Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story, Paperback - Robert Van Gulik

Reducere. Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written...

Reducere. Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously...

Reducere. In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His...

Reducere. The lute, ch'in or guqin is one of China's oldest and most revered musical instruments. Records indicate that it has been a favourite of the litera...

Reducere. Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge...

Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works ...

Reducere. Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath...

Reducere. It all begins on the night of the Poo-yang dragonboat races in 699 A.D.: a drummer in the leading boat collapses, and the body of a beautiful young...

Reducere. A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he final...

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A crime thrillerPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Barry MorganNumber of pages: 384Collection: The Detective Robert Steele seriesPublication dat...

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A crime thrillerPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Barry MorganNumber of pages: 416Collection: The Detective Robert Steele seriesPublication dat...

A crime and a six-decade cover-up: the death of a fashion designer in the cesspit of vice and violence that was 1950s London.

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Contributor(s): Author: Jonny ZuckerIllustrator: Jan Barger CohenA simple introduction to the Chinese New Year festival. Follow a family as they le...

Publisher: Legend Press LtdAuthor(s): Matt WittenNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 29Cover type: Paperback / softba...

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Winner of the Aventis Science Book Prize. 'A scientific detective story, a brilliant cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Gray's anatomy' J G Ballard,...

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Description"Genuinely fascinating reading."--The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."--The New Yorker "Grand and fasc...

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYFINANCIAL TIMESFrom Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy ...

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Reducere. Van der Post's incomparable knowledge of Africa illuminates this epic novel, set near the Kalahari Desert, about a boy on the verge of manhood, his...

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Publisher: Ebury PublishingAuthor(s): Drew PritchardNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 126 x 196 x 24Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. The award-winning author of Redwoods and Coral Reefs explores the evolving terrain and animals of the Galápagos in this nonfiction picture book. Ch...

A single-volume history told in a new way: mingling grand sweep narrative with deep-core, local, personal stories - all woven together with landsca...

"This book is designed to introduce Classical Chinese to students with no previous exposure to Modern Chinese. This differs from the approach used ...