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1	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China more books like this by Jung Chang Through the lives of three different women - grandmother, mother and daughter - this book tells the story of 20th-century China. At times scarcely credible in the details it reveals of the suffering of millions of ordinary Chinese people, it is an unforgettable record of tyranny, hope and ultimate survival under conditions of extreme harshness. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	1421: The Year China Discovered America more books like this by Gavin Menzies Based on 15 years of in-depth research, "1421" traces the voyages of an extraordinary fleet of Chinese ships, whose crews actually charted America 70 years before Columbus. Four 8-page color inserts. 37 maps & diagrams. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom more books like this by Simon Winchester The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" and "Krakatoa" returns with the remarkable story of the growth of a great nation, and the eccentric and adventurous scientist who defined its essence for the world. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Rape of Nanking more books like this by Iris Chang Coming from Viking in May 2003 Iris Chang's The Chinese in America see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter more books like this by Adeline Yen Mah, Adeline Yen Mah "Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure." --Amy Tan. "Brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable. A heart-rending modern day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of 20th century China. Autobiography at its best." --Nien Chang, author of "Life and Death in Shanghai." "Charged with emotion...A vivid ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Life and Death in Shanghai more books like this by Nien Cheng This is a first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The search for modern China more books like this by Jonathan D Spence Covers over 4 centuries of Chinese history, from the waning days of the once-glorious Ming Dynasty to Deng Xiao-Ping's bloody suppression of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square. Through the ideas and emotions of its reformist Confucian scholars, its poets, novelists, artists and its visionary students, we see a culture struggling ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Mao: The Unknown Story more books like this by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday In this highly critical biography of China's late premier, husband-and-wife team Jung Chang (who grew up under Mao's rule, and wrote about it in WILD SWANS) and Jon Halliday rank Mao with Hitler and Stalin as one of the 20th century's dictators. Destroying the picture of Mao as a strong but benevolent leader of the people, Chang and Halliday ... see all copies from $5.51! new only from $11.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45 more books like this by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman Tuchman uses the epic life of "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, commander of United States forces and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek, to explore the history of China from the revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China's Nationalist government faced attack from Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed more books like this by Mr. Michael Meyer A fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing is pictured through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes. see all copies from $14.84! new only from $14.97! \| signed copies \| SVS
11 view cover	Colors of the Mountain more books like this by Da Chen The author of this memoir was born at the height of China's Cultural Revolution, and his landowning and educated family bore the brunt of the Revolution's cruelty. Growing up in a family that was despised for its former status, the author sought escape through education and found it, eventually graduating from Columbia Law School and settling down ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance more books like this by Gavin Menzies The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "1421" offers a stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence about the European Renaissance, tracing its roots to the Chinese. 16-page color photo insert. see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	China: A New History, more books like this by John King Fairbank Bringing to bear 60 years of research, travel, and teaching, Fairbank weaves a detailed history that reaches from China's neolithic days to its troubled present. He depicts a country ever-changing and yet constant in its effort to achieve a cohesive identity, an enormous and enormously complex nation perpetually balancing between the imperatives ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Cambridge illustrated history of China. more books like this by Patricia Buckley Ebrey More populous than any other country on earth, China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture. In this sumptuously illustrated single-volume history, noted historian Patricia Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present. She follows its development from ... see all copies from $8.73! new only from $8.73! \| first editions
15 view cover	Iron & silk more books like this by Mark Salzman This entertaining memoir, a quietly persuasive classic of its kind, is about the journey of a young martial arts-obsessed American to China, where he teaches English to Chinese medical students and studies with a kung fu master. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices more books like this by Xinran, Esther Tyldesley (Translator) An unprecedented, intimate account of the lives of modern Chinese women, told by the women themselves--true stories of the political and personal upheavals they have endured in their chaotic and repressive society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.06! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Soong Dynasty more books like this by Sterling Seagrave The story of the Soong family whose power and wealth have dominated China and American policy towards Asia in the 20th century. It chronicles the family's roots from the middle of the 19th century and their rise to power thereafter. Descendants of a runaway, they grew up in America under the protection of the Methodist church and returned to their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.85! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	China, Its History and Culture more books like this by W Scott Morton This work presents a concise and thorough history of one of the world's most powerful nations. This brilliantly lucid and concise study traces China's history and culture from Neolithic times to the present, working into an integrated and authoritative narrative that covers centuries of politics, warfare and government, science and technology, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.96! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence The rise and fall of the Taiping "Heavenly Kingdom" in mid 19th-century China was one of the most violent events in human history. Led by Hong Xiuquan, a religious visionary and failed civil servant, the Taipang Rebellion cost at least 2 million lives. Hong had a dream in which he ascended into heaven and met his "elder brother" Jesus Christ. He ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations more books like this by Conrad Schirokauer This full-color introductory text emphasizes cultural history while also covering political and economic history. Each major Chinese dynasty, Japanese Shogunate, or other discrete period is covered in a separate, brief chapter. Encounters with the West (beginning in the 16th century) are also extensively covered. In addition to Conrad Schirokauer, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.50! \| first editions
21 view cover	Bound feet & western dress more books like this by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang Growing up in the perilous years between the fall of the last emperor and the Communist Revolution, Yu-i led a life marked by a series of rebellions that changed the course of her life. Chang tells her great aunt's story, the saga of a woman born in Shanghai at the turn of the century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Arts of China more books like this by Michael Sullivan This classic history of Chinese art has been revised and expanded adding many new illustrations. The author draws on archaeological discoveries in the last two decades of the 20th century that have enriched scholars' understanding of both prehistoric and ancient Chinese civilizations. At the same time, research on more recent dynasties has led to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.56! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Death of Woman Wang more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence These accounts of everyday peasant life in China's Shantung province are told against the background of history--the fall of the Ming dynasty and the arrival of invaders--and are drawn from a variety of historical and literary sources. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.39! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The rape of Nanking : the forgotten holocaust of World War II more books like this by Iris Chang In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (Nanjing) and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured, and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Red star over China more books like this by Edgar R Snow The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorized account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. Out of that experience came Red Star Over China, a classic work that remains ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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