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The last surviving member of the Jin Guard must find a disciple to protect an ancient relic in this award-winning Chinese actioner.

From the creator of the bestselling Bad Girls Throughout History!
Celebrated illustrator and author Ann Shen shares her striking study of history's most iconic styles, and the women who changed the world while wearing them.
From the revolutionary bikini to the presidential pantsuit, this book explores 50 fashions through bold paintings and insightful anecdotes that empower readers to make their...

New in the Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics series, Border Town is a classic Chinese novel-banned by Mao's regime-that captures the ideals of rural China through the moving story of a young woman and her grandfather. Originally published in 1934 by author Shen Congwen, this beautifully written novel tells the story of Cuicui, a young country girl who is coming of age in rural China in the tumultuous time before the communist revolution.

Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.

Aisling Juanjuan Shen was born to illiterate peasants in a tiny farming hamlet in China's Yangtze Delta in 1974. Pronounced useless by her parents because she wasn't good at planting rice, she became the first person from her village ever to attend college. After graduating with a teaching degree, the government assigned her to a remote and low paying job that she was expected to hold for the rest of her life. But she wasn't satisfied-and she bought...

A book teaches children (ages 2-6) about shapes, colors, counting numbers, the importance of friendship and team work.The book described a story in which shapes competed against each other and became jealous of each other. Later they discovered that they needed each other to succeed, especially when they went through hard times together. They realized that friendship and teamwork were very important. Together they can achieve much more than they can...

Goddesses - Mythology - Inspiration Readers who have enjoyed Warrior Goddess Training or Women Who Run with the Wolves will love Ann Shen's Legendary Ladies Goddesses from mythology: Goddesses from our past are celebrated in this lushly illustrated book by Ann Shen, the author and artist who created Bad Girls Throughout History. Ann is an illustrator, letterer, and author based in Los Angeles who has created artwork for a number of publications, campaigns,...

Adventure is not about excitement but about truth. Gold mines lock not desire but life. There is gold and sand shining here, and there is a plot buried inside: a mysteriously disappeared gold mine, the feud between two generations. Check out how the heroine uncover the truth! But why the gentleman who loves money keeps bothering me?

The story took place in a remote small town in the western Hunan mountain area in the early years of the Republic of China, the town of chatong. There is a ferry two miles from the city. The ferry was run by a 70 - year - old boatman and his granddaughter Cui Cui. Seventeen years ago, Cui Cui's mother had a child because she fell in love with a military guard, but she did not want to elope when she could not get married. After giving birth to the...

"You wouldn't expect Nate and Charlie to be friends. Charlie's the laid-back captain of the basketball team, and Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. But they are friends, however unlikely-- until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms-- but not both. It's only going to get worse: after both parties are stripped of their funding...