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China Today (Arabic): Mode of access: Internet.; Subjects: Business & Current Affairs;; © , China International Book Trade
October : the story of the Russian Revolution / by Miéville, China,author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index."Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail. Historians have debated the revolution for a hundred years, its portents and possibilities: the mass of literature can be daunting. But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Mieville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story"--
Tikki Tikki Tembo / by Mosel, Arlene; Lent, Blair.;: When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.; Subjects: Fairy tales; Folklore;; © c1968., Henry Holt,
China Pictorial (Chinese): Mode of access: Internet.; Subjects: Business & Current Affairs;; © , China International Book Trade
China Mechanical Engineering: Mode of access: Internet.; Subjects: History & Science;; © , China International Book Trade
Made in China : a prisoner, an SOS letter, and the hidden cost of America's cheap goods / by Pang, Amelia,1991-author.;: Includes bibliographical references."After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp--manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--; Subjects: Costs, Industrial; Political prisoners; Work environment; Manufacturing industries;

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