Sixth Tone Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning

Edward Weech

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Thomas Manning tried to study an isolated China. He was rewarded with rich adventures and little else. This is a review of “Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: the Life and Times of Thomas Manning” by Edward Weech. https://t.co/bNGeWK1sxh

Hardcover, 2022

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World

Biao Xiang

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In “Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World,” social anthropologist Xiang Biao and journalist Wu Qi discuss the elitist ideals that animated China’s ’80s generation. https://t.co/2C6t1Q1Pj8

Paperback, 2022

$49.99$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Plays Of William Shakspeare: Preface

William Shakespeare

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The Ming dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, summed up the movement’s ideals in the authorial preface to his most celebrated play, “The Peony Pavilion.” “It is not known whence love originates, yet once it begins, it goes deep,” he wrote. https://t.co/Ou21o0DeXY

Hardcover, 2016

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book