China Literature

Ein Zukunftsthriller aus dem Jahre 2027. Packend erzählt von Stefan Kaminski...

Jack Flashhardt is back! Still a Captain in the Marine Corps, he has been classified as a deserter and wants to sneak across the Mexican border into America to fight his criminal status. But after Jack makes it to America, he is arrested and told by a General of a secret government entity that they want him to fake a climb of Mt Elbrus of the Caucasus Mountains, where he and his team will eliminate a Chinese hacking gang that is stealing American technology.

Mach dich bereit für ein weiteres Abenteuer mit Pimpa! Diesmal reist die freundliche, rotgefleckte Hündin ins Ausland und lernt auf ihrem Weg eine Reihe neuer Freunde kennen. Pimpa trifft auf Jian-Jin, einen Pekinesen, der sie einlädt, China an Bord einer fliegenden Dschunke zu besuchen. Als sie dort ankommt, wird sie von Baobao, einem freundlichen Panda, empfangen, der sie auf ein Abenteuer im Land der Drachen mitnimmt. Zusammen mit ihren anderen neuen Freunden, wie Tu dem Hasen und Ma dem Pferd, lernt Pimpa erstaunliche Traditionen und Orte kennen.

Weit über 3 Millionen verkaufte Romane weltweit - Cixin Liu hat der chinesischen Science-Fiction die Tür zur westlichen Welt geöffnet. An seinem vierzehnten Geburtstag muss der junge Chen miterleben, wie seine Eltern vor seinen Augen getötet werden. Ein mehrere tausend Grad heißer Feuerball fährt in das alte Haus und verwandelt alles in Asche - ein Kugelblitz. Ab diesem Ereignis hat Chen nur noch ein Ziel im Leben: Er will diesem rätselhaften Naturphänomen auf den Grund gehen und es erforschen.

1929 im ländlichen Punjab: Drei sehr junge Frauen werden in einer Zeremonie mit drei Brüdern verheiratet. Nachts trifft je eine ihren Ehemann in kompletter Dunkelheit, in der Hoffnung, einen Sohn zu zeugen. Tagsüber verrichten die Frauen ihre Pflichten, eingesperrt im Porzellanzimmer, in dem die Aussteuer ihrer Schwiegermutter Mai lagert. Als Mehar sich in einen der Brüder verliebt, wird eine gefährliche Leidenschaft entfacht, die mehr als ein Leben gefährdet.

The Little Match Girl - 卖火柴的小女孩: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

Delve into a world of magical creatures, powerful gods and brave warriors in this thrilling compendium of ancient Chinese myths. From the creation of the world to the first emperors, this audiobook charts the full sweep of ancient Chinese mythology, revealing fascinating elements of culture and religion along the way. The enthralling stories introduce mighty gods and mischievous creatures, while a handy reference section is packed with information about the ancient Chinese people themselves.

A woman wades into the waters of Morecambe Bay in a drunken bid to commit suicide. She finds herself instead saving the life of a young Chinese cockle picker, a survivor of a tragic mass drowning. Wen and Angie share neither language nor experience, but she agrees to let him stay with her and disappear. Within a short time their unlikely pairing blossoms into something darkly passionate.

Based on exhaustive research and set in the Chinese cradle of civilization, the Yellow River basin, Forgotten Tales of China is a sweeping saga of survival, sacrifice, indomitable perseverance, bravery, and betrayal. Starting 40,000 years ago with cave dwellers who communicated almost solely through sign language, this epic novel transports listeners through the millennium, culminating in China's Bronze Age, 1,600 BC, during the reign of a mad degenerate Xia king.

"After months of forced labour, a Roman emperor's guards escape from a Persian mine. They meet a mysterious, exiled Chinese Prince, Dan Qing, and agree to safeguard his journey home. Thus begins the adventures of the Romans and the Prince as they journey to China. There the Westerners will discover that they aren't the first of their kind to arrive in China - they were preceded centuries before by the survivors of the ""lost legion""."

Hundreds die in a fiery train crash in northern China. A cargo ship smuggling refugees is lost to calm seas off the Libyan coast. Entire villages in Ghana are abandoned overnight. Contracted by an apocalypse prepper group to investigate a series of seemingly disconnected global tragedies, a young medical investigative reporter, Angelique de l'Enfantine, uncovers a disturbing pattern to the tragedies. Are they harbingers of an impending biblical catastrophe? Or practice runs by a fanatical organization bent on global annihilation?

Jack Flashhardt is back! Still a Captain in the Marine Corps, he has been classified as a deserter and wants to sneak across the Mexican border into America to fight his criminal status. But after Jack makes it to America, he is arrested and told by a General of a secret government entity that they want him to fake a climb of Mt Elbrus of the Caucasus Mountains, where he and his team will eliminate a Chinese hacking gang that is stealing American technology. Jack is offered freedom from his deserter status if he completes the mission. Jack forms a combat team and the adventure begins.

Sepp Amsel, a fabulously successful gambling hall and saloonkeeper entrepreneur, is about to become the bridegroom in the most public wedding ever to take place in wild and woolly Spokane, Washington. He wants to engage China's detective services when his fiancée’s sister is kidnapped and a substantial ransom demanded. There's just one problem. The client thinks it's possible he's being bamboozled because things don't quite add up.

Is it too much to ask for an ordinary, boring life? Bai Jian is a typical Chinese boy growing up in a big city. But his life is far from typical: his mother abandoned him when he was a baby, and his father, Hei Jian, is always out of work, always fighting with his long parade of girlfriends, always getting the two of them involved in some harebrained scheme.

Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow white, The Little Match Girl, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid. Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Chinese Mandarin.

Nach China? Dahin wollte natürlich niemand mit, auch Keith nicht, ein pathologischer Lügner, der seinen sonderbaren Großvater auf die Reise hätte begleiten sollen...

Ogni poesia inizia con una citazione, letterale o meno, tratta da opere diverse. Ogni composizione inizia, come omaggio floreale e non. Non ho voluto creare una nuova specie, trapiantando su di un tronco vetusto il fiore della modernità, o almeno così credo.

The gay 1890s aren't always. Gay that is. Sometimes life is dangerous, especially if you're next on someone's murder list. In 1896, there aren't many career choices for a young lady. China Bohannon has fled one bad situation, and is looking to start her life over as a strong, independent woman in the wild and woolly town of Spokane, Washington. Convincing Gratton Doyle to take her seriously as a bookkeeper is hard enough, and when it comes to working as an investigator in the Doyle & Howe Detective Agency, it's well - nigh impossible.

Beretningen om enkekejserinde Cixi, der regerede i Kina i mere end 50 år, er et stykke ukendt kinahistorie og et fascinerende portræt af en af verdenshistoriens mest magtfulde kvinder. Jung Chang, der blev verdensberømt på at fortælle sin mormors, sin mors og sin egen historie i bogen De vilde svaner, retter spottet mod endnu en dramatisk kvindeskæbne og giver samtidig et unikt indblik i Kinas historie i perioden op til kejserdømmets opløsning i 1908.

Take a journey into the magical, creative world of Doodles Lanhorn, a 14-year-old boy gifted with exceptional Wizartry powers, where the art of drawing makes something come to life just with the whirl of his hand! In this latest adventure, Doodles takes an action-packed trip to China to compete in the annual Wizartry Competition, determined to win a seat on the Wizartry Council even though he is the youngest contestant, so he could change the realm for the better.