Food Plants of China, Paperback - Shiu-Ying Hu

Reducere. The food plants of an area provide the material basis for the survival of its population, and furnish inspiring stimuli for cultural development. T...

Reducere. Nancy Turner describes more than 150 plants traditionally harvested and eaten by First Peoples east of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia and ...

Reducere. Wild Food Plants of the South Pacific and Southeast Asia is an introduction to the wide variety of edible food plants available on the islands of th...

Reducere. DescriptionThis delightful field guide to wild foods describes more than eighty edible plants that grow in Indiana and adjacent states and gives di...

The flora of China is astonishing in its diversity and has more botanical variety than anywhere else in the world. A unique addition to the botanic...

DescriptionPlants and plant-derived products make up the bulk of what we eat and drink every day, and people often wonder where their favorite food...

Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania.'A tour de force not to be missed.' Willy Wo-Lap, Senior China Analyst at C...

A stunning set of four books that bring together classic dishes from all over China, from the imperial kitchens of Beijing to the tea houses of Sou...

The 8th novel in the Chinese crime series featuring Shanghai detective Chief Inspector Chen Cao. He is caught between Party politics and his princi...

For thousands of years China had a vibrant imperial urban civilization, which over the last century has been transformed into the largest urban soc...

At once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simp...

Reducere. The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history--a bests...

Reducere. Describes the awe-inspiring teamwork of one million people, who, over the course of ten years, built the Great Wall of China, as ordered by China's...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human ...

Filled with fascinating ideas about the revival of religion now sweeping across China, it explores how these changes offer a profound threat to the...

Hidden Treasures is the true story of a young woman whose brief visit to Nanning, Guangxi, China in 1992 sparked the beginning of nearly two decade...

The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main foc...

The extraordinary story of how China became the powerful country it is today, when just a century ago it was almost helpless in the face of foreign...

Experience the flavour of China by using the delicious recipes in this book! As well as being able to make food such as bang-bang chicken and fried...

A provocative account showing that "China"-and its 5, 000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political ...

Derived from ancient Chinese philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine is considered to be difficult to understand. This book provides an overview o...

Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. This title provides a biography of his life....

Publisher: Tilted Axis PressAuthor(s): Ge YanPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 34Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farmecul l...

Publisher: Old Street PublishingAuthor(s): Linda JaivinIllustration(s): over 50 black and white illustrationsCollection: Shortest HistoryPublicatio...

Reducere. As China opens itself to the world and undertakes historic economic reforms, a little girl in the southern city of Guangzhou immerses herself in a ...

Based on John Kingdon's theory of the multiple streams, the book explains the origins of the legislative process and its outcomes by examining the ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe First Emperor In 1974, Chinese peasants made the discovery of the century... Thousands of terracotta soldiers guarding the tomb of a...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyXiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her ge...

Publisher: ACA Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): Scott KronickIllustration(s): 26 illustrationsNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 110...

Reducere. At a time of mystery and cruelty ... in an ancient land of breathtaking beauty and exotic surprise ... a courageous woman triumphs over her world's...

Reducere. In this book we discuss the history of Blacks in China from the Neolithic up to the rise of the Southeast Asian civilizations.

Reducere. "Traditional papercuts are perfectly suited to the kite images . . . With its folkloric tone, this stands on its own as a story about creativity."-...

Reducere. "Compestine's almost tongue-in-cheek tale is a nearly unbeatable combination of slapstick humor, fast pace, and food."--Bulletin of the Center for ...