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Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of the People's Republic of china, home of one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations.
Author
Language
English
Description
South of the Clouds offers a fascinating, intimate portrait of China by telling the story of an American man who ventures into its hidden realms -romance, politics, the criminal underworld, and Tibet. As he matures from a wide-eyed student into a journalist and a seasoned observer, he develops a passion for uncovering secrets, about China and about himself.
The author navigates his way past forbidding walls to peek inside the dark corners of Chinese...
Author
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II, "piecing together the abundant eyewitness reports into an undeniable tapestry of horror". (Adam Hochschild, Salon)
In December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred....
In December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred....
Author
Language
English
Description
Explores the development of a rich and complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money, and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements, and other products were produced and exported around the globe. [The book] examines the special conditions that allowed a single culture to unify an entire continent spanning 10 billion square kilometers under the rule of a single man--and the ... artistic,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in fifteenth-century China.
Author
Language
English
Description
One hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began their voyages of discovery, fleets of giant junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the world's "four corners." Seven epic expeditions brought China's treasure ships across the China Seas and Indian Ocean, from Japan to the spice island of Indonesia and the Malabar Coast of India, on to the rich...
10) C is for China
Author
Publisher
Silver Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
An alphabetical and photographic journey through China, depicting its people, customs, history, religion, and beliefs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations present detailed information on the geography, history and government, economy, people, cultural life and society of traditional and modern China, home to over one-fifth of the earth's population.
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 31
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
17) Iron widow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare...
Author
Language
English
Description
The #1 bestselling author of Profiles in Corruption and Secret Empires, Peter Schweizer, is back with his next blockbuster. This time, the six-time bestselling author will expose how foreign governments influence Washington--
That the Chinese government seeks to infiltrate American institutions is hardly surprising. Schweizer shows that a number of American elites are eager to help the Chinese dictatorship in its quest for global hegemony. He reveals...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's Chinese New Year, and Ms. Frizzle is celebrating. Following the students lead, she ducks under the dragon at the local Chinese New Year's parade, and they are all mysteriously whisked back in time to ancient China.
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