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Product Description: With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. These infamous posters were, in turn, central fixtures in Chinese homes, railway stations, schools, journals, magazines, and just about anywhere else where people were likely to see them...read more
By Duo Duo (contributor), Stefan Landsberger (contributor), Anchee Min (contributor) and Michael Wolf (editor)
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9783836503167, titled "Chinese Propaganda Posters: 25th Anniversary Edition" | Taschen America Llc, April 1, 2008, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s.

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Paperback:

9788499890425 | Italian edition edition (Debolsillo, September 1, 2011), cover price $13.95

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Hardcover:

9788425342363 | Italian edition edition (Grijalbo Mondadori, June 30, 2008), cover price $27.95

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Miscellaneous:

9780547346908 | Houghton Mifflin, April 7, 2008, cover price $13.95

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A powerful memoir of growing up in Communist China during Mao's ascendancy chronicles a time when individuality was ruthlessly crushed, the good of the state was supreme, and love could be a capital crime. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Hardcover:

9780679423324 | Pantheon Books, February 1, 1994, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting

Paperback:

9781400096985 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, April 11, 2006), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting.
9780425166871 | Berkley Pub Group, March 1, 1999, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting
9780425147764 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, June 1, 1995), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787102531 | Dove Entertainment Inc, May 1, 1995, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting.

Prebinding:

9781417757374 | Turtleback Books, April 11, 2006, cover price $25.75 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting.
9780785765226 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.85 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in China during its Cultural Revolution describes the grueling physical labor she endured on Red Fire Farm, her forced segregation from men, her sexual relationship with her platoon leader, and her introduction to acting

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9780307273765 | Debolsillo, May 3, 2005, cover price $9.95

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Product Description: The setting is China's Forbidden City in the last days of its imperial glory, a vast complex of palaces and gardens run by thousands of eunuchs and encircled by a wall in the center of Peking. In this highly ordered place -- tradition-bound, ruled by strict etiquette, rife with political and erotic tension -- the Emperor, "the Son of Heaven," performs two duties: he must rule the court and conceive an heir...read more
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9781587245930 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, April 1, 2004), cover price $30.95 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of the last empress of China follows Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and rises to a position of power in the Chinese court.
9780618068876 | Houghton Mifflin, February 3, 2004, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of the last empress of China follows Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and rises to a position of power in the Chinese court.

Paperback:

9780618562039 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, April 11, 2005), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of the infamous last empress of China follows the life of Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic but impoverished family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and who uses her seductive talents and intelligence to rise to a position of power in the Chinese court.
9780747566984 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 5, 2004, cover price $17.90 | About this edition: In the final days of the Chinese empire, Orchid, a beautiful 17-year-old from an aristocratic but impoverished family, is pushed into the maelstrom of politics when she is chosen to be a lower-ranking concubine of the emperor.

Miscellaneous:

9780547347202 | Houghton Mifflin, April 11, 2005, cover price $14.00

Prebinding:

9781439566336 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: The setting is China's Forbidden City in the last days of its imperial glory, a vast complex of palaces and gardens run by thousands of eunuchs and encircled by a wall in the center of Peking.

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Hardcover:

9788425338458 | Grijalbo Mondadori, April 30, 2004, cover price $35.95

Paperback:

9788497935227, titled "La ciudad prohibida/ The Empress Orchid" | Italian edition edition (Debolsillo, November 30, 2004), cover price $12.95

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Narrated by Maple, a less than passionate Maoist whose father is imprisoned for a minor crime, a powerful story of desire during the time of the Cultural Revolution follows Wild Ginger, who, due to tragic circumstances, embraces Maoism and soon becomes a national model for Maoism, which prohibits romantic love, forcing her to make a difficult decision when she falls in love with a young man. Reprint.
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Hardcover:

9780618068869 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 2002, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A story of desire during the time of the Cultural Revolution follows Wild Ginger, who becomes a national model for Maoism, which prohibits romantic love, forcing her to make a difficult decision when she falls in love with a young man.

Paperback:

9780618380435 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, January 1, 2004), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Narrated by Maple, a less than passionate Maoist whose father is imprisoned for a minor crime, a powerful story of desire during the time of the Cultural Revolution follows Wild Ginger, who, due to tragic circumstances, embraces Maoism and soon becomes a national model for Maoism, which prohibits romantic love, forcing her to make a difficult decision when she falls in love with a young man.

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Miscellaneous:

9780547349374 | Houghton Mifflin, January 1, 2004, cover price $13.95

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Product Description: Mao's starring role in Chinese propaganda art With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s...read more
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Hardcover:

9783836531085 | Mul edition (Taschen America Llc, November 15, 2011), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Mao's starring role in Chinese propaganda art With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s.

Paperback:

9783822826195 | Taschen America Llc, October 1, 2003, cover price $39.99 | About this edition: Chairman Mao appeared in Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to the early 1980s.

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A fictional portrait of Jiang Ching, one of the most vilified women of the century, follows the life of Madame Mao, from her youth as the unwanted daughter of a concubine, to her search for fame as an actress in Shanghai, to her romance and marriage to revolutionary Mao Zedong, to her role in the turbulent Communist rule of China. By the author of Red Azalea. Reader's Guide available.
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Hardcover:

9780618004072 | Houghton Mifflin, June 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of Jiang Ching follows her life from her youth as the unwanted daughter of a concubine, to her search for fame as an actress in Shanghai, to her marriage to revolutionary Mao Zedong, to her role in the turbulent Communist rule of China

Paperback:

9780618127009 | Mariner Books, April 15, 2001, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of Jiang Ching follows her life from her youth as the unwanted daughter of a concubine, to her search for fame as an actress in Shanghai, to her marriage to revolutionary Mao Zedong, to her role in the turbulent Communist rule of China.

Miscellaneous:

9780547347011 | Houghton Mifflin, April 15, 2001, cover price $13.95

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Presents the evocative story of Zebra Wong, a Chinese girl whose pragmaticism conflicts with her passionate heart, her classmate Lion Head, and Katherine, the seductive American with the red lipstick and wild laugh who teaches them English and other foreign concepts such as individualism, sensuality, and the Beatles. By the author of Red Azalea. Reprint.
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Hardcover:

9781573220057 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1995, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Traveling to China during the Cultural Revolution to become an English teacher, the free-spirited, Beatles' music-loving Katherine awakens in her students a desire for Western lifestyles and becomes caught in a doomed love triangle

Paperback:

9780425180235 | Reissue edition (Berkley Pub Group, March 1, 2001), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Presents the evocative story of Zebra Wong, a Chinese girl whose pragmaticism conflicts with her passionate heart, her classmate Lion Head, and Katherine, the seductive American with the red lipstick and wild laugh who teaches them English and other foreign concepts such as individualism, sensuality, and the Beatles.
9780425152911 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, May 1, 1996), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Traveling to China during the Cultural Revolution to become an English teacher, the free-spirited, Beatles' music-loving Katherine awakens in her students a desire for Western lifestyles and becomes caught in a doomed love triangle

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787102524 | Dove Entertainment Inc, May 1, 1995, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Traveling to China during the Cultural Revolution to become an English teacher, a free-spirited young American woman awakens in her students a desire for Western lifestyles and becomes caught in a doomed love triangle.

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Product Description: En un relato atrapante que pasa de lo intimamente personal al gran escenario de la historia universal, la autora brinda una intensa historia de pasion, traicion y supervivencia, a traves del retrato pleno de matices y ambiguedades de una de las mujeres mas facsinantes del siglo XX...read more
By Anchee Min and Cristina Pina (trans)
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Paperback:

9789500824651 | Italian edition edition (Atlantida Editorial S.A., February 28, 2001), cover price $6.00 | About this edition: En un relato atrapante que pasa de lo intimamente personal al gran escenario de la historia universal, la autora brinda una intensa historia de pasion, traicion y supervivencia, a traves del retrato pleno de matices y ambiguedades de una de las mujeres mas facsinantes del siglo XX.

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