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  • Murder in the Maloo

    by Paul Bevan ...
    Sensational adventure stories were all the rage in Shanghai in the early 20th century and Murder in the Maloo: A Tale of Old Shanghai represents an excellent example of this most popular of popular fiction categories. Translated into English and published here for the first time, this historical novel tells of the exploits of Ma Yongzhen, a martial artist and gangster who was ruthlessly murdered ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Adventures of Ma Suzhen

    'An Heroic Woman Takes Revenge in Shanghai'

    by Paul Bevan ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The comic novel, The Adventures of Ma Suzhen, was written during a highpoint in the popularity of xia “knight-errant” fiction. It is an action-packed tale of a young woman who takes revenge for her brother, Ma Yongzhen, a gangster and performing strongman, who has been murdered by a rival gang in China’s most cosmopolitan city, Shanghai. After publication of the book in 1923, the character of Ma ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Chiang Yee and His Circle

    Chinese Artistic and Intellectual Life in Britain, 19301950

    Edited by Paul Bevan, Anne Witchard, Da Zheng ...
    This book, Chiang Yee and His Circle: Chinese Artistic and Intellectual Life in Britain, 19301950, celebrates the life and work of Chiang Yee (19031977), a Chinese writer, poet, and painter who made his home in London, England during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines Chiang’s relationship with his circle of friends and colleagues in the English capital, and assesses the work he produced during his ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Behavioral Pharmacology of 5-ht

    by Paul Bevan ...
    This volume reviews the current state of research within the behavioral pharmacology of 5-HT. The book opens exciting new approaches to the interdisciplinary study of behavior and pharmacology with special reference to ethology, endocrinology, neuroanatomy and comparative aspects of drug action, and notes new developments in therapeutic drugs of the future. ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei

    by Yuan Mei, Kam Louie, Louise Edwards ...
    "The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society". -- Reference & Research Book News. ... Read more

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  • The Desert Threat

    by Yan Leisheng ...
    Ancient Mongolia is the stage for the latest epic adventure in the award-winning Assassin's Creed® universe, as assassin Shao Jun fights a sinister plot that spells the downfall of the Brotherhood of the Assassins.China, 16th century CE – The Brotherhood of Assassins has been all but eradicated by the Chinese Emperor. Restoring the Brotherhood to its former glory is no easy feat, but it is Shao ... Read more

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  • Southern Rain

    by Harrison Miller ...
    As China's once-glorious Ming dynasty tears itself apart, a young man and woman struggle to stay together. Set before the backdrop of one of the great upheavals in Chinese history, Southern Rain is the story of a carpenter's son who falls for a brilliant Buddhist nun just as she is set to become a powerful man's concubine. Their adventures lead them north to Beijing and south to the Yangtze valley ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Wife Comes First: Qi Wei Shang (Novel) Vol. 2

    by Lv Ye Qian He ...
    Series Book 2 - The Wife Comes First: Qi Wei Shang (Novel)
    Sent to suppress a rebellion against the great Chen Empire, the third prince, Jing Shao, rides out once more as marshal of an army a hundred thousand strong. At his side is Mu Hanzhang--his "gentleman wife"--in the guise of a sage strategist.As corruption and treachery in the imperial court begin to shape the battles ahead, Jing Shao uses the knowledge of his past life to alter the fate that once ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • To Live

    A Novel

    by Yu Hua ...
    **Originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, a searing novel that portrays one man’s transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant.“A work of astounding emotional power.” —Dai Sijie, author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress**From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: this celebrated contemporary classic of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Don't Cry, Tai Lake

    by Qiu Xiaolong ...
    Series Book 7 - Inspector Chen Cao
    **"Dark, gorgeous…feels authentically Chinese and it works like a charm." --Washington Post Book World on A Case of Two CitiesChief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party – a week's vacation at a luxurious resort near Lake Tai, a week where he can relax, and recover, undisturbed by outside demands or disruptions. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

    Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

    by Jung Chang ...
    They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history.Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair.Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Liar's Dice

    A Lotus Palace Mystery

    by Jeannie Lin ...
    Series series The Lotus Palace Mysteries
    Lady Bai's first taste of freedom brings her face-to-face with murder. A dangerous and enigmatic stranger becomes her ally while the killer may be someone closer than she ever imagined. Part of the bestselling Lotus Palace seriesLady Bai, called Wei-wei by her aristocratic family, has always been the perfectly obedient daughter--but only on the outside. When she dares to pay a forbidden visit to a ... Read more

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