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Ali and Ninoby Kurban Said, Jenia GramanISBN 0879516682 (0-87951-668-2)
Hardcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ali and Nino'Book summary:As is true of all great literature, Kurban Said's Ali and Nino has timeless appeal. Set in the years surrounding the Russian Revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union, Said's tale of an Azerbaijani Muslim boy in love with a Georgian Christian girl is both tender and disturbingly prescient. The novel, first published in 1937, begins as Ali Khan Shirvanshir is finishing his last year of high school:
We were a very mixed lot, we forty schoolboys who were having a Geography lesson one hot afternoon in the Imperial Russian Humanistic High School of Baku, Transcaucasia: thirty Mohammedans, four Armenians, two Poles, three Sectarians, and one Russian.
The multi-ethnic Baku, it seems, stands at a crossroads between West and East, and, as the smug Russian professor informs his pupils, it is their responsibility to decide "whether our town should belong to progressive Europe or to reactionary Asia." For Ali Khan Shirvanshir there is no doubt--he belongs to the East; his beloved Nino, however, is "a Christian, who eats with knife and fork, has laughing eyes and wears filmy silk stockings."Far away, to the West, there are rumblings of war. When the Russian Revolution begins, Ali Khan chooses not to fight; the Czar's fate is of little interest to a Muslim living in far away Transcaucasia. But the young man senses that another, greater danger is gathering on his country's borders--an "invisible hand" trying to force his world into new ways, the ways of the West. He assures his worried father that, like his ancestors, he is willing to die in battle, but at a time of his own choosing. In the meantime, he courts Nino and eventually marries her in the teeth of scandal and opposition. This union of East and West is at times a difficult one as Ali Khan finds himself lured further and further into European ways. When Soviet troops invade, however, he must choose once and for all whether to stand for Asia or Europe.
One of the many pleasures Ali and Nino offers is Kurban Said's lovingly rendered evocations of Muslim culture. Another is his compassionate portrait of the protagonists' difficult but profound relationship. Modern readers coming to this novel in the wake of the fall of Communism, outbreaks of sectarian violence, and the rise of religious fundamentalism will find disturbing parallels in its cautionary chronicle of cultures colliding and a way of life brutally destroyed. In the end, however, it is not historical accuracy, but rather the charm and passion of the title characters that lifts Said's only novel into literature's highest ranks. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japanby R. SmithISBN 0946495785 (0-946495-78-5)
Hardcover, Hotho & Co
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Arabian Nightsby H. W. DulckenISBN 089009800X (0-89009-800-X)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:[via]In this superbly illustrated volume you will find dozens of wonderful stories of genies and jinns (those fantastic spirits that, according to Muslim folklore, inhabit the earth in various forms and exercise supernatural power), of magic carpets, Caliph Harun Al-Rashid, and the beautiful Scheherazade. There are classics such as 'Sinbad the Sailor', 'Aladdin' and 'The Seven Viziers', traditional stories that have given boundless pleasure down through the ages, which you too can now experience.
The wondrous illustrations are by the master Victorian artist engraver Thomas Dalziel, whose unique talent is displayed at its very best here.
This book to treasure is a rich mine of adventure to fire the imagination, a treasury of one thousand and one nights that you will want to return to again and again.
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Arabian Nightsby Kathryn Wesley, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575665816 (1-57566-581-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Marc Chagall, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 3791308424 (3-7913-0842-4)
Hardcover, Prestel Pub
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Richard Francis Burton, A. S. ByattISBN 0812972147 (0-8129-7214-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken.
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Best Selections from the Arabian Nights Entertainmentsby Edward William Lane, Edward Stanley Poole, William HarveyISBN 0805502440 (0-8055-0244-0)
Hardcover, Hart Pub Co
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Birds Without Wingsby Louis de BernieresISBN 1400079322 (1-4000-7932-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds Without Wings'Book summary:Louis de Bernièress last novel, Corellis Mandolin, was met with the highest praise: Behind every page, said Richard Russo, we sense its authors intelligence, wit, heart, imagination, and wisdom. This is a great book. A. S. Byatt placed the author in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. Now, de Bernières gives us his long-awaited new novel. Huge, resonant, lyrical, filled with humor and pathos, a novel about the political and personal costs of war, and of lovebetween men and women, between friends, between those who are driven to be enemies.
It is the story of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire told in the richly varied voices of the peopleChristians and Muslims of Turkish and Greek and Armenian descentwhose lives are rooted there, intertwined for untold years. There is Iskander, the potter and local font of proverbial wisdom; KaratavukIskanders sonand Mehmetçik, childhood friends whose playground stretches across the hills above the town, where Mehmetçik teaches the illiterate Karatavuk to write Turkish in Greek letters. There are Father Kristoforos and Abdulhamid Hodja, holy men of different faiths who greet each other as Infidel Efendi ; Rustem Bey, the landlord and protector of the town, whose wife is stoned for the sin of adultery. There is a man known as the Dog because of his hideous aspect, who lives among the Lycian tombs; and another known as the Blasphemer, who wanders the town cursing God and all of his representatives of all faiths. And there is Philothei, the Christian girl of legendary beauty, courted from infancy by Ibrahim the goatherda great love that culminates in tragedy and madness. But Birds Without Wings is also the story of Mustafa Kemal, whose military genius will lead him to victory against the invading Western European forces of the Great War and a reshaping of the whole region.
When the young men of the town are conscripted, we follow Karatavuk to Gallipoli, where the intimate brutality of battle robs him of all innocence. And in the town he left behind, we see how the twin scourges of fanatical religion and nationalism unleashed by the war quickly, and irreversibly, destroy the fabric of centuries-old peace.
Epic in its narrative sweepsteeped in historical factyet profoundly humane and dazzlingly evocative in its emotional and sensual detail, Birds Without Wings is a triumph. [via]-
The Bonesetter's Daughterby Amy TanISBN 1417669985 (1-4176-6998-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the Eastby Marco PoloISBN 0804901864 (0-8049-0186-4)
Softcover, Ams Pr Inc
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The Book of Teaby K. Okakura, Sam HamillISBN 1570628289 (1-57062-828-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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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:
- The Book of Tea: ISBN 1421806452 (1-4218-0645-2)
Hardcover, 1st World Library - The Book of Tea: ISBN 1590300831 (1-59030-083-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Book of Tea: ISBN 0804800693 (0-8048-0069-3)
Hardcover, Tuttle Pub - The Book of Tea: ISBN 0877739188 (0-87773-918-8)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated - The Book of Tea: ISBN 0870119419 (0-87011-941-9)
Hardcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated - The Book of Tea: ISBN 4770030142 (4-7700-3014-2)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc - The Book of Tea: ISBN 4770015429 (4-7700-1542-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc - The Book of Tea: ISBN 1570628289 (1-57062-828-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- The Book of Tea: ISBN 1421806452 (1-4218-0645-2)
The Book of Teaby Not AvailableISBN 1933330171 (1-933330-17-1)
Softcover, Stone Bridge Pr
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The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Editionby Okakura Kakuzo, Liza DalbyISBN 0804832196 (0-8048-3219-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Tea : The Illustrated Classic Edition'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 : The Illustrated Classic Edition:
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The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Nightby Richard Francis Burton, Leon CarreISBN 2843237254 (2-84323-725-4)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Night'Book summary:In the late 1920s, the art publisher H. Piazza produced a twelve-volume version of The 1001 Nights that was one of the most beautiful ever made. It included splendid illustrations by Mohammed Racim and wonderful miniatures by painter Leon Carre. Today, Assouline is publishing an abridged version of this masterpiece, which includes the most famous and most enchanting of the tales--from the story of King Shahryar, to Sinbad the sailor, to Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Aladdin and the magic lamp--all told by the beautiful and sensual Shahrazad. This wonderful book is one of the classics that will stand next to the most handsome books in your library. For The 1001 Nights is a cultural testimony of the past, the source of myths and beliefs of the East. A collection of extraordinary stories from India and Persia passed down orally and told at night in public squares, this unique work is on a par with Homer's Odyssey. [via]
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Caravan of Dreamsby Idries ShahISBN 0863040438 (0-86304-043-8)
Softcover, Ishk Book Service
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Hardcover, Penguin Books - Caravan of Dreams: ISBN 0704310066 (0-7043-1006-6)
Hardcover, Quartet Books Ltd - Caravan of Dreams: ISBN 0863040438 (0-86304-043-8)
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Chinese Characters: A Genealogy & Dictionaryby Rick HarbaughISBN 0966075005 (0-9660750-0-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Civilization of Angkorby Charles HighamISBN 1842125842 (1-84212-584-2)
Softcover, Phoenix
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civilization of Angkor'Book summary:In the late sixteenth century a mythical encounter was reported on an elephant hunt in the dense jungle north of the Tonle Sap, or Great Lake, of central Cambodia. King Satha of Cambodia and his retainers were beating a path through the undergrowth when they were halted by stone giants, and then a massive wall. The King, the fable reported, ordered 6,000 men to bring down the wall, thereby exposing the city of Angkor ' 'lost' for over a century. Subsequent reports from Portuguese missionaries described its four gateways, with bridges flanked by stone figures leading across a moat. There were idols covered in gold, inscriptions, fountains, canals, and 'a temple with five towers, called Angor [sic]'. For four centuries, this huge complex has inspired awe amongst visitors from all over the world, but only now are its origins and history becoming clear. This book begins with the progress of the prehistoric communities of the area and draws on the author's recent excavations to portray the rich and expansive chiefdoms that existed at the dawn of civilization. It covers the origins of early states, up to the establishment, zenith and decline of this extraordinary civilization, whose most impressive achievement was the construction of the gilded temple mausoleum of Angkor Wat, in the twelfth century, allegedly by 70,000 people. [via]
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Dangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies and Geishas of the Mingonal Chinaby Victoria CassISBN 0847693953 (0-8476-9395-3)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Drinking the Sea at Gazaby Amira Hass, Elana Wesley, Maxine Kaufman LacustaISBN 0805057404 (0-8050-5740-4)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drinking the Sea at Gaza'Book summary:In what is sure to be a controversial book, Israeli reporter Amira Hass offers a rare portrait of the Palestinians in Gaza. Very few journalists have lived in that troubled region; Jewish ones are rarer still. "To most Israelis," Hass writes, "my move seemed outlandish, even crazy, for they believed I was surely putting my life at risk." But Israelis desperately need to understand the plight of the Palestinian people, she writes, and few of them read the unvarnished truth in the Jerusalem press. This has made most of them ignorant of what goes on right next door, and inspired unduly "harsh" attitudes toward Gaza and its one million residents. Hass even quotes the late Yitzhak Rabin, who wished that Gaza "would just sink into the sea," shortly before he signed the Oslo Accords. Wishing away the problem, however, is no solution, and Hass delivers a detailed--and highly opinionated--diagnosis of what's wrong with Israeli policy toward Gaza. Strong supporters of Israeli will say that Hass is nothing but a mouthpiece for the Palestinians. Indeed, this book's subtitle could apply as much to Israel, surrounded by bitter enemies, as it does to Gaza. Yet it would be wrong to ignore Hass: the scene in Gaza is woefully unreported. The book is not likely to change many minds--this is one of those subjects where passions run deep and fierce. Those who already sympathize with Hass's pro-Palestinian views will find Drinking the Sea at Gaza an invigorating book. --John J. Miller [via]
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Drinking the Sea at Gaza : Days and Nights in a Land under Siegeby Amira Hass, Maxine Nunn, Elana WesleyISBN 0805057390 (0-8050-5739-0)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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E.M. Forster: A Passage to Indiaby Betty JayISBN 184046027X (1-84046-027-X)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'E.M. Forster: A Passage to India'Book summary:In this Readers' Guide, Betty Jay considers the establishment of Forster's reputation and the various attempts of critics to decipher the complex codes that are a feature of his novel. Successive chapters focus on debates around Forster's liberal-humanism, with essays from F. R. Leavis, Lionel Trilling and Malcolm Bradbury; on the indeterminacy and ambiguity of the text, with extracts from essays by Gillian Beer, Robert Barratt, Wendy Moffat and Jo-Ann Hoeppner Moran; and on the sexual politics of Forster's work, with writings from Elaine Showalter, Frances L. Restuccia and Eve Dawkins Poll. The Guide concludes with essays from Jeffrey Meyers and Jenny Sharpe, who read A Passage to India in terms of its engagement with British imperialism.[via]More editions of E.M. Forster: A Passage to India:
El Alquimistaby Paulo CoelhoISBN 9700508609 (970-05-0860-9)
Softcover, Giron Spanish Books Distributors
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Alquimista'Book summary:La mÁgica historia de Paulo Coelho, que trata sobre Santiago, un niÑo pastor andaluz que viaja en busca de un tesoro material, nos enseÑa la importancia que tiene el saber eschuchar lo que nos dice el corazÓn, a aprender a leer los presagios dispersados por el camino de nuestras vidas y, sobre todo, a seguir nuestros sueÑos.
El Alquimista, ahora por primera vez disponible en EspaÑa en Norte America, ha sido aclamado en EspaÑa y en America Latina como una de las novelas mas importantes de la dÉcada.
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El Alquimista / The Alchemistby Paulo CoelhoISBN 9685957843 (968-5957-84-3)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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El Alquimista, ahora por primera vez disponible en EspaÑa en Norte America, ha sido aclamado en EspaÑa y en America Latina como una de las novelas mas importantes de la dÉcada.
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El profetaby Kahlil GibranISBN 9501702162 (950-17-0216-2)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El profeta'Book summary:Breve obra, donde cada una de las frases pronunciadas por su protagonista, tiene la virtud de movilizaer al lector, promover su propia reflexion y abrirlo a un enfoque totalizador de la vida. [via]
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Finder: A Novel of the Borderlandsby Emma BullISBN 0812522966 (0-8125-2296-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Finder: A Novel of the Borderlands'Book summary:Orient the Finder, a young man with a supernatural ability to recover lost objects, and a tough female cop named Sonny Rico, set out to cure the city of a mysterious plague and the advent of a deadly drug. Reprint. AB. K. LJ. PW. [via]
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Gentle Ways in Japan: A Photographic Study of the Familiarby Gerard P. SheldonISBN 0962190403 (0-9621904-0-3)
Hardcover, Saville Photo Arts Pub
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The Girl from the Golden Hornby Kurban Said, Jenia GramanISBN 140003082X (1-4000-3082-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girl from the Golden Horn'Book summary:The extraordinary saga of the mysterious life of Kurban Said was told in amazing detail in a recent New Yorker article. One of the most beguiling mysteries it uncovered was the existence of another magical novel The Girl From the Golden Horn. It is being published in English now for the first time.
It is 1928 and Asiadeh Anbara and her father, members of the Turkish royal court, find themselves in exile in Berlin after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Years ago she had been promised to a Turkish prince but now, under the spell of the West, the nineteen-year-old Muslim girl falls in love and marries a Viennese doctor, an "unbeliever." But when she again meets the princenow a screenwriter living in exile in New Yorkand he decide he wants her as his wife, she is torn between the marriage she made in good faith and her promised duty made long ago.
The Girl From the Golden Horn is a novel of the clash of cultures and valuesof prewar Istanbul and decadent postwar Berlin. And, of course, Muslims and Christians. But it is also about the clash within Asiadeh herself, and the tension between duty and desire. The Girl From the Golden Horn is an insinuatingly and strikingly beautiful novelsuspenseful and exoticand Kurban Said is, once again, in full control of his power to entertain and enthrall.
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Guide to Reading and Writing Japaneseby Florence SakadeISBN 0804802262 (0-8048-0226-2)
Hardcover, Tuttle Pub
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The Haft Paykar: A Medieval Persian Romanceby Nizami Ganjavi, Julie Scott MeisamiISBN 0192831844 (0-19-283184-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Haft Paykar: A Medieval Persian Romance'Book summary:The romance of the Haft Paykar ("Seven Beauties") is one of the great works of Persian literature. Completed in 1197 by the poet Nizami of Ganja, it is an allegorical romance of great beauty and depth, and its central theme of self-knowledge as the path to human perfection is conveyed in rich and vivid imagery and complex symbolism. The Haft Paykar tells the story of the Sassanian ruler Prince Bahram V Gur and his progress towards wisdom, and is enlivened by many adventures and by the seven tales--love stories--told to the prince by his brides. This new English verse translation captures the beauty and sophistication of the original, and makes this masterpiece of twelfth-century Persia accessible to a wide audience. [via]
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Hojoki: Visions of a Torn Worldby David Jenkins, Chomei Kamo, Yasuhiko Moriguchi, Kamo No Chomei, Kamo-No-Chomei, Michael, Michael HofmannISBN 1880656221 (1-880656-22-1)
Softcover, Stone Bridge Pr
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Imperial Womanby Pearl S. BuckISBN 1559210354 (1-55921-035-4)
Softcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imperial Woman'Book summary:Imperial Woman is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China, Ci-xi, who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908.Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers during a time of intense turbulence.Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to custom, she moved to the Forbidden City at the age of seventeen to become one of hundreds of concubines. But her singular beauty and powers of manipulation quickly moved her into the position of Second Consort.Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court, but adored by the people. The Empress's rise to power (even during her husband's life) parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to the modern way. [via]
In Love With the Way: Chinese Poems of the Tang Dynastyby Francois ChengISBN 157062979X (1-57062-979-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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James Clavell's ShogunISBN 1555600476 (1-55560-047-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Japan's Folk Architecture: Traditional Thatched Farmhousesby Chuji KawashimaISBN 4770025068 (4-7700-2506-8)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japan's Folk Architecture: Traditional Thatched Farmhouses'Book summary:If there is no place like home, there is certainly no home like a minka. Literally "houses of the people," these traditional farmhouses from Japan's premodern past might be more properly called "folk houses": The beauty of minka, like the beauty of all folk art, lies in the harmonious blending of form and material. In form, minka have evolved gradually, with numerous variations, from origins deep in Japan's prehistoric past. The building materials--earth, wood, and stone--come from the same mountains and forests that surround the houses. Traditional forms, readily available materials, and integration with nature--these are the distinguishing elements of the buildings that countless Japanese have called home for centuries.
Illustrated with more than 400 photographs and drawings, this book describes the basic external and internal features, the structure from foundation to roof truss, and the variety of minka styles. It is a virtual cornucopia of information, sure to delight anyone with an interest in architecture, art, or age-old lifestyles that are now on the wane.
The diversity of minka styles is particularly intriguing. In response to the demands of local geography, climate, and industry, every region of Japan has developed its own style. The multistory minka of northern Japan, with their steep thatched roofs and many small gable windows, were an adaptation to long winters and heavy snows as well as to the needs of silkworm cultivation. The minka of southern Japan are often a cluster of relatively small, low buildings with raised floors to maximize ventilation and minimize typhoon damage. As the reader of this book will soon discover, an exploration of minka styles becomes a journey through Japan as well as a capsule social history of this fascinating land. Almost half the book is devoted to a discussion of styles, from salient features and the reasons for their development to local variants. A detailed description of a representative extant minka is given for each major style.
An architect by profession, the author has spent half a century scouring Japan from the northern island of Hokkaido to the scattered islands south of Kyushu, studying, drawing, and photographing, in hope of blunting the onslaught of consumer culture that threatens these magnificent houses. This book, the first comprehensive account in English of the architecture and the major stylistic characteristics of minka, is a distillation of his vast knowledge and deep love for these traditional dwellings.
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The Kagero Diary: A Woman's Autobiographical Text from Tenth-Century Japanby Sonja ArntzenISBN 0939512815 (0-939512-81-5)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Center for
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Karate-Do: My Way of Lifeby Gichin FunakoshiISBN 0870114638 (0-87011-463-8)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Las Mil Y Una Nochesby Not AvailableISBN 9875504211 (987-550-421-1)
Softcover, Longseller S.A.
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Lillian Too's Easy-To-Use Feng Shui: 168 Ways to Successby Lillian TooISBN 1855856905 (1-85585-690-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lillian Too's Easy-To-Use Feng Shui: 168 Ways to Success'Book summary:Looking for luck, love, wealth, and health? The world's best-selling writer on feng shui takes you step-by-step down the road to happiness! Lillian Too, renowned author of books and articles on this ancient Chinese art, divulges the secrets of controlling the powerful forces of ch'i to bring success into our lives. With 179 tips on everything from personalizing interior decoration to improving family relations, it's the most practical, thorough, systematic, and stunningly illustrated guide to eliminating every obstacle standing in the way of contentment. Enrich personal space by identifying auspicious corners, good fortune directions, and life-enhancing elements, and organize the household to intensify their beneficial qualities. Need to improve finances? Grow orange or lime plants, whose ripening fruits symbolize prosperity, or hang coins or bells on the doors. Sleep on an authentic Feng Shui bed, let carpets create solid foundations, and fill vases with the right flowers. Protect the home or office fr om the "shar chi" or "killing breath" of open shelves. And there's a reason traditional Chinese matriarchs keep cleaning paraphernalia out of sight-they know that visible brooms will "sweep away" the family's livelihood. Try one of many effective methods for ensuring togetherness and harmony between kinfolk, for helping children do well at school, and for attracting romance. As you put these time-tested ideas into practice, you'll feel your world getting better and better! 160 pages (all in color), 7 3/4 x 9 1/4. DELUXE PAPERBACK WITH FLAPS.[via]More editions of Lillian Too's Easy-To-Use Feng Shui: 168 Ways to Success:
Lonely Planet Gates of Damascusby Lieve Joris, Sam GarrettISBN 0864423683 (0-86442-368-3)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Me Llamo Rojo / My Name Is Redby Orhan PamukISBN 8466368876 (84-663-6887-6)
Softcover, Punto De Lectura
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me Llamo Rojo / My Name Is Red'Book summary:«Encuentra al hombre que me asesinó y te contaré detalladamente lo que hay en la otra vida.» Pamuk ha conseguido una novela total. A la sabiduría de la mejor narración histórica se une el ritmo trepidante de la novela negra y una seductora historia de amor. Me llamo Rojo nos introduce en el esplendor y la decadencia del Imperio Turco, una potencia que llegó hasta las puertas de Viena. Viajamos hasta el siglo XVI, el sultán desea inmortalizar su figura en un lienzo, pero la ley islámica lo prohíbe. La tentación vence y cuatro artistas trabajarán en secreto, elaborando un libro lleno de imágenes nunca antes pintadas. Hasta que uno de ellos desaparece. Después de El libro negro y La vida nueva, el lector en español puede adentrarse en otra novela "un puzzle filosófico y fantástico en el que se cruzan el arte, la religión, el amor, el sexo y el poder" de uno de los autores que despierta más expectación internacional. [via]
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Moroccan Interiorsby Lisa Lovatt-Smith, Angelika TaschenISBN 3822881775 (3-8228-8177-5)
Softcover, Taschen America, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moroccan Interiors'Book summary:[via]A temptation to dream This book explores contemporary interiors in the sun-soaked land that stretches from the Sahara to the Mediterranean: Morocco. The diversity is breathtaking: the rural pis? architecture of the south is a far cry from the Hispano-Mooresque ornamental beauty of the imperial cities. Moroccan Interiors are as endlessly varied as the country itself, from the restored palaces in the medina of Marrakesh (where aesthetes of the international set now live) to humble troglodyte fishermen's homes at Sidi Moussa d?Aglou. The colorful palette of this country and the light there themselves suffuse these very different homes with a vitality that is as distinctive to modern Morocco as it is a reflection of contemporary trends in d?cor worldwide. The author: Lisa Lovatt-Smith was born in 1967 in Barcelona of British parents. She has since lived in London, Madrid and Milan. At eighteen she began a meteoric career at the various international editions of Vogue. She has since decided to concentrate on writing in Paris, her chosen home, where she lives with her daughter.
Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniatureby Edwin C. SymmesISBN 0804820260 (0-8048-2026-0)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Orientalismby Edward W. SaidISBN 039474067X (0-394-74067-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orientalism'Book summary:For generations now, Edward W. Said's "Orientalism" has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and this "Penguin Modern Classics" edition contains a preface written by Said shortly before his death in 2003. In this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism. Edward W. Said (1935-2003) was a Palestinian-American cultural critic and author, born in Jerusalem and educated in Egypt and the United States. His other books include "The Question of Palestine", "Culture and Imperialism" and "Out of Place: A Memoir". If you enjoyed "Orientalism", you might like Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth", also available in "Penguin Modern Classics". "Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious". ("Observer"). "Beautifully patterned and passionately argued". ("New Statesman"). "Very exciting ...his case is not merely persuasive, but conclusive". (John Leonard, "New York Times"). "Magisterial". (Terry Eagleton). [via]
A Passage to India: Library Editionby E. M. ForsterISBN 0841904693 (0-8419-0469-3)
Hardcover, Holmes & Meier Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Passage to India: Library Edition'Book summary:What really happened in the Marabar caves? This is the mystery at the heart of E.M. Forster's 1924 novel, A Passage to India, the puzzle that sets in motion events highlighting an even larger question: Can an Englishman and an Indian be friends?
"It is impossible here," an Indian character tells his friend, Dr. Aziz, early in the novel.
"They come out intending to be gentlemen, and are told it will not do.... Why, I remember when Turton came out first. It was in another part of the Province. You fellows will not believe me, but I have driven with Turton in his carriage--Turton! Oh yes, we were once quite intimate. He has shown me his stamp collection.
Written while England was still firmly in control of India, Forster's novel follows the fortunes of three English newcomers to India--Miss Adela Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Cyril Fielding--and the Indian, Dr. Aziz, with whom they cross destinies. The idea of true friendship between the races was a radical one in Forster's time, and he makes it abundantly clear that it was not one that either side welcomed. If Aziz's friend, Hamidullah, believed it impossible, the British representatives of the Raj were equally discouraging."He would expect you to steal it now. Turton! But red-nosed boy will be far worse than Turton!
"I do not think so. They all become exactly the same, not worse, not better. I give any Englishman two years, be he Turton or Burton. It is only the difference of a letter. And I give any Englishwoman six months. All are exactly alike."
"Why, the kindest thing one can do to a native is to let him die," said Mrs. Callendar.
Despite their countrymen's disapproval, Miss Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Mr. Fielding are all eager to meet Indians, and in Dr. Aziz they find a perfect companion: educated, westernized, and open-minded. Slowly, the friendships ripen, especially between Aziz and Fielding. Having created the possibility of esteem based on trust and mutual affection, Forster then subjects it to the crucible of racial hatred: during a visit to the famed Marabar caves, Miss Quested accuses Dr. Aziz of sexually assaulting her, then later recants during the frenzied trial that follows. Under such circumstances, affection proves to be a very fragile commodity indeed.
"How if he went to heaven?" asked Mrs. Moore, with a gentle but crooked smile.
"He can go where he likes as long as he doesn't come near me. They give me the creeps."Arguably Forster's greatest novel, A Passage to India limns a troubling portrait of colonialism at its worst, and is remarkable for the complexity of its characters. Here the personal becomes the political and in the breach between Aziz and his English "friends," Forster foreshadows the eventual end of the Raj. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Prophetby Kahlil GibranISBN 1853264857 (1-85326-485-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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The Rose Garden: Gulistanby Saadi, Omar Ali ShahISBN 2909347060 (2-909347-06-0)
Softcover, Tractus Books
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Rose Garden of Sheikh Muslihu'D-Din Sadi of Shirazby SadiISBN 0863040691 (0-86304-069-1)
Softcover, Ishk Book Service
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Samarkand, Bukhara, Kivaby Pierre Chuvin, Gerard DegeorgeISBN 2080111698 (2-08-011169-8)
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Yoshitaka AmanoISBN 156389629X (1-56389-629-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Sandman fans should feel lucky that master fantasy writer Neil Gaiman discovered the mythical world of Japanese fables while researching his translation of Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. At the same time, while preparing for the Sandman 10th anniversary, he met Yoshitaka Amano, his artist for the 11th Sandman book. Amano is the famed designer of the Final Fantasy game series. The product of Gaiman's immersion in Japanese art, culture, and history, Sandman: Dream Hunters is a classic Japanese tale (adapted from "The Fox, the Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming") that he has subtly morphed into his Sandman universe.
Like most fables, the story begins with a wager between two jealous animals, a fox and a badger: which of them can drive a young monk from his solitary temple? The winner will make the temple into a new fox or badger home. But as the fox adopts the form of a woman to woo the monk from his hermitage, she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, in far away Kyoto, the wealthy Master of Yin-Yang, the onmyoji, is plagued by his fears and seeks tranquility in his command of sorcery. He learns of the monk and his inner peace; he dispatches demons to plague the monk in his dreams and eventually kill him to bring his peace to the onmyoji. The fox overhears the demons on their way to the monk and begins her struggle to save the man whom at first she so envied.
Dream Hunters is a beautiful package. From the ink-brush painted endpapers to the luminous page layouts--including Amano's gate-fold painting of Morpheus in a sea of reds, oranges, and violets--this book has been crafted for a sensuous reading experience. Gaiman has developed as a prose stylist in the last several years with novels and stories such as Neverwhere and Stardust, and his narrative rings with a sense of timelessness and magic that gently sustains this adult fairy tale. The only disappointment here is that the book is so brief. One could imagine this creative team being even better suited to a longer story of more epic proportions. On the final page of Dream Hunters, in fact, Amano suggest that he will collaborate further with Mr. Gaiman in the future. Readers of Dream Hunters will hope that Amano's dream comes true. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Secrets of the Haremby Carla CocoISBN 0865659966 (0-86565-996-6)
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Shogunby James ClavellISBN 8401464412 (84-01-46441-2)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritageby DurantISBN 1567310125 (1-56731-012-5)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Tales from the Arabian Nightsby C. Lang, Andrew LangISBN 1853261149 (1-85326-114-9)
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Tales from the Arabian Nightsby Edmund Dulac, C. LangISBN 0895773740 (0-89577-374-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the Arabian Nights'Book summary:Beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in 26 magical tales: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sindbad the Sailor," "Noureddin and the Fair Persian," "Merchant of Bagdad," and more. 66 illustrations. [via]
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Travelsby Marco PoloISBN 3895084530 (3-89508-453-0)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Marco PoloISBN 1853264733 (1-85326-473-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:It was perhaps the first book to achieve best-seller status before the invention of the printing press-it was certainly the most controversial. Did Venetian trader and explorer MARCO POLO (1254-1324) actually reach the court of Kublai Khan, serve the emperor as his emissary, and journey the distant lands of Cathay for 17 years, as he relates in his Travels of Marco Polo? The question still hasn't quite been settled today... but whether Polo experienced firsthand the wonders of ancient China, retold tales he heard from Arab travelers along the Silk Road, or simply invented half his stories, this remains a delightful read for fans of history, adventure, and medieval literature. [via]
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Teresa Waugh, Marco Polo, Maria BellonciISBN 0871968908 (0-87196-890-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represents the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto discovered many unknown manuscripts. He carefully edited the most famous of the manuscripts (the Geographic text) and collated it with the other best known ones.
· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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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)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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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:
Zheng He And The Treasure Fleet, 1405-1433: A Modern-Day Traveller's Guide From Antiquity To The Presentby Paul RozarioISBN 9812480900 (981-248-090-0)
Softcover, China Books & Periodicals
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El Alquimistaby Paulo CoehloISBN 9700513866 (970-05-1386-6)
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El Alquimista / The Alchemistby Paulo CoelhoISBN 8408022938 (84-08-02293-8)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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El Alquimista, ahora por primera vez disponible en EspaÑa en Norte America, ha sido aclamado en EspaÑa y en America Latina como una de las novelas mas importantes de la dÉcada.
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Me Llamo Rojo/my Name Is Redby Orhan Pamuk, Orhan PamurISBN 8466313516 (84-663-1351-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me Llamo Rojo/my Name Is Red'Book summary:In 16th-century Istanbul, master miniaturist and illuminator of books Enishte Effendi is commissioned to illustrate a book celebrating the sultan. Soon he lies dead at the bottom of a well. How he got there is the crux of this novel. Narrators give & the reader not only a nontraditional murder mystery but insight into the mores and customs of the time. & Description in Spanish: Me llamo Rojo nos introduce en el esplendor y la decadencia del Imperio Turco. Viajamos hasta el siglo XVI, el sultán desea inmortalizar su figura en un lienzo, pero la ley islámica lo prohíbe. La tentación vence y cuatro artistas trabajarán en secreto, elaborando un libro lleno de imágenes nunca antes pintadas. Hasta que uno de ellos desaparece. Pamuk ha conseguido una novela total. A la sabiduría de la mejor tradición histórica se unen el ritmo trepidante de la novela negra y una seductora historia de amor. [via]
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El Medicoby Noah GordonISBN 8495501015 (84-95501-01-5)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Medico'Book summary:This dazzling epic describes an 11th century man's passion to defeat illness and death, to alleviate the pain of his fellowman and to share the near-mystical gift of healing that has been bestowed upon him. His journey leads him through the brutality and ignorance of England and the sensual turbulence and splendor of Persia. There he meets Avicena, a legendary master who is experimenting with the first tools of modern medicine. A millennium has elapsed since then, but the narrative talent of Noah Gordon makes this startling journey a unique experience which brings the story to life.
Blurb in Spanish: Esta deslumbrante epopeya describe la pasión de un hombre del siglo XI por vencer la enfermedad y la muerte, aliviar el dolor de sus semejantes e impartir el don de sanar, casi místico, que le ha sido otorgado. Esta pasión le lleva desde la brutalidad y la ignorancia de la Inglaterra de su época a la sensual turbulencia y el esplendor de la Persia remota, donde conoce al legendario maestro Avicena, que está experimentando con las primeras armas de la medicina moderna. Nueve siglos han transcurrido desde aquel entonces, pero el talento narrativo de Noah Gordon hace de este viaje iniciático una experiencia única, que convierte la historia en vida real. [via]
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El Medico / The Physicianby Noah GordonISBN 8466616381 (84-666-1638-1)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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El Profeta El Locoby Jalil GibranISBN 9583000922 (958-30-0092-2)
Softcover, Panamericana Pub Llc
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El Profeta/the Prophetby Kahlil GibranISBN 1583487913 (1-58348-791-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Profeta/the Prophet'Book summary:Una de las obras maestras de la literatura universal es El Profeta. En la voz de Almustafá, el profeta, se encierra la esencia última del pensamiento poético de Jalil Gibrán, poeta libanés emigrado a Estados Unidos y perseguidor errante de la verdad y la bellza, en cuya personalidad se da prodigiosa sÃntesis de un Oriente y Occidente fertilizados por la sensibilidad de un autor subyugante. Cada relectura arrojará un nueva valor, cada imagen evocada adquirirá un nuevo perfil. Siempre hay algo nuevo y sorprendente en las densas y breves páginas en las que se concentra todo el verbo creador del poeta libanés. Es por esta razó por lo que El Profeta fue desde un primer momento un clásico predestinado a la inmortalidad. [via]
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L'attachee: Romanby Raymond JeanISBN 2868699529 (2-86869-952-9)
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L'effet Pervers: Le Naufrage Des Democratiesby Michel CollinISBN 2910188132 (2-910188-13-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L'effet Pervers: Le Naufrage Des Democraties'Book summary:253pages. 13,1cm x 20,6cm x 2,1cm. Broché. L'Alchimiste est le récit d'une quête, celle de Santiago, un jeune berger andalou parti à la recherche d'un trésor enfoui au pied des Pyramides. Dans le désert, initié par l'Alchimiste, il apprendra à écouter son coeur, à lire les signes du destin et, par-dessus tout, à aller au bout de son rêve. Destiné à l'enfant que chaque être cache en soi, L'Alchimiste est un merveilleux conte philosophique, que l'on compare souvent au Petit Prince, de Saint-Exupéry, et à Jonathan Livingston le Goéland, de Richard Bach. Le levant s'était mis à souffler. Il amenait les Maures sans doute, mais il apportait aussi l'odeur du désert. Il apportait la sueur et les songes des hommes qui étaient partis en quête de l'Inconnu, en quête d'or, d'aventures, et de pyramides. Alors le jeune berger andalou se prit à envier la liberté du vent et comprit qu'il pourrait, comme lui, traverser les pays et trouver sa Légende personnelle. Destiné à l'enfant que chaque être cache en lui, L'Alchimiste est un merveilleux conte philosophique qui nous guide sur la voie d'un trésor oublié. Et des terres noires andalouses aux mystères de l'Egypte, déchiffrant les augures du ciel, le lecteur trouvera lui aussi le secret de l'Alchimie. [via]
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Alltag Im Alten Orientby Astrid NunnISBN 3805336543 (3-8053-3654-3)
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Die Dunkle Seite Der Liebe: Romanby Rafik SchamiISBN 3446205365 (3-446-20536-5)
Hardcover, C. Hanser
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Benim Adm Krmzby Orhan PamukISBN 9754707111 (975-470-711-1)
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2006 Nobel Edebiyat Ödüllü Orhan Pamuk 100'ü askin ülkede 46 dilde okunuyor.
Orhan Pamuk'un "en renkli ve en iyimser romanim", dedigi "Benim Adim Kirmizi", 1591 yilinda istanbul'da karli dokuz kis gününde geçiyor. iki küçük oglu birbirleriyle sürekli çatisan güzel Seküre, dört yildir savastan dönmeyen kocasinin yerine kendine yeni bir koca, sevgili aramaya baslayinca, o sirada babasinin tek tek eve çagirdigi saray nakkaslarini saklandigi yerden seyreder. Eve gelen usta nakkaslar, babasinin denetimi altinda Osmanli Padisahi'nin gizlice yaptirttigi bir kitap için Frenk etkisi tasiyan tehlikeli resimler yapmaktadirlar. Aralarindan biri öldürülünce, Seküre'ye asik, teyzesinin oglu Kara devreye girer. istanbul'da bir vaizin etrafinda toplanmis, tekkelere karsi bir çevrenin baskilari, pahalilik ve korku hüküm sürerken, geceleri bir kahvede toplanan nakkaslar ve hattatlar sivri dilli bir meddahin anlattigi hikayelerle eglenirler. Herkesin kendi sesiyle konustugu, ölülerin, esyalarin dillendigi, ölüm, sanat, ask, evlilik ve mutluluk üzerine bu kitap, ayni zamanda eski resim sanatinin unutulmus güzelliklerine bir agit.
"Genç Türk Romancisi Orhan Pamuk, Avrupa'ya roman nasil yazilir, gösteriyor."
- Frankfurter Allegemeine, Almanya
"Orhan Pamuk'u herkes okumali."
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Il Profetaby Kahlil GibranISBN 8878188506 (88-7818-850-6)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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