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 about Poems of the Late T'ang
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965. First Edition thus. Paperback. More about Poems of the Late T'ang
New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Arthur Rackham. Expanded Edition. Paperback. More about Aesop's Fables
Geneva: Skira, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (cloth). Stock image shown. More about Painting of Central Asia (Treasures of Asia series
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 about The First Circle
New York: Penguin Books, 2005. First Penguin Books Edition. Paperback. More about Excursion to Tindari: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
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 about The Journey to the West, Volume I
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1952. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Cardinal Editions C 62. More about The Golden Ass of Apuleius
New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Anchor A54. More about Six Plays of Strindberg (The Father, Miss Julie, The Stronger, Easter, A Dream Play, The Ghost...
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Hardcover. More about The Plays of Strindberg
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 about Shiokari Pass
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 about Massage
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed bu author on a Man Asian Literary Prize bookplate. In a small village in China, the Wang family has produced seven sisters in its quest to have a boy; three of the sisters emerge as the lead characters in this remarkable... More about Three Sisters: A Novel
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 about The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1980. Paperback. More about Old Friend From Far Away: 150 Chinese Poems from the Great Dynasties
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. More about Collected Poems
New York: Black Cat, 2017. Reprint. Paperback. From award-winning Hong Kong writer Chan Ho-Kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a Hong Kong detective whose career spans fifty years of the territory’s history. A deductive powerhouse, Kwan becomes a legend in the force, nicknamed “the Eye of Heaven”..... More about The Borrowed
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 about The Fat Years
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 about Basic Writings of Chuang Tzu
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 about The Dark Forest
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 about Death's End
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 about The Analects (Lun yu
London: Penguin Books, 1979. Reprint. Paperback. More about The Analects (Lun yu
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. First Trade Paperback Edition, Third Printing. Softcover. In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a.... More about The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei (Volume One: The Gathering
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