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Daughters And Sons
$15.00 AUD
Author: Yuan ChingBinding: HardbackPublished: Foreign Languages Press., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsStory of a young patriotic Chinese Communist fighting in the guerrilla War of Resistance...
Introduction to Literary Chinese
$140.00 AUD
Author: J. BrandtBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Ungar, 1954, Third EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book serves as a foundational text for understanding literary Chinese, providing...
I Ching
A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition From the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and...
The Oracle Of Change: How To Consult The I Ching
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFor millennia, the I Ching — the ancient Chinese Book of Changes — has served as one of humanity's most enduring tools...
The I Ching or Book of Changes
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, a common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy, is one of the first efforts of the human mind to place itself within...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters Of China (SIGNED)
$180.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedFew books have shaken the Western world's understanding of China as profoundly as Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China — an...
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS , THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Times...
Tao Te Ching
Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, an older contemporary of Confucius (551 - 479 BC), it is now thought that the work was compiled in about the fourth century BC. An...
The Tiger Of Ch'In: How China Became A Nation
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: pages can have notes/underlining.In the turbulent centuries before the common era, one man forged a...
Comrade Chiang Ch'Ing
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodShe was the most powerful woman in China — actress, revolutionary, and feared political architect of the Cultural Revolution — and Comrade Chiang Ch'ing...
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
Author: Chun Han Wong Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired...
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels, this is the epic story of the fall of the Han dynasty and rise of the Three...
Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China - THE SUNDAY TIMES
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into the modern age Discover the extraordinary story...
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World
Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the...
The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese
$12.00 AUD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MOORE PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE An eye-opening exploration of the Chinese internet that reveals the intricate dance between freedom and control in contemporary China ....
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
$50.00 AUD
Perhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better...
Constellations: Yeh Shih-Chiang, Yeh Wei-Li
This first illustrated book in English about the work of Yeh Shih-Chiang, one of Taiwan's most reclusive and enigmatic artists, is groundbreaking, timely, and pioneering. This remarkable volume presents the...
An Anthology of "I Ching"
The book titled An Anthology of "I Ching" by the author W.A. Sherrill. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Chinese View Of China
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA work of political journalism and cultural analysis, A Chinese View of China presents an incisive look at China through...
The Conscience of the Party: Hu Yaobang, China's Communist Reformer
The definitive story of a top Chinese politician's ill-fated quest to reform the Communist Party. When Hu Yaobang died in April 1989, throngs of mourners converged on the Martyrs' Monument...
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS , THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Times...
Chinese Astrology, Orion Plain and Simple
A practical guide on how to work out your Chinese horoscope.Though perhaps less well-known here than its Western counterpart, Chinese astrology is every bit as illuminating and provides an equally...
Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China - THE SUNDAY TIMES
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025 A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday Times Book of the...
The Book of Chuang Tzu
New to Classics The Book of Chuang Tzu draws together the stories, tales, jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu. One of the great founders...
Red China Blues
$10.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
On China
The legendary ex-US Secretary of State on the world's foremost emerging superpower In 1971 Henry Kissinger took the historic step of reopening relations between China and the West, and since...
The Literary Mind And The Carving Of Dragons: A Study Of Thought And Pattern In Chinese Literature
$95.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the most ambitious and enduring works in classical Chinese literary criticism, The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons — originally composed...
Cooking South of the Clouds: Recipes and stories from China's Yunnan
Twenty-four of the country's minority groups call Yunnan home, each retaining their own traditions. Stretching from the Himalayan plateau down to the subtropics, Yunnan encompasses extremes from alpine meadows to...
Alias Chin Peng: My Side of History
$60.00 AUD
Chin Peng joined the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in January, 1940, as a 15 year old schoolboy. His commitment to the communist cause, the pre-war anti-colonial struggle against Britain...
The Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan - The Bowater Library of Chinese Civilization
$50.00 AUD
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Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organisations...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Author: Jung Chang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 720 One of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years, 'Wild Swans' is an epic true story of how...
Murder In Canton: A Chinese Detective Story
$180.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded boards. Worn DJ with glue stains. Foxing on prelims and book block....
On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West
In this major new book, leading cultural thinker Ien Ang engages with urgent questions of identity in an age of globalisation and diaspora. The starting point for Ang's discussion is...
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future
'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary Review From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the...
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
From an 'indispensable voice on China' (Evan Osnos) comes a riveting, first-hand account of China's seismic progress America used to pride itself on ambition. Today, it looks stuck. Meanwhile, China...
Falun Gong and the Future of China
On April 25, 1999, ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside Zhongnanhai, the guarded compound where China's highest leaders live and work, in a day-long peaceful protest of police brutality...
Chang Dai-Chien's Paintings
$200.00 AUD
Author: Chang Dai-ChienBinding: HardbackPublisher: National Museum of History, Republic of China, n.d. [1973]Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: **...
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Adeline Yen Mah Format:...
Flowers On An Iron Tree: Five Cities Of China
$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible. A landmark work of...
The Heavenly Man: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
$10.00 AUD
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