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Zhouyi

A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes

By: Richard Rutt

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Zhouyi

A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes

By: Richard Rutt

Modern research has revealed the Book of Changes to be a royal divination manual of the Zhou state (500100 BC). This new translation synthesizes the results of modern study, presenting the work in its historical context. The first book to render original Chinese rhymes into rhymed English.

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Routledge

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1136857478

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The Empress of Darkness

By: Richard Serna

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The Empress of Darkness

By: Richard Serna

Take a journey, into the darkness of a Dynasty, set in a world of unknown terrors, lift to feed on the living. Creepily things strangely lurk around a helpless village, with a young warrior banished from the training chambers of her Master's Temple. For her sudden enraged impulses, to spiral her instincts, to go out of control. She's cast out to face her undead enemies alone. Encountering through her many questioned thoughts, to slowly unlock the truth's of her Mother's death and perhaps, a chance to live once more.

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Xlibris Corporation

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145350950X

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9781453509500

Mid-Ch'ing Rice Markets and Trade

An Essay in Price History

By: Han-sheng Chuan,Richard A. Kraus

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Mid-Ch'ing Rice Markets and Trade

An Essay in Price History

By: Han-sheng Chuan,Richard A. Kraus

Analysis of China's rice markets and trade during the mid-Ch'ing dynasty. Provides quantitative data for how the commodity pricing worked over time in the pre-modern Chinese economy. Includes four chapters plus four detailed appendices.

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BRILL

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1684171857

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9781684171859

Vector

A Thriller

By: Richard Zanetti

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Vector

A Thriller

By: Richard Zanetti

The Memorial Day celebration in three small towns takes a mysterious and frightening turn for the worse—an undiagnosable illness and multiple deaths. Is this the next pandemic or something more sinister? Doctors and government agencies panic. Tasked to investigate, government agent Imelda Burke and private detective Alex West determine this is no natural occurrence, but an evil scheme put in place by VECTOR, a pathological villain. Unless demands are met, the next attack will place millions of lives at risk, subject to a weapon of mass destruction far greater than any nuclear arsenal. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as Imelda and Alex chase the twisted VECTOR across the globe. Faced with a diabolical and unfathomable adversary, the unlikely duo stands as the only hope to unmask VECTOR and prevent a global catastrophe before the fast-approaching deadline. Will they stop this ominous threat? The fate of the world depends on it.

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Archway Publishing

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1665760699

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9781665760690

American Indian Myths and Legends

By: Richard Erdoes,Alfonso Ortiz

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American Indian Myths and Legends

By: Richard Erdoes,Alfonso Ortiz

More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.

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Pantheon

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080415175X

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Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy

By: Douglas A. Anderson,Ludwig Tieck,George MacDonald,E. Nesbit,Richard Garnett

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Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy

By: Douglas A. Anderson,Ludwig Tieck,George MacDonald,E. Nesbit,Richard Garnett

Terry Brooks. David Eddings. George R. R. Martin. Robin Hobb. The top names in modern fantasy all acknowledge J. R. R. Tolkien as their role model, the author whose work inspired them to create their own epics. But what writers influenced Tolkien himself? Here, internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson has gathered the fiction of authors who sparked Tolkien’s imagination in a collection destined to become a classic in its own right. Andrew Lang’s romantic swashbuckler, “The Story of Sigurd,” features magic rings, an enchanted sword, and a brave hero loved by two beautiful women— and cursed by a ferocious dragon. Tolkien read E. A. Wyke-Smith’s “The Marvelous Land of Snergs” to his children, delighting in these charming tales of a pixieish people “only slightly taller than the average table.” Also appearing in this collection is a never-before-published gem by David Lindsay, author of Voyage to Arcturus, a novel which Tolkien praised highly both as a thriller and as a work of philosophy, religion, and morals. In stories packed with magical journeys, conflicted heroes, and terrible beasts, this extraordinary volume is one that no fan of fantasy or Tolkien should be without. These tales just might inspire a new generation of creative writers. Tales Before Tolkien: 22 Magical Stories “The Elves” by Ludwig Tieck “The Golden Key” by George Macdonald “Puss-Cat Mew” by E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen “The Griffin and the Minor Canon” by Frank R. Stockton “The Demon Pope” by Richard Garnett “The Story of Sigurd” by Andrew Lang “The Folk of the Mountain Door” by William Morris “Black Heart and White Heart” by H. Rider Haggard “The Dragon Tamers” by E. Nesbit “The Far Islands” by John Buchan “The Drawn Arrow” by Clemence Housman “The Enchanted Buffalo” by L. Frank Baum “Chu-bu and Sheemish” by Lord Dunsany “The Baumhoff Explosive” by William Hope Hodgson “The Regent of the North” by Kenneth Morris “The Coming of the Terror” by Arthur Machen “The Elf Trap” by Francis Stevens “The Thin Queen of Elfhame” by James Branch Cabell “The Woman of the Wood” by A. Merritt “Golithos the Ogre” by E. A. Wyke-Smith “The Story of Alwina” by Austin Tappan Wright “A Christmas Play” by David Lindsay

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Del Rey

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034546981X

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A Manual of Paper Chromatography and Paper Electrophoresis

By: Richard J. Block,Emmett L. Durrum,Gunter Zweig

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A Manual of Paper Chromatography and Paper Electrophoresis

By: Richard J. Block,Emmett L. Durrum,Gunter Zweig

A Manual of Paper Chromatography and Paper Electrophoresis provides a comprehensive discussion of the techniques of paper chromatography and paper electrophoresis. The book is organized into two parts. Part I on paper chromatography provides a readily accessible source for some of the many uses and adaptations of paper chromatography. An effort has been made to write a practical manual in which tried and proved procedures, employing relatively simple equipment and available reagents, are summarized. Part II on paper electrophoresis discusses basic principles and methodology. The emphasis throughout has been on the separation of protein mixtures, particularly blood serum. This reflects the fact that it is in this particular application that paper electrophoresis has thus far not been challenged by paper chromatography, whereas many of the smaller molecules can be resolved equally well or better by the thus far more widely employed chromatographic procedures.

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Elsevier

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1483276805

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Wind Against the Mountain

The Crisis of Politics and Culture in Thirteenth-Century China

By: Richard L. Davis

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Wind Against the Mountain

The Crisis of Politics and Culture in Thirteenth-Century China

By: Richard L. Davis

Richard Davis has expertly crafted a stirring narrative of the last years of Song, focusing on loyalist resistance to Mongol domination as more than just a political event. Davis convincingly argues that Song martyrs were dying for more than dynasty alone: martyrdom can be linked to other powerfully compelling symbols as well. Seen from the perspective of the conquered, the phenomenon of martyrdom reveals much about the cultural history of the Song. Davis challenges the traditional view of Song martyrdom as a simple expression of political duty by examining the phenomenon instead from the perspective of material life and masculine identity. He also explores the tensions between the outer court of militant radicals and an inner court run by female regents—tensions that reflect the broader split between factions of Song government as well as societal conflict. Davis reveals the true magnitude of the loyalist phenomenon in this beautifully written, fascinating study of Song political loyalty and cultural values.

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1684170222

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9781684170227

Korea

A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

By: Keith Pratt,Richard Rutt

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Korea

A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

By: Keith Pratt,Richard Rutt

Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation from early times to the present day. Subjects include history, politics, art, archaeology, literature, etc. The Dictionary is intended for students, teachers and researchers, and will also be of interest to the general reader. Entries provide factual information and contain suggestions for further reading. A name index and comprehensive cross-reference system make this an easy to use, multi-purpose guide for the student of Korea in the broadest sense.

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Routledge

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1136793933

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Pianos and Politics in China

Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music

By: Richard Curt Kraus

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Pianos and Politics in China

Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music

By: Richard Curt Kraus

In China, a nation where the worlds of politics and art are closely linked, Western classical music was considered during the cultural revolution to be an imperialist intrusion, in direct conflict with the native aesthetic. In this revealing chronicle of the relationship between music and politics in twentieth-century China, Richard Kraus examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and demonstrates the steady westernization of Chinese music. Placing China's cultural conflicts in global perspective, he traces the lives of four Chinese musicians and reflects on how their experiences are indicative of China's place at the furthest edge of an expanding Western international order.

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Oxford University Press

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0195363264

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China 1945

Mao's Revolution and America's Fateful Choice

By: Richard Bernstein

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China 1945

Mao's Revolution and America's Fateful Choice

By: Richard Bernstein

A riveting account of the watershed moment in America’s dealings with China that forever altered the course of East-West relations As 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China’s Communist rebels—their soldiers treated their American counterparts as heroes, rescuing airmen shot down over enemy territory. Chinese leaders talked of a future in which American money and technology would help lift China out of poverty. Mao Zedong himself held friendly meetings with U.S. emissaries, vowing to them his intention of establishing an American-style democracy in China. By year’s end, however, cordiality had been replaced by chilly hostility and distrust. Chinese Communist soldiers were setting ambushes for American marines in north China; Communist newspapers were portraying the United States as an implacable imperialist enemy; civil war in China was erupting. The pattern was set for a quarter century of almost total Sino-American mistrust, with the devastating wars in Korea and Vietnam among the consequences. Richard Bernstein here tells the incredible story of that year’s sea change, brilliantly analyzing its many components, from ferocious infighting among U.S. diplomats, military leaders, and opinion makers to the complex relations between Mao and his patron, Stalin. On the American side, we meet experienced “China hands” John Paton Davies and John Stewart Service, whose efforts at negotiation made them prey to accusations of Communist sympathy; FDR’s special ambassador Patrick J. Hurley, a decorated general and self-proclaimed cowboy; and Time journalist, Henry Luce, whose editorials helped turn the tide of American public opinion. On the Chinese side, Bernstein reveals the ascendant Mao and his intractable counterpart, Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek; and the indispensable Zhou Enlai. A tour de force of narrative history, China 1945 examines the first episode in which American power and good intentions came face-to-face with a powerful Asian revolutionary movement, and challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of modern Sino-American relations.

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Vintage

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0385353510

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Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-96

By: Jack M. Holl,Richard G. Hewlett,Ruth R. Harris

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Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-96

By: Jack M. Holl,Richard G. Hewlett,Ruth R. Harris

A history of Argonne National Laboratory as the site of research in nuclear reactor technology, biology and medicine, materials science and world-renowned programs in physics.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252023412

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9780252023415

The Dream Machine

The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey

By: Richard Whittle

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The Dream Machine

The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey

By: Richard Whittle

A fascinating and authoritative narrative history of the V-22 Osprey, revealing the inside story of the most controversial piece of military hardware ever developed for the United States Marine Corps. When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed twenty-three Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps’ own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft’s problems. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, The Dream Machine recounts the Marines’ quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the reader from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer’s drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey—and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never before published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history, but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416563199

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China Watcher

Confessions of a Peking Tom

By: Richard Baum

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China Watcher

Confessions of a Peking Tom

By: Richard Baum

This audacious and illuminating memoir by Richard Baum, a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, reflects on forty years of learning about and interacting with the People’s Republic of China, from the height of Maoism during the author’s UC Berkeley student days in the volatile 1960s through globalization. Anecdotes from Baum’s professional life illustrate the alternately peculiar, frustrating, fascinating, and risky activity of China watching — the process by which outsiders gather and decipher official and unofficial information to figure out what’s really going on behind China’s veil of political secrecy and propaganda. Baum writes entertainingly, telling his narrative with witty stories about people, places, and eras. China Watcher will appeal to scholars and followers of international events who lived through the era of profound political and academic change described in the book, as well as to younger, post-Mao generations, who will enjoy its descriptions of the personalities and political forces that shaped the modern field of China studies.

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University of Washington Press

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0295800216

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Divrei Mishkan T'filah

Delving into the Siddur

By: Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, PhD

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Divrei Mishkan T'filah

Delving into the Siddur

By: Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, PhD

This long-awaited collection of essays on Mishkan T'filah by Rabbi Richard Sarason, PhD, serves as a commentary on our prayerbook. Drawing on Dr. Sarason's deep knowledge of liturgy, these essays teach about Mishkan T'filah specifically and about prayer in general.

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CCAR Press

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0881233129

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9780881233124

The Tithe Maps of England and Wales

A Cartographic Analysis and County-by-County Catalogue

By: Roger J. P. Kain,Richard R. Oliver

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The Tithe Maps of England and Wales

A Cartographic Analysis and County-by-County Catalogue

By: Roger J. P. Kain,Richard R. Oliver

A reference work on the tithe maps of England and Wales for historians, geographers and lawyers.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521441919

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9780521441919

Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan

Naming China

By: Hui-Ching Chang,Richard Holt

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Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan

Naming China

By: Hui-Ching Chang,Richard Holt

Following the move by Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party Kuomingtang (KMT) to Taiwan after losing the Chinese civil war to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the late 1940s, and Chiang’s subsequent lifelong vow to reclaim the mainland, "China " has occupied—if not monopolized—the gaze of Taiwan, where its projected images are reflected. Whether mirror image, shadow, or ideal contrast, China has been, and will continue to be, a key reference point in Taiwan's convoluted effort to find its identity. Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan traces the intertwined paths of five sets of names Taiwan has used to name China since the KMT came to Taiwan in 1949: the derogatory "Communist bandits"; the ideologically focused "Chinese Communists"; the seemingly neutral geographical designators "mainland" and "opposite shore/both shores"; and the ethnic and national label "China," with the official designation, "People's Republic of China." In doing so, it explores how Taiwanese identities are constituted and reconstituted in the shifting and switching of names for China; in the application of these names to alternative domains of Taiwanese life; in the waning or waxing of names following tides of history and polity; and in the increasingly contested meaning of names. Through textual analyses of historical archives and other mediated texts and artifacts, the chapters chart Taiwan's identity negotiation over the past half century and critically evaluate key interconnections between language and politics. This unique book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Taiwan studies, Chinese politics, communication studies and linguistics.

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Routledge

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1135046352

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The Sinister Way

The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture

By: Richard von Glahn

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The Sinister Way

The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture

By: Richard von Glahn

Annotation A survey of Chinese religion from 1000 BC to the beginning of the 20th century, as well as a study of the ambiguitues of divine power in Chinese religion.

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Univ of California Press

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0520234081

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9780520234086

Area Bibliography of China

By: Richard T. Wang

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Area Bibliography of China

By: Richard T. Wang

A combination of scholarly, commercial, and popular interests has generated a large quantity of literature on every aspect of Chinese life during the past two decades. This bibliography reflects these combined interests; it is broken up into sections by subject headings, and cross-references refer the researcher to related topics.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810833506

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9780810833500

The Ming Prince and Daoism

Institutional Patronage of an Elite

By: Richard G. Wang

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The Ming Prince and Daoism

Institutional Patronage of an Elite

By: Richard G. Wang

Scholars of Daoism in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) have paid particular attention to the interaction between the court and certain Daoist priests and to the political results of such interaction; the focus has been on either emperors or Daoist masters. Yet in the Ming era, a special group of people patronized Daoism and Daoist establishments: these were the members of the imperial clan, who were enfeoffed as as princes. By illuminating the role the Ming princes played in local religion, Richard G.W Wang demonstrates in 'The Ming Prince and Daoism' that the princedom sa served to mediate between official religious policy and the commooners' interests ... . Locally, the Ming princes played an important cultural role as well by promoting the development of local religions. This book is the first to explore the interaction between Ming princes as religious patrons and local Daoism. Barred by imperial law from any serious political or military engagement, the Ming princes were ex officio managers of state rituals at the local level, with Daoist priests as key performers. Moreover, institutionally, most regular ceremonies related to a prince's life, were mandated to be conducted by Daoist musician-dancers, and as a result the princely courtly rites were characterized by a Daoist flavor. For this reason the princes became very closely involved in Daoist clerical and liturgical life.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199767688

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Shih-shuo Hsin-yü

A New Account of Tales of the World

By: Richard Mather

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Shih-shuo Hsin-yü

A New Account of Tales of the World

By: Richard Mather

A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China.

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University of Michigan Press

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1938937015

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An Introduction to Communication

By: Lynn H. Turner,Richard West

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An Introduction to Communication

By: Lynn H. Turner,Richard West

This concise book presents theory and teaches skills allowing students from all academic backgrounds to understand the communication field.

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Cambridge University Press

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110715104X

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The Age of Eternal Brilliance

Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) Vol. II

By: Richard Mather

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The Age of Eternal Brilliance

Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) Vol. II

By: Richard Mather

The full original texts, Professor Richard Mather’s full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who had such a profound impact upon the immediately succeeding centuries. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004120594).

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BRILL

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9004531777

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9789004531772

Taking Control

Autonomy in Language Learning

By: Richard Pemberton,Edward S.L. Li,Winnie W.F. Or,Herbert D. Pierson

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Taking Control

Autonomy in Language Learning

By: Richard Pemberton,Edward S.L. Li,Winnie W.F. Or,Herbert D. Pierson

TAKING CONTROL: Autonomy in Language Learning focuses on an area of language learning and teaching that is currently receiving an increasing amount of attention. The book, featuring 18 chapters from key figures around the world in the field of autonomous and self-access language learning, provides insightful coverage of the theoretical issues involved, and represents a significant contribution to research in this area. At the same time, it provides a variety of examples of current practice, in classrooms and self-access centres, at secondary and tertiary levels, and in a number of different cultural contexts. This volume is a timely publication which will be of interest to all those concerned with learner autonomy and self-directed language learning.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622094074

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9789622094079

The Devil's Breath

By: Richard Hicks

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The Devil's Breath

By: Richard Hicks

IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SAN DIEGO, A SERIAL ARSONIST AWAITS THE WIND Eddie DeSilva, San Diegos ex-chief of police, is asked to take on a cold case that turns out to be anything but cold. Its the height of the dangerous fire season and a raging wildfire, believed to have been set by an arsonist, has rained ashes on the city for five days, causing massive evacuations. Three years earlier, in nearby Diablo Gorge, three fire-fighters died when they were encircled by a raging wildfire and the calcified bones of two others were found in the ashes, their deaths the result of an apparent unsolved arson-homicide. Now an arsonist, who calls himself Moonlighter, is backwriting poems about his feats of fire on internet chat rooms frequented by pyromaniacs. When neither the state fire authorities nor the FBI are willing to join forces to catch the serial arsonist, DeSilva forms his own team that includes his former partner, detective Fisher Wells, psychologist (and currant main-squeeze), Pauline Graham, and Sunny Szabo, a recovering meth addict suffering from agoraphobia. As the Santa Ana windsthe devils breathblow hot out of the mountains, the sociopathic arsonist spins out of control, in this taut police procedural, the third in the Eddie DeSilva mystery series.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483620913

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9781483620916

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

By: Richard M. Barnhart,Xin Yang,Nie Chongzheng,James Cahill,Hung Wu,Lang Shaojun

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Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

By: Richard M. Barnhart,Xin Yang,Nie Chongzheng,James Cahill,Hung Wu,Lang Shaojun

Written by a team of eminent international scholars, this book is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some 3000 years.

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Yale University Press

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0300094477

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9780300094473

A World View of Criminal Justice

By: Richard Vogler

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A World View of Criminal Justice

By: Richard Vogler

Criminal justice procedure is the bedrock of human rights. Surprisingly, however, in an era of unprecedented change in criminal justice around the world, it is often dismissed as technical and unimportant. This failure to take procedure seriously has a terrible cost, allowing reform to be driven by purely pragmatic considerations, cost-cutting or foreign influence. Current US political domination, for example, has produced a historic and global shift towards more adversarial procedure, which is widely misunderstood and inconsistently implemented. This book addresses such issues by bringing together a huge range of historical and contemporary research on criminal justice in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. It proposes a theory of procedure derived from the three great international trial modes of 'inquisitorial justice', 'adversarial justice' and 'popular justice'. This approach opens up the possibility of assessing criminal justice from a more objective standpoint, as well as providing a sourcebook for comparative study and practical reform around the world.

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Routledge

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135196139X

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Innovative Urban Wet-Weather Flow Management Systems

By: Richard Field,James P. Heaney,Robert Pitt

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Innovative Urban Wet-Weather Flow Management Systems

By: Richard Field,James P. Heaney,Robert Pitt

The 20th century's automobile-inspired land use changes brought about tremendous transformations in how stormwater moves across the modern urban land-scape. Streets and parking areas in the average urban family's neighborhood now exceed the amount of land devoted to living space. Add parking, office and commercial space, and it's easy to understand

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1482278995

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Mapping China and Managing the World

Culture, Cartography and Cosmology in Late Imperial Times

By: Richard J. Smith

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Mapping China and Managing the World

Culture, Cartography and Cosmology in Late Imperial Times

By: Richard J. Smith

From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to create and maintain order are expressed not only in China’s bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also in Chinese philosophy, religious and secular ritual, and comprehensive systems of classifying all natural and supernatural phenomena. Mapping China and Managing the World focuses on Chinese constructions of order (zhi) and examines the most important ways in which elites in late imperial China sought to order their vast and variegated world. This book begins by exploring the role of ancient texts and maps as the two prominent symbolic devices that the Chinese used to construct cultural meaning, and looks at how changing conceptions of ‘the world’ shaped Chinese cartography, whilst both shifting and enduring cartographic practices affected how the Chinese regarded the wider world. Richard J. Smith goes on to examine the significance of ritual in overcoming disorder, and by focusing on the importance of divination shows how Chinese at all levels of society sought to manage the future, as well as the past and the present. Finally, the book concludes by emphasizing the enduring relevance of the Yijing (Classic of Changes) in Chinese intellectual and cultural life as well as its place in the history of Sino-foreign interactions. Bringing together a selection of essays by Richard J. Smith, one of the foremost scholars of Chinese intellectual and cultural history, this book will be welcomed by Chinese and East Asian historians, as well as those interested more broadly in the culture of China and East Asia.

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Routledge

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1136209212

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9781136209215

Light in the Darkness

By: Richard E. Valdez

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Light in the Darkness

By: Richard E. Valdez

In the year AD 1055, a peaceful people, with a culture veiled in mysticism and ritual, inhabit the San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. A small boy named Honaw, groomed by his wise grandfather to be one of the spiritual leaders of their village, dreams of the day when he will rule with fairness and kindness the way his grandfather does. His world is thrown into chaos when an evil holy man murders his grandfather to gain total rule of the village. The evil one is vanquished, but the village is destroyed. Honaw grows into a man as he leads his people on a long and harrowing journey to their new home in the fabled city of White House. Forces of men and nature lead Honaw to become the supreme spiritual leader of all the people of the basin. At White House, he faces his greatest challenge when the evil holy man of his youth returns with a band of fierce warriors to exact revenge on him and his people. In this compelling historical tale, a young leader must rely on his faith and wisdom to stand against a malicious priest leading a brutal horde bent on death and destruction.

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iUniverse

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149173664X

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Balti-English English-Balti Dictionary

By: Richard Keith Sprigg

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Balti-English English-Balti Dictionary

By: Richard Keith Sprigg

This book is based on the Khapalu and Skardu dialects of Balti, a member of the Tibeto-Burman family, spoken in Baltistan, situated just south of the Karakoram Range

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Psychology Press

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0700713808

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Memoir of a Cold War Soldier

By: Richard E. Mack

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Memoir of a Cold War Soldier

By: Richard E. Mack

A career soldier, Richard E. Mack served in the US Army until 1976, when he retired as a colonel. In this volume he recalls his service in front-line combat units in Korea and Vietnam, commenting on the tasks, challenges, problems and concerns of all soldiers during these conflicts.

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Kent State University Press

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0873386752

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9780873386753

Wandering Spirits

Chen Shiyuan’s Encyclopedia of Dreams

By: Richard E. Strassberg

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Wandering Spirits

Chen Shiyuan’s Encyclopedia of Dreams

By: Richard E. Strassberg

Dreams have been taken seriously in China for at least three millennia. Wandering Spirits is a translation and study of the most comprehensive work on dream culture in traditional China—Lofty Principles of Dream Interpretation (Mengzhan yizhi), compiled in 1562 by Chen Shiyuan and periodically reprinted up to the modern era. The best introduction to the diversity of ideas held by the educated class about dreams, this unique treatise compiles various theories, Chen's own comments concerning the nature of dreams and their role in waking life, and almost seven hundred examples assembled from a wide range of literary sources. This annotated translation is accompanied by a full-length introduction that surveys the evolution of Chinese dream culture and the role of Chen Shiyuan and his encyclopedia.

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Univ of California Press

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0520934172

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9780520934177

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