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This illustrated A-Z guide leads readers through the fiery history of a furious, rebellious, contradictory and boundary-redefining musical genre and culture movement that remains as massively influential as it is wildly misunderstood.

Life the ‘great feral novel’

Australian Les Murray, one of the greatest living English poets, recently published Taller When Prone, his first collection of poems since The Biplane Houses in 2006.

Between dreams and reality

The painter Fang Nan lived off his wife for several years when no one would purchase his work. When he first picked up his brush, his simple and crude studio bristled with excitement. But at the age of 30, that energy is long gone.

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For more than three millennia, Iran has been a melting pot of civilizations. Under Cyrus the Great, Persia was the center of the world’s first empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean to modern-day Pakistan.

Jobs in translation

The authorized biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson was released Monday in the US. The Chinese version of the book arrived at bookshelves in more than 30 bookstores in 21 cities at 10:05 am.

The 20th century through a family’s eyes

In reading Han Suyin’s autobiography The Crippled Tree, Welsh philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “During the first of many hours that I spent reading it, I learnt more about China than I did in a whole year spent in that country.”

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This book is a collection of American photographer Edward Weston’s nudes, still-life and landscape art. Born in Illinois in 1886, Weston achieved success as a commercial photographer, shooting portraits in the popular soft-focus style of the time.

Symposium compares Italian, Chinese love

Literature is one of the best forms in which to record a country’s history and culture, both of which are core components of nationalism.

Geographical biography marks anniversary of writer’s death

The publication of Sanmao: 1943-1991 (241pp, Writers’ Press, 39.8 yuan), the only biography authorized by the late Taiwanese writer’s family, in January began a flood of books that would commemorate her death.

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Hattie Kong, a retired teacher and a descendant of Confucius, has decided that it is time to start over. She moves to the peaceful New England town of Riverlake, a place that once represented the rock-solid base of American life.