Chinese Life

Eleven-year-old Danny’s life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England. Things get worse when Danny finds out he’ll have to share his room with her, and she took the top bunk! At first, Danny is frustrated that he can’t communicate with her because she doesn’t speak English—and because he’s on the verge of failing math and Nai Nai was actually a math champion back in the day. It just feels like he and his grandmother have nothing in common.

Deborah Fallows has spent a lot of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin - China's most common language - or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying learning the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering behavior and habits of its people, and its culture's conundrums.

王石的万科成为“一个年销售额超千亿的房地产公司”，被华尔街评为“尊敬企业”……王石的萬科成為「一個年銷售額超千億的房地產公司」，被華爾街評為「尊敬企業」……

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.

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」……

我们的旅程无论是我还是 安迪 的旅程都是战胜创伤的激动人心的证明——一个关于两个灵魂的故事他们不仅在人生最深的挣扎中找到了彼此还找到了自己的力量对我来说宁静 在中国西北保守的山麓长大我的伤口很深受到多重性创伤文化禁忌以及与自己身体的深刻脱节的影响在全球范围内我的丈夫安迪 安迪 悄悄地与自己的斗争作斗争多年来痛苦的尿路感染和勃起功能障碍的严重耻辱给他留下了伤痕累累的伤痕

《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。

Everybody wants a long, full life of vitality. But beyond the basics of good diet and exercise, what can you do to achieve it? For more then 2,000 years, Chinese energy medicine has refined the use of meditation to build the body's qi, or life force. Now, a celebrated doctor of Chinese medicine and authority in the field of Taoist longevity medicine presents an indispensable resource for living a long and richer life: Meditations to Live to be 100.

Your home should be your safe place, but for some, it feels like a place where they are stuck in old thoughts, stubborn habits, and stalled health goals. But what can you do about it? For thousands of years, people from Asia have used the teachings of Feng Shui to enhance their homes, which eventually enhanced their lives.

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

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……

Are you tired of feeling worn out, sick, and overweight?Why is it that we experience weight gain, fatigue, aches and pains, illnesses, and memory loss as we get older? While these ailments do become more common in our 30s and 40s, they aren't inevitable. In fact, we are perfectly capable of...

当下对多数年轻人来说，“顾准”或许是一个陌生冷僻的名字……當下对多數年輕人來說，「顧準」或許是一個陌生冷僻的名字……

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……

她跟着他走南闯北，随他在调香的大马路上步步前行，谁知日久生情，她竟忍不住为他沉沦如醉……她跟著他走南闖北，隨他在調香的大馬路上步步前行，誰知日久生情，她竟忍不住為他沉淪如醉……

人的一生中总会经历磨难，甚至有时会给自己的身体带来残疾。失落和失望总是存在，只是，黯然之后，心是否也会因此残缺……人的一生中總會經歷磨難，甚至有時會給自己的身體帶來殘疾。失落和失望總是存在，只是，黯然之後，心是否也會因此殘缺……