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Almayer's Follyby Joseph Conrad, Jacques BerthoudISBN 0192816977 (0-19-281697-7)
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Arabian Nights' Entertainmentsby Robert L. MacKISBN 0192834797 (0-19-283479-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments'Book summary:The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from the possible infidelities of his wives leads to an outbreak of barbarity in his realm and to a reign of terror in his court, stopped only by the resourceful Scheherazade. The tales with which she nightly postpones the Sultan's murderous intent have entered our language and our lives like no other collection of stories before or since. Sinbad, Ali Baba, Aladdin: all make their appearance in Arabian Nights' Entertainments. This edition is the only one to offer the complete text of the earliest English translation, and also provides full notes and plot summaries, especially important in a such a sprawling work of great complexity. [via]
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Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha Bibleby Stephen Prickett, Robert CarrollISBN 0192835254 (0-19-283525-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha Bible'Book summary:The Bible is the most important book in the history of Western civilization, and also the most difficult to interpret. It has been the vehicle of continual conflict, with every interpretation reflecting passionately held views that have affected not merely religion, but politics, art, and even science.
This unique edition offers an exciting new approach to the most influential of all English biblical texts--the Authorized King James Version, complete with the Apocrypha. Its wide-ranging Introduction and the substantial notes to each book of the Bible guide the reader through the labyrinth of literary, textual, and theological issues, using the most up-to-date scholarship to demonstrate how and why the Bible has affected the literature, art and general culture of the English-speaking world.
The Bible: Authorized King James Version also includes the latest biblical research, evaluated and put into context as well as discussing centuries of critical opinion. A non-sectarian, historical approach makes it suitable for a wide range of readers. A Glossary of terms used in the Notes and six maps of the Holy Land further illuminate the meaning of this most culturally influential version of the Bible. [via]More editions of Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha Bible:
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The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperorby Wheeler M. Thackston, BaburISBN 0195096711 (0-19-509671-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor'Book summary:Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur was the first Mughal, or Mongol, emperor of India. A devoted warrior who fought by the bloodthirsty standards of his time, Babur was also a gifted scholar and ethnographer, and his memoir, The Baburnama--which translator and editor Wheeler Thackston heralds as the first autobiography in Islamic literature--paints a fascinating portrait of the lands he conquered, such as Hindustan: "A strange country. Compared to ours, it is another world. Its mountains, rivers, forests, and wildernesses, its villages and provinces, animals and plants, peoples and languages, even its rain and winds are altogether different." They were different indeed, and we're fortunate to have this beautifully illustrated record of Babur's wonderment at the new places he saw. [via]
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The Bodhicaryavataraby Santideva, Kate Crosby, Andrew SkiltonISBN 0192837206 (0-19-283720-6)
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The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Marketby John GittingsISBN 019280734X (0-19-280734-X)
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The Changing Face Of Christianity: Africa, The West, And The Worldby Lamin O. Sanneh, Joel A. CarpenterISBN 0195177282 (0-19-517728-2)
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China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynastyby Charles D. BennISBN 0195176650 (0-19-517665-0)
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Codebreaker in the Far Eastby Alan StrippISBN 0192803867 (0-19-280386-7)
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The Cold War: A History in Documentsby Allan M. WinklerISBN 0195123565 (0-19-512356-5)
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Devilsby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0192838296 (0-19-283829-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Devils'Book summary:The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, Devils (1871-2), also known as The Possessed, is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. This new translation includes the chapter "Stavrogin's confession," initially censored by Dostoevsky's publisher. [via]
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The Dhammapadaby John Ross Carter, Mahinda PalihawadanaISBN 0192836137 (0-19-283613-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dhammapada'Book summary:The Dhammapada, the Pali version of one of the most popular texts of the Buddhist canon, also ranks among the classics of the world's religious literature. This critical edition presents to the English reader for the first time the Dhammapada as it has been known throughout the centuries. With this volume, Carter and Palihawadana make a major contribution to the understanding of the Dhammapada, not only by presenting a new and accurate translation of the verses, but also by enabling readers to see the wake of this remarkable text through centuries of Buddhist tradition. In addition to the original Pali, the editors provide a translation of the commentary on the verses and the subsequent brief explanations of verse and commentarial passages provided by Sinhala sources. [via]
The Dhammapadaby Mahinda Palihawadana, John Ross CarterISBN 0195041623 (0-19-504162-3)
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A Dictionary of Architectureby James Stevens CurlISBN 0192800175 (0-19-280017-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Architecture'Book summary:This newly researched and up-to-date architectural reference work should appeal to curious readers as well as serious researchers, as it offers a complete guide to the history of architecture. Its entries cover both biographical and historical material. The information on architects, designers, and craftsmen--from ancient to contemporary--is annotated with useful and relevant cross-references that together tell a complete story about a particular subject, style, or theory. Attractive illustrations render the architectural terms more accessible and help readers to better understand the differences between, for example, Doric or Ionic columns. Biographical entries for a great number of well- and lesser-known architects, some with illustrations of their best-known works, and entries about their influences and contemporaries offer a well-rounded guide through the centuries of architectural achievement. Editor James Stevens Curl is well suited for this job: he is Emeritus Professor of Architectural History and a senior Research Fellow, School of Architecture, De Montfort University in Leicester, England, and he wrote the award-winning The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry. His credentials form a strong foundation of reliability upon which A Dictionary of Architecture is built, making it a solid reference for students and lay readers alike. --Amazon.co.uk [via]
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A Dictionary of Architecture And Landscape Architectureby James Stevens CurlISBN 0192806300 (0-19-280630-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Architecture And Landscape Architecture'Book summary:Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to ziggurat, this authoritative dictionary of architecture covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day. Beautifully illustrated and written in a clear and concise style, it also includes brief biographies of leading architects, from Brunelleschi and Imhotep to Le Corbusier and Richard Rogers. The text is complimented by over 250 beautiful and meticulous line drawings, labeled cross-sections and diagrams. These include precise drawings of typical building features, making it easy for readers to identify particular period styles.
The first edition of the Dictionary of Architecture received excellent reviews. Now it has been fully revised and expanded, bringing it completely up-to-date. New entries include definitions of landscape terms and biographies of modern architects. Each entry is followed by a mini-bibliography, with suggestions for further reading. It also contains over 50 new illustrations.
This is an essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in architecture. With clear descriptions providing in-depth analysis, the second edition of A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture is invaluable for students and professional architects, and provides a fascinating wealth of information for the general reader.
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The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policyby World Bank StaffISBN 0195209931 (0-19-520993-1)
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Eastern Religions and Western Thoughtby S. RadhakrishnanISBN 0195624564 (0-19-562456-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eastern Religions and Western Thought'Book summary:This challenging and beautifully written book describes the leading ideas of Indian philosophy and religion. It traces the probable influence of Indian mysticism on Greek thought and Christian development, through Alexandrian Judaism, Christian Gnosticism, and Neo-Platonism. The author argues that Christianity, which arose out of an eastern background and became wedded to Graeco-Latin culture, will find rebirth in a renewed alliance with this Eastern heritage. [via]
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Eothen or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the Eastby Alexander KinglakeISBN 0192813617 (0-19-281361-7)
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Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times Soviet Russia in the 1930sby Sheila FitzpatrickISBN 0195050010 (0-19-505001-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times Soviet Russia in the 1930s'Book summary:Most popular books about the Stalin era feature the big names and a firm narrative shape: Robert Conquest's The Great Terror; Alan Bullock's Hitler and Stalin. Some books yield their revelations at a glance, like the stunning The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia.
But scholar Sheila Fitzpatrick is famous for letting the common people and the facts speak for themselves, in all their complexity. Her new book on Soviet life in the 1930s--based on research in newly opened archives--does for urbanites what her Heldt Prizewinning Stalin's Peasants did for rural victims. The many witnesses in this fascinating horror story cast doubt on Stalin's notorious 1935 slogan "Life has become better, comrades; life has become more cheerful."
A comment made by a victim of Ivan the Terrible would be more apt: "We Russians don't need to eat; we eat one another and this satisfies us." Famine, caused by bad weather and worse policies, plagued the decade, and life became a chronic struggle to wrest crumbs from an incompetent bureaucracy. Stalin's sly methods of deflecting blame from the state onto allegedly disloyal citizens provoked orgies of denunciation (which could backfire on denouncers). A mad starch factory director forbade comrades to get shaves or haircuts at home--it would have been disloyal to the factory's hairdresser. One kid, Pavlik Morozov, reported his father for grain hoarding in 1937, was murdered by relatives, and became a national hero to kids. Andrei Sakharov's future spouse Elena Bonner was shocked at her 9-year-old brother's response to his father's arrest: "Look what these enemies of the people are like--some of them even pretend to be fathers." The celebrated Moscow Children's Theater put on The Squealer, a drama strikingly like Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront.
Fitzpatrick gives a sense of what it really was like to live under the satanic circus master Stalin: it was beyond Kafka, and it was bloody hard work. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The First Crusade: A New Historyby Thomas AsbridgeISBN 0195189051 (0-19-518905-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First Crusade: A New History'Book summary:On the last Tuesday of November 1095, Pope Urban II delivered an electrifying speech that launched the First Crusade. His words set Christendom afire. Some 100,000 men, from knights to paupers, took up the call--the largest mobilization of manpower since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Now, in The First Crusade, Thomas Asbridge offers a gripping account of a titanic three-year adventure filled with miraculous victories, greedy princes and barbarity on a vast scale. Readers follow the crusaders from their mobilization in Europe (where great waves of anti-Semitism resulted in the deaths of thousands of Jews), to their arrival in Constantinople, an exotic, opulent city--ten times the size of any city in Europe--that bedazzled the Europeans. Featured in vivid detail are the siege of Nicaea and the pivotal battle for Antioch, the single most important military engagement of the entire expedition, where the crusaders, in desperate straits, routed a larger and better-equipped Muslim army. Through all this, the crusaders were driven on by intense religious devotion, convinced that their struggle would earn them the reward of eternal paradise in Heaven. But when a hardened core finally reached Jerusalem in 1099 they unleashed an unholy wave of brutality, slaughtering thousands of Muslims--men, women, and children--all in the name of Christianity.
The First Crusade marked a watershed in relations between Islam and the West, a conflict that set these two world religions on a course toward deep-seated animosity and enduring enmity. The chilling reverberations of this earth-shattering clash still echo in the world today. [via]More editions of The First Crusade: A New History:
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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192814877 (0-19-281487-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia'Book summary:The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to the point where the towns disappeared beneath desert sands. Local legends grew of buried treasure guarded by demons. This is the story of the intrepid adventurers who, at great personal risk, led long-range archaeological raids to the region in the early years of the 20th century. Profiles of such archaeologists as Sir Aurel Stein, who carried off large quantities of priceless wall paintings, sculptures, silks and early manuscripts, augment a narrative which also traces the fate of the works of art that were removed. [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Dennis Butts, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0192817728 (0-19-281772-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as truculent as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, cooped up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dennis ButtsISBN 0192835963 (0-19-283596-3)
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The Great Terror: A Reassessmentby Robert ConquestISBN 0195071328 (0-19-507132-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Terror: A Reassessment'Book summary:The definitive work on Stalin's purges, Robert Conquest's The Great Terror was universally acclaimed when it first appeared in 1968. Edmund Wilson hailed it as "the only scrupulous, non-partisan, and adequate book on the subject." George F. Kennan, writing in The New York Times Book Review, noted that "one comes away filled with a sense of the relevance and immediacy of old questions." And Harrison Salisbury called it "brilliant...not only an odyssey of madness, tragedy, and sadism, but a work of scholarship and literary craftsmanship." And in recent years it has received equally high praise in the Soviet Union, where it is now considered the authority on the period, and has been serialized in Neva, one of their leading periodicals.
Of course, when Conquest wrote the original volume two decades ago, he relied heavily on unofficial sources. Now, with the advent of glasnost, an avalanche of new material is available, and Conquest has mined this enormous cache to write a substantially new edition of his classic work. It is remarkable how many of Conquest's most disturbing conclusions have born up under the light of fresh evidence. But Conquest has added enormously to the detail, including hitherto secret information on the three great "Moscow Trials," on the fate of the executed generals, on the methods of obtaining confessions, on the purge of writers and other members of the intelligentsia, on life in the labor camps, and many other key matters.
Both a leading Sovietologist and a highly respected poet, Conquest here blends profound research with evocative prose, providing not only an authoritative account of Stalin's purges, but also a compelling and eloquent chronicle of one of this century's most tragic events. A timely revision of a book long out of print, this updated version of Conquest's classic work will interest both readers of the earlier volume and an entirely new generation of readers for whom it has not been readily available. [via]More editions of The Great Terror: A Reassessment:
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The Historiesby Herodotus, Robin Waterfield, Carolyn DewaldISBN 0192824252 (0-19-282425-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Recently, the critical and popular acclaim for The English Patient, whose hero makes The Histories his constant companion, has attracted a new, and wider, audience.
Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents leading up to the Persian Wars and the Greeks' stunning victory over the more powerful invading Persian forces. But Herotodus gives us much more than military history. By employing multiple points of view and incorporating the diverse stories he collected during his extensive travels, Herotodus provides the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries. And because he writes in a style highly susceptible to digression, his book includes all manner of marvelous observations--from ants the size of dogs in India, to people who live in caves and chirp like bats in Libya, to flying snakes in Egypt. Most importantly, throughout The Histories Herotodus shows us the ruin that comes to those who overreach their natural boundaries, who fail to heed sensible warnings or act without understanding the web of reciprocity that connects all things.
This superbly readable new translation, along with an illuminating introduction, provides readers all they need to appreciate Herodotus' enduring appeal. [via] 
A History of Russiaby Nicholas Valentine RiasanovskyISBN 0195021290 (0-19-502129-0)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Russia'Book summary:The new edition of this work has been updated to the death of Brezhnev and the succession of Andropov, and the section on Russian relations with Poland and Afghanistan has been thoroughly revised. [via]
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A History of Russiaby Mark D. Steinberg, Nicholas Valentine RiasanovskyISBN 0195153944 (0-19-515394-4)
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The History of Russia: Since 1855by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. SteinbergISBN 0195153936 (0-19-515393-6)
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A History of the Ancient Worldby Chester G. StarrISBN 0195066294 (0-19-506629-4)
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A History of the Ancient Worldby Starr, Chester G., Jr.ISBN 0195066286 (0-19-506628-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Ancient World'Book summary:In a long and distinguished career, Chester Starr has written on topics ranging from early man, to the early Athenian democracy, to the role of sea power in the classical world. And one of his finest works--the product of his broad interests and expertise--has been A History of the Ancient World, long a standard work on the distant past. Now this landmark book is available in a new edition, offering a informative account of early history from the rise of the first cities to the fall of the Roman Empire.
This richly illustrated new edition deftly explores the broad expanse of early human history. Though Greece and Rome occupy center stage, Starr also surveys the cities and empires of Mesopotamia, India from the early Indus civilization to the Gupta state, and China from the Hsia dynasty to the Han empire. In this new edition, he has incorporated the latest research into his lucid and informative narrative, reworking virtually every chapter to bring the work completely up-to-date. He has revised his discussions of early humankind to account for the most recent findings; he presents a new view of the Jewish revolt against Rome led by Bar Kochba; and he has thoroughly updated the bibliographies. In addition, his account of the end of the Roman Empire has been rewritten in light of the most recent thinking by classical historians. Numerous maps and illustrations, carefully composed and selected, highlight the text. And throughout, Starr clearly expresses the complexities of ancient history in lively, engaging prose, making the finest scholarship accessible to the nonspecialist.
When A History of the Ancient World appeared in earlier editions, The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed it as "an excellent one-volume history" and "fascinating reading." And The Classical Journal wrote, "In scope, accuracy, and soundness of judgment this is one of the best general ancient histories." This completely updated Fourth Edition will continue to provide one of the most distinguished and comprehensive one-volume introductions to the ancient past available today. [via]More editions of A History of the Ancient World:
A History of the Soviet Union 1945-1991: Last of the Empiresby John L. H. KeepISBN 0192803190 (0-19-280319-0)
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Hunted Through Central Asiaby Paul Nazaroff, Malcolm BurrISBN 0192803689 (0-19-280368-9)
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In Defense of Globalizationby Jagdish BhagwatiISBN 0195300033 (0-19-530003-3)
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Indian Philosophyby S. RadhakrishnanISBN 0195623487 (0-19-562348-7)
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Inside Putin's Russiaby Andrew JackISBN 0195189094 (0-19-518909-4)
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Madhumalati: An Indian Sufi Romanceby Aditya Behl, Simon WeightmanISBN 0192840371 (0-19-284037-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madhumalati: An Indian Sufi Romance'Book summary:The mystical romance Madhumalati tells the story of a prince, Manohar, and his love for the beautiful princess Madhumalati. When they are separated they have to endure suffering, adventure, and transformation before they can be reunited and experience true happiness. A delightful love story, the poem is also rich in mystical symbolism and the story of the two lovers represents the stages on the spiritual path to enlightenment. Madhumalati was written in the sixteenth century and it is an outstanding example of Sufi literature in the Indian Islamic tradition. Originally written in a dialect of Eastern Hindi it is here translated for the first time into English verse, with an introduction and notes that explain the poem's religious significance. [via]
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Making Foreign Investment Safe: Property Rights And National Sovereigntyby Louis T. Wells, Rafiq AhmedISBN 0195310624 (0-19-531062-4)
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The Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Presentby Andrew GordonISBN 0195110617 (0-19-511061-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present'Book summary:In this sweeping narrative, Andrew Gordon paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of Japanese history.
Gordon takes us from the days of the shogunate--the feudal overlordship of the Tokugawa family--through the modernizing revolution launched by midlevel samurai in the late nineteenth century, the adoption of Western hairstyles, clothing, and military organization, and the nation's first experiments with mass democracy after World War I. Gordon offers the finest synthesis to date of Japan's passage through militarism, World War II, the American occupation, and the subsequent economic rollercoaster. But the true originality and value of his approach lies in his close attention to the non-elite layers of society. Here we see the influence of outside ideas, products, and culture on home life, labor unions, political parties, gender relations, and popular entertainment. Gordon shows the struggles to define the meaning of Japan's modernization, from villages and urban neighborhoods, to factory floors and middle managers' offices, to the imperial court. Most important, he illuminates the interconnectedness of Japanese developments with world history, demonstrating how Japan's historical passage represents a variation of a process experienced by many nations. Japan forms one part of the interwoven fabric of modern history.
As head of the prestigious Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University, Gordon is one of the foremost American authorities on Japanese society. In this striking book, he brings all his knowledge and deep personal experience to bear, providing the most comprehensive portrait to date of Japan and its place in the wider world. [via]More editions of The Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present:
Modern Japan: A History in Documentsby James L. HuffmanISBN 0195147421 (0-19-514742-1)
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins, John SutherlandISBN 0192833383 (0-19-283338-3)
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Nehru: A Tryst With Destinyby Stanley WolpertISBN 0195100735 (0-19-510073-5)
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A New History of Indiaby Stanley WolpertISBN 0195166787 (0-19-516678-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A New History of India'Book summary:After more than twenty years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India currently available. Wolpert has condensed over 4,000 years of India's continuity and development into a graceful and engaging text. He discusses modern India's rapidly growing population and even more rapidly expanding industry and economy, and also considers the prospects for India's future. Wolpert strives to record India's history both fairly and truthfully, portraying with clarity and intensity the brightest achievements of Indian civilization and the dark depths of its persistent socio-sexual inequities and its economic and political corruption. Now in its sixth edition, this book has been thoroughly revised and updated to include a new preface and a new final chapter reflecting the significant social, political, and economic issues that have arisen since 1997. A New History of India remains the most illuminating account of India, bringing students up-to-date on the current problems India faces. It is an essential text for courses that focus on the history of India and an ideal book for readers interested in exploring India's past, present, and future. [via]
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On Horseback Through Asia Minorby Fred BurnabyISBN 0192825003 (0-19-282500-3)
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Outline of Hindi Grammar, With Exercisesby Ronald Stuart McGregorISBN 019560797X (0-19-560797-X)
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The Oxford History of Indiaby Vincent SmithISBN 0195612973 (0-19-561297-3)
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The Oxford History of Islamby John L. EspositoISBN 0195107993 (0-19-510799-3)
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The Oxford History of Twentieth Centuryby Michael Howard, William Roger LouisISBN 0192803786 (0-19-280378-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of Twentieth Century'Book summary:From Queen Victoria, the Manchu dynasty, and Romanov czars to the death of Princess Diana, the return of Hong Kong to China, and the peace treaty between Russia and Chechnya; from the launching of the first zeppelin, DNA "fingerprinting," NASA spaceships on Jupiter and Neptune, and the ascendancy of the Internet, the 20th century has been a dynamic and momentous time.
Edited by Michael Howard (from the University of Oxford) and William Roger Louis (of the University of Texas at Austin), with essays contributed by a fine collection of history scholars, the Oxford History of the Twentieth Century describes the economic, cultural, and political scene into which the 20th century was born, then proceeds with essays on topics such as "The Growth of a World Economy," by Robert Skidelsky; "The Growth of a Global Culture," by Alan Ryan; "The European Colonial Empires," by William Roger Louis; and "Europe in the Age of the Two World Wars," by Michael Howard. Alongside these are interesting essays on the Soviet Union, the emergence of Japan, and the cold war, as well as perceptive chapters on China, Africa, and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and International Law. The chronology appendix, informative and concise, covers politics and international relations, science, technology, medicine, and culture, from 1900 to 1997, and is a useful reference tool, while the main text of the book describes, discusses, and analyzes the century's major events, shifts of power, trends, evolutions, and transformations. Insightful, lucid, and engaging, it skillfully fills the 20th-century-reference-shelf niche. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Political Economy of South-East Asia: An Introductionby Richard Robison, Garry Rodan, Kevin HewisonISBN 019553736X (0-19-553736-X)
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The Political Economy of Southeast-Asia : An Introductionby Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison, Richard RobisonISBN 0195506545 (0-19-550654-5)
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Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairiesby Rudyard Kipling, Donald MackenzieISBN 0192825755 (0-19-282575-5)
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Reinterpreting Russian History: Readings 860-180sby Daniel H. Kaiser, Gary MarkerISBN 0195078586 (0-19-507858-6)
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The Rise of Modern Chinaby Immanuel C.Y. HsuISBN 0195125045 (0-19-512504-5)
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The Sauptikaparvan of the Mahabharata: The Massacre at Nightby Sauptikaparvan. English Mahabharata, W. J. JohnsonISBN 0192823612 (0-19-282361-2)
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Selected Subaltern Studiesby Ranajit Guha, Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakISBN 0195052897 (0-19-505289-7)
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Tales from Chinaby Cyril Birch, Rosamund FowlerISBN 019275078X (0-19-275078-X)
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The Temple Tiger and More Man Eaters of Kumaonby Jim CorbettISBN 019562257X (0-19-562257-X)
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Tibet's Great Yog-I, Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan, Being the Jets-Un-Kahbum or Biographical History of Jets-Un-Milarepa, According to theby W. Y. Evans-WentzISBN 0195003012 (0-19-500301-2)
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The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind: Proceded by an Epitome of Padma-Sambhava's Biography and Followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's Teachings, According to English Renderings by Sardarby W. Y. Evans-Wentz, Zla-Ba-Bsam-'Grub, Sonam Wangfel Laden La, Lobzang Mingyur Dorje, Donald S. LopezISBN 0195133153 (0-19-513315-3)
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Still more useful supplementary material will be found in the book's introductory remarks, by its editor Evans-Wentz and by the eminent psychoanalyst C. G. Jung. The former presents a 100-page General Introduction that explains several key names and notions (such as Nirv=ana, for starters) with the lucidity, ease, and sagacity that are this scholar's hallmark; the latter offers a Psychological Commentary that weighs the differences between Eastern and Western modes of thought before equating the "collective unconscious" with the Enlightened Mind of the Buddhist. As with the other three volumes in the late Evans-Wentz's critically acclaimed Tibetan series, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions, this book also features a new Foreword by Donald S. Lopez. [via]More editions of The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind: Proceded by an Epitome of Padma-Sambhava's Biography and Followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's Teachings, According to English Renderings by Sardar:
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation: Or, the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mindby Walter Yeeling Evans WentzISBN 0195002938 (0-19-500293-8)
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433by Louis LevathesISBN 0195112075 (0-19-511207-5)
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During the brief period from 1405 to 1433, seven epic expeditions brought China's "treasure ships" across the China Seas and the Indian Ocean, from Taiwan to the spice islands of Indonesia and the Malabar coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the African coast, China's "El Dorado," and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook was credited with its discovery. With over 300 ships--some measuring as much as 400 feet long and 160 feet wide, with upwards of nine masts and twelve sails, and combined crews sometimes numbering over 28,000 men--the emperor Zhu Di's fantastic fleet was a virtual floating city, a naval expression of his Forbidden City in Beijing. The largest wooden boats ever built, these extraordinary ships were the most technically superior vessels in the world with innovations such as balanced rudders and bulwarked compartments that predated European ships by centuries. For thirty years foreign goods, medicines, geographic knowledge, and cultural insights flowed into China at an extraordinary rate, and China extended its sphere of political power and influence throughout the Indian Ocean. Half the world was in China's grasp, and the rest could easily have been, had the emperor so wished. But instead, China turned inward, as suceeding emperors forbade overseas travel and stopped all building and repair of oceangoing junks. Disobedient merchants and seamen were killed, and within a hundred years the greatest navy the world had ever known willed itself into extinction. The period of China's greatest outward expansion was followed by the period of its greatest isolation.
Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab, and Indian sources, many translated for the first time, Levathes brings readers inside China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. She sheds new light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived, as well as the perception of other cultures toward this little understood empire at the time. Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, When China Ruled the Seas is the fullest picture yet of the early Ming Dynasty--the last flowering of Chinese culture before the Manchu invasions. [via]More editions of When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433:
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawaby Sledge, Eugene B., Jr., Paul FussellISBN 0195067142 (0-19-506714-2)
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Now including a new introduction by Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed presents a stirring, personal account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1923 and raised on riding, hunting, fishing, and a respect for history and legendary heroes such as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene Bondurant Sledge (later called "Sledgehammer" by his Marine Corps buddies) joined the Marines the year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and from 1943 to 1946 endured the events recorded in this book. In those years, he passed, often painfully, from innocence to experience.
Sledge enlisted out of patriotism, idealism, and youthful courage, but once he landed on the beach at Peleliu, it was purely a struggle for survival. Based on the notes he kept on slips of paper tucked secretly away in his New Testament, he simply and directly recalls those long months, mincing no words and sparing no pain. The reality of battle meant unbearable heat, deafening gunfire, unimaginable brutality and cruelty, the stench of death, and, above all, constant fear. Sledge still has nightmares about "the bloody, muddy month of May on Okinawa." But, as he also tellingly reveals, the bonds of friendship formed then will never be severed.
Sledge's honesty and compassion for the other marines, even complete strangers, sets him apart as a memoirist of war. Read as sobering history or as high adventure, With the Old Breed is a moving chronicle of action and courage. [via]More editions of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa:
World Religions : Eastern Traditionsby Willard G. OxtobyISBN 0195407504 (0-19-540750-4)
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World Religions: Eastern Traditionsby Willard Gurdon OxtobyISBN 0195415213 (0-19-541521-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Religions: Eastern Traditions'Book summary:Now in a second edition, this highly accessible text provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to Eastern religions. It closely examines the major Eastern religious traditions--Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism. It also covers East Asian religions including Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, and the specific religions of Vietnam and Korea. A chapter on Asia and Pacific Horizons discusses the religions of such indigenous peoples as the Maoris of New Zealand, the Australian indigenes, and the Cargo Cults of the South Pacific. Each tradition is explored in depth--from its origins, through its development, to its meaning and practice in today's society. The text concludes with a definitive review of theories of the nature of religion.
World Religions: Eastern Traditions, 2/e combines a historically descriptive perspective with timelines, key terms, maps, text boxes, study questions, and annotated suggestions for further reading. This new edition includes a more lucid introduction; a second color and more maps; new study questions; and a new annotated bibliography. Ideal for undergraduate courses in Eastern religions, World Religions: Eastern Traditions, 2/e can also be used with its companion volume, World Religions: Western Traditions, 2/e, in a general course on world religions. [via]More editions of World Religions: Eastern Traditions:
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