This book takes a look at Chinese art within a variety of contexts—archeological, cultural, historical, social, and ritual/religious. Organized both chronologically and thematically, it covers a full historical span and includes a wide...
China
- Author:Thorp, Robert L.Summary:
- Author:Ball, David W.Summary:
The heart-wrenching story of Allison Turk, her nine-year-old stepson, Tyler, and five other American families who have travelled to China to adopt children.
- Author:Keay, JohnSummary:
Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and...
- Author:Tan, AmySummary:
Au début du XXe siècle à Shanghai, la petite Violet, une enfant au caractère bien affirmé, grandit dans la maison de courtisanes la plus distinguée de Shanghai, un lieu de rencontres tenu par sa mère. Lorsque la situation politique du...
- Author:Polly, MatthewSummary:
Matthew Polly dreamed of journeying to the Shaolin Temple to become the toughest fighter in the world. In college, he ventured off to pursue that childhood dream and in turn found his calling.
- Author:Frutkin, MarkSummary:
Plots, intrigue and love against the backdrop of imperial China. This is a unique novel of old China, the traditional landscape of mountains and rivers without end, and life in an imperial city rife with plots, intrigues, culture,...
- Author:Hiaasen, CarlSummary:
An American investigating his mentor's murder finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and treachery in China, where even tomorrow's weather is a state secret.
- Author:CUNXIN, LiSummary:
Chosen from millions of children to serve in Mao's cultural revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would be his family's best opportunity to escape the bitter poverty in his rural China home. From...
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