Biography

Sort by:     Date Added     SKU     Product Name     Price     Pages:   1 2   See details 100 Celebrated Chinese Women SKU: ONCECH 100 Series art album by Lu Yanguang is the first successful full-scale attempt to depic historical and legendary Chinese characters in drawings. In this first volume, Lu Yanguang captures the spirit of some of China's most influential and famous women. Spanning over two thousand years of.... Our price: $24.95; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details 100 Chinese Scholars SKU: ONCHSC Another beautiful book in the "100 Series," this one containing the life stories of 100 celebrated scholars, including such luminaries as Zhuge Liang, Sima Qian, Cao Xueqin, Wang Anshi, Liang Qichao, and many more. With stunning line drawings and indices. Market price: $24.95 Our price: $9.00, save 63%; In stock  See details »  See details A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye SKU: TIREVO "This biography of one of the most influential Tibetans of the twentieth century is one of the great untold stories of modern Tibet. Phüntso Wangye is a man who has never stopped fighting for his people, and the story of his life is both heartbreaking and inspiring, and essential for.... Market price: $40.00 Our price: $6.98, save 82%; In stock  See details »  See details Chinese Eunuchs Book 1: Inside Stories of the Chinese Court SKU: CHEU1 Chinese Eunuchs Book 1 is the first volume in a series that tells the stories of fifteen infamous eunuchs in Chinese history. Every story is about a real man and real events. See how they conspired and manipulated the emperors and empresses they served. Their misdoings were so disastrous that.... Market price: $12.95 Our price: $3.00, save 76%; In stock  See details »  See details Chinese Eunuchs Book 2: Inside Stories of the Chinese Court SKU: CHEU2 Book Two of the series covers the Tang to Song Dynasties. Intruige, Scandal, and power behind the throne all come to life in this cleverly illustrated volume. Market price: $12.95 Our price: $3.00, save 76%; In stock  See details »  See details Chinese Eunuchs Book 3: Inside Stories of the Chinese Court SKU: CHEU3 The infamous and powerful eunuchs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties come to life in the third volume in Asiapac's series. Market price: $8.95 Our price: $4.00, save 55%; In stock  See details »  See details Col. C.L. Chennault and Flying Tigers SKU: CHFLTI Historical account of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the “Flying Tigers”, and its maverick commander, Claire Chennault, helping China in the war against Japan. Includes a section on successful efforts in the 1990’s to locate wreckage of aircraft downed fifty years earlier.... Market price: $39.95 Our price: $17.00, save 57%; In stock  See details »  See details Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty SKU: COFAMI This is the fantastic true story of the infamous pirate; Coxinga who became king of Taiwan and was made a god - twice. From humble origins, Coxinga's father became the richest man in China and Admiral of the Emperor's navy during the Ming Dynasty. Market price: $19.95 Our price: $6.98, save 65%; In stock  See details »  See details Encounter with China: Merchants, Missionaries, Mandarins SKU: ENCHIN Encounters with China spans a turbulent century of encounter that began when foreign merchants and missionaries first secured a tenuous foothold in China in the 1840s. Market price: $19.95 Our price: $7.00, save 64%; In stock  See details »  See details H.B. Morse: Customs Commissioner and Historian of China SKU: HBMOCU In 1874, Morse was recruited from the Harvard graduating class to work in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, which was staffed by Westerners acting as tax collectors and diplomats for the Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912). This admiring academic study details Morse's 35-year career in China, where.... Market price: $39.95 Our price: $3.98, save 90%; In stock  See details »  See details Marco Polo: Journey to the End of the Earth SKU: MAPOLO The stories of Marco Polo's journeys to the East and the ends of the earth have strained credulity for seven centuries. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia Minor as a teenager, explore the length and breadth of China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator Kublai Khan, and make.... Market price: $14.95 Our price: $5.98, save 60%; In stock  See details »  See details My China Eye: Memoirs of A Jew and A Journalist SKU: MYCHEY The final work of Israel Epstein (1915-2005), one of the very few Westerners to experience the Chinese Communist Revolution firsthand, from its earliest days to the highest levels of power. Market price: $24.95 Our price: $4.99, save 80%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »  See details Pioneer in Tibet: The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton SKU: PITIBE Dr. Albert Shelton was a remarkable man, a medical missionary who spent nearly twenty years in a fascinating place and era: Kham, the Tibetan borderlands, at the turn of the twentieth century. Raising his family in a land of banditry and civil war, caught between a weak Chinese government and.... Market price: $29.95 Our price: $4.98, save 83%; In stock  See details »  See details Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of A Late Ming Man SKU: REDRMO Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of China's Ming dynasty. When he was born into a wealthy family in 1597, the Ming dynasty had been in place for 229 years. Zhang's early life was marked by the expansive sense of progress that permeated Ming culture: the.... Market price: $24.95 Our price: $5.98, save 76%; In stock  See details »  See details Stilwell the Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits and Chiang Kai-Shek SKU: STPAVI This sympathetic but critical biography analyses the passions of Vinegar Joe Stillwell, WW2 general in the Indochina theatre, infuriated by Chiang Kai-Shek's dishonesty and chicanery, and looks at the possible outcome if Stilwell's views had prevailed. Market price: $39.95 Our price: $5.98, save 85%; In stock  See details »  See details Stories of Chinese Historical Figures Series: Sui, Tang and the Five Dynasty (2-Vol. Set) SKU: STCHS For advanced readers of Chinese, this series includes essays about influential figures in Chinese history from the pre-Qin through the Qing dynasties. After each essay, there is a vocabulary list in Chinese, pinyin and English translation. The title of each volume defines the dynasties covered.... Our price: $18.95; In stock  See details »  See details Stories of Chinese Historical Figures: Ming Dynasty SKU: STCHM These 2 volumes are part of a 14-volume series Stories of Chinese Historical Figures, that spans 5,000 years of Chinese history from the Pre-Qin through the Qing Dynasties. Our price: $18.95; In stock  See details »  See details The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal SKU: LAPAND Here is the "exotic, romantic, and vivid" (Susan Orlean) true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan socialite who trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day—a bear that for centuries had lived in a labyrinth of lonely, cold mountains. Vicki Constantine Croke.... Market price: $25.95 Our price: $4.98, save 80%; In stock  See details »  See details The Last Star of the East: Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia and Her Films SKU: LASTEA For fans of Brigitte Lin and for those new to her work, this book is a unique portrait of the actress who is known in Chinese communities around the world. Market price: $19.95 Our price: $16.00, save 19%; In stock  See details »  See details Yao Ming: The Road to the BA SKU: YAMIRO This is the first biography of basketball star Yao Ming to be released in the English language. Focusing on Yao's early years in China with the Chinese Basketball Association and Chinese Olympic Team, this book contains rare details of Yao's career and rise to superstar status as a role model.... Market price: $18.95 Our price: $4.99, save 73%; Temporarily out of stock  See details »

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