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The fury of Beijing / by Hamilton, Ian,1946-author.;
"Still reeling from the brutal murder of her close associates, Lau Lau and Chen, Ava Lee embarks on a quest for revenge that takes her from Toronto to Los Angeles to Beijing. Along the way, Ava is aided by some familiar faces and old comrades-in-arms, including Sonny Kwon, Jimmy Li, Lop, and Xu, the mountain master of Shanghai. The search leads first to Ava's old opponent, Mo, the chairman of the China Movie Syndicate, and then to a shadowy figure at the very top of the Chinese Security Service--the man who gave the order to kill her friends. Events reach a deadly climax in front of the Tianqiao Theatre in Beijing, but exacting her revenge is only half the battle--getting out of China alive is another matter entirely ... "-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Lee, Ava (Fictitious character); Revenge; Women detectives;
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Ai Weiwei [videorecording] : never sorry / by Ai, Weiwei.; Chen, Danqing,1953-; Gao, Ying.; Klayman, Alison.; Schlesinger, Adam.; MUSE Film and Television.; Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.; Sundance Selects (Firm); United Expression Media (Firm);
Ai Weiwei, Danqing Chen, Ying Gao.This is a documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.
Subjects: Ai, Weiwei.; Artists; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Political activists;
© c2012., Distributed by Mongrel Media,
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Air strike [videorecording] / by Brody, Adrien,actor.; Feng, Xiao,film director.; Huang, Shengyi,1983-actor.; Liu, Ye,1978-actor.; Song, Sŭng-hŏn,1976-actor.; Willis, Bruce,1955-actor.; Willis, Rumer,actor.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Bruce Willis, Ye Liu, Adrien Brody, Rumer Willis, Seung-Heon Song, Shengyi Huang.As a U.S. Army colonel trains Chinese aviators to battle Japanese fighters, a hotheaded pilot begs to fly a powerful bomber that could stop the attacks. Meanwhile, a team of spies and refugees must carry a game-changing decoder device through the war-torn countryside.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; World War, 1939-1945; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945;
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Air strike [videorecording] / by Brody, Adrien,actor.; Feng, Xiao,film director.; Huang, Shengyi,1983-actor.; Liu, Ye,1978-actor.; Song, Sŭng-hŏn,1976-actor.; Willis, Bruce,1955-actor.; Willis, Rumer,actor.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Bruce Willis, Ye Liu, Adrien Brody, Rumer Willis, Seung-Heon Song, Shengyi Huang.As a U.S. Army colonel trains Chinese aviators to battle Japanese fighters, a hotheaded pilot begs to fly a powerful bomber that could stop the attacks. Meanwhile, a team of spies and refugees must carry a game-changing decoder device through the war-torn countryside.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:0 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; World War, 1939-1945; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945;
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Dreams of joy [sound recording] / by See, Lisa.; Song, Janet.;
Read by Janet Song.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families; Family secrets; Sisters;
© p2011., Random House Audio,
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Batshit seven / by Sheung-King,1994-author.;
'Batshit Seven' is a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just won't gel.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Umbrella Movement, China, 2014; Political psychology; Conduct of life;
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Peony in love : a novel / by See, Lisa;
Subjects: Love stories; Future life; Lovesickness; Opera; Operas, Chinese; Women; Young women; Ghost stories; Historical fiction;
© 2007., Random House,
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Forbidden city : a novel / by Hua, Vanessa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child for the Cultural Revolution--in this provocative, poignant novel from the bestselling author of A River of Stars On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution, and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished village. It is only when Mei arrives at the Chairman's opulent residence--a forbidden city unto itself--that she learns that the girls' job is to dance with the Party elites. Ambitious and whip-smart, Mei makes a beeline toward the Chairman. Mei gradually separates from the other recruits to become the Chairman's confidante--and paramour. As he fends off political rivals, Mei faces down schemers from the dance troupe who will stop at nothing to take her place, as well as the Chairman's imperious wife, who has schemes of her own. When the Chairman finally gives Mei a political mission, she seizes it with fervor, but the brutality of this latest stage of the revolution makes her begin to doubt all the certainties she has held so dear. Forbidden City is an epic yet intimate portrayal of one of the world's most powerful and least understood leaders during the most turbulent period of modern Chinese history. Mei's harrowing journey toward truth and disillusionment raises questions about power, manipulation, and belief, as seen through the eyes of a passionate teenage girl"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976; Communism; Teenage girls;
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River east, river west : a novel / by Rey Lescure, Aube,author.;
"Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva has always longed for more. Raised by her American expat mother, she's never known her Chinese father, and is certain a better life awaits them in America. But when her mother announces her engagement to their wealthy Chinese landlord, Lu Fang, Alva's hopes are dashed, and so she plots for the next best thing: the American School in Shanghai. Upon admission, though, Alva is surprised to discover an institution run by an exclusive community of expats and the ever-wilder thrills of a city where foreigners can ostensibly act as they please. 1985: In the seaside city of Qingdao, Lu Fang is a young, married man and a lowly clerk in a shipping yard. Though he once dreamed of a bright future, he is one of many casualties in his country's harsh political reforms. So when China opens its doors to the first wave of foreigners in decades, Lu Fang's world is split wide open after he meets an American woman who makes him confront difficult questions about his current status in life, and how much will ever be enough. In a stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative and set against China's political history and economic rise, River East, River West is an intimate family drama and a sharp social novel. Alternating between Alva and Lu Fang's points of view, this is a profoundly moving exploration of race and class, cultural identity and belonging, and the often-false promise of the American Dream."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Americans; Racially mixed teenagers;
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Foul heart huntsman / by Gong, Chloe,author.; sequel to:Gong, Chloe.Foul Lady Fortune.;
In 1932 Shanghai, exposed national spy Rosalind Lang must rescue fellow spy, Orion, whose memories of Rosalind were wiped, and find a cure to a dangerous chemical weapon before it lands in the hand of foreign invaders.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Chemical weapons; Spies; Chemical weapons; Spies;
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