Chinese Literature

大小金川之役，一直是乾隆的心腹大患。历经十余年，损失十万军士，三位极品大臣失事诛戮，都未能平定，使乾隆忧心不已，只得命令最得力的首辅大臣傅恒亲自征讨。金川首领莎罗奔为向乾隆表白并无反叛之意，派出妻子朵云到江南，在桃花庵终于见到了乾隆…… 大小金川之役，一直是乾隆的心腹大患。歷經十餘年，損失十萬軍士，三位極品大臣失事誅戮，都未能平定，使乾隆憂心不已，只得命令最得力的首輔大臣傅恆親自征討。金川首領莎羅奔為向乾隆表白並無反叛之意，派出妻子朵雲到江南，在桃花菴終於見到了乾隆……

一个名叫乔凡尼的男孩，有一天在山丘上睡着了。在睡梦中，他搭上了一趟开往天国的银河铁道列车，和班上他最喜欢的男孩卡帕涅拉一起来到了天国……一個名叫喬凡尼的男孩，有一天在山丘上睡著了。在睡夢中，他搭上了一趟開往天國的銀河鐵道列車，和班上他最喜歡的男孩卡帕涅拉一起來到了天國……

Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the more she explores the residential lanes and courtyards behind Shanghai’s busy shopping streets, the less she wants to return to the country as a dutiful wife. As Fu Ping wavers over her future, she learns the city through the stories of the nannies, handymen, and garbage collectors of postwar Shanghai....

Max helps his friend Lily and her family celebrate the Chinese New Year. Flowers, oranges, and special candy are all part of the fun!

Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly White school, and too White to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents’ early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too.

明朝皇帝不靠谱——成祖朱棣灭人“十族”、正德不爱当皇帝却爱当大将军、嘉靖一天到晚想着如何成仙、天启整天鼓捣木工活儿……明朝皇帝不靠譜——成祖朱棣滅人“十族”、正德不愛當皇帝卻愛當大將軍、嘉靖一天到晚想著如何成仙、天啟整天鼓搗木工活兒……

梅花宴下，她勾魂摄魄，未央宫中，她辗转缠绵。是勾心，还是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步惊心，成为至高之人！…… 梅花宴下，她勾魂攝魄，未央宮中，她輾轉纏綿。是勾心，還是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步驚心，成為至高之人！

火家召徒，各路盗贼为入火家纷纷亮出看家本领，百般技艺齐上阵。挑战贼王，需过三关！每一关危机四伏，盗取器物也光怪陆离，皆是生死攸关！金木水火土，五大世家陆续亮相，暗中有何玄机？火小邪历经艰辛，最终能否如愿成为火家弟子？…… 火家召徒，各路盜賊為入火家紛紛亮出看家本領，百般技藝齊上陣。挑戰賊王，需過三關！每一關危機四伏，盜取器物也光怪陸離，皆是生死攸關！金木水火土，五大世家陸續亮相，暗中有何玄機？火小邪歷經艱辛，最終能否如願成為火家弟子？

Cherished Chinese Proverbs is a bilingual collection of classic stories that have been passed down to generations of Chinese speakers. This work was originally designed as a supplement for students of Chinese as a Second Language, but in this publication we have broadened the focus. In offering these classic stories in both Chinese and English, it is hoped that native Chinese speakers might also benefit.

村头老树下，夕阳落山时。正是讲鬼故事的时候！一桩桩奇闻怪事，一件件野史秘闻，听得人冷汗热汗一起出，大气小气不敢出！…… 村頭老樹下，夕陽落山時。正是講鬼故事的時候！一樁樁奇聞怪事，一件件野史秘聞，聽得人冷汗熱汗一起出，大氣小氣不敢出！

Critically acclaimed author Gish Jen is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee and the person John Updike proclaimed as the young novelist most likely to become his successor. In The Love Wife, Jen poignantly explores the explosive dynamics of a mixed-race modern family.

Two young girls sneak onto the grounds of a hospital, where they find a disturbing moment of silence in a rose garden. A couple grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their long-time neighbor's consternation. A cat worries about its sleepwalking owner, who receives a mysterious visitor while he's asleep. After a ten-year absence, a young man visits his uncle, on the twenty-fourth floor of a high-rise that is floating in the air, while his ugly cousin hesitates on the stairs . . .

为了得到冰皇手里的残图，萧炎答应帮他炼制解除封印的丹药。之后，他在沙漠中偶然救了被蛇人袭击的一群人，谁知这群人竟隶属于自己两个哥哥创立的佣兵团……為了得到冰皇手裡的殘圖，蕭炎答應幫他煉製解除封印的丹藥。之後，他在沙漠中偶然救了被蛇人襲擊的一群人，誰知這群人竟隸屬於自己兩個哥哥創立的佣兵團……

Chinese literature offers the most satisfying glimpse into the mysterious and beautiful civilization of China of any of the means at our disposal. But we discover in its pages the same human conditions which color our own cultures today. Love, revenge, betrayal, honor...they all bring our humanity into sharper focus, cutting through the confusion of nationality and time to draw us closer together with a celebration of our own similarities.

康熙八岁即位，由顺治遗命，以索尼、苏克萨哈、遏必隆和鳌拜四人为辅臣。其中鳌拜居功自傲，专横跋扈，待老臣索尼病死后，他拉拢遏必隆，处死了不与他合作的苏克萨哈，更是朝政独揽，经常咆哮金殿，强制康熙屈从他的意愿…… 康熙八歲即位，由順治遺命，以索尼、蘇克薩哈、遏必隆和鰲拜四人為輔臣。其中鰲拜居功自傲，專橫跋扈，待老臣索尼病死後，他拉攏遏必隆，處死了不與他合作的蘇克薩哈，更是朝政獨攬，經常咆哮金殿，強制康熙屈從他的意願……

字字珠玑的故事、始料未及的真相、彻骨入髓的爱杀，这是一部从古言套路中挣脱出来的真情之作！一念情痴金匣起，死生契阔心相照…… 字字珠璣的故事、始料未及的真相、徹骨入髓的愛殺，這是一部從古言套路中掙脫出來的真情之作！一念情癡金匣起，死生契闊心相照……

Kitchen Chinese, Ann Mah's funny and poignant first novel about a young Chinese-American woman who travels to Beijing to discover food, family, and herself, is a delight complete with mouthwatering descriptions of Asian culinary delicacies, from Peking duck and Mongolian hot pot to the colorful, lesser known ants in a tree, that will delight foodies everywhere. Mah's tale of clashing cultures, rival siblings, and fine dining is an unforgettable, unexpectedly sensual listening experience.

本有声书取材于真实事件，描写男主人公聂赫留朵夫引诱姑妈家女仆玛丝洛娃，使她怀孕并被赶出家门。后来，她沦为妓女，因被指控谋财害命而受审判…… 本有聲書取材於真實事件，描寫男主人公聶赫留朵夫引誘姑媽家女僕瑪絲洛娃，使她懷孕並被趕出家門。後來，她淪為妓女，因被指控謀財害命而受審判……

孤儿项离与入燕为质的王子赢稷是兄弟一样的朋友，长大后二人重逢于战场……孤兒項離與入燕為質的王子贏稷是兄弟一樣的朋友，長大後二人重逢於戰場……

Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have always shared secrets, but now Helen wants to reveal them. Helen is convinced she is dying and decides to celebrate what might be her last Chinese New Year by telling all the secrets of her life, as well as Winnie Louie's and those of Winnie's daughter Pearl. There are some things, however, that Pearl would rather her mother didn't know. The result of Helen's tell-all mood is a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust.