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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The doctor who was followed by ghosts	Qunying Li	A Communist doctor of great dedication, Li Qunying undoubtedly had fewer ghosts behind her than others, yet her life was in many ways ill-fated as she struggled to exist through vast political turmoi…	OL12409131W
A critical introduction to Mao	Timothy Cheek	"Mao Zedong's political career spanned more than half a century. The ideas he championed transformed one of the largest nations on earth and inspired revolutionary movements across the world. Even to…	OL15603304W
The house Baba built	Ed Young	In Ed Young's childhood home in Shanghai, all was not as it seemed: a rocking chair became a horse; a roof became a roller rink; an empty swimming pool became a place for riding scooters and bikes. T…	OL16360374W
I stand corrected	Eden Collinsworth	"A fascinating fusion of memoir, manners, and cultural history from a successful businesswoman well-versed in the unique challenges of working in contemporary China. During the course of her long and…	OL17880026W
The fourteen Dalai Lamas	Glenn H. Mullin	In The Fourteen Dalai Lamas, author Glenn H. Mullin vividly brings to life the myth and succession of all 14 Dalai Lamas in one volume for the first time. The book contains a chapter on each Dalai La…	OL1858230W
Fieldwork connections	Ma Lunzy,Bamo Ayi,Stevan Harrell	Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapt…	OL18652328W
Never grow up	Long Cheng	"A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, T…	OL19761944W
Bend, not break	Ping Fu	In her autobiography, Ping Fu tells her story as she lived it--from child soldier and political prisoner to a CEO and "Inc." magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year.	OL19961908W
Deng Xiaoping	Alexander Pantsov	Alexander Pantsov and Steven Levine's new biography of Deng Xiaoping does what no other biography has done: based on newly discovered documents, it covers his entire life, from his childhood and stud…	OL19999596W
Manchu princess, Japanese spy	Phyllis Birnbaum	"Kawashima Yoshiko (1906-1948) was an enigmatic Manchu princess whose life mirrored in many ways Japanese-Chinese relations in the first half of the 20th century. She was born into the Qing dynasty i…	OL20002716W
Street of Eternal Happiness	Rob Schmitz	"An unforgettable portrait of individuals who hope, struggle, and grow along a single street cutting through the heart of China's most exhilarating metropolis, from one of the most acclaimed broadcas…	OL20030208W
Life and death in Shanghai	Nien Cheng	In August 1966 a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an offic…	OL2139457W
The girl from Purple Mountain	May-Lee Chai	"The Girl from Purple Mountain is a true story of love, betrayal, and healing set against the shifting tides of twentieth-century China. It begins with a mystery: The Chai family matriarch, Ruth Mei-…	OL2635745W
Mao Zedong	Whitney Stewart	"Mao Zedong was one of the most powerful people in the world during his lifetime. Yet when he was born, China was still ruled by the Qing dynasty. Many people longed for a new China, however, and Mao…	OL2919019W
Hidden treasures and secret lives	Michael Aris	Study of the lives and work of Padma-gliṅ-pa, Gter-ston, b. 1450?, and Tshaṅs-dbyaṅs-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama VI, 1683-1706, Tibetan Buddhist lamas.	OL3052793W
Reforming China	Sen Peng	xxviii, 491 p. ; 27 cm	OL33005407W
Mao	Jung Chang,Jon Halliday	A biography of of Mao Zedong taken from the perspective of his relationship to women. The normal biographical elements make up the majority of the text but when there is an interesting aspect regardi…	OL3763273W
Ancient melodies	Shu-hua Ling	It is really a good book, I want to read it right now.	OL5093839W
American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking	Hua-Ling Hu	The Japanese army’s brutal four-month occupation of the city of Nanking during the 1937 Sino-Japanese War is known, for good reason, as “the rape of Nanking.” As they slaughtered an estimated three h…	OL8469822W
Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing	Suping Lu,Minnie Vautrin	In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanjing and launched six weeks of carnage that would become known as the Rape of Nanjing. In addition to the death…	OL9357260W