Chinese Life

Few know that Master You played minor roles for half a lifetime before taking on the role of Ji Gong after age 50. Few know that at 85 years old, Master You still actively performs on stage. Even fewer know that at the incredible age of 80, Master You sold his home to start a performing arts troupe, all to promote art and enlighten people. The story of Master You Benchang is worth young people today learning about and being inspired by. His ideology has profound significance for countless contemporary listeners.

本书选取了老舍先生的一些经典散文和中短篇作品。这些作品多取材于人们的日常生活，通过平凡的场景反映普遍的社会冲突，挖掘对人民生存、命运的思考。这些文章或描写城市平民的生活轨迹，或书写知识分子的生活趣事，或描摹各地的风土人情，其作品充满生活情趣，其文笔细致入微，极尽渲染之笔触，更贯穿着老舍先生一贯的幽默风格，让人从轻快诙谐之中体味人生哲思

Inspired by the author’s own family history, and spanning the past hundred years of Chinese history, this multi-generational family saga explores how women survive the tsunamis of history Nothing to My Name chronicles the intertwined fates of three generations of Chinese women: Ah Xue, Mimosa...

《名人传》是有关贝多芬，米开朗基罗和列夫·托尔斯泰的传记。三位传主都是人类历史上极富天才的人物……《名人傳》是有關貝多芬，米開朗基羅和列夫·托爾斯泰的傳記。三位傳主都是人類歷史上極富天才的人物……

一千万年前，凤凰玄凤与金龙苍华出世，被定为天命之身，旨在除魔卫道。一次巧合，玄凤却与蛟龙赤颜在清池相遇，一见钟情…… 一千萬年前，鳳凰玄鳳與金龍蒼華出世，被定為天命之身，旨在除魔衛道。一次巧合，玄鳳卻與蛟龍赤顏在清池相遇，一見鍾情……

Chinesische Medizin einfach und kompetent erklärt - von einer Schulmedizinerin und überzeugten TCM-Ärztin. Dr. med. Nina Roy praktiziert seit über zwanzig Jahren Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin. Praktisch und lebensnah erklärt sie in ihrem Gesundheits-Ratgeber die verschiedenen Wandlungsphasen der TCM und wie diese unser Leben beeinflussen. Mit Selbsttests kann man die Balance von Yin und Yang und den eigenen Konstitutionstyp bestimmen. Konkrete Ernährungsvorschläge und Empfehlungen für Bewegung und Entspannung helfen, Körper, Geist und Seele zu harmonisieren.

A beautiful, tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own burning desires Love Can't Feed You is a stunning...

A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK “A sensitive, sharp-eyed, slyly funny novel of venturing back into the foreign country that is your past—and discovering that you can never really shake the places and people that shaped you.”—Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing...

Con este libro aprenderás a entender qué dicen los números sobre ti, cómo contrarrestar las energías negativas, cómo atraer la abundancia y la prosperidad y cómo prepararte para los cambios que vendrán en el futuro. ¿Estás listo para aplicar estos miles de años de sabiduría china a tu vida?

Seventh grader Freya June Sun has always believed in the Chinese superstitions spoon-fed to her since birth—but ever since her dad’s death a year ago, she’s become obsessed, believing that her father is sending her messages through signs from the beyond. Like how, on her way to an orchestra concert where she’s dreading her viola solo, a pair of lucky red birds appear, a sure indication that Dad wants Freya to stick with the instrument and make him proud.

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. Offering a global perspective, the book tells how China's nomadic neighbors to the north and west influenced much of the political, military, and even cultural history of China.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In a powerful debut about modern-day motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman stakes a claim to the American dream in California. “Utterly absorbing.”—Celeste Ng “A marvel of a first novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “The most...

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.

An unusual call from Chinese merchant Ling Tang began an on-going set of circumstances for young Biff Brewster. He was planning a trip to Rangoon in Burma to visit his Uncle Charlie. It seemed such a trip for Biff would be a good way to spend the remainder of his summer vacation from school. It was a pleasant thought for beginning something very different to look forward to. However, “different” isn’t a strong enough description of what was going to happen.

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……

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.

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.

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」……

这不是一曲时代的挽歌，也非一声命运的叹息，以夏小玫姐妹俩的爱情婚姻生活为主线，勾勒出一部上世纪七十年代生人的成长史。…… 這不是一曲時代的輓歌，也非一聲命運的歎息，以夏小玫姐妹倆的愛情婚姻生活為主線，勾勒出一部上世紀七十年代生人的成長史。

A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower. Through the stories of three generations of women in her family, Karoline Kan, a former New York Times reporter based in Beijing, reveals how they...