The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China, Paperback - Henry Pu Yi

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 ...

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.

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

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Reducere. Who Am I? is the bittersweet memoir of a Chinese American who came to this country as a twenty-year-old graduate student and stayed to become one o...

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Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII.

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A high-stakes, breakneck-paced Afro-futuristic adventure.Publisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): Kwame MbaliaNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dime...

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A fascinating biography of the life of the Tudor woman who almost became Henry VIII's seventh wife.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): David B...

Chinese Ways of Seeing and Open-Air Painting chronicles the life of a modern art form. In the late 1910s Chinese painters began working outdoors. T...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Henry Venmore-RowlandNumber of pages: 352Collection: The Aulus Severus AdventuresPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 129 ...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In Taiwanese writer Lo Yi-Chin's Faraway, a fictionalized version of the author finds himself stranded in mainland China attempting to bring his co...

Seven stories, seven whispers into the ears of life: A Yi's unexpected twists of crime burst from the everyday, with glimpses of romance distorted ...

Contributor(s): Author: David PotterThe Emperors of Rome charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through profiles of the greatest and most not...

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A poignant ode to love and the memories that make a well-lived life, from the author of THE SINGLE LADIES OF JACARANDA RETIREMENT VILLAGE.

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The Western world's views on China are filled with prejudices and misunderstandings caused by the ignorance of the history and current situation of...

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Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an Ame...

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Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes us on a charming journey through cricket's closest test matches.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuth...

Reducere. Chinese Ghost Stories - Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, is a collection of 164 Classical Chinese stories compiled by Pu Songling.These hair-...

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A poignant ode to love and the memories that make a well-lived life, from the author of THE SINGLE LADIES OF JACARANDA RETIREMENT VILLAGE.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James LeggeThe classic book of Chinese Wisdom, interpreting the 64 Hexagrams of the I-Ching. The I-Ching is the oldest form...

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

A blazing and kaleidoscopic debut about a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino American families on the Texas coast from a voice you won't ...

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The Neuroscience of Meditation: Understanding Individual Differences explores the individual differences in learning and practicing meditation, whi...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Susie YiNumber of pages: 96Collection: Cat & Cat AdventuresPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 ...