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Alchemy, Medicine and Religion in the China of A.D. 320: The Nei Pien of Ko Hungby James R. WareISBN 0486240886 (0-486-24088-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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American Diplomacy: 1900-1950by George Frost KennanISBN 0451611683 (0-451-61168-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Art of Chinese Calligraphyby Jean LongISBN 0486417395 (0-486-41739-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Art of Tibetby Robert E. FisherISBN 0500203083 (0-500-20308-3)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Arts and Crafts of China: Chung-Kuo Kung I Mei Shuby Scott Minick, Jiao Ping, Ping JiaoISBN 0500278962 (0-500-27896-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Asian Front : WW IIIby Ian SlaterISBN 0449148548 (0-449-14854-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Authentic Chinese Cut Paper Designsby Carol GraftonISBN 0486257754 (0-486-25775-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Basket Caseby Carl HiaasenISBN 0446695645 (0-446-69564-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basket Case'Book summary:Take one dead rock & roll star, his Courtney Love-type widow, the mysterious deaths of his former bandmates, and the lost tracks of a comeback album. Stir in Jack Tagger, a middle-aged investigative reporter obsessed with death since his banishment to the obit desk; a fetching young editor with a yen for our hero; and a boss looking for a reason to fire him. Put them in the hands of a master like Carl Hiaasen, who adds his trademark flourishes (who else would use a frozen lizard as a weapon?) to a creaky plot like this one, and the result is a winner. Florida is full of caper writers with journalistic credentials, and plenty of them have a deft hand with quirky characters, but no one in the genre is better than Hiaasen. --Jane Adams [via]
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The Book of Silkby Philippa ScottISBN 0500283087 (0-500-28308-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Book of Teaby K. OkakuraISBN 0486200701 (0-486-20070-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Tea'Book summary:That a nation should construct one of its most resonant national ceremonies round a cup of tea will surely strike a chord of sympathy with at least some readers of this review. To many foreigners, nothing is so quintessentially Japanese as the tea ceremony--more properly, "the way of tea"--with its austerity, its extravagantly minimalist stylization, and its concentration of extreme subtleties of meaning into the simplest of actions. The Book of Tea is something of a curiosity: written in English by a Japanese scholar (and issued here in bilingual form), it was first published in 1906, in the wake of the naval victory over Russia with which Japan asserted its rapidly acquired status as a world-class military power. It was a peak moment of Westernization within Japan. Clearly, behind the publication was an agenda, or at least a mission to explain. Around its account of the ceremony, The Book of Tea folds an explication of the philosophy, first Taoist, later Zen Buddhist, that informs its oblique celebration of simplicity and directness--what Okakura calls, in a telling phrase, "moral geometry." And the ceremony itself? Its greatest practitioners have always been philosophers, but also artists, connoisseurs, collectors, gardeners, calligraphers, gourmets, flower arrangers. The greatest of them, Sen Rikyu, left a teasingly, maddeningly simple set of rules:
Make a delicious bowl of tea; lay the charcoal so that it heats the water; arrange the flowers as they are in the field; in summer suggest coolness; in winter, warmth; do everything ahead of time; prepare for rain; and give those with whom you find yourself every consideration.
A disciple remarked that this seemed elementary. Rikyu replied, "Then if you can host a tea gathering without deviating from any of the rules I have just stated, I will become your disciple." A Zen reply. Fascinating. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via]More editions of The Book of Tea:
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The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science and Industryby George Frederick Kunz, Charles Hugh StevensonISBN 0486422763 (0-486-42276-3)
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The Book of the Pearl: The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queen of Gemsby George Frederick Kunz, Charles Hugh StevensonISBN 0486277453 (0-486-27745-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The British Museum Book of Chinese Artby Jessica Rawson, Shelagh Vainker, Anne Farrer, Jane Portal, Carol MichaelsonISBN 0500279039 (0-500-27903-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Buddhist Art and Architectureby Robert E. FisherISBN 0500202656 (0-500-20265-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Building Shanghai: The Story of China's Gatewayby Guang Yu RenISBN 047001637X (0-470-01637-X)
Hardcover, Academy Editions Ltd
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The Celestine Prophecyby James RedfieldISBN 0446912069 (0-446-91206-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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China and Inner Asia: From 1368 to the Present Dayby Morris RossabiISBN 0500900019 (0-500-90001-9)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Chinese Brushwork in Calligraphy and Painting: Its History, Aesthetics and Techniquesby Kwo Da-WeiISBN 0486264815 (0-486-26481-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Chinese Charactersby L. WiegerISBN 0486213218 (0-486-21321-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Chinese Cut-Paper Designsby H. MentenISBN 0486231984 (0-486-23198-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawingsby Gustav EckeISBN 0486251713 (0-486-25171-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Chinese Folk Designs: A Collection of 300 Cut-Paper Designs Used for Embroidery Together With 160 Chinese Art Symbols and Their Meaningsby Francess Hawley Seyssel, Willis Meeker HawleyISBN 0486226336 (0-486-22633-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Chinese Household Furnitureby G. KatesISBN 048620958X (0-486-20958-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Chinese Lineage and Society : Fukien and Kwantungby Maurice FreedmanISBN 0485196336 (0-485-19633-6)
Softcover, Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited
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Chinese Meatless Cookingby Stella Lau FesslerISBN 0451123514 (0-451-12351-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period an Exhibition from the Shanghai Museumby Chu-Tsing Li, Asia Society, James C.Y. Watt, Shanghai Bo Wu GuanISBN 050001423X (0-500-01423-X)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Chinese Sociologics: An Anthropological Account of the Role of Alienation in Social Reproductionby P. Steven SangrenISBN 0485196727 (0-485-19672-7)
Softcover, Berg Pub Ltd
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The Classical Theatre of Chinaby A.C. ScottISBN 0486415791 (0-486-41579-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Confucius: His Life and Thoughtby Shigeki Kaizuka, Geoffrey BownasISBN 0486421392 (0-486-42139-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Crisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century China: Society, Culture, and Modernity in Li Yu, Wor;Dby Chun-Shu Chang, Shelley Hsueh-Lun ChangISBN 047208528X (0-472-08528-X)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Documents on the Rape of Nankingby Timothy BrookISBN 0472086626 (0-472-08662-6)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Dynastyby Robert S. ElegantISBN 0449206033 (0-449-20603-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Eight Immortals of Taoism: Legends and Fables of Popular Taoismby Joanne O'Brien, Kwok Man Ho, Man-Ho KwokISBN 0452010705 (0-452-01070-5)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Empires on the Pacificby Robert ThompsonISBN 0465085768 (0-465-08576-8)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Empires on the Pacific: World War II and the Struggle for the Mastery of Asiaby Robert Smith ThompsonISBN 046508575X (0-465-08575-X)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Empressby Evelyn B. McCuneISBN 044990749X (0-449-90749-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Artby Ernest F. FenollosaISBN 0486203646 (0-486-20364-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Far Eastby Ruth HellerISBN 044841564X (0-448-41564-X)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Far East'Book summary:Dust off those markers, limber up your fingers, and get ready for a new addition to Ruth Heller's popular series. Thirty-one intricate geometric designs challenge coloring aficionados of all levels to create beautiful Oriental patterns with crayons, colored pencils, markers, or paints. [via]
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Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japanby F.H. KingISBN 0486436098 (0-486-43609-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Flash Houseby Aimee LiuISBN 0446691216 (0-446-69121-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Go and Go Mokuby E. LaskerISBN 0486206130 (0-486-20613-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Green Dragon, White Tigerby Annette MotleyISBN 0451400615 (0-451-40061-5)
Softcover, Onyx Books
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Harm De Blij's Geography Book: A Leading Geographer's Fresh Look at Our Changing Worldby Harm J. De BlijISBN 0471116874 (0-471-11687-4)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Pastby Martha Vicinus, George Chauncey, Martin DubermanISBN 0453006892 (0-453-00689-2)
Hardcover, New American Library
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Hidden from History : Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Pastby Martin B. Duberman, Martha Vicinus, Chauncey, George, Jr.ISBN 0452010675 (0-452-01067-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Hong Kong: Front Door / Back Doorby Kenneth Baker, Michael Wolf, Douglas YoungISBN 0500543046 (0-500-54304-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ideals Of The East: The Spirit Of Japanese Artby Kakuzo Okakura, NiveditaISBN 0486440249 (0-486-44024-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ideals Of The East: The Spirit Of Japanese Art'Book summary:[via]First published in 1883 and written by the foremost authority of the era, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. One of its major themes, the connections between spirituality and the evolution of Asian art, provided the earliest lucid English-language account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts.More editions of Ideals Of The East: The Spirit Of Japanese Art:
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Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in a Global Marketby Steven DrobnyISBN 0471794473 (0-471-79447-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in a Global Market'Book summary:Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds, offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Author Steven Drobny demystifies how these star traders make billions for well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Drobny, cofounder of Drobny Global Advisors, an international macroeconomic research and advisory firm, has tapped into his network and beyond in order assemble this collection of thirteen interviews with the industry's best minds. Along the way, you'll get an inside look at firsthand trading experiences through some of the major world financial crises of the last few decades. Whether Russian bonds, Pakistani stocks, Southeast Asian currencies or stakes in African brewing companies, no market or instrument is out of bounds for these elite global macro hedge fund managers. Highly accessible and filled with in-depth expert opinion, Inside the House of Money is a must-read for financial professionals and anyone else interested in understanding the complexities at stake in world financial markets.
"The ruminations of supposedly hush-hush hedge fund operators are richly illuminating." --New York Times [via]
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchuby Sax RohmerISBN 0486298981 (0-486-29898-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Jade: Its History and Symbolism in Chinaby Berthold LauferISBN 0486231232 (0-486-23123-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Jianby Eric Van LustbaderISBN 0449205975 (0-449-20597-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Last and First Men and Star Markerby William Olaf StapledonISBN 0486219623 (0-486-21962-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Last Samurai: The Life And Battles Of Saigo Takamoriby Mark RavinaISBN 0471705373 (0-471-70537-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Samurai: The Life And Battles Of Saigo Takamori'Book summary:The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. In this vibrant new biography, Mark Ravina, professor of history and Director of East Asian Studies at Emory University, explores the facts behind Hollywood storytelling and Japanese legends, and explains the passion and poignancy of Saigo's life. Known both for his scholarly research and his appearances on The History Channel, Ravina recreates the world in which Saigo lived and died, the last days of the samurai.
The Last Samurai traces Saigo's life from his early days as a tax clerk in far southwestern Japan, through his rise to national prominence as a fierce imperial loyalist. Saigo was twice exiled for his political activities -- sent to Japan's remote southwestern islands where he fully expected to die. But exile only increased his reputation for loyalty, and in 1864 he was brought back to the capital to help his lord fight for the restoration of the emperor. In 1868, Saigo commanded his lord's forces in the battles which toppled the shogunate and he became and leader in the emperor Meiji's new government. But Saigo found only anguish in national leadership. He understood the need for a modern conscript army but longed for the days of the traditional warrior.
Saigo hoped to die in service to the emperor. In 1873, he sought appointment as envoy to Korea, where he planned to demand that the Korean king show deference to the Japanese emperor, drawing his sword, if necessary, top defend imperial honor. Denied this chance to show his courage and loyalty, he retreated to his homeland and spent his last years as a schoolteacher, training samurai boys in frugality, honesty, and courage. In 1876, when the government stripped samurai of their swords, Saigo's followers rose in rebellion and Saigo became their reluctant leader. His insurrection became the bloodiest war Japan had seen in centuries, killing over 12,000 men on both sides and nearly bankrupting the new imperial government. The imperial government denounced Saigo as a rebel and a traitor, but their propaganda could not overcome his fame and in 1889, twelve years after his death, the government relented, pardoned Saigo of all crimes, and posthumously restored him to imperial court rank.
In THE LAST SAMURAI, Saigo is as compelling a character as Robert E. Lee was to Americans-a great and noble warrior who followed the dictates of honor and loyalty, even though it meant civil war in a country to which he'd devoted his life. Saigo's life is a fascinating look into Japanese feudal society and a history of a country as it struggled between its long traditions and the dictates of a modern future. [via]
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The Lenovo Affair: The Growth of China's Computer Giant And Its Takeover of IBM-PCby Zhijun Ling, Martha AveryISBN 0470821930 (0-470-82193-0)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Lenovo was founded in 1984 by 11 engineers working out of a small bungalow in Beijing. Their crisis was to create a company that would offer PCs to the Chinese people at an affordable price. Using the brand name, Legend, it promoted PC usage throughout China and developed the revolutionary Legend Chinese character card that translated English software into Chinese characters.
In 1994, Legend was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and in 2003 rebranded itself as Lenovo. The company went from strength to strength and dominated the Chinese market with more than 25% of market share in 2004.
The IBM acquisition has marked another key milestone in the history of the company. Lenovo now has over $13 billion in annual reserves and possesses necessary infrastructure to develop its markets around the world. The company is a worldwide sponsor of the International Olympic Committee and will offer funding and support to the 2006 Winter Games in Torino and the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
Author Ling Zhijun is well known in China for his reporting on Chinas economic reform, and for his book Jiao Feng . This book sold over two million copies in China. The author is a seasoned reporter for the Peoples Daily; based in Shanghai.
Martha Avery, the translator and editor of this book in English, has translated a number of works of Chinese literature into English that have been published by such presses as Viking Penguin, WW Norton, HarperCollins, Farrar Straus Giruoux and David Godine. Her most recent authored book is Tea Road: China and Russia Meet Across the Steppe. This is an economic history of the region and was published by the Intercontinental Press (China) in 2004. Ms Avery is based in Boulder, Colorado, but travels frequently to China as business consultant for a large software distributor called Software Spectrum, Inc. [via]
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Li, Qi and Shu: An Introduction to Science and Civilization in Chinaby Peng Yoke HoISBN 0486414450 (0-486-41445-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Manchuby Robert S. ElegantISBN 0449244458 (0-449-24445-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: English-Chineseby Fred Fangyu WangISBN 0486424782 (0-486-42478-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Mao, Marx, and the Market: Capitalist Adventures in Russia and Chinaby Donna Sammons Carpenter, Dean LebaronISBN 047115315X (0-471-15315-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Masks of the Worldby A. G. SmithISBN 0486430391 (0-486-43039-1)
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The Meeting of Eastern and Western Art: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Dayby Michael SullivanISBN 0500490090 (0-500-49009-0)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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Modern Chinese: A Basic Course by the Faculty of Peking Universityby Pei-Ching Ta Hs”Ueh. Wai Kuo Liu Hs”Ueh ShˆEng Chung-Kuo Y”U WˆEn ChuaISBN 0486227553 (0-486-22755-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddhaby Dorothy GilmanISBN 0449209830 (0-449-20983-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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New Shanghai: The Rocky Rebirth of China's Legendary Cityby Pamela YatskoISBN 0471479152 (0-471-47915-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craftby Dard HunterISBN 0486236196 (0-486-23619-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0460013203 (0-460-01320-3)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Privatizing China: The Stock Markets and Their Role in Corporate Reformby Walter, Fraser J. T. HowieISBN 0470821205 (0-470-82120-5)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Rice Bowl Womenby Dorothy ShimerISBN 0451620828 (0-451-62082-8)
Softcover, New American Library
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The Rise of Civilization in East Asia: The Archaeology of China, Korea and Japanby Gina Lee BarnesISBN 0500279748 (0-500-27974-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ruins of Desert Cathayby M. Auriel SteinISBN 0486253511 (0-486-25351-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Spirit of Asia: Journeys to the Sacred Places of the Eastby Michael Freeman, Alistair ShearerISBN 0500510237 (0-500-51023-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Story of Writing: With over 350 Illustrations, 50 in Colorby Andrew RobinsonISBN 0500016658 (0-500-01665-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs, and Pictogramsby Andrew RobinsonISBN 0500281564 (0-500-28156-4)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Tao of Inner Peace: A Guide to Inner Peaceby Diane DreherISBN 0452281997 (0-452-28199-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Texts of Taoismby F. Max Muller, James LeggeISBN 0486209903 (0-486-20990-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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To Open Mindsby Howard GardnerISBN 0465086292 (0-465-08629-2)
Softcover, Basic Books
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To Open Minds: Chinese Clues to the Dilemma of Contemporary Educationby Howard GardnerISBN 0465086306 (0-465-08630-6)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Traditional Chinese Designsby Stanley AppelbaumISBN 0486253473 (0-486-25347-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Traditional Chinese Designs Iron on Transfer Patterns: Iron-On Transfer Patternsby Barbara ChristopherISBN 0486252590 (0-486-25259-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Traditional Chinese Fashions Paper Dollsby Ming-Ju SunISBN 0486408124 (0-486-40812-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Traditional Chinese Lattice Designsby Muncie HendlerISBN 0486286991 (0-486-28699-1)
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Transformation of Nature in Artby Coomaraswamy AkISBN 0486203689 (0-486-20368-9)
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-century Account of a Journey to the Eastby John MandevilleISBN 0486443787 (0-486-44378-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Typical Americanby Gish JenISBN 0452267749 (0-452-26774-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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War And Peace And War: The Rise And Fall of Empiresby Peter TurchinISBN 0452288193 (0-452-28819-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The White Jade Foxby Andre NortonISBN 0449240053 (0-449-24005-3)
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Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and Whiteby Frank WuISBN 046500640X (0-465-00640-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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