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Lonely Planet’s China Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful phrases and vocabulary from Cantonese, Mandarin, Tibetan and many more regional dialects, for all your travel needs. Strike up a conversation with locals, ask for directions…
The attraction of big cities and the mythology around supporting them givethe impression that this would be the only real modernity accessible to modern man. Maybe as a reflection of the advance of capitalism and its needto concentrate the labour necessary for its development, with its effort to restrain the individual…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: science fiction
Embark on an unforgettable journey through the stars with Elsa and Zog, two unexpected friends whose friendship crosses the boundaries between planets. When Elsa, a curious girl, meets Zog, an extraterrestrial from the planet Zorg, their adventures take them on a fantastic journey through the universe.
Explore magical…
The first comprehensive study of friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in…
The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for Central Asia’s Muslim communities. Along this frontier, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and the revolutions that engulfed Russia…
This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead…
This issue of Architecture China focusses on the role that mass media and social media have played in contemporary Chinese architecture and how architects actively engage media as an architectural strategy.
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Kompositörer och låtskrivare Konst Musik
Music legend Gary Wright reflects on his professional collaboration, friendship and spiritual journey with “quiet Beatle” George Harrison and releases for the first time a song they wrote together.
Best known for his multiplatinum hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive,” Gary Wright came to prominence as a singer and…
This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead…
Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
En Förläggares hemlighet till Framgång är en ovärderlig guide för alla som drömmer om att ge ut sin egen bok. Här avslöjas steg för steg hur hela bokutgivningsprocessen ser ut, från manus till att boken når sina läsare.
Lär dig vilka hjälpmedel som finns för att skapa ett omslag som fångar ögat och formge text…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Övernaturliga fenomen / det paranormala Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Building on his extensive research into the sacred symbols and creation myths of the Dogon of Africa and those of ancient Egypt, India and Tibet, Laird Scranton investigates the myths, symbols and traditions of prehistoric China, providing further evidence that the cosmology of all ancient cultures arose from a single…
Guide to the Wildlife of Southwest China allows readers to enter the fascinating world of Southwest China, a biodiverse hot spot teeming with interesting wildlife. This field guide, designed to inform nature reserve staff, students of natural history, and casual wildlife tourists alike, presents one hundred and thirty…
Architecture China Vol. 8: Building for a New Culture II is a collective coverage as well as critique on newly emerging museums and galleries in contemporary China.
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history.
In her time, Anna May was a legendary beauty, witty…
Financial Times Best Summer Books of 2023
’Essential reading’ Tony Blair
A revelatory, myth-dispelling exploration of China’s juggernaut economy
Although China’s economy is one of the largest in the world, Western understanding of it is often based on dated assumptions and incomplete…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
The reveries and remembrances contained in the travel diaries of John Blofeld cover every aspect of his life in China – from visits to opium dens and sing-song houses to sojourns in the Buddhist monasteries and Taoist hermitages of China’s sacred mountains. Here is a vivid glimpse of “old” China as it…
In China After Mao, award-winning historian Frank Dikoetter explores how the People’s Republic of China was transformed from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today. His account is the first to be based on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, from the secret minutes of top…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Industrier och branscher It-sektorn Media-, underhållnings-, informations- och kommunikationsbranschen
*REVISED AND UPDATED**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK 2022**A TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARS 2022**A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BUSINESS BOOK 2022*’A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government’ – Guardian
’Vital . . . More than a…
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). A New England Yankee, he was deeply read and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A…
Kategorier: Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Personligt religiöst vittnesbörd och uppbyggelselitteratur Religion och tro
Popular gift book series offers a seed thought for every day of the month. By nurturing this bhijan (seed) through affirmation and repetition, we can help create transformation in our lives.
Scientific publication is the major route by which research is made available to a worldwide audience. Developing the skills needed to write, review and publish papers is therefore an important part of any research career.In this book we examine what scientific writing entails, the structure of a scientific manuscript…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Litteraturvetenskap och litteraturkritik Litteraturvetenskap: allmänt Nationalism Politik och statsskick Politiska ideologier Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
This thesis studies how mínzú (ethnic) agency is effectuated through propaganda literature among Muslim minority cadres in the Yānqí Huí Autonomous County of the Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region of North-West China in the 2010s. The aim is to understand to what extent and in what ways mínzú identification can have a…
Kategorier: Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Populärpsykologi och personlig utveckling Självhjälp och praktiska råd Självkänsla, självförtroende och motivation
This extraordinary book of letters, written by Swami Kriyananda in response to questions and inquiries from his friends, students and critics over a thirty-year period, responds to practically any concern a spiritual seeker might have – how to meditate deeply; strengthening one’s faith; developing divine…
Like a real life ’Indiana Jones’, maverick archaeologist David Childress takes the reader on an incredible adventure across some of the world’s oldest and most remote countries in search of lost cities and ancient mysteries. Discover ancient cities in the Gobi Desert; hear fantastic tales of lost…
A comprehensive guide to the Chinese art of healing with food • Provides more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes for curing specific ailments and for promoting happiness and vitality • Explains the theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and diet and reconciles these beliefs with contemporary…
Kategorier: Konst
Discover the stories of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China.
This book sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide an understanding – told through the lives of 100 significant individuals – of how China transformed from dynastic empire to a…
A rich visual encyclopaedia of the fashion, adornment and rituals of Chinese ethnic minority groups, through the full cycle of life events.
Aesthetic influences drawn from China have long resonated throughout Western art, design and thought. China Adorned challenges the monolithic idea of ’Chinese’ culture…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
This children’s book moves to a world where the very beginning of our planet was born. It feels like a classic, but the book makes one think in several ways.
When we humans are faced with moral and ethical problems in various events in our lives, we travel towards new dimensions. We humans sit with a big grin on…
During his nearly three years in China, the Austrian-Swedish palaeontologist Otto Zdansky (1894–1988) made pioneering discoveries of fossil faunas that greatly enhanced the understanding of the evolution of Chinese vertebrates. The most important was found in 1921 during his very first field trip in the country, to…
Kategorier: Konst
When everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply do not see it anymore because it is everywhere. This is the vanishing act of design. At this moment, design registers its redundancy: our products, environments and services have been comprehensively improved. Everything has been…
Kategorier: Språk och lingvistik
Denna bok innehåller sammanlagt 20 kompositioner på kinesiska tecken; motsvarande pinyin ges på varje motsatt sida. Kompositionerna är skrivna av utländska studenter som studerar i Kina. Efter att ha studerat en tid skrev de på kinesiska om sitt intressanta liv i Kina. Denna bok berör hur studenterna studerar, lever,…
Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law – married to three brothers in a single ceremony – spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as…
Arne Rasmusson, professor i tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap vid Göteborgs universitet och extraordinär professor i systematisk teologi och ecklesiologi vid Stellenbosch University, har under hela sin karriär både hävdat att vänskap är en förutsättning för akademiskt arbete och själv praktiserat den. Att Rasmusson…
The idea for the cane in this book came from the author’s good friend and fellow carver Claude Bolton. Both belong to the Caricature Carvers of America, and the group was looking for some way to honor a friend and supporter. Claude hit upon the idea of a cane made up of many segments to be carved by various members. In…
Collecting toothpick holders is about to become easier and more rewarding than ever! Here is the only publication to focus exclusively on toothpick holders made of porcelain. Over 600 beautiful color photographs showcase toothpick holders from around the world, including major ceramics manufacturers from Austria,…
Warwick China Company has produced some of the most unique and exciting collectible objects found on the market today. For years, collectors have searched for their favorite pieces, and can now delight in this new guide written just for them. Filled with interesting facts and over 300 beautiful color photos of vases,…
Blue Ridge China was produced by Southern Potteries in Erwin, Tennessee from 1938 through 1957. The individual items were hand painted by local women and production reached almost 25 million pieces a year, making it the largest producer of hand-decorated pottery in the country. Today Blue Ridge China is collected by…
Kategorier: Konst
When the Cultural Revolution ended in China, the long-repressed artists and writers reemerged. In art, particularly, they began to move away from the Romantic-Realism used in the propaganda art of the 1960s and 1970s, to experiment with new forms and techniques. Influenced by the Western modernist and post-modernist…
This is the most comprehensive book written on Lefton China to date. What makes this book stand apart is the extensive price guide section containing company identification numbers, descriptions, and current prices for more than 7,600 different items made by the prolific Geo. Zoltan Lefton Company of Chicago, Illinois.…