Search Results: Authors starting with X from Companion Books

Beijing, China: Academy Press, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent. Apart from a stamp on the title page the text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'The author spent 6 years collecting over a hundred of delicate paintings with different sizes of the old Beijing's courtyard houses. He spent five years on rendering video, which keeps the demolition of the old courtyard on his paintings. There are beautiful pictures of old courtyards, together with vivid illustrations and texts in this book. The civil architect seeks for the harmony between architecture and environment. With their thoughtful design, those old courtyard houses retain their vitality enduring the hundred of years. Some of these old houses are gradually disappearing. These exquisite paintings shows us valuable Beijing's courtyard houses with hundred years of tradition.' 202 pages. 7.5 x 8.5 inches.… Read More

New York: Vintage / Random House, 2003. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0-679-31226-9, Page 147-8 edge was not properly cut in publishing process; very little wear overall. Text is clean. 'As an employee for the Chinese state radio system in the late 1980s, Xinran had long wanted to help imrpove the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show, she barely anticipated the enthusiasm it would quickly generate. Operating within the constraints improsed by government censors, Words on the Night Breeze sparked a tremendous outpouring, and the hours of tape on her answering machines were soon filled every night. . . In this heartrending and inspiring collection, Xinran brings us the stories that affected her most and offers a graphically detailed, altogether unprecedented work of oral history.' 243 pages..

Burnaby, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press / Burnaby Art Gallery, 2002. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sun fading to the spine and rear hinge, light shelf wear. Text is clean. '[The author] came to Canada from China to find freedom and a new life, but with it came the uneasy feeling of being a stranger in a strange land, with customs, attitudes, and ways of living far different from what he and his family had known in China. [This book] is a collection of deeply personal narratives (appearing in both English and Chinese) and illustrations about life in his adopted country, a life which resonates with the past he left behind.'.

Vancouver, B.C.: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Very little to no wear. Quite clean. Illustrated. Softcover with spiral spine. Oblong, 12 x 9 inches..

Paris: Editions Quimetao, 2007. Book. Like New. Soft cover. ISBN: 2-911858-27-1 NEW. With 2 books and 2 packets of 7 DVDs. The books measures 8.25 x 11.25 inches. 388 and 324 pages..