The Lacquered Talisman: A Novel of Fourteenth Century China, Paperback - Laurie Dennis

A sweeping coming-of-age epic, The Lacquered Talisman launches the story of one of the most influential figures in Chinese history. He is the son o...

This epic novel of a wide-eyed missionary and a rebellious woman thrust into China's Communist revolution is "an excellent read, panoramic in scope...

Reducere. Would you rather sacrifice your livelihood, your lover, or your life? When the Black Death comes knocking on your door, you'd better decide quickly...

Reducere. Represented here are examples of various categories of Chinese literary composition-verses, songs, stories, essays, drama, and excerpts from novels...

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...

A novel about a woman in modern ChinaPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Pat NohrdenNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 5...

Reducere. Would you rather sacrifice your livelihood, your lover, or your life? When the Black Death comes knocking on your door, you'd better decide quickly...

Reducere. When Mara's dream job turns into her worst nightmare, she realizes it's not only her livelihood at stake-it's also her life. Real estate newbie, Ma...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe Eagle and the Dragon takes the reader on an epic journey of thousands of miles by sea and land across three continents.When Senator ...

Authoritative reference guide, using the documents in which arms and armour first appeared to explain and define them.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer L...

A century of complex relations between Communists and workers in ChinaPublisher: Verso BooksNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

Now in paperback, a literary time machine that takes readers into the sights, smells, and tastes of the fourteenth century--a book that is revoluti...

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DescriptionHere is a complete guide to the lost art of geomancy--one of the major divination systems that are a part of the Western magical traditi...

Reducere. They were the most famous women in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the thre...

Reducere. This is a truly original novel that has earned its place among my favorite works of historical fiction.--Jennifer Robson, USA Today bestselling aut...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: E. W. BovillAuthor: Edward W. Bovill"This book is the liveliest account of African history ever written, covering overone] ...

DescriptionThrough the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family's history through early 20...

The Ruyao jing (Mirror for Compounding the Medicine) is one of the most famous texts of Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. Written in the 10th cen...

Visions of medieval castles in Fourteenth and fifteenth - century illuminations produced in France - Sabina Madgearu

Reducere. From the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait comes a stunning historical novel about two women, separated by five hundred years, who each hide L...

Originally published in Chinese by Horizon Media Co., Ltd., 2014.

Publisher: University of Hawai'i PressAuthor(s): Frank ChinNumber of pages: 280Collection: Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural ...

DescriptionIn the late nineteenth century, a conviction that China was somehow weaker than other political states in Asia and the West spread acros...

Reducere. For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad was especially sweet. There was even a m...

A young widow embraces a second chance at life when she reconnects with those who understand the sacrifices made by American soldiers and their fam...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Laurie R. King's Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series weaves rich historical detail and provocative themes with intrigui...

Reveals and illustrates the lives of our 'ordinary' ancestors.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Kathryn WarnerIllustration(s): 30 black an...

Reducere. The Narcissism of Small Differences is a noir detective novel about the guiding influences of memory and the subconscious mind. It's also a story a...

Essays offer a lively snapshot of important topics.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 1 MapsNumber of pages: 222Collection: Fourteenth...

Reducere. The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he's happy to run alcohol guns wherever the money's good, he doesn't think t...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. Rector "Wreck 'em" Sherman was orphaned as a toddler in the Blight of 1863, but that was years ago. Wreck has grown up, and on his eighteenth birth...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Feng MenglongIllustration(s): 2 mapsTranslator: Olivia MilburnNumber of pages: 344Publication d...

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Reducere. A celebrated revolution brought freedom to a group of enslaved people in northern India. Or did it? Millions of people today are still enslaved; ne...

The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth.