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A Faithful Reading partner: a story from a Hakka village
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 287 (457 views)
A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).
Position: 351 (439 views)
Contemporary Chinese Art
"In this first systematic introduction to the topic, art historian and critic Wu Hung provides a much-needed narrative of the development of Chinese art across all media from the 1970s to the 2000s, a timespan characterized by radical social,…
Position: 215 (481 views)
Decoded
"In his gripping debut novel, Mai Jia reveals the mysterious world of Unit 701, a top-secret Chinese intelligence agency whose sole purpose is counterespionage and code breaking. Rong Jinzhen, an autistic math genius with a past shrouded in myth, is…
Position: 351 (439 views)
Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose About Chinese Musical Instruments
"Every musician knows that learning to play an instrument has its challenges and its rewards. There's the embarrassing first day of rehearsal, but also the joy of making friends in the orchestra. There's dealing with slippery concert dress, or simply…
Position: 287 (457 views)
Writer as Migrant
This book has won the 2009 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).
Position: 434 (412 views)
Hollywood Made in China
"This book comes highly recommended in the academia for the study of film/media and Sino-US relations as well as for professionals in the media industry. It also examines the new collaborations of Sino-US media with insightful policy analysis,…
Position: 78 (559 views)
Girl in Translation
This book has won the 2010 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Young Adult Books).
Position: 362 (436 views)
Two Sons of China
"Two Sons of China is a sweeping epic of the Second World War in China—a theater of that conflict that many consider 'forgotten'. The story centers on an unlikely friendship that forms between two soldiers, one an American, the other a Chinese…
Position: 248 (470 views)
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In Loving Memory of Dr. Tze-Chung Li
The memorial issue of Dr. Tze-Chung Li, 1927/2/17-2020/4/22. Dr. Li is a pioneer in library education in the United States. He was the Professor…