Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism
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Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the...
Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai Masterworks
Zhao Qingquan and Thomas S. Elias
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The art of bonsai is widely known in the West: from the Karate Kid to the American Bonsai...
The Confucian-Legalist State: A New Theory of Chinese History
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The Confucian-Legalist State analyzes the history of China between the 11th century BCE and 1911...
Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture from China's Past
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Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and...
The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry
Eliot Weinberger, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth and Gary Snyder
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This rich compendium of translations is the first to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous...
Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of a German Chief of Staff
Fritz Von Lossberg, David T. Zabecki, Dieter J. Biedekarken and Holger H. Herwig
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General Fritz von Lossberg (1868 - 1942) directed virtually all the major German defensive battles...