Trung Quốc

Trí tuệ cổ đại gặp gỡ sự chuyển mình hiện đại trong bộ sưu tập khám phá di sản triết học, sự trỗi dậy kinh tế và tầm ảnh hưởng địa chính trị của Trung Quốc. Tại đây, bạn sẽ tìm thấy mọi thứ từ những lời dạy vượt thời gian của Khổng Tử và Lão Tử đến những phân tích sắc sảo về phép màu kinh tế Trung Quốc, tham vọng chiến lược và tác động văn hóa của quốc gia này đối với thế giới ngày nay.

Trung Quốc Tóm tắt sách

Homeseeking

của Karissa Chen • 2025

When war separates a Shanghai girl from the violinist next door, the silence lasts six decades.

4.20

30.000+

🏠 Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Separated By War 🕯️ First Love Lost 📖 Melancholy Literary

Homeseeking

When war separates a Shanghai girl from the violinist next door, the silence lasts six decades.

của Karissa Chen 2025 512 trang

4.20

30.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Separated By War 🕯️ First Love Lost 📖 Melancholy Literary

Confucius from the Heart

của Yu Dan • 2006

The Confucian path to a steady life: less anxiety, better friends, and ambitions you don't outgrow.

3.75

500+

🏯 Eastern Philosophy 📜 Confucian Philosophy 🎭 Virtue Ethics 🌱 Self-Cultivation ⚖️ Moderation And Balance

Confucius from the Heart

The Confucian path to a steady life: less anxiety, better friends, and ambitions you don't outgrow.

của Yu Dan 2006 195 trang

3.75

500+ đánh giá

🏯 Eastern Philosophy 📜 Confucian Philosophy 🎭 Virtue Ethics 🌱 Self-Cultivation ⚖️ Moderation And Balance

Blood Money

của Peter Schweizer • 2024

China attacks with fentanyl, gun switches, TikTok. The silence from Washington is bought.

4.36

1.000+

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🌍 Geopolitical Conflict 💊 Opioid Crisis 🔫 State-Sponsored Crime 📱 Information Warfare

Blood Money

China attacks with fentanyl, gun switches, TikTok. The silence from Washington is bought.

của Peter Schweizer 2024 316 trang

4.36

1.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🌍 Geopolitical Conflict 💊 Opioid Crisis 🔫 State-Sponsored Crime 📱 Information Warfare

Lost on Planet China

của J. Maarten Troost • 2008

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

3.77

12.000+

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

Lost on Planet China

No Mandarin. One backpack. A country where one city adds 150,000 cars a year.

của J. Maarten Troost 2008 304 trang

3.77

12.000+ đánh giá

🧳 Travel Memoirs 🇨🇳 China Travel 😏 Wry Humor 👁️ Cultural Observation 🏗️ Rapid Urbanization

alibaba

của Liu Shiying • 2009

A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.

3.62

125

🏮 Chinese Business 🚀 Internet Startups 👤 Founder Stories 🔗 Platform Business Models ⚡ Market Disruption

alibaba

A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.

của Liu Shiying 2009 240 trang

3.62

125 đánh giá

🏮 Chinese Business 🚀 Internet Startups 👤 Founder Stories 🔗 Platform Business Models ⚡ Market Disruption

What We Were Promised

của Lucy Tan • 2018

A Shanghai expat faces the brother she loved and the buried secret that arranged her marriage.

3.54

5.000+

🏠 Family Saga ✈️ Expat Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔐 Family Secrets

What We Were Promised

A Shanghai expat faces the brother she loved and the buried secret that arranged her marriage.

của Lucy Tan 2018 328 trang

3.54

5.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Family Saga ✈️ Expat Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔐 Family Secrets

Rabbit Moon

của Jennifer Haigh • 2025

A hit-and-run in Shanghai forces divorced parents to confront the daughter they never knew.

3.74

6.000+

🎭 Literary Family Drama 👨‍👩‍👧 Transracial Adoption 🏙️ Contemporary Shanghai 🔍 Hidden Identity 👯 Sisterly Bond

Rabbit Moon

A hit-and-run in Shanghai forces divorced parents to confront the daughter they never knew.

của Jennifer Haigh 2025 288 trang

3.74

6.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Literary Family Drama 👨‍👩‍👧 Transracial Adoption 🏙️ Contemporary Shanghai 🔍 Hidden Identity 👯 Sisterly Bond

Battlefield Cyber

của William J. Holstein • 2023

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

4.01

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Battlefield Cyber

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

của William J. Holstein 2023 300 trang

4.01

94 đánh giá

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

The Barefoot Lawyer

của Chen Guangcheng • 2013

Blind and under house arrest, he crawled seven hours through Chinese fields to escape.

4.29

450

🏛️ Chinese Politics ✊ Dissident Memoirs ⚖️ Human Rights In China 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🔒 Authoritarian Regimes

The Barefoot Lawyer

Blind and under house arrest, he crawled seven hours through Chinese fields to escape.

của Chen Guangcheng 2013 352 trang

4.29

450 đánh giá

🏛️ Chinese Politics ✊ Dissident Memoirs ⚖️ Human Rights In China 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🔒 Authoritarian Regimes

Dreaming in Chinese

của Deborah Fallows • 2010

Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.

3.63

2.000+

📖 Language Memoirs 🏮 Chinese Culture 🧠 Linguistic Relativity 🗣️ Everyday Linguistics 🎓 Language Acquisition

Dreaming in Chinese

Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.

của Deborah Fallows 2010 208 trang

3.63

2.000+ đánh giá

📖 Language Memoirs 🏮 Chinese Culture 🧠 Linguistic Relativity 🗣️ Everyday Linguistics 🎓 Language Acquisition

Heaven Official's Blessing

của Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022

A fallen god enters Ghost City, where a ghost king's devotion has smoldered for eight centuries.

4.63

36.000+

🔥 Xianxia Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏯 Ancient China 🤕 Hurt Comfort

Heaven Official's Blessing

A fallen god enters Ghost City, where a ghost king's devotion has smoldered for eight centuries.

của Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022 438 trang

4.63

36.000+ đánh giá

🔥 Xianxia Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏯 Ancient China 🤕 Hurt Comfort

The Elephant and the Dragon

của Robyn Meredith • 2007

China built factories, India ran the back office, and together they redrew the global economic map.

3.73

1.000+

🏙️ Emerging Markets 🐉 Asian Economic Rise 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏛️ State Capitalism 💻 Offshoring

The Elephant and the Dragon

China built factories, India ran the back office, and together they redrew the global economic map.

của Robyn Meredith 2007 256 trang

3.73

1.000+ đánh giá

🏙️ Emerging Markets 🐉 Asian Economic Rise 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏛️ State Capitalism 💻 Offshoring

Red Capitalism

của Carl E. Walter • 2010

China's state banks near collapse every decade. The bailout is the system, not an exception.

3.85

463

🧧 Chinese Economy 🏦 State Banking 💰 Crony Capitalism 🫧 Financial Fragility 🏭 State Capitalism

Red Capitalism

China's state banks near collapse every decade. The bailout is the system, not an exception.

của Carl E. Walter 2010 256 trang

3.85

463 đánh giá

🧧 Chinese Economy 🏦 State Banking 💰 Crony Capitalism 🫧 Financial Fragility 🏭 State Capitalism

资治通鉴

của 司马光 • 2012

1,300 years of Chinese history conceal a master class in power, trust, and statecraft.

4.44

🏛️ Chinese Statecraft 📜 Ancient Wisdom ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🧭 Moral Leadership 🤝 Trust And Institutions

资治通鉴

1,300 years of Chinese history conceal a master class in power, trust, and statecraft.

của 司马光 2012 168 trang

4.44

77 đánh giá

🏛️ Chinese Statecraft 📜 Ancient Wisdom ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🧭 Moral Leadership 🤝 Trust And Institutions

Thief of Souls

của Brian Klingborg • 2021

A disgraced inspector in rural China hunts a killer who mutilates women for ritual burial.

3.77

1.000+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🕯️ Ritual Killings 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Outsider Detective

Thief of Souls

A disgraced inspector in rural China hunts a killer who mutilates women for ritual burial.

của Brian Klingborg 2021 304 trang

3.77

1.000+ đánh giá

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🕯️ Ritual Killings 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Outsider Detective

The Emperor's Tomb

của Steve Berry • 2010

His friend is kidnapped. The ransom: a lamp whose oil could fuel the world forever.

3.97

21.000+

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🕯️ Ancient Secret Society 🏺 Artifact Chase 🌏 Geopolitical Intrigue

The Emperor's Tomb

His friend is kidnapped. The ransom: a lamp whose oil could fuel the world forever.

của Steve Berry 2010 436 trang

3.97

21.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🕯️ Ancient Secret Society 🏺 Artifact Chase 🌏 Geopolitical Intrigue

Empress Orchid

của Anchee Min • 2003

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

3.90

25.000+

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

Empress Orchid

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

của Anchee Min 2003 368 trang

3.90

25.000+ đánh giá

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

Grave New World

của Stephen D. King • 2017

Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.

3.66

227

🌐 Globalization 🌍 Geopolitics 📢 Populism 📜 Economic History 📊 Inequality

Grave New World

Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.

của Stephen D. King 2017 304 trang

3.66

227 đánh giá

🌐 Globalization 🌍 Geopolitics 📢 Populism 📜 Economic History 📊 Inequality

States and Social Revolutions

của Theda Skocpol • 1979

Revolution is a structural event: foreign pressure breaks the state, and the peasants rise.

3.85

500+

🕰️ Historical Sociology 🏛️ State Autonomy 🌾 Peasant Revolutions ⚔️ War And State Formation 🧱 State Building

States and Social Revolutions

Revolution is a structural event: foreign pressure breaks the state, and the peasants rise.

của Theda Skocpol 1979 426 trang

3.85

500+ đánh giá

🕰️ Historical Sociology 🏛️ State Autonomy 🌾 Peasant Revolutions ⚔️ War And State Formation 🧱 State Building

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us

của Yiming Ma • 2025

A son inherits his mother's forbidden memories in an empire where remembering is a crime.

3.43

3.000+

🧠 Memory Dystopia 🇨🇳 Chinese Dystopia 🚫 Forbidden Memories ⚠️ Dangerous Inheritance 👁️ Surveillance State

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us

A son inherits his mother's forbidden memories in an empire where remembering is a crime.

của Yiming Ma 2025 214 trang

3.43

3.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Memory Dystopia 🇨🇳 Chinese Dystopia 🚫 Forbidden Memories ⚠️ Dangerous Inheritance 👁️ Surveillance State

The Willow Pattern

của Robert van Gulik • 1965

Plague empties the capital. Judge Dee must solve three murders linked by a blue-and-white vase.

4.07

1.000+

🏮 Tang Dynasty China 🧩 Interlocking Mysteries 🦠 Plague And Murder 🏚️ Decadent Aristocracy ⚔️ Vengeance Quest

The Willow Pattern

Plague empties the capital. Judge Dee must solve three murders linked by a blue-and-white vase.

của Robert van Gulik 1965 192 trang

4.07

1.000+ đánh giá

🏮 Tang Dynasty China 🧩 Interlocking Mysteries 🦠 Plague And Murder 🏚️ Decadent Aristocracy ⚔️ Vengeance Quest

Typical American

của Gish Jen • 1991

An immigrant family stakes its future on a con man's fried chicken empire.

3.43

1.000+

🧧 Immigrant Family Saga 🥀 Broken American Dream 🃏 Charismatic Con Man 💔 Marital Infidelity 🎭 Ironic Tragicomedy

Typical American

An immigrant family stakes its future on a con man's fried chicken empire.

của Gish Jen 1991 304 trang

3.43

1.000+ đánh giá

🧧 Immigrant Family Saga 🥀 Broken American Dream 🃏 Charismatic Con Man 💔 Marital Infidelity 🎭 Ironic Tragicomedy

The Samurai's Garden[SAMURAIS GARDEN][Paperback]

của GailTsukiyama • 1996

A Chinese painter, exiled to a Japanese coast with TB, finds healing in a stranger's garden.

3.93

🏞️ Rural Japan 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Wartime Romance 🩺 Illness And Recovery 🏘️ Leprosy Community

The Samurai's Garden[SAMURAIS GARDEN][Paperback]

A Chinese painter, exiled to a Japanese coast with TB, finds healing in a stranger's garden.

của GailTsukiyama 1996

3.93

15 đánh giá

🏞️ Rural Japan 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Wartime Romance 🩺 Illness And Recovery 🏘️ Leprosy Community

The Buried World

của Jeff Wheeler • 2020

A girl who scents truth is the chosen sacrifice to end a dragon emperor's conquest.

4.33

4.000+

🐉 Chinese Mythology ⚔️ Epic Fantasy Quest 🏮 Ancient China 🐣 Reluctant Chosen One 💔 Love Triangle

The Buried World

A girl who scents truth is the chosen sacrifice to end a dragon emperor's conquest.

của Jeff Wheeler 2020 336 trang

4.33

4.000+ đánh giá

🐉 Chinese Mythology ⚔️ Epic Fantasy Quest 🏮 Ancient China 🐣 Reluctant Chosen One 💔 Love Triangle

Smoke and Ashes

của Amitav Ghosh • 2024

Tea made Britain rich. Opium kept it that way. The flower never stopped collecting.

4.04

1.000+

🧭 Global Trade History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💊 Drug History 🌺 Opium Trade ⚠️ Addiction Crisis

Smoke and Ashes

Tea made Britain rich. Opium kept it that way. The flower never stopped collecting.

của Amitav Ghosh 2024 417 trang

4.04

1.000+ đánh giá

🧭 Global Trade History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💊 Drug History 🌺 Opium Trade ⚠️ Addiction Crisis

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

của Kishore Mahbubani • 2020

A rivalry so intense it feels inevitable, yet so self-defeating it remains avoidable.

4.07

2.000+

🌏 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 💵 Reserve Currency 📊 Trade Wars ⬇️ Declinism

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

A rivalry so intense it feels inevitable, yet so self-defeating it remains avoidable.

của Kishore Mahbubani 2020 320 trang

4.07

2.000+ đánh giá

🌏 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 💵 Reserve Currency 📊 Trade Wars ⬇️ Declinism

The Shadow Market

của Eric J. Weiner • 2011

State-run investment funds now control trillions and steer the global economy from the shadows.

4.00

🏛️ Sovereign Wealth Funds 🌐 Global Finance ⚖️ Economic Power Shifts 🏭 State Capitalism 🛢️ Petrodollar Politics

The Shadow Market

State-run investment funds now control trillions and steer the global economy from the shadows.

của Eric J. Weiner 2011 311 trang

4.00

2 đánh giá

🏛️ Sovereign Wealth Funds 🌐 Global Finance ⚖️ Economic Power Shifts 🏭 State Capitalism 🛢️ Petrodollar Politics

Cô gái trà ở Hummingbird Lane

của Lisa See • 2017

To survive her people's law, an Akha girl abandons her baby with only a tea cake.

4.29

100.000+

🏡 Multi Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Mother Daughter Separation 🌍 Transnational Adoption 🌄 Rural China

Cô gái trà ở Hummingbird Lane

To survive her people's law, an Akha girl abandons her baby with only a tea cake.

của Lisa See 2017 384 trang

4.29

100.000+ đánh giá

🏡 Multi Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Mother Daughter Separation 🌍 Transnational Adoption 🌄 Rural China

Wilful Blindness

của Sam Cooper • 2021

How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.

4.15

500+

🕵️ Transnational Crime 💰 Money Laundering 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 💊 Fentanyl Crisis 🐉 Foreign Influence

Wilful Blindness

How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.

của Sam Cooper 2021

4.15

500+ đánh giá

🕵️ Transnational Crime 💰 Money Laundering 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 💊 Fentanyl Crisis 🐉 Foreign Influence

Destined for War

của Graham Allison • 2017

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

4.19

7.000+

🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Destined for War

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

của Graham Allison 2017 364 trang

4.19

7.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

曾国藩传

của 张宏杰 • 2018

A slow, clumsy scholar who failed the imperial exam twice became his era's greatest statesman.

4.59

112

🏯 Imperial China 🌱 Self-Cultivation ⚔️ Military Strategy 🏛️ Historical Leadership ☯️ Chinese Philosophy

曾国藩传

A slow, clumsy scholar who failed the imperial exam twice became his era's greatest statesman.

của 张宏杰 2018 388 trang

4.59

112 đánh giá

🏯 Imperial China 🌱 Self-Cultivation ⚔️ Military Strategy 🏛️ Historical Leadership ☯️ Chinese Philosophy

From Rebel to Ruler

của Tony Saich • 2021

Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.

3.83

119

🏯 Modern China 🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience 🏛️ One-Party Rule ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🧱 State Building

From Rebel to Ruler

Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.

của Tony Saich 2021 560 trang

3.83

119 đánh giá

🏯 Modern China 🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience 🏛️ One-Party Rule ✊ Revolutionary Politics 🧱 State Building

Unrestricted Warfare

của Qiao Liang • 1999

Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.

3.64

500+

⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare 💰 Economic Warfare 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 4️⃣ Fourth Generation Warfare

Unrestricted Warfare

Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.

của Qiao Liang 1999 208 trang

3.64

500+ đánh giá

⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare 💰 Economic Warfare 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 4️⃣ Fourth Generation Warfare

War Without Rules

của Robert Spalding • 2022

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

4.04

318

🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

War Without Rules

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

của Robert Spalding 2022 256 trang

4.04

318 đánh giá

🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

Ill Winds

của Larry Diamond • 2019

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

3.99

274

🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🏦 Kleptocracy And Corruption 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🐻 Russian Interference 🇨🇳 Chinese Influence

Ill Winds

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

của Larry Diamond 2019 368 trang

3.99

274 đánh giá

🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🏦 Kleptocracy And Corruption 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🐻 Russian Interference 🇨🇳 Chinese Influence

Satori

của Don Winslow • 2011

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

3.95

5.000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin 💔 Betrayal Romance 💋 Femme Fatale

Satori

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

của Don Winslow 2011 504 trang

3.95

5.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin 💔 Betrayal Romance 💋 Femme Fatale

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

của Alice Evelyn Yang • 2026

Her father returns after eleven years, carrying wartime horrors and a monster in their blood.

4.13

3.000+

🏠 Generational Saga 🦊 Magical Realism 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🥀 Comfort Women

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

Her father returns after eleven years, carrying wartime horrors and a monster in their blood.

của Alice Evelyn Yang 2026 360 trang

4.13

3.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Generational Saga 🦊 Magical Realism 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🥀 Comfort Women

Red Dawn Over China

của Frank Dikötter • 2026

China never wanted communism. A marginal Soviet proxy conquered it through terror and deceit.

3.81

183

🀄 Chinese Communism ☭ Maoist China 🇷🇺 Soviet Influence ⚔️ Chinese Civil War 🩸 Political Violence

Red Dawn Over China

China never wanted communism. A marginal Soviet proxy conquered it through terror and deceit.

của Frank Dikötter 2026 384 trang

3.81

183 đánh giá

🀄 Chinese Communism ☭ Maoist China 🇷🇺 Soviet Influence ⚔️ Chinese Civil War 🩸 Political Violence

Taoism for Dummies

của Jonathan Herman • 2013

A 2,000-year tradition of alchemists, rebels, and monks that the West mistook for a single book.

3.55

118

🧠 Taoist Philosophy 🇨🇳 Chinese Religion 🪷 Wu-Wei ⏳ Religious History 🎋 Eastern Philosophy

Taoism for Dummies

A 2,000-year tradition of alchemists, rebels, and monks that the West mistook for a single book.

của Jonathan Herman 2013 384 trang

3.55

118 đánh giá

🧠 Taoist Philosophy 🇨🇳 Chinese Religion 🪷 Wu-Wei ⏳ Religious History 🎋 Eastern Philosophy

War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe

của Victoria Tin-bor Hui • 2005

Ancient China unified; Europe stayed divided. The hinge: how states chose to fund their wars.

4.02

🏛️ Comparative History 🏗️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🗺️ Geopolitics 💪 State Capacity

War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe

Ancient China unified; Europe stayed divided. The hinge: how states chose to fund their wars.

của Victoria Tin-bor Hui 2005 310 trang

4.02

46 đánh giá

🏛️ Comparative History 🏗️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🗺️ Geopolitics 💪 State Capacity

If We Ever Meet Again

của Ana Huang • 2020

She believes in love; he swears it's a myth. A year in Shanghai will test them.

3.54

71.000+

📚 Study Abroad Romance 🎓 College Romance 🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🌸 Virgin Heroine

If We Ever Meet Again

She believes in love; he swears it's a myth. A year in Shanghai will test them.

của Ana Huang 2020 294 trang

3.54

71.000+ đánh giá

📚 Study Abroad Romance 🎓 College Romance 🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Monkey

của Wu Cheng'en • 1592

After toppling heaven, a monkey king guards a monk through demon-filled China to earn his freedom.

4.04

8.000+

🪷 Buddhist Allegory 🐒 Trickster Hero ❤️ Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc 😈 Irreverent Mythology

Monkey

After toppling heaven, a monkey king guards a monk through demon-filled China to earn his freedom.

của Wu Cheng'en 1592 306 trang

4.04

8.000+ đánh giá

🪷 Buddhist Allegory 🐒 Trickster Hero ❤️ Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc 😈 Irreverent Mythology

The Painted Veil

của W. Somerset Maugham • 1925

An unfaithful colonial wife follows her betrayed husband into a cholera epidemic in rural China.

3.98

52.000+

🏛️ Colonial Expat Life 💔 Loveless Marriage 📖 Literary Infidelity 🌅 Moral Awakening 🦠 Epidemic Journey

The Painted Veil

An unfaithful colonial wife follows her betrayed husband into a cholera epidemic in rural China.

của W. Somerset Maugham 1925 190 trang

3.98

52.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Colonial Expat Life 💔 Loveless Marriage 📖 Literary Infidelity 🌅 Moral Awakening 🦠 Epidemic Journey

Chinese Thinkers Through the Ages

của Philosophical Library • 2018

The Chinese sages had one message across twenty-five centuries: stop forcing, start flowing.

4.50

🏔️ Taoist Philosophy 📜 Chinese Wisdom 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ☯️ Nonduality 🌊 Effortless Action

Chinese Thinkers Through the Ages

The Chinese sages had one message across twenty-five centuries: stop forcing, start flowing.

của Philosophical Library 2018 1295 trang

4.50

2 đánh giá

🏔️ Taoist Philosophy 📜 Chinese Wisdom 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ☯️ Nonduality 🌊 Effortless Action

City Like Water

của Dorothy Tse • 2026

When his sister is erased, a man navigates a dissolving city where remembering becomes defiance.

3.82

374

🏙️ Surrealist Dystopia 🇭🇰 Contemporary Hong Kong 📚 Political Allegory 🔎 Missing Sister 🗂️ Cultural Erasure

City Like Water

When his sister is erased, a man navigates a dissolving city where remembering becomes defiance.

của Dorothy Tse 2026 112 trang

3.82

374 đánh giá

🏙️ Surrealist Dystopia 🇭🇰 Contemporary Hong Kong 📚 Political Allegory 🔎 Missing Sister 🗂️ Cultural Erasure

Rome and China

của Walter Scheidel • 2008

Why Rome's fall was permanent, and China's was not: a comparative history of ancient empires.

3.47

🌍 Comparative History 🏛️ Ancient Empires 🏗️ State Formation ⚔️ Military Organization ⚖️ Legal Systems

Rome and China

Why Rome's fall was permanent, and China's was not: a comparative history of ancient empires.

của Walter Scheidel 2008 256 trang

3.47

47 đánh giá

🌍 Comparative History 🏛️ Ancient Empires 🏗️ State Formation ⚔️ Military Organization ⚖️ Legal Systems

Starting from Scrap

của Stephen H. Greer • 2010

From jobless in Hong Kong to scrap metal millions. The price: fraud, burnout, and a near-drowning.

4.14

🌍 Global Trade 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business 💪 Founder Resilience 📈 Emerging Markets 🥾 Bootstrapping

Starting from Scrap

From jobless in Hong Kong to scrap metal millions. The price: fraud, burnout, and a near-drowning.

của Stephen H. Greer 2010 256 trang

4.14

72 đánh giá

🌍 Global Trade 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business 💪 Founder Resilience 📈 Emerging Markets 🥾 Bootstrapping

Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism

của Robert Jay Lifton • 1963

How an ideology dismantles the self: eight psychological levers mapped from Maoist China.

4.16

333

🧠 Mind Control 🔮 Cult Psychology ⛓️ Totalitarian Control 🗳️ Political Psychology 🇨🇳 Maoist China

Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism

How an ideology dismantles the self: eight psychological levers mapped from Maoist China.

của Robert Jay Lifton 1963 524 trang

4.16

333 đánh giá

🧠 Mind Control 🔮 Cult Psychology ⛓️ Totalitarian Control 🗳️ Political Psychology 🇨🇳 Maoist China

State Power in Ancient China and Rome

của Walter Scheidel • 2014

Rome fell for good; China resurrected for two millennia. The difference: bureaucracy.

3.31

🏛️ Comparative Empires 🏗️ State Formation 📋 State Bureaucracies 💰 Fiscal Sociology 🏙️ Cities And State Power

State Power in Ancient China and Rome

Rome fell for good; China resurrected for two millennia. The difference: bureaucracy.

của Walter Scheidel 2014 324 trang

3.31

13 đánh giá

🏛️ Comparative Empires 🏗️ State Formation 📋 State Bureaucracies 💰 Fiscal Sociology 🏙️ Cities And State Power

The Borrowed

của Chan Ho-Kei • 2017

A dying detective answers only yes or no. His protege must solve a tycoon's murder.

4.36

5.000+

🔄 Reverse Chronology 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Master Detective 🤝 Mentor And Protege 🔐 Family Secrets

The Borrowed

A dying detective answers only yes or no. His protege must solve a tycoon's murder.

của Chan Ho-Kei 2017 496 trang

4.36

5.000+ đánh giá

🔄 Reverse Chronology 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Master Detective 🤝 Mentor And Protege 🔐 Family Secrets

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