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  • Monkey King

    Journey to the West

    by Wu Cheng'en, Julia Lovell ...
    Translated by Julia Lovell ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    ***Now a Netflix animated movie featuring Stephanie Hsu, Bowen Yang, and BD Wong among the all-Asian voice cast*Before there was The Lord of the Rings, there was China's Monkey King, one of the all-time great fantasy novels--which Neil Gaiman has said "is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people"--now published in a thrilling new one-volume translation with an illustrated foreword by the author of the New ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Great Wall

    China Against the World, 1000 BC–AD 2000

    by Julia Lovell ...
    A "gripping, colorful" history of China's Great Wall that explores the conquests and cataclysms of the empire from 1000 BC to the present day ( Publishers Weekly).Over two thousand years old, the Great Wall of China is a symbolic and physical dividing line between the civilized Chinese and the "barbarians" at their borders. Historian Julia Lovell looks behind the intimidating fortification and its ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Maoism

    A Global History

    by Julia Lovell ...
    *** WINNER OF THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDINGSHORTLISTED FOR DEUTSCHER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING***'Revelatory and instructive… [a] beautifully written and accessible book’ The Times... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Opium War

    Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China

    by Julia Lovell ...
    This "crisp and readable account" of the nineteenth century British campaign sheds light on modern Chinese identity through "a heartbreaking story of war" ( The Wall Street Journal).In October 1839, a Windsor cabinet meeting voted to begin the first Opium War against China. Bureaucratic fumbling, military missteps, and a healthy dose of political opportunism and collaboration followed. Rich in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China

    The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun

    by Lu Xun ...
    Translated by Julia Lovell ...
    Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun's stories both indict outdated Chinese traditions and embrace China's cultural richness and individuality. This volume presents brand-new translations by Julia Lovell of all of Lu Xun's stories, including 'The Real Story of Ah-Q', 'Diary of a Madman', ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • I Love Dollars and Other Stories of China

    by Wen Zhu ...
    Translated by Julia Lovell ...
    Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
    In five richly imaginative novellas and a short story, Zhu Wen depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. A frank reflection of the seamier side of his nation's increasingly capitalist society, Zhu Wen's fiction offers an audaciously plainspoken account of the often hedonistic individualism that is feverishly taking root.Set against the mundane landscapes of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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    Monkey King

    Journey to the West

    by Wu Cheng'en, Julia Lovell ...
    Narrated by Robert Wu ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 58 min

    A Chinese Lord of the Rings and one of the all-time great fantasy novels--which Neil Gaiman has said "is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people"--now in a thrilling new translationA shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High-spirited and omni-talented, he amasses dazzling weapons and skills on his journey ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Maoism

    A Global History

    by Julia Lovell ...
    Narrated by Nancy Wu ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 43 min

    *** WINNER OF THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDINGSHORTLISTED FOR DEUTSCHER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING***'Revelatory and instructive… [a] beautifully written and accessible book’ The Times... ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Black Hunger

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    Narrated by Peter Kenny ...

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    A spine-tingling, queer gothic horror novel where two men are drawn into an otherworldly spiral.“A gothic masterpiece. A devastating exploration of humanity's capacity for evil." **—**Sunyi Dean, author of The Book EatersJohn Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and as the gnawing hunger inside him grows i... ... Read more

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    Sun of Blood and Ruin

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    by Mariely Lares ...
    Narrated by Victoria Villarreal ...
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    Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there’s a new vigilante in town serving justice. This reimagining of Zorro—featuring a heroic warrior sorceress—weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades after the Spanish conquest into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance.A new legend begins…In sixteenth-century New ... Read more

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    Silver Nitrate

    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ...
    Narrated by Gisela Chípe ...

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.“No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia.”—Kiersten White, ... Read more

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    The Truth About Antisemitism

    by Rachel Shabi ...
    Narrated by Rachel Shabi ...

    Unabridged

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    Why can't we talk about antisemitism?As claims of antisemitism continue to distort our politics at home and abroad, it has become almost impossible to talk about constructively, even in private. Instead, we find ourselves in a storm of misinformation, political mudslinging, and bad-faith accusations.There is, however, a way to deliberate more honestly. Looking beyond our polarizing headlines and ... Read more

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