The first in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar company Alibaba.com—known to many as "China's eBay"—and the inspirational story behind the man who created it.
A bestseller in China and now translated into English and updated with recent events, Alibaba by Liu Shiying and Martha Avery tells the remarkable story behind the Internet phenomenon Alibaba.com and its founder Jack Ma, a man Barron's named one of the World's Top 30 CEOs in 2008. Ma's rise to prominence presents a riveting story: Despite growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution—in a period of total state control of the economy—he developed the keen entrepreneurial instincts that propelled him to billionaire status and enabled him to build a company outside the usual government channels. These instincts and habits incorporated martial arts training and allowed him to recognize, early on, that the Internet could leverage his company to rapid growth and also transform the way business is done around the world. 
Alibaba.com, where businesses can buy and sell everything from air beds to zippers, started with a modest initial investment of $60,000 and has grown exponentially since its founding in 1999 to become the world's biggest business-to-business Web site. In 2007 it became the second largest IPO in history (after Google), and Fast Company has named it one of the world's most innovative companies. As a result, smart investors and technology insiders will be keeping a close eye on Alibaba for years to come. Whether you're seeking to understand China's meteoric rise, or just searching for the next Google, Yahoo!, or Amazon, Alibaba is crucial reading.

alibaba: The Inside Story Behind Jack Ma and the Creation of the World's Biggest Online Marketplace

Business & Money

Avery, Martha

Liu, Shiying

Biography & History

Harper Business

First published in Taiwan in 1992 and banned in China--where it was widely distributed underground--a lyrical and sensuous novel follows the winding path of a young female poet whose life is changed by the uprising in Tiananmen Square.

Summer of Betrayal: A Novel

Hong, Ying

Ying, Hong

Lao-Hung

Literature & Fiction

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

A love story set in a Chinese labor camp during the Cultural Revolution follows Zhang, a rightist poet made impotent, and Huang, a woman jailed for promiscuity, and their passionate, ill-fated love affair

Half of Man Is Woman

Zhang, Xianliang

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

For decades preceding 1990, Mongolia's economy was supported by the Soviet Union. For the past several years the country has been undergoing extreme change in economic structure as well as social organization. The 30 women in this book discuss the changes in specific, pesonal terms but, as a counterpoint, confirm a tenacious sense of tradition. Weather conditions are extreme in Mongolia: winter temperatures hover between 30 to 40 degrees below zero. The high plateau that Mongolia sits on has preserved a uniquely Mongolian lifestyle. The women of Mongolia celebrate that lifestyle in this book, as they face an uncertain future with strength and optimism.

Women of Mongolia

History

Asia

Avery Press

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