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9780307390431 Critchley: The Book of Dead Philosophers. Paperback

Book of Dead Philosophers. Paperback by Simon Critchley xxxviii, 265 pages. 2009. “To philosophize is to learn how to die”; Cicero; assassinated. “One who no longer is cannot suffer”; Lucretius; suicide, allegedly driven mad by a love potion. “Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”; Hobbes; died in bed, age 91

9780060540944 / Menzies: 1421: The Year China Discovered the World. Paperback

1421: The Year China Discovered the World. Paperback Gavin Menzies. 648 pages, illustrations, maps. In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries

9780300028843 Huang: 1587, A Year of No Significance. Ming Dynasty in Decline. New edition. Paperback

1587, A Year of No Significance. Ming Dynasty in Decline. New edition. Paperback Ray Huang 293 pages. 1982. Creates a portrait of the world and culture of late imperial China by examining the lives of seven prominent officials and members of the Ming ruling class.

Fung: 25 T'ang Poets. Index to English Translations. Hardcover

25 T'ang Poets. Index to English Translations. Hardcover Compiled by Sydney S.K. Fung and S.T. Lai xxviii, 696 pages, illustrated, with appendixes, bibliography and 2 indexes. 1984

Weyer, van de: 366 Readings from Taoism and Confucianism. 19 cm

366 Readings from Taoism and Confucianism edited by Robert Van de Weyer ca. 400 pages, illustrated. 2003 (Reprint)

Han Suyin: 82 Contemporary Chinese Painters. Cloth

82 Contemporary Chinese Painters. Cloth, with dustjacket, 26x37cm foreword by Han Suyin 82 photo's and short biographies of each painter, 82 full-size colour illustrations, text in english language, first edition Beijing 1986

9780824827700 Rohsenow: ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs. Paperback

ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs. Paperback edited by John S. Rohsenow. 240 pages, bibliography, index. 2003. This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal English translation.

3776620072 Baumann: Abenteuer Seidenstraße, Auf den Spuren alter Karawanenwege. Gebunden

Abenteuer Seidenstraße, Auf den Spuren alter Karawanenwege. Gebunden, 28,5 cm. Bruna Baumann 286 Seiten, 150 Farbfotos und Karten. 2001. 10 Jahre lang reiste Bruno Baumann auf den Spuren der alten Karawanenwege durch Zentralasien und China. Einmalige Fotos, ausführliche Karten sowie das profunde Wissen des Autors entführen Sie in die Welt der Seidenstraße zwischen Alexandria und Xian, in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.

9780674031562 Lu: Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, & Other Peculiar Encounters in Late Imperial Chinese Literature. Hardcover

Accidental Incest, Filial Cannibalism, & Other Peculiar Encounters in Late Imperial Chinese Literature. Hardcover Tina Lu. 306 pages. 1 illustration, 6 maps. 2008. Described as “all under Heaven,” the Chinese empire might have extended infinitely, covering all worlds and cultures. That ideology might have been convenient for the state, but what did late imperial people really think about the scope and limits of the human community? Writers of late imperial fiction and drama were, the author argues, deeply engaged with questions about the nature of the Chinese empire and of the human community.

Wang Sidai:The Achangs, Ancient Balladeers. Paperback

Achangs,  Ancient Balladeers. Paperback By Wang Sidai & Cao Mingkun 44 pages text and 36 pages with colour illustrations

3881361731 Kirschbaum: Die 8 außerordentlichen Gefäße in der traditionellen chinesischen Medizin. Gebunden

Acht außerordentlichen Gefäße in der traditionellen chinesischen Medizin. Gebunden Barbara Kirschbaum 205 Seiten, mit 18 Zeichnungen. 2., überarbeitete Auflage 2000

9780415923330 Suisheng Zhao: Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the 1995-1996 Crisis

Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the 1995-1996 Crisis edited by Suisheng Zhao 306 pages, index. 1999. Using the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis as a starting point, essays in this collection examine causes of the conflict and assess the possibility of more benevolent relations between China and Taiwan.

9780520043800 /o Handlin: Action in Late Ming Thought. Cloth

Action in Late Ming Thought. The Reorientation of Lü K'un and Other Scholar-Officials. Cloth Joanna F. Handlin 256 pages, with glossary, bibliography and index. 1983

9780824828424 Rakita: After Confucius: Studies In Early Chinese Philosophy. Hardcover

After Confucius: Studies In Early Chinese Philosophy. Hardcover by Paul Rakita x, 266 pages. 2005

Pal: American Collectors of Asian Art. Cloth

American Collectors of Asian Art. Cloth. 25x33 cm edited by Pratapaditya Pal 224 pages, with numerous colour and black-white illustrations. 1986

9780192839206 Confucius, Dawson: The Analects. Paperback

Analects. Paperback by Confucius, translated with an introduction and notes by Raymond Dawson xxxiv, 110 pages. This new translation with explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classical Chinese, provides an introduction to the "Analects" for readers who have no previous knowledge of the Chinese language and philosophical traditions

9780520249486 / Bokenkamp: Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China. Hardcover

Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China. Hardcover by Stephen R. Bokenkamp xi, 220 pages. 2007. One of the most important periods in the history of Chinese religion, the third through sixth centuries C.E., when social and political changes were matched by innovation and an outpouring of textual production in Daoism and Buddhism

9780520259881 / Bokenkamp: Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China. Paperback

Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China. Paperback by Stephen R. Bokenkamp xi, 220 pages. 2009. One of the most important periods in the history of Chinese religion, the third through sixth centuries C.E., when social and political changes were matched by innovation and an outpouring of textual production in Daoism and Buddhism

9780521543828 / Cosmo: Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History. Paperback

Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History. By Nicola di Cosmo 380 pages, 5 maps. 2004. Based on both archaeological and textual sources, this book introduces a new methodological approach to Chinese frontier history, which combines extensive factual data with a careful scrutiny of the motives, methods, and general conception of history that informed the Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch’ien.

9780521770644 / Cosmo: Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History. Cloth

Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History. Cloth By Nicola di Cosmo 380 pages, 5 maps. Based on both archaeological and textual sources, this book introduces a new methodological approach to Chinese frontier history, which combines extensive factual data with a careful scrutiny of the motives, methods, and general conception of history that informed the Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch’ien. Reduced price

0835113574 Wang Shucun: Ancient Chinese Woodblock New Year Prints. Cloth

Ancient Chinese Woodblock New Year Prints. Cloth, ca. 26x32 cm Introduction by Wang Shucun 184 pages, map, text figures, including 140 colour plates and a description of all the plates, first edition, Beijing 1985

9780500251386 Souza, de: Ancient World at War: A Global History. Hardcover

Ancient World at War: A Global History. Hardcover by Philip De Souza 320 pages, 351 illustrations, 150 in colour, 2008. Not only from ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome, but also from Central Asia, India, China, Korea, Japan and the Americas. This book ranges in time from c.8,000 BC to the armies of the Aztecs and Incas half a millennium ago.

9780873281751 Li: Another World Lies Beyond: Creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington's Chinese Garden. Hardcover

Another World Lies Beyond: Creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington's Chinese Garden. Hardcover edited by T. June Li 130 pages, colour illustrations. 2009. From the Lake of Reflected Fragrance to the Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts to the Isle of Alighting Geese, this gorgeously illustrated volume explores the Huntington's Chinese Garden - Liu Fang Yuan, or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance - one of the largest such gardens outside China. With the first phase of construction completed, the garden opened to visitors in early 2008.

Chi Pang-yuan: Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature. Taiwan 1949-1974. In 2 volumes. Cloth

Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature. Taiwan 1949-1974. In 2 volumes. Cloth edited and compiled by Chi Pang-yuan, John J. Deeney, Ho Hsin, Wu Hsi-chen, Yü Kwang-chung Volume 1: Poems and Essays, xxi, 556 pages. Volume 2: Short Stories, xii, 470 pages. 1975

9780521667975 / o Ravenhill: APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism. Paperback

APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism. Paperback John Ravenhill xii, 294 pages, 8 tables. 2002. In this timely book, John Ravenhill examines the reasons for APEC’s establishment, its evolution, and the causes of its failures. His conclusions address central questions in international relations about international collaboration and regionalism.

Sun Xuequan: Applied Chinese Acupuncture for Clinical Practitioners. Hardback

Applied Chinese Acupuncture for Clinical Practitioners. Ca. 19x26cm, Hardback Originator Sun Xue Quan, translators Jiang Qi Yuan, M.D., Gao Ying Mao, Yang Lin 316 pages, with fold-out maps of the human body, first edition 1985. Introduces both traditional theories and the author's personal experiences in his many years of clinical practice. Over 200 cases are recorded in detail, covering nature, clinical manifestations, treatment, and practical and instructive remarks

9780231070041 de Bary, Bloom: Approaches to the Asian Classics. Cloth

Approaches to the Asian Classics. Cloth edited by William Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom 394 pages. 1990. Classics of the Islamic / Chinese / Japanese / Indian Traditions out-of-print but we still have

9780892641253 ; Shuhui Yang: Appropriation and Representation. Feng Mengiong and the Chinese Vernacular Story. Cloth

Appropriation and Representation. Feng Mengiong and the Chinese Vernacular Story. Cloth Shuhui Yang viii, 187 pages,  with conclusion, appendix, works cited, glossary-index

9780300053340op Sickman: The Art and Architecture of China. Paperback

Art and Architecture of China. Third edition. Paperback by Sickman, Laurence C. S. / Soper, Alexander Coburn 527 pages, with numerous illustrations. 1992. Surveys the development of Chinese painting, sculpture, and architecture over a four-thousand-year period and examines the impact of religious and philosophical ideas

Hu Yunhua: Art of Chinese Miniature Landscape. Hardback

Art of Chinese Miniature Landscape. Hardback. ca. 23x26cm by Hu Yunhua 162 pages, 110 plates with colour photographs, in text 65 black-white and colour figures and photos first edition, 1989

9780691011370 / Li Xiating: Art of the Houma Foundry: An illustrated repertory of archaeological finds made at the site of a 6th-to-5th C. B.C. bronze foundry. Cloth

Art of the Houma Foundry: An illustrated repertory of archaeological finds made at the site (Houma: Shanxi Province) of a 6th-to-5th C. B.C. bronze foundry. Cloth By Xu, Jay / Bagley, Robert (Edt) / Liang, Ziming / Li, Xiating, principal author viii, 523 pages. The book contains 1,200 of the most notable pieces of decorated foundry debris in photos and drawings. In colour and black-white

9781590300541 / Sun Tzu, Cleary: The Art of War: Complete Text and Commentaries. Translated by Cleary. Paperback

Art of War. Complete Text and Commentaries. Paperback by Sun Tzu, edited by Thomas F. Cleary vi, 457 pages. 2003. A collection of essential versions of the Art of War includes The Art of War, Mastering the Art of War, The Lost Art of War, and The Silver Sparrow Art of War, in a volume complemented by commentary by the author's successors. Reprint

9780195014761 Sun Tzu, Griffith: The Art of War. How to be fearless in resolving conflicts. Paperback

Art of War. How to be fearless in resolving conflicts. Paperback by Sun Tzu, translated and with an introduction by Samuel B. Griffith xvi, 196 pages. 1971

9780877734529 Sun Tzu, Cleary: The Art of War: Paperback

Art of War. Paperback by Sun-tzu / edited by Thomas F. Cleary viii, 172 pages. 1981

9780877735373 Sun Tzu, Cleary: The Art of War: Paperback

Art of War. Paperback. 4.5x3 inches by Sun-tzu. Edited by Thomas F. Cleary xiv, 114 pages. 1991

9780231133838 Sun Tzu, Mair: The Art of War. Sun Zi's Military Methods. Paperback

Art of War. Sun Zi's Military Methods. Paperback by Sun Tzu. Translated by Victor Mair xli, 189 pages. 2007

9780300107357 Watson, Ho: The Arts of China After 1620. Hardcover

Arts of China After 1620. Hardcover by  William Watson and Chuimei Ho vi, 274 pages, 150 black-white and 200 colour illustrations. 2007. The Arts of China after 1620 concludes a major three-volume survey that examines China's huge wealth of art, architecture and artefacts from prehistoric times to the present. .. Click here for more product information

9780521609548 / Lorge: The Asian Military Revolution. From Gunpowder to the Bomb. Paperback

Asian Military Revolution. From Gunpowder to the Bomb. Paperback Peter A. Lorge 200 pages, 9 maps. July 2008

9780824823320 / Francis: Asia's Maritime Bead Trade: 300 B.C. to the Present. Hardcover

Asia's Maritime Bead Trade: 300 B.C. to the Present. Hardcover Peter Francis xi, 305 pages, 48 colour illustrations, 92 b&w illustrations. 2002. This fascinating study is the first detailed description of the ancient and enduring trade in beads that spans more than two millennia and once stretched from the Middle East to East Asia and affected areas as far apart as West Africa and the American Pacific coast.

9780520204058 /o Guanlong Cao: The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son. Cloth

Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son. Cloth by Guanlong Cao/ Nancy Moskin (Trn) vi, 245 pages. 1996

9780520204065 Guanlong Cao: The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son. Paperback

Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son. Paperback by Guanlong Cao/ Nancy Moskin (Trn) vi, 245 pages. 1996

9780714124162 Whitfield: Aurel Stein on the Silk Road. Cloth

Aurel Stein on the Silk Road. Cloth Susan Whitfield 144 pages. This work presents an illustrated account of the adventures of the great Silk Road explorer and archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein, whose expeditions included the discovery of an amazing hoard of Buddhist paintings, hidden since the 11th century inside a secret cave at Dunhuang.

China Ba Jin: Autumn in Spring and Other Stories

Autumn in Spring and Other Stories By Ba Jin 147 pages. 1981

9784770030719 / Albertini: Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists. Hardcover

Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists. Hardcover Claudia Albertini 176 pages. 2008. Showcases forty of the latest and most relevant contemporary artists from China. Featuring stunning full-color plates of the work of leading painters, photographers, sculptors, performance artists, video artists, and even a fireworks artist, this book gives a fascinating insight into modern Chinese society and its vibrant contemporary art scene.

9780802005502 Minden: Bamboo Stone: The Evolution of a Chinese Medical Elite. Hardcover

Bamboo Stone: The Evolution of a Chinese Medical Elite. Hardcover Karen Minden 201 pages, 2 maps, 1 figure, 5 tables, index. 1994. Examines the history and impact of a medical and dental school set up by Canadian missionaries in southwestern China in the later 19th century. Begins in 1888 and chronicles the teachers, students, and campus life through the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s, the Civil War 1945-49, and the various stages of the People's Republic.

China: The Banking System of China. Paperback

Banking System of China. Paperback By the Beijing Institute of International Finance 352 pages, with 9 color illustrations. 1993

9781857531169 pos Napier: Barbarian Eye: Lord Napier in China, 1834. Cloth

Barbarian Eye. Lord Napier in China, 1834. The Prelude to Hong Kong. Cloth Priscilla Napier 246 pages, 8 illustrations, appendix, epilogue, bibliography and index. 1995. Tells the story of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier of Merchiston, who was sent to China in 1834 to seek a settlement of the British sea-traders and the Cantonese authorities. That he failed was due in no small part to the ignorance in Europe of the Chinese and their system of government

9780520222182 Wen-Hsin Yeh, editors: Becoming Chinese. Passages to Modernity and Beyond. Paperback

Becoming Chinese. Passages to Modernity and Beyond. Paperback Wen-Hsin Yeh, editors x, 435 pages, with 4 figures and 1 map, glossary and index. 2000

9780300020588 Mandarin: DeFrancis: Beginning Chinese. Second revised edition. Yale Linguistic Series

Beginning Chinese. Yale Linguistic Series. Second revised edition by John DeFrancis 601 pages. In pinyin romanization, the text is an introduction to spoken Mandarin. 1976

China Feng Chih: Behind Enemy Lines. Paperback

Behind Enemy Lines. By Feng Chih 464 pages, illustrated by Shen Yao-yi 1979 About an armed task force infiltrated behind the invading Japanese armys line

China: Beijing: Address and Telephone Handbook. Paperback

Beijing: Address and Telephone Handbook. Paperback editor: Gao Min 317 pages, including a map of Urban Beijing and one of Suburb Beijing. Second edition 1981

Li Ziyun: Best Chinese Stories 1949-1989. Paperback

Best Chinese Stories 1949-1989. Paperback foreword by Li Ziyun 501 pages. Beijing 1989

9780521604048 / Lin: Between Politics And Markets: Firms, Competition, And Institutional Change In Post-Mao China. Paperback

Between Politics And Markets: Firms, Competition, And Institutional Change In Post-Mao China. Paperback by Yi-Min Lin xiv, 255 pages. 2004

9780226000916 Low: Beyond Joseph Needham. Science, Technology, and Medicine in East and Southeast Asia. Paperback

Beyond Joseph Needham. Science, Technology, and Medicine in East and Southeast Asia. Paperback. Edited by Morris F. Low 443 pages, illustrated. 1999. Devoted to the history of non-Western science, technology, and medicine, this path-breaking volume goes beyond the legacy of the late historian of Chinese science. The seventeen chapters address topics in China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.

9780520215641 / Hanchao Lu: Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century. Cloth

Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century. Cloth by Hanchao Lu xvii, 456 pages, 8 tables, 36 ifigures, and 2 maps, appendices, references, glossary and index. 1999

0878464344 Berliner: Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Cloth

Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Cloth. 22x31cm by Nancy Berliner, with contributions by Craig Clunas, Curtis Evarts, Sarah Handler, and Wang Zhengshu / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Cor) 158 pages, with 64 colour and 68 black-white illustrations, index. 1996

978093058858822 Gillenkirk: Bitter Melon. Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town. Paperback

Bitter Melon. Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town. Paperback by Jeff Gillenkirk and James Motlow. Introduction by Sucheng Chan 143 pages. 1993. At the turn of the century, Locke, located in the Sacramento Delta, was the only village in the United States built and inhabited exclusively by Chinese immigrants. This collection of moving oral histories and stunning photographs offers an unforgettable glimpse into this unique and vibrant community, and in doing so contributes significantly to our understanding of the immigrant experience in California.

9780520213869 Schoppa: Blood Road: The Mystery of Shen Dingyi in Revolutionary China. Paperback

Blood Road: The Mystery of Shen Dingyi in Revolutionary China. Paperback by Keith R. Schoppa. 322 pages, 4 maps, notes, bibliography and index. 1999

Cheng Naishan: The Blue House

Blue House By Cheng Naishan 400 pages. 1989. Stories of the present-day lives of the Shanghai capitalists

9780802134776 / Allen, Waley: The Book of Songs. Paperback

Book of Songs. Paperback edited by Joseph R. Allen. Translated by Arthur Waley xxv, 388 pages. 1996

9780385479646 Pang-Mei: Bound Feet & Western Dress. A Memoir. Paperback

Bound Feet and Western Dress. A Memoir. Paperback By Pang-Mei Natasha Chang 215 pages, illustrated with photo's. Alternates the stories of the author's great aunt, growing up in the years between the fall of the last emperor and the Communist revolution, with the author's own search for identity, belonging, and her family heritage

9781859640104 Solonin, Naumkin: The Bretschneider Albums: 19th Century Paintings of Life in China. Cloth

Bretschneider Albums: 19th Century Paintings of Life in China. Cloth. ca. 25x34 cm by K.Y. Solonin. Vitaly Naumkin, general editor 171 pages, 130 full-colour plates, first edition. 1995

9780300066142 / Schwarcz: Bridge Across Broken Time. Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory. Cloth

Bridge Across Broken Time. Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory. Cloth by Vera Schwarcz xiii, 232 pages, with notes, bibliography and index. 1998

9780415189989 / In stock. Tuck: Britain and the China Trade: 1635-1842. 10-Volume-set. Hardcover

Britain and the China Trade: British Commerce and the Opening of China, 1635-1842. Hardcover. 10-Volume-set Edited by Patrick Tuck, with a new introduction 1999. The classic work on the period is generally considered to be Hosea Ballou Morse's Chronicle of the East India Company Trading with China, 1635-1834. In this, Morse attempted to cover the whole of the East India Company's monopolisation of Britain's trade with China from 1634 onwards. However, his coverage of the subject was uneven, and so his treatment of the period of the later 18th and early 19th Century dealings between the East India Company and China are usefully complemented by this set Click here for more product information

9780714114538 / Rawson: The British Museum Book of Chinese Art. Paperback

British Museum Book of Chinese Art. Paperback. Ca. 25x19 cm by Jessica Rawson, editor 394 pages, 133 black-white and 122 colour illustrations, chronologies, tombs, painters, biographies, index. 1999. For more than 1000 years Chinese silks and porcelain have been coveted and sought by peoples around the world. This survey describes the origins of these achievements and sets them in context alongside the other arts of China, including lacquer, cloisonne and glass.

Ma Ning: Broad Sworder. Paperback

Broad Sworder. Paperback Ma Ning, translated by Liu Shicong 184 pages

9783447016513 Greiner: Die Brokatuniform-Brigade (chin-i wei) der Ming-Zeit von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der T'ien-shun-Periode (1368-1464)

Brokatuniform-Brigade (chin-i wei) der Ming-Zeit von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der T'ien-shun-Periode (1368-1464) Peter Greiner 272 Seiten. Reduzierte Preis

9780824831691 Mollier: Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China. Cloth

Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China. Cloth by Christine Mollier 256 pages. 35 illustrations. 2008. It is abundantly illustrated with drawings and diagrams from canonical and manuscript sources, together with art and artifacts photographed by the author in the course of her field research in China. Sophisticated in its analysis, broad in its synthesis of a variety of difficult material, and original in its interpretations, it will be required reading for those interested in East Asian religions and in the history of the medieval Chinese sciences, including astrology, medicine and divination.

Hazra: Buddhism in India as Described by the Chinese Pilgrims. AD 399-689. Cloth

Buddhism in India as Described by the Chinese Pilgrims. AD 399-689 Kanai Lal Hazra 125 pages, with chronological tables: Dynasties: China, the Imperial Guptas, the Later Guptas, the Kingdom of Thaneswar, fold-out map, bibliography and index

9780691044415 / Lopez. Buddhism in Practice. An Anthology. Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. American paperback edition

Buddhism in Practice. An Anthology. Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. Donald S. Lopez Jr., editor xvi, 608 pages. 1995

9780500202654 Fisher. Buddhist Art and Architecture. Revised edition. Paperback

Buddhist Art and Architecture. Paperback Robert E. Fisher 216 pages, 147 black-white and 32 colour illustrations. 1993, reprinted with revisions, 2002. The hugely diverse Buddhist tradition includes frescoes, statues, embroideries and ritual objects, as well as rock shrines, stupas, pagodas and temple complexes. Fisher describes all the Buddhist schools and cultures, from Tibet and Sri Lanka, to Korea and Japan, and explains their imagery

Beal: Buddhist Literature in China. Cloth

Buddhist Literature in China. Cloth. 14x22cm Samuel Beal xvii, 185 pages, 5 plates, 4 and 5 are fold-outs. 1882. Published in India 1988

Sarma: Buddhist Monuments of China and South-East India. Cloth

Buddhist Monuments of China and South-East India: South Indian influences in Chinese Architecture. Cloth. 23x28 cm by I. K. Sarma 115 pages with text, 47 plates, 8 maps. 1985 (published in India, poor quality of the photographs)

Wang Guoxiang. The Bulangs: Flowers, Love Songs and Girls. Paperback

Bulangs: Flowers, Love Songs and Girls. Paperback by Wang Guoxiang 37 pages with colour illustrations and  54 pages with text. 1995

9780824829926 / Benn, Stone: Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism. Hardcover

Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism. Hardcover by James A. Benn, Jacqueline Ilyse Stone xiii, 360 pages. 2007. Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of “abandoning the body”(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context.

9780415444088 /1/ Beeson: Bush and Asia: America's Evolving Relations with East Asia. Paperback

Bush and Asia: America's Evolving Relations with East Asia. Paperback Edited by Mark Beeson. 288 pages. 2007

9780804732529 / Hsü: A Bushel of Pearls: Painting for Sale in Eighteenth-Century Yangchow. Hardcover

Bushel of Pearls: Painting for Sale in Eighteenth-Century Yangchow. Hardcover by Ginger Cheng-chi Hsü xiii,  314 pages. Ca. 50 illustrations. 2001. She shows how aesthetic choice is not free from political, economic, and social conditions. She discusses the merchant patrons associated with the Yangchow school of painting and reconstructs the lives of four painters who exemplify the diversity of the school's traditions: Fang Shih-Shu, Huang Shen, Cheng Shieh, and Chin Nung

Zheng Yoyong: Business Guide to China's Coastal Cities. Investment environment. Business priorities. Paperback

Business Guide to China's Coastal Cities. Investment environment. Business priorities. Paperback by Zheng Yoyong 347 pages. 1988. Investment environment. Prefernetial terms, laws, regulations

Ma Hexuan: The Buyis. Leaves and Songs as Matchmakers. Paperback

Buyis: Leaves and Songs as Matchmakers. Paperback Ma Hexuan 32 pages with colour illustrations and 52 pages with text. 1995

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