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Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet
Here is a world where humans and animals switch places, a captivating world where magic can be both good and evil. This is the world of Favorite Children's stories from China and Tibet . These unique stories are fresh and charming, filled with humorous insights into Chinese life and culture, including the power and influence of the moon and the importance of festivals. Some tales, such as "Chinese Cinderella," touch on themes we already know, while all of them sparkle with wit and fantasy.
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Here is a world where humans and animals switch places, a captivating world where magic can be both good and evil. This is the world of Favorite Children's stories from China and Tibet. These unique stories are fresh and charming, filled with humorous insights into Chinese life and culture, including the power and influence of the moon and the importance of festivals. Some tales, such as "Chinese Cinderella," touch on themes we already know, while all of them sparkle with wit and fantasy.
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Used - Three stories, written since 1968, by an influential young Chinese writer. One is the story of a chess player; one is about a woodsman who refuses to cut down an old oak; and the third describes the author's life as a school teacher in a village primary school.
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Folk Tales from the East: Famous Stories from China
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Stories from China - Paperback
Stories from China - Paperback FRIED RICE FOR THE SOUL Luke Wesley This book is a collection of 52 inspirational stories that illustrate the strength of Christianity in China that will encourage and inspire western Christians as well. Publisher: Authentic Published: Jan 01, 2006 ISBN-13: 9781850786382 Pages: 176 Size: 5 x 8 Format: Paperback Regular price: $12.99 Your price $9.74 $7.79 each in cases of 12 ($93.48 a case) Also in eBook format Buy a Kindle version at Amazon.com. Item...
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These stories from China have been bequeathed from one generation to another, and the trend has continued for thousands of years. The stories are not only interesting but also very meaningful....... Continue reading...
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Beginning in the mid-1980s, postmodernist Chinese authors began to present their readers with wildly experimental stories that challenged the conventions of culture and ideology. This volume gathers some of the most exciting and innovative of these writers; many of them appear here in English for the first time. Authors include Can Xue, Ge Fei, Hong Ying, Lin Bai, Ma Jian, Ma Yuan, Su Tong, Wang Anyi, Yu Hua, and Yan Li.
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Stories from China: Fried Rice for the Soul
This book is a collection of 52 inspirational stories that illustrate the strength of Christianity in China that will encourage and inspire western Christians as well.
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The stories of the Taoist teacher and storyteller Chuang-Tzu have long been admired for their childlike wonder and whimsical simplicity. The Butterfly's Dream begins with his most famous story. In it, Chuang-Tzu falls asleep and, upon awakening, doesn't know if he is a man who dreamed he was a butterfly or if he is really a butterfly dreaming he is a man. His butterfly character then leads the reader through a series of fascinating and thought-provoking stories-from the tale of the giant fish-bird...
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Selected Short Stories from China (1991-2000)
21 Chinese short stories written in the 1990s were selected. Although a Chinese proverb warns 揑f you focus on one detail, you may miss ten thousand others? one of these details can speak volumes for busy people looking for an insight into China.
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These stories from China have been bequeathed from one generation to another, and the trend has continued for thousands of years. The stories are not only interesting but also very meaningful.......
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A selection of short stories includes the work of Nadine Gordimer, Bei Dao, Anita Desai, Kobo Abe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Chinua Achebe, Wange Anyi, R. K. Naryan, Yukio Mishima, and fifteen others. Original.
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Children's Stories from China, Volume 2
Playaway is the simplest way to listen to audio on the go. Each Playaway comes with the digital content already pre-loaded on it and a battery to make it play. Simply plug in earbuds and enjoy. Each ultra-portable Playaway weighs only two ounces and comes packaged with earbuds and a standard AAA battery to allow for immediate listening. Every Playaway comes ready to shelve in drop-box friendly packaging, complete with title inserts and instructions. Playaway is being circulated in over 11,000 public...
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These stories have been accumulating for over a half-century, since the authoras days at University of Iowa Graduate Writers Workshop. Their characters and events appear in most cultures and are represented here as variations occurring in three countries: China, Spain, and America. The character of Misha, an unemployed auto mechanic from Harbin who is the essence of innocence, can be found in many American habitats, as well as Simpkoff, a comical Shanghai teacher who possesses a somewhat misplaced...
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Price: $16.95 Here is a world where humans and animals switch places, a captivating world where magic can be both good and evil. This is the world of Favorite Children's stories from China and Tibet. These unique stories are fresh and charming, filled with humorous insights into Chinese life and culture, including the power and influence of the moon and the importance of festivals. Some tales, such as "Chinese Cinderella," touch on themes we already know, while all of them sparkle...
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Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age...
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New - Beginning in the mid-1980s, almost every important contemporary Western work began to be translated into Chinese, including radical avant-garde fiction. Postmodernist Chinese authors began to present their readers with wildly experimental stories that challenged the conventions of culture and ideology. This volume gathers some of the most exciting and innovative of these writers, many of whom are appearing in English for the first time. Authors include Can Xue, Ge Fei, Hong Ying, Lin Bai,
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These stories from China are rooted in a love of ordinary things and a timeless regard for honesty and simplicity. Includes The Magical Dog Panhu, The Archer Yi, The Wise Emperor Shun, and Dragon's Gate.
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Second Wife & other Stories from China
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This volume explores the greatest engineering wonders of ancient China, including bridges, pagodas, the Great Wall, and the solving of complex engineering and architectural mysteries. Engineers and Architects is part of a larger, four-volume series is designed to introduce younger readers to the wonders of ancient China by examining such subjects as medicine, science, engineering, architecture, and famous inventions. Suitable for all...
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This volume explores the greatest engineering wonders of ancient China, including bridges, pagodas, the Great Wall, and the solving of complex engineering and architectural mysteries. Engineers and Architects is part of a larger, four-volume series is designed to introduce younger readers to the wonders of ancient China by examining such subjects as medicine, science, engineering, architecture, and famous inventions. Suitable for all ages.
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Chinese-English Readers series: Selected Short Stories from Contemporary China
Cultural China: Chinese-English Readers series is an open-ended series of collections of writings in Chinese, mostly essays, short stories or novels by contemporary Chinese writers. Our purpose in putting together this bilingual series is to help you enjoy contemporary Chinese literature and other writings in their authentic, unadulterated flavour and to understand the Chinese society, culture, history, and the contemporary life of the Chinese people as you learn language and hone your reading skills...
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Since the late 1980s, as many as 7,000 Chinese-born girls have been adopted annually and now live in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. They are officially orphans, victims of a rigorous birth control policy limiting most families to one child. These thousands of girls have formed an international Diaspora, a human wave with no exact parallel and yet numerous points of comparison – sharing issues with war orphans from Vietnam or even with Chinese workers who built the New World’s railroads...
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