History of Chinese Villages
Hu Binbin
CITIC Publishing Group
Over the past few decades, the author has searched more than 5,000 traditional villages in China and accumulated a huge amount of fieldwork data. Through the collation and discussion of new materials and the introduction and exploration of historical documents, from the origin of civilization to modern China, the evolution and development of traditional Chinese villages are fully presented and deeply explained from a grand historical perspective, and the characteristics of traditional villages in different periods, their cultural significance and their interaction with the background of the times and social systems are described.
Historical and Cultural Geography of China
Chen Zhengxiang
Han Tang Sunshine | Shanxi People's Publishing House
"Chinese Historical and Cultural Geography" is the representative work of mr. Chen Zhengxiang, an internationally renowned geographer, which combines the professional perspective of modern geographical science with a broad historical vision. The book surveys the geographical landscape and travels through the vast history, showing the changes and mutual influences of natural landscapes and cultural landscapes, as well as their shaping of the spiritual characteristics of Chinese culture.
Medieval Kitchens: A Social History of Cookbooks
[Finn] by Hannelle Clemetina
Translated by Ouyang Jin
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press
When it comes to "eating," the medieval people's ability to innovate may have upended your imagination, and they would adjust their diet according to the seasons, medicine, and church advice, which is a precedent for health. In this social history of medieval recipes, the forgotten world of taste comes alive again, from the baking of bread, the storage of vegetables, to the cooking of meat and the making of desserts, a medieval feast needs to be explored!
Tower of the Curse: The Battle of Acre and the End of the Crusade
By Roger Crowley
Translated by Tan Qi
Oracle | Social Sciences Literature Press
The impregnable and war-ready Acre was the crusader's last stronghold on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. When the city fell in 1291, the 200-year Christian conquest of the Holy Land came to a bloody end. Roger Crowley, with his usual ornate language and intuitive narrative, recounts the devastating blows that Acre endured—the most ferocious bombardment before the Gunpowder Age, reducing the once-Mediterranean city to rubble.
The Salt Road: 1014 Kilometers by the Sea
By Reynolds Winn
Translated by Xi Kun and Jiang Sicheng
Drum Tower Xinyue | China Social Sciences Press
At the age of 50, Renault lost the farm she had run all her life on because of a lawsuit, which was also her entire property and source of income, and only one day later, her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness and told that time was running out. The bailiffs who confiscated their property were right outside the door, ordering them to move out immediately, and in the summer of 2015 they were forced to become homeless wanderers, along with a walking tour towards the southwest coastal trail. More than 100 days and nights, 1014 kilometers, 1 tent, 2 books, a few necessities of life, that's all they have to fight against anger, poverty, hunger, disappointment, cliffs, desperate situations and bad weather. How will ordinary life, which can easily fall apart, be restarted?
As written in all the beautiful stories of natural redemption, our protagonist thus walks into the wilderness, between the sea and the sky, where she is reunited with her former self, she thinks about love, thinks about life, looks for answers, and finally gets a new way of life. What is different is that this time, she has a lover who has been with her since she was a teenager, and this time, home is no longer a brick house only for nostalgia, but a flowing state of mind.
Edit: Jin Jiuchao
Editor-in-Charge: Zhu Zifen