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The new heartwarming wartime saga in the Home Fires series, perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Annie Groves.In the midst of World War II, the members of one village WI fight harder than ever to help the war effort . . .But behind closed doors, each is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780765386632Author Cixin LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 46mm

With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780765386694Author Cixin LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 38mm

One of the world's greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a sparkling new translation and published in a Clothbound Classics edition. A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one...

A powerful and potent look at the destruction humans wreak upon the Amazon rainforest, by the bestselling author of Young Bond. Carlos's mother works for IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her...

The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation'Wang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer, and there are very few writers like him' Ai Weiwei'Fills the reader with aching poignancy,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780765377081Author Cixin LiuFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 43mm

'Te-Ping Chen's Land of Big Numbers contains 10 illuminating, sharp stories set in China, penned by a former investigative reporter who worked in Beijing for several years' The Independent'In this magnificent collection of stories, the author and former...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143136309Author Wu Cheng'enFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635423778Author Ha JinFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Alex Awards 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780063031302Author Sue Lynn TanFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers...

Another laugh-out-loud monster adventure in the Billy and the Mini Monsters chapter book series, in FULL COLOUR, perfect for newly independent readers aged 6+ and fans of Claude and Horrid Henry.Billy and his Mini Monsters are off to Spain! There are...

'One of the masters of modern Chinese literature' Jung ChangA searing novel that traces the destruction of a community in communist China.Told through the eyes of Xiao Qiang, a young boy, this deeply moving novel shares the tragic story of the...

Multi-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist' (New Yorker) -- returns with a campus novel like no other following a young Buddhist as she journeys through worldly temptationTo tell the truth,...

Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty as the Chinese battle both the Japanese invaders and each other in the...

Don't miss the stunning no.1 New York Times bestseller.New country. New life. Whole new world . . .When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings to California, where they think...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Fiction) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781590177259Author Qiu MiaojinFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher...

A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age'He was in London - why be bothered looking at it? Wasn't it bad enough just being there?'Newly arrived from China, Mr Ma and...

The dreamlike story of a young woman in contemporary Beijing forging a different life for herself, from one of our brightest new literary stars.One morning in autumn, just after breakfast, Jia Jia finds her husband dead in the bathtub of their Beijing...

A twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the splendour of a secluded summer retreat. 'Gripping... the narrative's lush prose crafts both deliciously creepy horror scenes and a nuanced, self-assured protagonist...

In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lacklustre career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250254498Author Cixin LiuImprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 1701gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 109mm

Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (1898-1936) was a ship's doctor serving in south-east Asia, and is one of the most important twentieth-century Dutch-language writers. His 1934 novel Adrift in the Middle Kingdom (Het leven op aarde), is an epic sweep of narrative...

For three years Song Yan has filled her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students.She finds herself adrift, but her husband seems reluctant for a child of their own. It takes the arrival of her mother-in-law, together with...

A FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEDeep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually...

Rouge Street presents three novellas by Shuang Xuetao, the lauded young Chinese writer whose frank, fantastical short fiction has already inspired comparisons to Ernest Hemingway and Haruki Murakami. Located in China's frigid northeast, Shenyang, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739653989Author Axel ForresterFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Flying Start PressPublisher Flying Start PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618127009Author Anchee MinPage Count 330Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 366g

"[The Water Margin] is a great pageant of China. I think it is one of the most magnificent pageants ever made of any people." -Pearl S. BuckThe Water Margin is an epic tale set in 12th century Imperial China, and is one of the earliest and greatest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558619074Author Bei TongFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City...

A brilliant new translation of the short improvisational fiction and memoirs of Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature.This captivating translation assembles two volumes by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature and one of East Asia's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838395964Author Ogaga EmuveyanFormat PaperbackImprint Formy BooksPublisher Formy Books

What happens when human beings fail to do as reason bids? This book is an attempt to address this age-old question within Kant's mature practical philosophy, i.e. the practical philosophy that emerged with the watershed discovery of autonomy in the...

for SSA and piano This is a high energy, foot-tap inducing setting of a well-known text. The bluesy melodies, jazzy harmonies, and swung rhythms give the piece a gospel feel and fill you with the infectious urge to boogie along to the music. Powerful...

for TB and piano. I remember sets a text reflecting on the wonder of the natural world and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned by a gently flowing piano accompaniment. The middle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949641325Author Zechen XuFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Two Lines PressPublisher Two Lines PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 124mm *...

This bestseller and winner of every major literary award in Taiwan is an elegiac novel about love and loss, broken dreams and desolate hearts-and music: "A delightful read."-Ha Jin A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a...

This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel. One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical...

From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant...