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China Witness : Voices from a Silent Generation by Xinran EN
ChinaDescription:
In 1912, 5000 years of feudal rule ended in China. In 1949, Mao Zedong came to power. This book is a personal testimony from a normally silent generation, a huge major work of oral history which sums up, in their own words, the vast changes which have overtaken China and its people over a century.
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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah EN
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Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair.
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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua EN
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From the acclaimed author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: here is Yu Hua’s unflinching portrait of life under Chairman Mao. A cart-pusher in a silk mill, Xu Sanguan augments his meager salary with regular visits to the local blood chief. His visits become lethally frequent as he struggles to provide for his wife and three sons at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Shattered to discover that his favorite son was actually born of a liaison between his wife and a neighbor, he suffers his greatest indignity, while his wife is publicly scorned as a prostitute. Although the poverty and betra... continue
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City on Fire : The Fight for Hong Kong by ANTONY. DAPIRAN EN
AustraliaDescription:
A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a pro-democracy movement that engulfed the city for months. Protesters fought street battles with police, and the unrest brought the People's Liberation Army to the doorstep of Hong Kong. Driven primarily by youth protesters with their 'Be water!' philosophy, borrowed from hometown hero Bruce Lee, this l... continue
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Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham EN
EnglandDescription:
Monkeys come to the rescue of a struggling family in this traditional tale from a Carnegie Medal winner, beautifully illustrated by Juan Wingaard. Ages 7+.
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Cuentos breves y extraordinarios by Jorge Luis Borges, edited by Adolfo Bioy Casares ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
En 1940 Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares y Silvina Ocampo realizaron la Antologia de la literatura fantastica, que tuvo un indudable impacto en la literatura latinoamericana. Lectores voraces que buscaron siempre el deslumbramiento, el azoro, la sorpresa; los dos primeros continuaron la busqueda de esos momentos magicos, ingeniosos, asombrosos. El resultado fue esta seleccion de pequenas historias extraordinarias, en donde se relatan los sucesos mas increibles, algunos de ellos reales pero que suenan a invencion, otros literarios pero que debieron ser reales y otros mas, apocrifos. En es... continue
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Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung EN
TaiwanDescription:
An Instant USA Today Bestseller, a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and a People Book of the Week! “Throw open the doors of your heart for the lionhearted girls of Chung’s gripping debut…they are heroines for the ages." —People A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story Daughters are the Ang family’s curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their ... continue
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy “Excellent . . . entrancing and disturbing . . . [Demick] is one of our finest chroniclers of East Asia. . . . [Her] characters are richly drawn, and her stories, often reported over a span of years, deliver a rare emotional wallop.”—The New York Times On a warm day in September 2000, a woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut behind her brother’s home in China’s Hunan province. The twins, Fang... continue
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Death of a Red Heroine by Xiaolong Qiu EN
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In this Anthony Award-winning debut, Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police must find the murderer of a National Model worker, and then risk his own life and career to see that justice is done. "A Loyal Character Dancer "is the latest in Qiu's Shanghai series featuring Inspector Chen. "A marvelously assured debut. . . . Engrossing, immensely readable."-"The Wall Street Journal"
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