东汉末年，天下大乱。曹操迎汉献帝至许都，此后，“奉天子以令不臣”，逐渐集军权、政权于一身，开始了自己政治生涯的新篇章。
以伏皇后、杨彪、唐姬为首的一批效忠汉室的志士谨遵献帝临终前嘱托，从温县司马防家秘密迎立献帝的同胞弟弟刘平入宫，从此展开了与满宠、郭嘉、荀彧为首的曹营一轮轮惊险紧张的搏杀。
刘平终究能不能力挽狂澜？官渡之战，胜家真的是曹操吗？究竟谁在幕后操纵三国的历史走向？

This title tells a story of drugs, distrust, greed and rebellion. 'On the outside, [the foreigners] seem intractable, but inside they are cowardly...Although there have been a few ups-and-downs, the situation as a whole is under control.' In October 1839, a few months after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner, Lin Zexu, dispatched these confident words to his emperor, a Cabinet meeting in Windsor voted to fight Britain's first Opium War (1839-42) with China. The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the founding myth of modern Chinese nationalism: the start of China's heroic struggle against a Western conspiracy to destroy the country with opium and gunboat diplomacy. "The Opium War" is both the story of modern China - starting from this first conflict with the West - and an analysis of the country's contemporary self-image. It explores how China's national myths mould its interactions with the outside world, how public memory is spun to serve the present; and how delusion and prejudice have bedevilled its relationship with the modern West.

Graham Peck (1914-1968) made his first trip to China in 1935 and served with the U.S. Office of War Information in China throughout the 1940s. Two Kinds of Time is witty and eloquent in both its words and the drawings with which it is lovingly illustrated. Long out of print in its unabridged version, this engagingly written eye-witness narrative of China on the eve of revolution remains an important source of historical and political information. Robert A. Kapp's new Introduction analyzes the book's original contribution and highlights its relevance to issues in the twenty-first century world.

Bringing together substantial essays by leading scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the politics of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the mid-1990s. The first four chapters are drawn from The Cambridge History of China, Volumes 14 and 15. The last two chapters have been written specifically for the second edition. Richard Baum's chapter covers the events of the 1980s, and Joseph Fewsmith's concluding essay extends the coverage into the 1990s.
1 One of the only books on post-1949 China that offers complete, chronologically seamless coverage of political history
2 Goes beyond politics to offer historical analysis
3 Contributors are extremely well known and respected in their field
4 New chapter for this edition brings it up to date, covering post-Tiananmen politics
5 First edition was widely adopted for undergraduate courses. The writing is clear enough to expect sales to the general, educated public - especially journalists and policy makers

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and becameto America’s continuing chagrinthe father of the Chinese missile program.

The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. But in this book, Frank Dikötter shows that the first half of the twentieth century was characterized by unprecedented openness. He argues that from 1900 to 1949, all levels of Chinese society were seeking engagement with the rest of the world and that pursuit of openness was particularly evident in four governance, including advances in liberties and the rule of law; greater freedom of movement within the country and outside it; the spirited exchange of ideas in the humanities and sciences; and thriving and open markets and the resulting sustained growth in the economy.

Hong Kong University Press

China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese "economic miracle." It is a country of contradictions and transitions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, an ancient civilization that is modernizing as rapidly as possible, a walled-off nation that is increasingly at the center of world trade. This Very Short Introduction offers an indispensable starting point for anyone who needs to quickly know the themes and controversies that have shaped modern China. Prize-winning author and scholar Rana Mitter examines the modern history, politics, economy, and thriving cultural scene of contemporary China, and its relations with the wider world. This lively guide covers a range of social issues from the decline of footbinding and the position of women in society, to the influence of television and film, and the role of the overseas Chinese diaspora. It covers many prominent figures as well, such as the Communist leaders, the last emperors, and prominent writers and artists throughout China's history.

Legendarily 2,200 years old and 4,300 miles long, the Great Wall of China seems to make an overwhelmingly confident physical statement about the country it spans: about China’s age-old sense of itself being an advanced civilization anxious to draw a clear line between itself and the barbarians” at its borders. But behind the wall’s intimidating exteriorand the myths that have built up around itis a complex history that has both defined and undermined China. Author Julia Lovell has written a new and important history of the Great Wall that guides the reader through the conquests and cataclysms of the Chinese empire, from the second millennium BC to the present day.
In recent years, the Wall has become an ever more potent symbol of Chinese nationalism, of a determination to resist foreign domination. But how successful was the Wall in reality, and what was its real purpose? Was it a precursor, albeit on a huge scale, of the Berlin Walla barrier designed to keep its population in as much as undesirables out? Lovell looks behind the modern mythology of the Great Wall, uncovering a three-thousand-year history far more fragmented and less illustrious than its crowds of visitors imagine today. The story of the Wall winds through that of the Chinese state and the frontier policy that defined it, through the lives of the millions of individuals who supported, criticized, built, and attacked it.

美国在不到百年的时间内就穷尽了地力，而中国农耕历经四千余年，土壤肥沃依旧，且养活了数倍于美国的人口。原因何在？ 中国农耕文化的无穷魅力让富兰克林·H·金认定，东方农耕是世界上最优秀的农业，东方农民是勤劳智慧的生物学家。如果向全人类推广东亚的可持续农业经验，那么各国人民的生活将更加富足。 《四千年农夫(中国朝鲜和日本的永续农业)》记录了东亚农业生产者真实的生活环境，讲述了东方各民族好的耕作方法。《四千年农夫(中国朝鲜和日本的永续农业)》的作者富兰克林·H·金认为，农耕的首要条件是保持土壤的肥沃，东方各民族早已遇到此类问题，而且已经找到了解决方法。对此，西方或许也能直接从他们的经验中获益良多。这是西方向东方学习保护自然资源的第一课。这便是富兰克林·H·金从东方带回去的重要信息。 直正的农业旅行家很少。富兰克林·H·金是这方面真正的专家。

《虚实之间》对20世纪50年代（及前后）在中国大陆暴发的一些较大规模的谣言现象作了深入剖析。这些谣言包括“毛人水怪”谣言、“割蛋”谣言、“仙水”“神药”谣言以及投毒的谣言。作者李若建指出，谣言是社会环境投射的影子。谣言也与民众的集体记忆紧密相关。“谣言往往是在把真实成分重新建构的过程中出现了位置错配”。作者认为，制止谣言最根本的方法是信息的公开、真实、及时。《虚实之间》在今天仍然具有启迪和警示意义。

《海豚文存:记得青山那一边》讲述了：俞晓群兄主政辽宁教育出版社期间，组织出版过“国学丛书”、“书趣文丛”、“新世纪万有文库”等书系，格局宏放，影响深远，创造了中国当代出版史的一段奇迹。沉潜蕴藉数年后，俞兄从沈阳到北京，出掌海豚出版社，重出江湖，不负初衷。短短一年多时间，赓续旧梦的“海豚书馆”六大系列已陆续面世三十余种，包罗万象，蔚为大观。他兀自意犹未尽，于是又有了“海豚文存”。
承俞兄抬爱，邀约我担任“海豚文存”总策划。即将出炉的“文存”是与“书馆”平行的一套书系，各具特色，相辅相成。相对而言，“文存”不作细致的划分，来路比较野，内容比较杂，不那么经院，不那么学术；若较诸新鲜感、冲击力和可读性，则容有一日之长，或将不遑多让。

《念楼学短合集(套装共5册)》包括：《念楼学短之一：逝者如斯》、《念楼学短之二：桃李不言》、《念楼学短之三：月下》、《念楼学短之四：之乎者也》和《念楼学短之五：毋相忘》。《念楼学短合集(套装共5册)》内容简介：学其短，是学把文章写得短。写得短当然不等于写得好，但即使写不好，也可以短一些，彼此省时省力，功德无量。
汉字很难写，尤其是刀刻甲骨，漆书竹简，不可能像今天用电脑写作，几分钟十几分钟就是一大版。故古文最简约，少废话，这是老祖宗的一项特长，不应该轻易丢掉。
我积年抄得短文若干篇，短的标准，是不超过一百个汉字，而且必须是独立成篇的。现从中选出一些，略加疏解，以飨读者。借用郑板桥的一句话：“有些好处，大家看看；如无好处，糊窗糊壁、覆瓿覆盎而已。”

《小西门集》内容简介：写文章在报刊发表并结集出版，始于一九九二年的《书前书后》，时已年过六十，有人“四十岁学吹鼓手”成为话柄，我比他还晚了二十一年。好在目的不在习艺糊口，无须担心没人来叫去吹吹打打，不过想用“离职休养”的闲时，讲点自己想讲的话罢了。其实这和平日跟老朋友扯谈也差不多，但来友不过二三，晤言只在一室，写文章却不限于此，才会多少有些兴趣。

《念楼学短:逝者如斯》：学其短，是学把文章写得短。写得短当然不等于写得好，但即使写不好，也可以短一些，彼此省时省力，功德无量。汉字很难写，尤其是刀刻甲骨，漆书竹简，不可能像今天用电脑写作，几分钟十几分钟就是一大版。故古文最简约，少废话，这是老祖宗的一项特长，不应该轻易丢掉。
我积年抄得短文若干篇，短的标准，是不超过一百个汉字，而且必须是独立成篇的。现从中选出一些，略加疏解，以飨读者。

本书以近代中国一些驻外官员、知识分子记述资本主义各国情况的游记、日记为主要材料，探讨了近代中国人士考察西方的历史，反映了中国由闭关自守、天朝自大到走向世界、认识世界的过程。文笔生动。

从东方到西方：走向世界丛书叙论集，ISBN：9787806651926，作者：钟叔河著

全书共123篇，收集了2004年《天窗集》后写作的文章，共分为三辑，除第一辑第一篇外，其余均按写作时间先后编排。