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100 Things to Do Before You Die: Travel Events You Just Can't Missby Dave Freeman, Neil Teplica, Jennifer Coonce, Whatsgoingon.ComISBN 087833243X (0-87833-243-X)
Softcover, Taylor Pub
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Aditi: The Living Arts of Indiaby Robert Adams, Rajeev SethiISBN 0874748534 (0-87474-853-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Annapurna: A Woman's Placeby Arlene BlumISBN 0871568063 (0-87156-806-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonby J. Thomas Rimer, Kendall H. Brown, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Anne Nishimura MorseISBN 0878466703 (0-87846-670-3)
Softcover, MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Hardcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc - Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: ISBN 0878466703 (0-87846-670-3)
Softcover, MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: ISBN 0878466681 (0-87846-668-1)
Asian Games: The Art of Contestby Asia Society, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Irving L. Finkel, Colin MackenzieISBN 0878480994 (0-87848-099-4)
Hardcover, Asia Society
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Barbarians of Asia: The Peoples of the Steppes from 1600 B.C.by Stuart LeggISBN 0880295341 (0-88029-534-1)
Hardcover, Dorset Press
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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000by L. Ron HubbardISBN 0884046818 (0-88404-681-8)
Softcover, Bridge Pubns
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Black Heartby Eric LustbaderISBN 0871313952 (0-87131-395-2)
Hardcover, M Evans & Co
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Born in the Year of Courageby Emily CroffordISBN 0876146795 (0-87614-679-5)
Hardcover, Lerner Pub Group
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Burma: Time for Changeby Mathea FalcoISBN 0876093330 (0-87609-333-0)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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Calligraphy and the East Asian Bookby Frederick W. Mote, Hung-lam Chu, Howard L. GoodmanISBN 0877734801 (0-87773-480-1)
Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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The Conference of the Birdsby Farid-Ud-Din Attar, C.S. NottISBN 0877730318 (0-87773-031-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Count Your Way Through Russiaby Jim Haskins, Vera MednikovISBN 0876144881 (0-87614-488-1)
Softcover, Lerner Pub Group
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Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mindby Eva Wong, Shui-Ch'Ing Tzu, Hun-Yen TzuISBN 0877736871 (0-87773-687-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Designer's Guide to Japanese Patterns 3by Jeanne AllenISBN 0877016062 (0-87701-606-2)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Designer's Guide to Samurai Patternsby Takashi KatanoISBN 0877017301 (0-87701-730-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Eastern Light for the Western MindISBN 087847014X (0-87847-014-X)
Softcover, Aum Pubns
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Ekiben: The Art of the Japanese Box Lunchby Gideon Bosker, Junichi Kamekura, Mamoru WatanabeISBN 0877014906 (0-87701-490-6)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collectionby J.M. Rogers, Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Art Services InternationalISBN 0883971437 (0-88397-143-7)
Softcover, Art Services Intl
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Everyday Life in Early Imperial Chinaby Michael LoweISBN 088029177X (0-88029-177-X)
Softcover, Dorset Press
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Everyday Life In Early Imperial China: During the Han Period 202 BC-AD 220by Michael Loewe, Eva WilsonISBN 0872207595 (0-87220-759-5)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Explorers Extraordinaryby John KeayISBN 0874773970 (0-87477-397-0)
Softcover, J.P. Tarcher
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Graham RustISBN 0879236493 (0-87923-649-3)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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- information on the historical context of the book
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The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911.
Its working title was Mistress Mary, in reference to the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of children's literature.
The main character of this story is Mary Lennox. She has been born to rich British parents that are currently living in India. Her parents were busy with extravagent parties and left Mary with her ayah for most of the time. Orphaned by an outbreak of cholera, she is sent back to England to be cared for by her mother's sister's husband, Archibald Craven, a reclusive widower. Craven's wife, Lilian, passed away ten years earlier. He is still mourning that loss. To escape his sad memories, he constantly travels abroad, leaving the entire manor, including Mary, to be cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock. The only person who has any time for the little girl is the chambermaid Martha Sowerby, who tells Mary about a locked up garden, surrounded by a wall that was the late Mrs. Craven's favorite place. No one has entered the garden since she died because Archibald locked its entrance and buried the key. He hasn't told anyone where it is.
Mary finds the key to the secret garden hidden in a box in the house. A robin shows her where the door is hidden beneath overgrown ivy. Once inside, she discovers that although the roses seem lifeless, some of the other flowers have survived. She decides to tend the garden herself. Mary wants to keep her new found garden a secret, but she knows she needs help tending it. She gets this help from Martha's brother Dickon. He seems to have a connection with all wild animals and plants. Mary gives him money to buy gardening implements and he shows her that the roses, though neglected, are not dead. When Mary's uncle briefly meets with her for the first time since her arrival, Mary asks him for permission to claim her own garden from any abandoned part of the grounds, and he acquiesces. Thanks to her new-found interests and activities, Mary herself begins to blossom, becoming more healthy looking and more pleasant to be around.
Some nights, Mary hears someone weeping in another part of the house. When she asks questions, the servants become evasive. They tell her that she is hearing things, like a servant with a toothache. Shortly after her uncle's visit, she goes exploring and discovers her uncle's son, Colin, a lonely, bedridden boy as petulant and disagreeable as Mary used to be. His father shuns him because the child closely resembles his mother. Mr. Craven is a mild hunchback, and both he and Colin are morbidly convinced that the boy will develop the same condition. The servants have been keeping Mary and Colin a secret from one another because Colin doesn't like strangers staring at him and is prone to terrible tantrums.
Mr. Craven has been traveling through Europe, but is inspired to rush home after hearing the voice of his dead wife in a dream and receiving a letter from Mrs. Sowerby (Martha's and Dickon's mother, who also knows the secret) telling him, "I think your lady would ask you to come if she was here." He arrives while the children are outdoors and finds himself drawn toward the secret garden. As he approaches nearer, he is astonished to hear their voices inside the walls; Colin bursts out of the garden door toward him, actually winning a footrace against Mary and Dickon. The story's heartwarming ending has Colin able to walk, Archibald smiling again, and Mary has a family and friends who love her. [via]More editions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden:
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Softcover, Lerner Pub Group - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0883632020 (0-88363-202-0)
Hardcover, Hugh Lauter Levin Assc - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0879236493 (0-87923-649-3)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0874065755 (0-87406-575-5)
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Frida Kahlo : The Brush of Anguishby Martha Zamora, Marilyn S. SmithISBN 0877017468 (0-87701-746-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Full Tilt: Ireland to India With a Bicycleby Dervla MurphyISBN 0879512482 (0-87951-248-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Menby Harold LambISBN 0884117987 (0-88411-798-7)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Giant Pandasby John Bonnett WexoISBN 0886822289 (0-88682-228-9)
Hardcover, Creative Co
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Has Globalization Gone Too Far?by Dani RodrikISBN 0881322415 (0-88132-241-5)
Softcover, Peterson Inst for Intl Economics
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The Himalayan Woman: A Study of Limbu Women in Marriage and Divorceby Rex L. Jones, Shirley Kurz JonesISBN 0874843790 (0-87484-379-0)
Hardcover, Mayfield Pub Co
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Impressions of the Front: Woodcuts of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95 Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 23 to June 26, 1983by Shumpei Okamoto, Philadelphia Museum of ArtISBN 0876330499 (0-87633-049-9)
Softcover, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches, 16th through 19th Centuries: [catalogue]by Asia Society, Stuart Cary Welch, Asia House GalleryISBN 0878480463 (0-87848-046-3)
Hardcover, Asia Society
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The Inheritance of Lossby Kiran DesaiISBN 0871139294 (0-87113-929-4)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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The Inner Chaptersby A. C. Graham, Zhuangzi, S. C. GrahamISBN 0872205819 (0-87220-581-9)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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The Inner Chaptersby Chuang-Tz+U, A. C. GrahamISBN 0872205827 (0-87220-582-7)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inner Chapters'Book summary:The Inner Chapters are the oldest pieces of the larger collection of writings by several fourth, third, and second century B.C. authors that constitute the classic of Taoism, the Chuang-Tzu (or Zhuangzi). It is this core of ancient writings that is ascribed to Chuang-Tzu himself. [via]
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Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditionsby Nancy Berliner, Edward S. CookeISBN 0875772072 (0-87577-207-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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An Invitation to Indian Cooking: With a New Preface by the Authorby Madhur JaffreyISBN 0880016647 (0-88001-664-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Iran: Time For A New Approachby Edward D. MeyerISBN 0876093454 (0-87609-345-4)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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The Jade Pavilionby Martin BoothISBN 0871132397 (0-87113-239-7)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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Kabbalahby Gershom ScholemISBN 0880292059 (0-88029-205-9)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kabbalah'Book summary:Scholarship and rigor mark this magnum opus by the esteemed Gershom Scholem, who did work on Kabbalah back when such activity was in disrepute among Jewish scholars of his rank. It is here where Scholem, who was associated with Hebrew University in Jerusalem, made his name, and his publications, usually short articles, laid the groundwork for a respectable study of the field. Scholem's KABBALAH is a major work, which opens with a large, encyclopedia-entry-length overview essay, in which he explains the Zohar, or Book of Splendor, and its influence, especially among Hasidic Jews. He follows with articles on various topics in Jewish mysticism, and then includes articles on key personalities, such as Sabbatei Sevi (on whom Scholem has written an entire book). While KABBALAH by Gershom Scholem it is not an easy read, it rewards those who venture forth. [via]
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Kuru Sorcery: Disease and Danger in the New Guinea Highlandsby Shirley LindenbaumISBN 0874843626 (0-87484-362-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Lost Names: Scenes from a Boyhood in Japanese-Occupied Koreaby Richard E. KimISBN 0876636784 (0-87663-678-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way: The Essential Chapters from the Prasannapad+a of Candrak+Irtiby CandrakÈIrtiISBN 0877737118 (0-87773-711-8)
Hardcover, Shambhala Pubns
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The Prasannapada is the explanation of the versed aphorisms of Nagarjuna which are the first and basic statement of the Buddhist philosophy of the middle way. When first published, this volume was the first attempt, in any European language, to present all the essentials of this most radical of Buddhist philosophical works. Seventeen of its twenty-seven chapters have been chosen to give an integrated statement of every aspect of its arguments and conclusions.
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A Map of the Eastby Leo RubinfienISBN 0879239433 (0-87923-943-3)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Mastering the Art of Warby Zhuge Liang, Liu Ji, Thomas Cleary, Ji LiuISBN 0877735131 (0-87773-513-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mastering the Art of War'Book summary:Composed by two prominent statesmen-generals of classical China, this book develops the strategies of Sun Tzu's classic, The Art of War, into a complete handbook of organization and leadership. The great leaders of ancient China who were trained in Sun Tzu's principles understood how war is waged successfully, both materially and mentally, and how victory and defeat follow clear social, psychological, and environmental laws. Drawing on episodes from the panorama of Chinese history, Mastering the Art of War presents practical summaries of these essential laws along with tales of conflict and strategy that show in concrete terms the proper use of Sun Tzu's principles. The book also examines the social and psychological aspects of organization and crisis management. The translator's introduction surveys the Chinese philosophies of war and conflict and explores in depth the parallels between The Art of War and the oldest handbook of strategic living, the I Ching (Book of Changes). [via]
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Masterpieces from the Shin'Enkan Collection: Japanese Painting of the Edo Periodby Los Angeles County Museum of ArtISBN 0875871283 (0-87587-128-3)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Material World: A Global Family Portraitby Charles C. Mann, Paul Kennedy, Peter MenzelISBN 0871564300 (0-87156-430-0)
Softcover, Sierra Club Books
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The book provides sidebars offering statistics and a brief history for each country, as well as personal notes from the photographers about their experiences. But it is the "big pictures" that tell most of the story. In one, a British family pauses before a meal of tea and crumpets under a cloudy sky. In another, wary Bosnians sit beside mattresses used as sniper barricades. A Malian family composed of a husband, his two wives, and their children rests before a few cooking and washing implements in golden afternoon light. Material World is a lesson in economics and geography, reminding us of the world's inequities, but also of humanity's common threads. An engrossing, enlightening book. --Maria Dolan [via]
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Mingei: Japanese Folk Artby William B. Hauser, Robert Moes, Amanda Mayer StinchecumISBN 0883971178 (0-88397-117-8)
Softcover, Art Services Intl
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Modernization and Revolution in Chinaby June Grasso, Jay Corrin, Michael G. KortISBN 0873325397 (0-87332-539-7)
Softcover, Sharpe Incorporated, M. E.
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Nest in the Wind: Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Islandby Martha C. WardISBN 0881334057 (0-88133-405-7)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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New Japanese Voicesby Helen MitsiosISBN 0871134268 (0-87113-426-8)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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No Other Road to Take: Memoir of Mrs Nguyen Thi Dinhby Mai Van ElliotISBN 087727102X (0-87727-102-X)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Southeast Asia
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The Outnation : A Search for the Soul of Japanby Jonathan Rauch, Joel Sackett, James M. FallowsISBN 0875843204 (0-87584-320-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Business School Press
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Paintings from Islamic Landsby Ralph H. Pinder-WilsonISBN 0872491382 (0-87249-138-2)
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Pictures from the Water Trade: Adventures of a Westerner in Japanby John David MorleyISBN 0871130173 (0-87113-017-3)
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Religion in Chinese Society: A Study of Contemporary Social Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factorsby C. K. YangISBN 0881336211 (0-88133-621-1)
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Remains of the Dayby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0886192196 (0-88619-219-6)
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Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupationby Ewald Osers, Heinrich HarrerISBN 0874779251 (0-87477-925-1)
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River Road to China: The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73by Milton OsborneISBN 0871137526 (0-87113-752-6)
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzgeraldISBN 0880884819 (0-88088-481-9)
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Sacred Calligraphy of the Eastby John StevensISBN 0877731985 (0-87773-198-5)
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The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collectionby Pratapaditya Pal, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtISBN 0875870791 (0-87587-079-1)
Hardcover, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Highlighting stone and bronze pieces from a private collection, The Sensuous Immortals has 200 photographic illustrations, mostly full page, including 75 color plates. Written by Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, Senior Curator of Indian and Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the sound and readable text provides basic, comprehensive catalogue information, including identification, dating, and justification, for each of the 180 objects illustrated. The general reader will find useful Dr. Pal's introduction to the historical, art historical, religious/philosophical context of the objects. The book is conveniently organized for use by the scholar and collector, with illustrations facing explanatory texts.
The Sensuous Immortals grew out of a 1977-78 exhibition by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, introducing to the public a vast private collection of Indian and Southeast Asian objects covering numerous areas and regions. Here is a wealth of new material, finely reproduced, with a useful text that will be of great interest to both general and specialist readers. [via]More editions of The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection:
Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. LawrenceISBN 088029258X (0-88029-258-X)
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Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of Chinaby Eva WongISBN 0877735441 (0-87773-544-1)
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The Shogun's Reluctant Ambassadors: Japanese Sea Drifters in the North Pacificby Katherine PlummerISBN 0875952356 (0-87595-235-6)
Softcover, Oregon Historical Society Pr
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Snow Falling from a Bamboo Leaf: The Art of Haikuby Hiag AkmakjianISBN 0884960951 (0-88496-095-1)
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The Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago, 1870-1930by Lisa M. FineISBN 0877226741 (0-87722-674-1)
Hardcover, Temple University Press
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Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline: Factory Women in Malaysiaby Aihwa OngISBN 0887063802 (0-88706-380-2)
Hardcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Sustaining the Asia Pacific Miracle: Environmental Protection and Economic Integrationby Daniel C. Esty, Andre DuaISBN 0881322504 (0-88132-250-4)
Softcover, Peterson Inst for Intl Economics
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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticismby Fritjof CapraISBN 0877730784 (0-87773-078-4)
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Their Heads are Green and Their Hands are Blueby Paul BowlesISBN 088001301X (0-88001-301-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue: Scenes from the Non-Christian Worldby Paul BowlesISBN 0880010436 (0-88001-043-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning: Cute, Cheap, Mad, and Sexyby John A. LentISBN 0879727799 (0-87972-779-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Toward a New International Financial Architecture: A Practical Post-Asia Agendaby Barry EichengreenISBN 0881322709 (0-88132-270-9)
Softcover, Peterson Inst for Intl Economics
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Tracking Marco Poloby Timothy SeverinISBN 0872260127 (0-87226-012-7)
Hardcover, Peter Bedrick Books
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The Twenty-one Balloonsby William Pene DuboisISBN 0874063167 (0-87406-316-7)
Softcover, Lerner Pub Group
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Two Strange Talesby Mircea Eliade, William A. CoatesISBN 0877733864 (0-87773-386-4)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebookby Thomas ClearyISBN 0877735190 (0-87773-519-0)
Softcover, Shambhala Pubns
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The Way of Chuang Tzuby Thomas MertonISBN 0877736766 (0-87773-676-6)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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The Way of the Warrior: The Paradox of the Martial Artsby Howard Reid, Michael CroucherISBN 0879514337 (0-87951-433-7)
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Wen-Tzu: Understanding the Mysteriesby Lao-Tzu, Thomas F. Cleary, LaoziISBN 0877738629 (0-87773-862-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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What Do We Know About Hinduism?by Anita GaneriISBN 0872263851 (0-87226-385-1)
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When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textilesby Anne E. Wardwell, Cleveland Museum of Art, James C.Y. Watt, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)ISBN 0870998277 (0-87099-827-7)
Softcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Women of Deh Koh: Lives in an Iranian Villageby Erika FriedlISBN 0874744008 (0-87474-400-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Yakuza Diary: Doing Time in the Japanese Underworldby Christopher SeymourISBN 087113604X (0-87113-604-X)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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The Yin-Yang Butterfly: Ancient Chinese Sexual Secrets for Western Loversby Valentin ChuISBN 087477778X (0-87477-778-X)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Zen Lessons: The Art of Leadershipby Thomas F. ClearyISBN 0877738939 (0-87773-893-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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