Chinese Biography

“一本用血换来的，和泪写成的小书，我能够活着把它写出来，是我毕生的最大幸福。”……「一本用血換來的，和淚寫成的小書，我能夠活著把它寫出來，是我畢生的最大幸福。」

他是一位自由思想者，是苦难与荒谬结晶出来的天才，他被誉为中国的乔伊斯兼卡夫卡，他的作品影响了一代人，他就是王小波。……他是一位自由思想者，是苦難與荒謬結晶出來的天才，他被譽為中國的喬伊斯兼卡夫卡，他的作品影響了一代人，他就是王小波。

By 1993, Guns N' Roses had hit practically every benchmark possible for a rock n' roll band. Their eight-year journey included an explosive and game-changing debut record, a self-indulgent but even more successful double album release, a handful of raucous global tours, and various front page controversies over their lyrics, drug addictions, and lead singer Axl Rose's rattlesnake temper. The most captivating part of the Guns N' Roses story was just beginning, however.

Double Luck is filled with examples of how the human spirit can triumph over adversity. In the Chinese language, the word "crisis" is written with two symbols: one meaning "danger", and the other meaning "opportunity". Although Chi Fa's childhood was filled with crisis, he always looked for opportunity. His successful triumph over crisis after crisis is an inspiration for all who seek hope in the face of great challenges.

Double Luck is filled with examples of how the human spirit can triumph over adversity. In the Chinese language, the word crisis is written with two symbols: one meaning "danger" and the other meaning "opportunity". Although Chi Fa's childhood was filled with crisis, he always looked for opportunity. His successful triumph over crisis after crisis is an inspiration for all who seek hope in the face of great challenges.

From running guns to white-collar crimes in cyberspace and illegal seafood, the Triads, the mafia of China, are potent figures in the world of organized crime. Going by enigmatic names like the 14K Triad and the United Bamboo Gang, these criminal groups are enormous, with some organizations boasting memberships ranging in the tens of thousands. A powerful factor in China and throughout Asia, Triads are entrenched in society and the masters of multiple enterprises ranging from extortion, narcotics, prostitution, and white collar crime.

This meditation is designed to bring you in alignment with the cosmos and your soul's purpose. It will enable you to connect with the qualities of Aries that are embedded in your nature, to attract specific events, relationships, challenges and opportunities that strengthen you, transform you...

如果把霍金比喻成科学界的星星的话，他绝对不是流星，也不是彗星，他是恒星，永远闪烁在科学的星空中……如果把霍金比喻成科學界的星星的話，他絕對不是流星，也不是彗星，他是恆星，永遠閃爍在科學的星空中……

When her family relocated to rural China in 2003, Kay Bratt was thrust into a new world, one where boys were considered more valuable than girls and poverty and the one-child policy had created an epidemic of abandoned infants. As a volunteer at a local orphanage, Bratt witnessed conditions that were unfathomable to a middle-class mother of two from South Carolina. Based on Bratt’s diary of her four years at the orphanage, Silent Tears offers a searing account of young lives rendered disposable.

2008美国大选，他不仅仅是一位参选人，更推波助澜起一场前所未有的运动，劈荆斩棘起一场史无前例的变革！如果要全方位的认识这位美国总统，就不得不从奥巴马的家族历史说起…… 2008美國大選，他不僅僅是一位參選人，更推波助瀾起一場前所未有的運動，劈荊斬棘起一場史無前例的變革！如果要全方位的認識這位美國總統，就不得不從歐巴馬的家族歷史說起……

One of America's best-known rock and entertainment journalists describes his journey from his childhood, cooped up in the "rice room" of his family's restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, where he did chores, to the major role he played as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone. It is a story of teen worship of Elvis, but also of Chinese customs and the tragic murder of his brother, and of the '60s scene in San Francisco, where he found freedom - and his career.

寇白门，又名湄，字白门，是明末清初的“秦淮八艳”之一。板桥杂记曰：“白门娟娟静美；跌宕风流，能度曲，善画兰，相知拈韵，能吟诗，然滑易不能竟学”……寇白門，又名湄，字白門，是明末清初的「秦淮八艷」之一。板橋雜記曰：「白門娟娟靜美；跌宕風流，能度曲，善畫蘭，相知拈韻，能吟詩，然滑易不能竟學」……

她只想安安稳稳地做一个相夫教子的传统女性，结果却因为长相过于出众，造成了自己一生浮尘。生于乱世，身若浮萍，半点不由己。…… 她只想安安穩穩地做一個相夫教子的傳統女性，結果卻因為長相過於出眾，造成了自己一生浮塵。生於亂世，身若浮萍，半點不由己。

她似空谷幽兰，吐芳于世，虽是青楼女子，但为人豪爽、个性十足，戏弄魏忠贤，闭门等雅登，哪怕是现代的女子也不见得敢这样随性而为！…… 她似空谷幽蘭，吐芳於世，雖是青樓女子，但為人豪爽、個性十足，戲弄魏忠賢，閉門等雅登，哪怕是現代的女子也不見得敢這樣隨性而為！

她，本是将门之女，一朝艳绝秦淮成了媚香楼头牌花魁。他，出身高姓巨族，凭着英才豪气闯荡天下。本是才子佳人的故事，终究是以悲剧收场，想来最动人心弦的，莫过于遗憾了…… 她，本是將門之女，一朝豔絕秦淮成了媚香樓頭牌花魁。他，出身高姓巨族，憑著英才豪氣闖蕩天下。本是才子佳人的故事，終究是以悲劇收場，想來最動人心弦的，莫過於遺憾了……

她自幼聪敏过人，却因家中变故堕入风尘。她满腹才华，却终是秦淮河畔一抹香魂。她的才、她的情，都将留芳千古！…… 她自幼聰敏過人，卻因家中變故墮入風塵。她滿腹才華，卻終是秦淮河畔一抹香魂。她的才、她的情，都將留芳千古！

她用一生演绎曲折离奇的血泪史，真相扑朔迷离令人肝肠寸断。她主张男女平等，关心大事；她敢爱敢恨、黑白分明，这注定是一个传奇女子的故事。…… 她用一生演繹曲折離奇的血淚史，真相撲朔迷離令人肝腸寸斷。她主張男女平等，關心大事；她敢愛敢恨、黑白分明，這註定是一個傳奇女子的故事。

她，幼年幸福却又坠入红楼。她，聪明伶俐，满腹才情。她，勇敢追求自己的幸福，不惧外界流言。我会告诉你，她就是“千古第一贤妾”董小宛吗？…… 她，幼年幸福卻又墜入紅樓。她，聰明伶俐，滿腹才情。她，勇敢追求自己的幸福，不懼外界流言。我會告訴你，她就是「千古第一賢妾」董小宛嗎？

After witnessing the beheading of his uncle, a very young Doc Ping and his family escaped from China on foot in fear for their lives. They left everything behind, including his father's position in the nationalist Chinese government and all of their possessions, and fled the country—first to Bangkok, and then to Taiwan. When Doc was nine, his father secretly arranged for him to travel on a freighter with 15 other civilians to the USA to live with the woman who helped resuscitate him from drowning a few years earlier.

When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China, a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule.