Chinese Biography

张啸林在风起云涌的旧上海被称为“张大帅”、“三色大亨”。他出身社会最底层，却能叱咤上海数十年……張嘯林在風起雲湧的舊上海被稱為「張大帥」、「三色大亨」。他出身社會最底層，卻能叱吒上海數十年……

Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb published a 365-day almanac of our nation's history. Now, in this updated and expanded series compiled from The American Patriot's Almanac, Bennett and Cribb's masterful grasp of our history offers 150 more great...

The King of Violins is the heartbreaking story of China's most celebrated violin prodigy, Ma Sicong, who composed his first concerto at the age of 12. During his career, this gentle, dignified man composed 57 of the world's best-known symphonies and concertos, and performed in front of hundreds of sold-out audiences across the globe. Chairman Mao Zedong declared Ma Sicong "a national treasure" and nicknamed him "the King of Violins". But Mao's brutal Cultural Revolution distorted the truth of Ma's life and work. Ma and his family made a breathtaking escape to America.

In the early 20th century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong sisters: Eling, Chingling, and Mayling. As told with wit and verve by Emily Hahn, a remarkable woman in her own right, the biography of the Soong sisters tells the story of China through both world wars. It also chronicles the changes to Shanghai as they relate to a very eccentric family that had the courage to speak out against the ruling regime. Greatly influencing the history of modern China, they interacted with their government and military to protect the lives of those who could not be heard, and they appealed to the West to support China during the Japanese invasion.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY New York Times Critics Wall Street Journal Kirkus Reviews Christian Science Monitor San Francisco Chronicle Finalist for the PEN Jacqueline Bograd Weld Biography Award Shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize The deeply reported story of...

The remarkable true story of the miraculous journey that made the Dalai Lama into the man he is today and sparked the fight for Tibetan freedom “A hair-raising tale of daring and escape.”—The Washington Post In the early weeks of 1959, a bloody uprising gripped the streets of the...

A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family’s hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before. In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu’s great-great-grandfather Liu’s Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was...

At the start of the 20th century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. While their future was arranged by their families, this couple had much to be grateful for. Not only did they come from similar backgrounds - and as such were recognized as a good match - they also had a shared passion in their deep love of ancient Chinese poetry. They went on to have nine children and chose colours portrayed in some of their favourite poems as nicknames for them - Red, Cyan, Orange, Yellow, Green, Ginger, Violet, Blue and Rainbow.

从世俗角度看，尼采的一生充满不幸，但他的思想是现代思想中一座巍然耸立的里程碑……從世俗角度看，尼采的一生充滿不幸，但他的思想是現代思想中一座巍然聳立的里程碑……

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.

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

她不是甄嬛，被逼着才学会了后宫权谋；她不是武后，利用男人的弱点成就自己；她是吕雉，一生看准了一个男人，然后把他扶上了皇帝宝座。…… 她不是甄嬛，被逼著才學會了後宮權謀；她不是武后，利用男人的弱點成就自己；她是呂雉，一生看准了一個男人，然後把他扶上了皇帝寶座。

A former US Navy intelligence officer, David Locke Hall was a federal prosecutor when a bizarre-sounding website, CRACK99, came to his attention. It looked like Craigslist on acid, but what it sold was anything but amateurish: thousands of high-tech software products used largely by the military, and for mere pennies on the dollar. Want to purchase satellite tracking software? No problem. Aerospace and aviation simulations? No problem. Communications systems designs? No problem.

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 Capricorn that are embedded in your nature, to attract specific events, relationships, challenges and opportunities that strengthen you, transform...

Driven by strong family culture, author Xianhua Ma passes on the life lessons she learned through serving in the Korean War and surviving China’s Cultural Revolution. Even though she endured cruel hardships, she managed to raise a family and create a career for herself in enterprise culture.

“Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life...

A journey back in time, The Golden Mountain is the gripping tale of four generations of Chinese women who live and die under the restrictions of their culture, except for one, the author. Her story tells of growing up in Hong Kong and of her transition to New York City where she struggled to meld the American dream with her ethnic background. Finally, at age 50, she dares to move into the present and understand the true nature of dreams and what it means to live.