Liu, Ken
Summary: "The Grace of Kings, the first book in this epic series, tells the story of two men who become friends through rebelling against tyranny and then turn against each other in defense of irreconcilable ideals. Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIULiu, Ken
Summary: "The Grace of Kings, the first book in this epic series, tells the story of two men who become friends through rebelling against tyranny and then turn against each other in defense of irreconcilable ideals. Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Liu 2015Liu, Ken
Summary: "Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago kingdom of Dara, but struggles to maintain progress while serving the demands of the people and his vision. Then an unexpected invading force from the Lyucu empire in the far distant west comes to the shores of Dara--and chaos results. But Emperor Kuni cannot go and lead his kingdom against the threat himself with his recently healed...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2016
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Liu 2016Liu, Ken
Summary: The crew of a cargo ship heading to Canto Bright share tales of the mysterious Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Lucasfilm 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LIULiu, Cixin
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth is a science fiction short story collection featuring the title tale--the basis for the blockbuster international film, now streaming on Netflix. These ten stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu's fiction takes the reader to the edge...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIULiu, Cixin
Summary: With The Three-Body Problem , English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the multiple-award-winning and bestselling Three-Body Trilogy by China's most beloved science fiction author, Cixin Liu. Three-Body was released to great acclaim including coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. It was also named a finalist for the Nebula Award, making it the first...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIUSummary: For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspring and cautionary. Whether it's a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction inspires the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can view ourselvs and the world around us. With The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Four,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Night Shade books 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners); some are publishing in English for the first time. Because of the growing interest in newer SFF from China, virtually every story here was first published in Chinese in the 2010s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROLiu, Cixin
Summary: "With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Book, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 2014
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Liu, Cixin
Summary: "Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project send signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civiliation on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Hao, Jingfang
Summary: "A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the two worlds, unable to reconcile the beauty and culture of Mars with their experiences on Earth in this spellbinding novel from Hugo Award-winning author Hao Jingfang. This genre-bending novel is set on Earth in the wake of a second...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAOBaoshu
Summary: "At the end of the fourth year of the Crisis Era, Yun Tianming, riddled with cancer, chose to end his life. His decision was the first step in a journey that would take him to the end of the universe and beyond. His brain was extracted from his body, flash frozen, put aboard a spacecraft, and launched on a trajectory that will intercept the Trisolarian First Fleet in a few centuries. It is a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Hao, Jingfang
Summary: In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years, and just might be making a reappearance very soon. With...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Liu, Bin
Summary: Kites and China are practically synonymous, since these childhood toys were originally invented there before becoming popular around the world. For over 2000 years, kites have been a common sight in China, from the imperial court to the common people, and over that time period the craftsmanship of the kite has been perfected-and includes a diversity and richness of styles. In Chinese Kites,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Better Link Press 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.15 LIUSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINSummary: Takada is an aging Japanese fisherman who has been estranged from his son for many years. When the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RIDSummary: In the early 1600s, the Manchurians have taken over sovereignty of China and established the Ching Dynasty. The new government immediately imposes a martial arts ban, forbidding the practice of martial arts altogether in order to gain control.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Company 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SEVSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUCeu
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Umgd 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CEUSummary: To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2020