wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Courtesans and Opium: Romantic Illusions of the Fool of Yangzhou
ISBN: 9780231148238 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In his preface, the anonymous author of Courtesans and Opium describes his book as an act of penance for thirty years spent patronizing the brothels of Yangzhou. Written in the 1840s, his story is filled with vice and dark consequence, portraying the hazards of the city's seedy underbelly and warning others against the example of the Fool. Chinese literature's first true "city novel," Courtesans and Opium recounts the illustrious career of a debauched soul enveloped by enthralling pursuits and romantic illusions. While socially acceptable marriages were arranged and often...
In his preface, the anonymous author of Courtesans and Opium describes his book as an act of penance for thirty years spent patronizing the bro...
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113,19 |
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Mirage
ISBN: 9789629965815 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The young son of the Chinese traders' association head, who dealt with foreign merchants in the port of Guangzhou, is suddenly burdened with the responsibility of his powerful family. A latter-day Baoyu, but with far stronger sexual impulses, this son must learn to tame his libido while conducting himself prudently in Guangzhou society. This little-known novel, titled Shenlou zhi, is translated here for the first time. Published in 1804, it is the earliest novel to deal with the opium trade and is closely connected to events that occurred in Guangzhou and Huizhou just before its...
The young son of the Chinese traders' association head, who dealt with foreign merchants in the port of Guangzhou, is suddenly burdened with the respo...
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224,84 |
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Notes Relative to the Fortified Walls of Edinburgh; With a Copy of the Proclamation Issued by the Town-Council, on Receiving the News of the Battle of Flodden. by P. Neill. with Ms. Letter from to Lor
ISBN: 9781241328450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,40 |
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Where Ought the New Cemetry [in Edinburgh] to Be Placed?-In the Meadows? or in the King's Park? [signed: A Citizen, i.e. Patrick Neill.] Ms. Note [by Henry Cockburn].
ISBN: 9781241352462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 20 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
56,69 |
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Geological Survey of Newfoundland. Alexander Murray ... director, James P. Howley ... assistant.
ISBN: 9781241528836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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133,21 |
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Documents Relative to the Reception at Edinburgh of the Kings and Queens of Scotland, A.D. 1561-1650. Edited by Sir Patrick Walker, Bart
ISBN: 9781241427467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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83,59 |