Mingmei Yip
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Series
Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A collection of children's legends and tales from China. This volume of beloved Chinese stories contains a delightful selection from the rich store of Chinese folklore and legend. Discover the many delightful animal characters as well as Chang-E, the famous Eight Immortals, and Guan Yin, goddess of compassion. Retold for an international audience, the beautifully illustrated stories will give children aged six to ten in other countries a glimpse into...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
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Description
In this richly imaginative novel, Mingmei Yip—author of Peach Blossom Pavilion and Petals From the Sky—follows one woman's daunting journey along China's fabled Silk Road.
As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert—its long, lonely vistas and shifting sand dunes. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer....
As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert—its long, lonely vistas and shifting sand dunes. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she receives an astonishing offer....
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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The gripping story of a Chinese woman's journey through a criminal underworld of intrigue and opulence from the author of Peach Blossom Pavilion.
Once upon a time in China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known as "skeleton women"—the ultimate femme fatales who could bring a man to his knees, or to his doom . . .
When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and brought to live in luxury, it seems...
Once upon a time in China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known as "skeleton women"—the ultimate femme fatales who could bring a man to his knees, or to his doom . . .
When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and brought to live in luxury, it seems...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Chinese-American assistant professor Eileen Chen specializes in folk religion at her San Francisco college. Though her grandmother made her living as a shamaness, Eileen publicly dismisses witchcraft as mere superstition. Yet privately, the subject intrigues her. When a research project takes her to the Canary Islands--long rumored to be home to real witches--Eileen is struck by the lush beauty of Tenerife and its blend of Spanish and Moroccan culture....
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