Herodotus’s Memories
72 stories adapted by Shitu from Herodotus’s Histories, following the “father of history” from Lydia and Egypt to Persia and Greece.
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Portraits of American Historical Figures
Bilingual historical narratives drawn from firsthand memoirs, letters, diaries and verified oral accounts.
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In Conversation with the Chiang Kai-shek Diaries
500 bilingual historical stories in ten volumes, spanning 1917–1972. Chiang’s diary meets the choices, voices, and consequences beyond its pages.
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Sima Qian’s Historical Memories
108 lives from Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian, retold by Shitu in a modern first-person voice: rulers, ministers, and ordinary people.
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Journey through Ancient Egypt with Professor Jin Shoufu
A bilingual historical series based on Ancient Egyptian Civilization, published with Professor Jin Shoufu’s authorization.
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Lewis/Clark Expedition Journals
Bilingual historical stories adapted by Shitu from public-domain expedition journals, 1804–1806.
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Cold War Encounters
Beginning with a telegram, reconnaissance photograph, or border incident, this series brings contemporary records from different countries and languages into dialogue.
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World War II: Lives at the Crossroads
A door closed to a delegation. A railway suddenly crossing a frontier. A letter never sent. Individual lives and verifiable details build toward a fuller history of the Second World War.
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Xu Shanwei Encounters the Mediterranean
Cultural encounters in the medieval Mediterranean: 34 planned bilingual historical essays, based on Xu Shanwei’s scholarship and adapted by Shitu with AI assistance.
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Memories of Hanshu Figures
Grounded in the Hanshu, this column traces how figures were shaped, remembered, and remade. Lives have histories; so do the memories built around them.
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