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      Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament

      Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions of ancient peoples, poems of mourning and texts of lament stand out…

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      Classic Chinese Poems of Mourning and Texts of Lament

      Bathed with the blood and tears of countless poets and authors and naturally expressing the most heartfelt emotions of ancient peoples, poems of mourning and texts of lament stand out…

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      New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies

      This volume, edited by Carlos Yu-Kai Lin and Victor H. Mair, introduces new vocabularies, expanding, as well as challenging, the conventional narrative and analytical framework of the May Fourth movement.

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      China and Beyond by Victor H. Mair: A Collection of Essays

      Victor H Mair

      This book is a valuable collection of essays by renowned Asian studies scholar Victor H. Mair. Compiled by Rebecca Shuang Fu, Matthew Anderson, Xiang Wan, and Sophie Ling-Chia Wei, it…

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      China and Beyond by Victor H. Mair: A Collection of Essays

      Victor H Mair

      This book is a valuable collection of essays by renowned Asian studies scholar Victor H. Mair. Compiled by Rebecca Shuang Fu, Matthew Anderson, Xiang Wan, and Sophie Ling-Chia Wei, it…

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      Buddhist Transformations and Interactions: Essays in Honor of Antonino Forte

      This volume assembles the research of distinguished scholars from various fields and regions, and looks at how Buddhism passed from India to Central Asia and China and Korea, and from…

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      T'ang Transformation Texts

      Victor H. Mair

      This is the most comprehensive study of pien-wen ( transformation texts, i.e., tales of metamorphosis) in any language since the manuscripts were discovered at the beginning of this century in…

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      The Archeology of Lost Affection

      Victor H Mair

      Three photographs, discarded in the dust outside Qumul train station, Xinjiang, each carefully torn to remove one man while preserving the other.

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      The Archeology of Lost Affection

      Victor H Mair

      Three photographs, discarded in the dust outside Qumul train station, Xinjiang, each carefully torn to remove one man while preserving the other.

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      Tun-huang Popular Narratives

      Victor H. Mair (University of Pennsylvania)

      Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and…

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      Victor H. Mair (University of Pennsylvania)

      Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and…

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      Texts and Transformations: Essays in Honor of the 75th Birthday of Victor H. Mair

      This book interrogates moments in the long history of East Asian writing at which turning points in the lives of texts become perceptible and assesses the transforming effect of stories…

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      The Art of War: Sun Zi’s Military Methods

      Sun Zi,Victor H. Mair

      Useful for students, strategists, and scholars, this translated work demonstrates the close link between the philosophy in The Art of War and Taoism. It examines the development of Chinese military…

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      Painting and Performance: Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis

      Professor Victor H Mair (University of Pennsylvania)

      In this extraordinary work of scholarship, Victor Mair traces the global development over a thousand years of a genre of popular Buddhist folk literature from China

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      Anthology Of Tang And Song Tales: The Tang Song Chuanqi Ji Of Lu Xun

      This volume is the first complete English rendition of the 45 famous tales in the monumental anthology masterfully selected and edited by Lu Xun (1881 - 1936). It is the…

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      China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their Ancient and Medieval Relations as Represented in Early Chinese Records

      Friedrich Hirth

      Similar in size and in duration, the Chinese and the Roman empires ruled half the world’s population at the time of their co-existence. But what did they know about each…

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      China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their Ancient and Medieval Relations as Represented in Early Chinese Records

      Friedrich Hirth

      Similar in size and in duration, the Chinese and the Roman empires ruled half the world’s population at the time of their co-existence. But what did they know about each…

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      Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader

      With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China’s Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on…

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      Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader

      With commentary and annotations throughout, Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader presents for the first time in English 10 key stories from China’s Ming Dynasty era. Casting new light on…

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      Many Faces of Mulian: The Precious Scrolls of Late Imperial China

      Rostislav Berezkin

      The story of Mulian rescuing his mother’s soul from hell has evolved as a narrative over several centuries in China, especially in the baojuan (precious scrolls) genre. This genre, a…

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      Many Faces of Mulian: The Precious Scrolls of Late Imperial China

      Rostislav Berezkin

      The story of Mulian rescuing his mother’s soul from hell has evolved as a narrative over several centuries in China, especially in the baojuan (precious scrolls) genre. This genre, a…

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      Imperial China and Its Southern Neighbours

      At a time when China-Southeast Asia relationships are undergoing profound changes, it is pleasing to have a volume which examines the interactions between China and the polities and societies to…

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      Sacred Display: Divine and Magical Female Figures of Eurasia

      Miriam Robbins Dexter,Professor Victor H Mair (University of Pennsylvania)

      This book discusses erotic and magical goddesses and heroines in several ancient cultures, from the Near East and Asia, and throughout ancient Europe; in prehistoric and early historic iconography, their…

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      The Prehistory of the Silk Road

      E. E. Kuzmina

      The Silk Road served to connect the diverse geographies and populations of China, the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, India, Western Asia, and Europe. The majority of the Silk Road routes…

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      ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary

      Robert S. Bauer

      Cantonese is spoken by an estimated 73 million people worldwide. It remains a source of great pride for its speakers in Hong Kong. The ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary comprises about…

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      Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu

      Zhuang zi,Chuang Tzu

      In this translation, Victor Mair captures the quintessential life and spirit of Chuang Tzu.

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      Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy

      Remembering May Fourth: The Movement and its Centennial Legacy discusses a wide range of issues concerning the relations between politics and memory, writing and ritualizing, fiction and reality, and theory…

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      Tao TE Ching

      Tzu Lau

      A new translation of the ancient Chinese classic based on the recently discovered Ma-wang-tui manuscripts.

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      Christmas Carol Leaflets from Raphael’s Pictures. with Borders and Words by F. H. Wood.

      Frances Wood,Raffaello Sanzio

      Title: Christmas Carol Leaflets from Raphael’s pictures. With borders and words by F. H. Wood.

      Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

      The British Library is the national library of the…

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      Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture

      The Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources - all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume -…

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      The Liberation of France: Image and Event

      The Liberation of France from Nazi Occupation continues to reverberate in the post-war politics and culture of France. This book situates the Liberation in the broadest possible context of image…

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      The Liberation of France: Image and Event

      The Liberation of France from Nazi Occupation continues to reverberate in the post-war politics and culture of France. This book situates the Liberation in the broadest possible context of image…

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      La France Catholique En Tunisie, A Malte Et En Tripolitaine, (Ed.1892)

      Victor-Honore Guerin,Victor-Honore Guerin

      La France catholique en Tunisie, a Malte et en Tripolitaine / par Victor Guerin,…Date de l'edition originale : 1892Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et…

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      Recherches Pour Servir A l'Histoire Naturelle Du Littoral de la France. Tome I: Memoires Sur l'Anatomie, La Physiologie, La Classification Et Les Moeurs Des Animaux de Nos Cotes

      Henri Milne-Edwards,Jean-Victor Audouin

      Recherches pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du littoral de la France, ou Recueil de memoires sur l'anatomie, la physiologie, la classification et les moeurs des animaux de nos cotes… par…

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      L'Unite de l'Italie Est-Elle Un Danger Pour La France (Nouvelle Edition)

      Henry-Auguste-Georges Du Vergier La Rochejaquelein,Victor Du Hamel

      L'unite de l'Italie est-elle un danger pour la France (Nouvelle edition) / par M. le Mis de La Rochejaquelein Date de l'edition originale: 1862 Sujet de l'ouvrage: Italie – 19e…

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      Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese: A Textbook for Intermediate and Pre-Advanced Students

      Yea-Fen Chen,Mei-Ju Hwang,Frances Yufen Lee Mehta,Yuanchao Meng

      Written by six experienced Chinese-language instructors, this book aims for the pre-advanced proficiency level within two semesters, or approximately 150 to 180 hours of course time. The book also includes…

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      Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese: A Textbook for Intermediate and Pre-Advanced Students

      Yea-Fen Chen,Mei-Ju Hwang,Frances Yufen Lee Mehta,Yuanchao Meng

      Written by six experienced Chinese-language instructors, this book aims for the pre-advanced proficiency level within two semesters, or approximately 150 to 180 hours of course time. The book also includes…

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      Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita: Sacred Scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

      Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions-the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita-inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points…

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      Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita: Sacred Scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

      Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions-the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita-inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points…

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      Chaoyue Workbook: Advancing in Chinese: Practice for Intermediate and Pre-Advanced Students

      Yeh Meng,Mei-Ju Hwang,Frances Yufen Lee Mehta,Yuanchao Meng

      This workbook cements students’ interpersonal communication skills and their ability to present and interpret Chinese as it is spoken and written.

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      Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy

      Mark W. Friedberg,Peggy G. Chen,Kristin R. Van Busum,Frances M. Aunon,Chau Pham

      This report presents the results of a series of surveys and semistructured interviews intended to identify and characterize determinants of physician professional satisfaction.

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