this wonderful collection is sure to capture the attention of a new generation of readers. As subjects of m

Eight Dragons on the Roof and Other Tales: Traditional Dragon Stories from China

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Long River Press

In 1935, at the age of two, Nona Mock was abandoned at the Ming Quong orphanage in Los Gatos, California. From that first, searing memory of seeing her mother walk out of her life forever, Mock turned grief into strength. Bamboo Women tells 21 inspiring stories of coming-of-age from the women of Ming Quong, a home for orphaned Chinese girls in the San Francisco Bay Area. Wyman introduces us to her "sisters" and how their bonds of love and friendship carried them through life, love, loss, career, and family. Praise for Bamboo Women: “Nona Mock Wyman tells an essential San Francisco Bay Area Chinatown story that has resided too long in the dark recesses of painful memories.” --William Wong, author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America "Beautifully and wrenchingly told, Bamboo Women is a courageous look into a little-known world, and an affirmation of the human spirit." --Karin Evans, author of The Lost Daughters of China “Compelling.” --Ben Fong Torres, author of The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son to Rock 'n' Roll

Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California

Biographies & Memoirs

Wyman, Nona Mock

Community & Culture

This collection introduces a dozen essays about important, unique aspects of Chinese society that are essential for language learners to understand. This “mini encyclopedia” will enrich the cultural experience of anyone wishing to learn Chinese at an intermediate/advanced pace.

China: The Country and the People (Read About China)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

This book features one dozen of China’s most beloved and well-known folk legends, including the story of Mulan and the travels of the Monkey King. These are the core stories that have been passed down for generations and are a part of cultural education for nearly all Chinese.

Stories of Famous Chinese Heroes (Read About China)

History

Asia

Getting to know a culture through its food is the key concept of this book, the latest edition to the Read About China series for intermediate to advanced Chinese language learners.This book features over two dozen short readings in simplified Chinese characters on a particular aspect of food in China: dishes, customs, history, etc. This book opens up new windows of opportunity for those looking to expand their knowledge of Chinese language and culture. Each chapter features Chinese simplified characters, pinyin Romanization with tone marks, English translation, and key vocabulary with additional exercises. All titles in the Read About China series are fully compliant with the HSK Chinese language proficiency examination, and are also suitable for those readers at or near the Advance Placement level for Chinese.

Food in Chinese Culture (Read About China)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Cultural Writing. Philosophy. Asian Studies. Military History. Translated from the Chinese by Lin Wusun. THE ART OF WAR, written by Chinese philosopher Sun Tsu in the second century B.C., is a treatise on military strategy and warfare that has exerted a powerful influence on the development of both Eastern and Western philosophy and strategy. Although it is concerned with warfare, it repeatedly emphasizes the use of restraint, careful analysis, and, most importantly, introspection and cultivation of one's inner self. The text is also a profoundly nuanced and intimately revealing work of literature. Although often misunderstood as a selection of koans or idiomatic expressions, THE ART OF WAR, like the writings of Confucius and the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu, in reality forms one of the founding pillars of Chinese philosophical thought and is one of the finest examples of the "Golden Age" of Chinese classical prose.

The Art of War

Self-Help

Tzŭ, Sun

Success

This is the first critical book-length biography of professional basketball sensation Yao Ming to appear in the English language. Drawn from original sources in English and in Chinese, this book provides a fascinating and highly detailed look at Yao’s childhood and rise to prominence with the Chinese Basketball Association and Chinese Olympic Team.

Yao Ming: The Road to the NBA

Xiao, C.F.

This richly illustrated volume explores the history and variety of China’s greatest jade masterpieces, which have fascinated artists and admirers for thousands of years.

Chinese Jade: Power and Delicacy in a Majestic Art (Arts of China)

Arts & Photography

Zhang, Minghua

History & Criticism

These are some of the most exquisite and delicate works of art ever created, and the subject of intense admiration for generations of art lovers, collectors, and scholars.

Chinese Porcelain: Art, Elegance and Appreciation (Arts of China)

Chen, Kelun

From the imperial decree to the simplest business transaction, the seal has long shown the way for the cultural, economic, and societal progression in Chinese culture for thousands of years.

Chinese Seals: Carving Authority and Creating History (Arts of China)

Sun, Weizu

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