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  • Sketches of 19th Century Social Life in China During the Mid 19th Century

    by Justus Doolitte ...
    Written by a missionary during the mid nineteenth century this is a brief sketch of some social customs of Mid Nineteenth Century China. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Leaving Mother Lake

    A Girlhood at the Edge of the World

    by Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu ...
    The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas -- a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together -- she leaves her mother's house. ... Read more

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  • The Americans: The Colonial Experience

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    Winner of the Bancroft PrizeIn this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present. ... Read more

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  • The Bitter Sea

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  • Tea

    The Drink that Changed the World

    by Laura C. Martin ...
    This book is a fascinating history of tea and the spreading of tea throughout the world.Camellia sinensis, commonly known as tea, is grown in tea gardens and estates around the world. A simple beverage served either hot or iced, tea has fascinated and driven us, calmed and awoken us, for well over two thousand years.The most extensive and well-presented tea history available, Tea: The Drink that ... Read more

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  • Ancient Art of Tea

    Wisdom From the Ancient Chinese Tea Masters

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    The Ancient Art of Tea is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China.The health benefits of tea, whether white, green, oolong or black, are well known in our world today. However, creating the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people genuinely understand. As expert Warren Peltier explains, making an ideal cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the ... Read more

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  • Beijing Bastard

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    by Val Wang ...
    A humorous and moving coming-of-age story that brings a unique, not-quite-outsider’s perspective to China’s shift from ancient empire to modern superpowerRaised in a strict Chinese-American household in the suburbs, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe—until she shaved her head and became a leftist, the stuff of many teenage rebellions. ... Read more

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  • Mixed-Up Love

    Relationships, Family, and Religious Identity in the 21st Century

    by Michal Woll, Jon M. Sweeney ...
    Dating, commitment, kids, and family--it's all hard work, and when you come from different religious backgrounds it's even harder.Jon, a Catholic writer, and Michal, a Reconstructionist rabbi, live out the challenges of an interfaith relationship everyday as husband and wife, and as parents to their daughter Sima, who is being raised Jewish. In MIXED-UP LOVE, the couple explores how interfaith ... Read more

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  • Exemplary Women of Early China

    The Lienü zhuan of Liu Xiang

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    In early China, was it correct for a woman to disobey her father, contradict her husband, or shape the public policy of a son who ruled over a dynasty or state? According to the Lienü zhuan, or Categorized Biographies of Women, it was not only appropriate but necessary for women to step in with wise counsel when fathers, husbands, or rulers strayed from the path of virtue.Compiled toward the end ... Read more

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