Chinese Life

Critically acclaimed author Gish Jen is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee and the person John Updike proclaimed as the young novelist most likely to become his successor. In The Love Wife, Jen poignantly explores the explosive dynamics of a mixed-race modern family.

Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the more she explores the residential lanes and courtyards behind Shanghai’s busy shopping streets, the less she wants to return to the country as a dutiful wife. As Fu Ping wavers over her future, she learns the city through the stories of the nannies, handymen, and garbage collectors of postwar Shanghai....

华盛顿，美国国父，民主宪政下的总统楷模，他的一生也是一部“美国建国史”……華盛頓，美國國父，民主憲政下的總統楷模，他的一生也是一部「美國建國史」……

《假如给我三天光明》前半部分主要讲述了海伦变成盲聋人后的生活，后半部分则介绍了海伦的求学生涯。她以一个身残志坚的女子的视角，告诉身体健全的人们应珍惜生命，珍惜造物主赐予的一切。…… 《假如給我三天光明》前半部分主要講述了海倫變成盲聾人後的生活，後半部分則介紹了海倫的求學生涯。她以一個身殘志堅的女子的視角，告訴身體健全的人們應珍惜生命，珍惜造物主賜予的一切。

This book invites you on a fascinating journey through timeless Chinese idioms that hold immense practicality in our everyday lives. Spanning a diverse range of themes such as strategic thinking, effective communication, meaningful relationships, the art of learning, emotional wellbeing, and the pursuit of achievement and success, these idioms resonate deeply in our modern existence, transcending cultural boundaries to offer universal wisdom.

Every year on the day of the Ghost Festival, creatures from the underworld roam city streets freely when the gate of hell is opened. The owner of the House of Life set out a lavish banquet to entertain and appease these hungry ghosts. This year, however, foul creatures led by a long-dead Manchurian nobleman came down from the Devil's Peak on horseback and stormed the banquet hall. They harassed the guests and wrecked havoc to the festivity, demanding the House of Life to hand over something it has been safe-keeping for centuries.

This book invites you on a fascinating journey through 33 timeless Chinese idioms that hold immense practicality in our everyday lives. This engaging compilation encompasses a wide array of themes, including communication, well-being, and the pursuit of success. Unveiling the universality of these values, these idioms resonate profoundly in our modern lives, offering wisdom that transcends cultural boundaries.

蔡文姬，汉末才女，从少年才子到婚配丧夫，之后父母双亡，悲惨中又被抢到匈奴被迫嫁给匈奴左贤王……蔡文姬，漢末才女，從少年才子到婚配喪夫，之後父母雙亡，悲慘中又被搶到匈奴被迫嫁給匈奴左賢王……

People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People’s Republic of China created a task force to find a cure. Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodically started extracting compounds and testing them against malaria. Would any of them work? Follow the struggles of Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou as she works to find a cure to malaria.

书中从作者初到中国写起描绘了初入陌生环境时的震撼语言障碍以及作为外国人所受到的高度关注这种“明星般”的待遇起初令人发笑但后来作者逐渐认识到这更多是源于文化的好奇而非个人的名气在整本书中作者分享了许多个人的挑战与

揭密历史奇案，洞察人性玄机。唐朝的女诗人当中，以鱼玄机最为知名，也最为传奇，色既倾国，思乃入神，又被誉为“才媛中之诗圣”……揭密歷史奇案，洞察人性玄機。唐朝的女詩人當中，以魚玄機最為知名，也最為傳奇，色既傾國，思乃入神，又被譽為「才媛中之詩聖」……

浪漫的人说人生是一杯酒，越喝越醉人；豁达的人说人生是一壶茶，苦中有甘甜；更多的人说人生就是实实在在的生活，柴米油盐酱醋茶……浪漫的人說人生是一杯酒，越喝越醉人；豁達的人說人生是一壺茶，苦中有甘甜；更多的人說人生就是實實在在的生活，柴米油鹽醬醋茶……

李嘉诚先生的一生充满着传奇色彩，他的人生哲学语录和经历是年轻一代学习的范本，只有站在巨人的肩膀上，才能成就更高的辉煌、在为人处世上有新的理解、才能在事业上早成霸业，让自己的人生能够迈入新的起点，步入新的生活。…… 李嘉誠先生的一生充滿著傳奇色彩，他的人生哲學語錄和經歷是年輕一代學習的範本，只有站在巨人的肩膀上，才能成就更高的輝煌、在為人處世上有新的理解、才能在事業上早成霸業，讓自己的人生能夠邁入新的起點，步入新的生活。

腾讯在不断地发展中形成了自己独到的发展理论和经营方式。这些年中，马化腾也在多年的经营中形成了自己特有的职场经验和人生感悟，而这些经验和感悟对于任何企业家或者上班族都是不可多得的…… 騰訊在不斷地發展中形成了自己獨到的發展理論和經營方式。這些年中，馬化騰也在多年的經營中形成了自己特有的職場經驗和人生感悟，而這些經驗和感悟對於任何企業家或者上班族都是不可多得的……

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.

This delightful little story tells of a young girl's time with her grandmother as she relates a legend of where hummingbirds come from. Where Hummingbirds Come From may well become an all-time children's classic. A perfect book for young children.

“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...

霍华德・休斯，美国航空工程师、企业家、电影导演，是个将神话与怪异集结一身的天才人物。他有着怎样的传奇人生呢？……霍華德・休斯，美國航空工程師、企業家、電影導演，是個將神話與怪異集結一身的天才人物。他有著怎樣的傳奇人生呢？

在最美的年华里，最美的诗和最美的酒，必定有金风玉露般的相逢。它们的风云际会，亦必定是电闪雷鸣的传奇……在最美的年華里，最美的詩和最美的酒，必定有金風玉露般的相逢。它們的風雲際會，亦必定是電閃雷鳴的傳奇……

亨利・福特，美国福特汽车公司创始人，世界著名的“汽车大王”。他白手起家，凭借卓越的人格魅力、独特的商业理念和经营方式，创造了人类工业史上的奇迹……亨利・福特，美國福特汽車公司創始人，世界著名的「汽車大王」。他白手起家，憑藉卓越的人格魅力、獨特的商業理念和經營方式，創造了人類工業史上的奇蹟……