Hiking in China
Mistress Miao
Rumors from Shanghai
by Amy Sommers It’s 1940 when Tolt Gross, an African-American law graduate, arrives in booming Shanghai from the provincial backwater of Seattle. He takes on a senior role managing the Asia operations of a US flour company, a position with responsibility and status rarely available to a Black man in America. But the job comes
By Mable-Ann Chung For hikers, China offers a unique combination of varied terrains, depth of history and culture, and also safety. Far beyond its massive cities, the Middle Kingdom has huge areas of fascinating natural territory for hiking, including bamboo forests, alpine lakes, sacred mountains and spectacular valleys. This book guides you as you step
by Yun Rou In the latest adventure from Yun Rou, author of the best-selling Turtle Planet and award-winning Mad Monk Manifesto, an American faces down a heady concoction of reincarnation, magical wasps and violence to save his Chinese wife, while in a parallel world in ancient China, an astonishing woman single-handedly keeps a world of
by Ed Shew Tens of thousands of men from southern China changed the course of American history with their tireless work in the California gold fields in the 1850s and their crucial contribution in the building of the first Transcontinental Railroad in the following decade. Chinese Brothers, American Sons tells the little-known story of
By Alice Poon From the author of The Green Phoenix comes a riveting tale of female friendship, honor, and sacrifice for love, set in 17th Century China and featuring the intertwined stories of three of the era’s most renowned courtesans, escorts skilled in music, poetry and painting who could decide themselves whether or not to
