Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale, Paperback - Judith T. Zeitlin

This is the first book in English on the seventeenth-century Chinese masterpiece Liaozhai's Records of the Strange (Liaozhai zhiyi) by Pu Songling,...

Exquisite and amusing miniatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, t...

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Reducere. In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi ...

In The Final Days of Jesus, Mark Smith brings his experience as a classical historian to bear on the life of the historical Jesus, piecing together...

The Monkey King: A Classic Chinese Tale for Children is inspired by Chinese folktales and legends about Monkey, King of the Mountain of Flowers and...

On one seemingly innocent day, Sir Alisdair Maddy McGlynn, a poor Scottish Laird, decides to go fishing on his faithful boat, 'Kingfisher'. Little ...

Publisher: Award Publications LtdAuthor(s): Robert SwindellsNumber of pages: 112Collection: The OutfitPublication date: 2014Dimensions: 198 x 131 x...

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Beatrix Potter's beloved character, now in a touch-and-feel lift-the-flap book for kids of all ages Beatrix Potter's beloved character, now as a to...

One of the most influential books on Western understanding and sympathy for Red China in the 1930s

Reducere. This edition of Doctrine of the Mean features both English and Chinese side by side for easy reference and bilingual support. The paragraphs are or...

Reducere. Miriam Karpilove's debut, an epistolary novel published when she was twenty-three, follows the tumultuous relationship between a small-town Jewish ...

Reducere. First published in 1957 The Strange Case of Mr Pelham is Anthony Armstrong's masterclass in suspense, a slow-burning examination of one man's desce...

Publisher: Cider Mill Press Book Publishers LLCAuthor(s): Beatrix PotterIllustration(s): 50Number of pages: 48Collection: The Classic EditionPublic...

Reducere. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the disappearance or death of a great number of kids from the town of Hamelin (Hame...

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Reducere. THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. Thi...

Jack Howland is an engineer from Chicago who is sent to build the rail route in the remote and unforgiving terrains of the Canadian wilderness. But...

Reducere. The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas By Mayne Reid

Reducere. Mayne Reid's adventure novel, based on a South Texas folk tale, and inspired by Creed Taylor's true story of El Muerto.

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Publisher: Banipal BooksAuthor(s): Ghalya F T Al SaidIllustration(s): 1 black and white illustrationTranslator: Raphael CohenNumber of pages: 256Pu...

A single person--but with two personalities: one that's noble and kind and another that's pure, repulsive evil. Robert Louis Stevenson's engrossing...

DescriptionA deep and radically original exploration of Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist wisdom through the lens of the life and work of Tu Fu, wide...

Reducere. The following pages are the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of a story and a system of practice, which accounts for ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andres ResendezThe extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth centuryIn 1527, ...

Reducere. The Book of Lord Shang was probably compiled sometime between 359 and 338 BCE. Along with the Han Fei-Tzu, it is one of the two principal sources o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sun TzuAuthor: Zhuge LiangAuthor: This unique edition of Thirty-Six Stratagems features both English, Chinese and Pinyin si...

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Reducere. In his forty-year career as a critic and editor of weird fiction, S. T. Joshi has had occasion to study many of the leading writers of fantasy and ...

Reducere. Even more innovative than his last, Robert Sabuda will captivate all with his latest pop-up masterpiece, Beauty & the BeastTrue love blooms in this...

Reducere. A Tale of Two Kingdoms traces the conflict between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Man. The Scriptural account that begins in Genesis comes t...

The tales of Peter Rabbit are celebrated in this full-color classic edition that features never-before-seen original art and a newly designed forma...

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

Originally published in 1994. This surveys the origin and development of one of Chaucer's most problematic characters, Griselda. This study looks a...

DescriptionOne day a poor fisherman catches a fish that says he's an enchanted prince and begs to be set free. But when the fisherman tells his wif...

Reducere. Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World is the first full-length study in any Western language of the development of the Yijing in China from e...

Reducere. A preeminent scholar of Jewish thought and spirituality presents the first-ever English translation of selected writings of the Hasidic martyr of t...

Publisher: Banipal BooksAuthor(s): Ghalya F T Al SaidIllustration(s): 1 black and white illustrationTranslator: Raphael CohenNumber of pages: 256Pu...

Reducere. First published in 1886, this book has held its place as the classic work on the Moors in Spain: a scholarly, wonderfully readable and sweeping tal...

In Vallejo, California as World War II begins, hard-headed Greek-immigrant Achilles Pappayannis is the owner of the successful restaurant The Class...

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