Please recommend books about China and the Chinese. [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 28 answers

I want to read a book in Chinese to keep myself from getting rusty. What is a good novel for doing so? It has to be modern Chinese (classical Chinese twists my brain into noodles), and preferably available online. [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 11 answers

Where do I buy the book "Soul Mountain" by Gao Xingjian -- written in Chinese? [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2007 - 6 answers

What are the best software (Windows XP) and books for learning Chinese? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2005 - 6 answers

SinoFilter: I'm looking for a scholarly-but-accessible book (or books) about Chinese history and culture. (Web site recommendations also welcome.) I have done some Googling and poking around amazon.com, but frankly my ignorance is so deep that I have no good way of evaluating the quality of what I'm finding.
posted on Jan 8, 2005 - 16 answers

I need your help in tracking down a small book of what I believe were Chinese fables/parables/moral lessons that I read as a child. Luckily, I do remember one of the stories...[more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2004 - 9 answers