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“michael david kwan”

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  • Chinese Storyteller's Book

    by Michael David Kwan ...
    Imagine a universe constructed in layers: At the top is Heaven-where the gods live. Beneath is the Earth, where people dwell. And beneath the Earth lies a magical realm of witches, vampires, ghosts, and immortal foxes capable of assuming human form. This is the universe of Chinese folktale.The nine tales in The Chinese Storytellers Book show what happens when the worlds of Earth and the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Monkey King's Amazing Adventures

    A Journey to the West in Search of Enlightenment

    by Wu Cheng'en, Timothy Richard ...
    Discover the thrilling exploits of this unlikely hero in China's most famous traditional novel.This classic Chinese epic tells the story of the Monkey King, his incredible origin and downfall, and his epic quest to redeem himself with his trusted companions, as they face fantastic foes, demons, and monsters and during their travels to the Western paradise.The talented, wily Monkey King was used to ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei

    Volume Five: The Dissolution

    Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
    This is the fifth and final volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei is an anonymous sixteenth-century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. The novel ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD

  • Dream of the Red Chamber

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Translated by H. Bencraft Joly ...
    The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature." It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters, and telling observations about the life and social structures of 18th century China. Many consider it to be the pinnacle of the classical Chinese novel.The "Red Chamber" is a term used to describe the sheltered area where the daughters of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 5 (30 short stories)

    by Henry James, M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Edith Wharton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lafcadio Hearn, Mary Shelley, Clark Ashton Smith, Bram Stoker, Oliver Onions, Robert W. Chambers, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Washington Irving, Myla Jo Closser, Rebecca Harding Davis, Anatole France, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Richard Le Gallienne, Arthur Machen, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, Elia W. Peattie, Charlotte Riddell, M. P. Shiel, Wilbur Daniel Steele ...
    Series Book 5 - The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written
    If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This fifth volume of “The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written” ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chinese New Year For Kids

    Chinese Calendar

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Explore Asia Books
    Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Classics in Chinese Philosophy

    From Mo Tzu to Mao Tse-Tung

    by Wade Baskin ...
    During the last century China has undergone more change than during any other period in its long and turbulent history. Roughly a quarter of the world's population has been directly affected by the radical transformation that culminated in the establishment of the present Communist state—one which claims to have translated into reality the Confucian ideal of securing the equality of all men. In ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Three Kingdoms, Volume 3: Welcome The Tiger

    The Epic Chinese Tale of Loyalty and War in a Dynamic New Translation

    by Luo Guanzhong ...
    Translated by Yu Sumei ...
    This exciting new translation of the Chinese classic is designed to delight modern readers.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty when China broke into three competing kingdoms and over half the population was killed or driven from their homes. readers will experience the ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Chinese Ghost Stories

    Curious Tales of the Supernatural

    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    Chinese Ghost Stories offers a selection of entertaining Chinese tales of the fantastical and paranormal.Author Lafcadio Hearn had a great affinity for the traditional ghost stories of China, and these stories clearly inspired him as he penned subsequent works. Set in richly atmospheric locales, these tales speak of heroic sacrifice, chilling horror, eerie beauty and otherworldly intervention.The ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk

    by Lu Xun ...
    A collection of essays by Lu Xun, one of the most influential figures of modern Chinese literature. In this classic and beautiful collection, Lu Xun recounts the stories of his childhood and youth in Shaoxing, China. A revolutionary thinker and writer, and one of the architects of the May 4th Movement, his stories reveal the beauty, joy, and struggle of life in early twentieth-century China. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Confucian Analects

    by Confucius ...
    The Analects or "Confucian Analects", also known as the Analects of Confucius, is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius.The Analects has been one of the most widely read and studied books in China for the last 2,000 years, and continues to have a substantial influence on Chinese and East Asian thought and values today.«In China the line between the ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Selected Essays of Master Lu Xun

    by Lu Xun ...
    The Selected Essays of Master Lu Xun collects together his most influential and powerful essays and lectures. Critical of traditional Chinese culture, of the superstition and rigid social mores, and passionate in his argument for reform, his essays from the classic contemplation on Confusion patriarchy “What Is Required of Us as Fathers Today,” to his critique of Chinese identity politics “My ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD