Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973. Reprint. Paperback. Classical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacle during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), and the poets of the late T'ang-a period of growing political turmoil and violence-are especially notable for combining strking formal inovation with raw emotional intensity. A. C. Graham’s slim but indispensable anthology... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. First English Paperback Edition. First Printing. Softcover. Additional charge for heavy item. First published in French as La Republique de Platon (2012). More
Geneva: Skira, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (cloth). Stock image shown. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1969. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away... More
New York: Penguin Books, 2005. First Penguin Books Edition. Paperback. More
London: Sphere, 2007. Paperback. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. First Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. First published in 1592, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of Hsi-Yu Chi, one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. More
New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Anchor A54. More
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Hardcover. More
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. Based on a true story, Shiokari Pass is a moving tale of love eclipsed by sacrifice and tragedy. The hero of this Japanese novel is the young and idealistic Nobuo Nagano, who finds himself forced to make a heart- wrenching decision, when he must... More
Melbourne, Australia: Viking, 2014. Paperback. FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON ALL PENGUIN CHINA TITLES. Originally published in Chinese as Tui Na by People's Literature Publishing House. Wang Daifu is blind and works as a practitioner of tuina, a traditional form of pressure-point massage, in the burgeoning metropolis of Shenzhen... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1984. Second Printing. Softcover. The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry presents translations of more than 420 poems by 96 poets drawn from the great ages of Chinese poetry. It begins with selections from the Book of Odes, the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry compiled around... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1980. Paperback. More
New York: Anchor Books, 2013. First US Edition. Paperback. An entire month has gone missing from Chinese records. No one has any memory of it, and no one seems to care except for a small circle of friends who will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of the... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. First Trade Paperback Edition (presumed), Seventh Printing. Paperback. Rare edition. The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers. Chuang Tzu... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. First Trade Paperback Edition (presumed), Fifth Printing. Paperback. Rare edition. The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers. Chuang Tzu... More
London: Head of Zeus, 2015. First Edition Thus. Paperback. This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just... More
London: Head of Zeus, 2017. First Paperback Edition. The last book of the trilogy. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily... More
Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. The Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one's fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of... More
Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000. First Trade Paperback Edition. Second Printing. Softcover. More
London: Everyman's Library, 1967. Hardcover (cloth). Actual date of publication unclear. No. 308 in Everyman's Library series. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. First paperback edition. Paperback. E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human... More
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu. This remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationship as it reveals two tempestuous decades of... More
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1986. Kenkichi Sugimoto (illustrator). First Tuttle Edition, Seventeenth Printing. Paperback. The Heike Story is a modern translation of a Japanese classic. Kyoto in the twelfth century was a magnificent city, but crime, disorder, and lust were rampant. The people were abused by the... More
Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics, 1971. Reprint. Paperback. Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich... More
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