wyszukanych pozycji: 43
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Know When to Hold 'Em - A User's Guide to Texas Hold 'Em Poker
ISBN: 9781430317661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Were it not for the champion poker players of the world showing us how great they are, there would be no room for a how-to book for "the rest of us." Fortunately, "Know When to Hold 'Em - A User's Guide to Texas Hold 'Em Poker" fits that bill very nicely.
Were it not for the champion poker players of the world showing us how great they are, there would be no room for a how-to book for "the rest of us." ...
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The Metamorphosis of Tianxian Pei: Local Opera Under the Revolution (1949-1956)
ISBN: 9789629965938 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This volume is the most extensive social and cultural history of twentieth-century Huangmei Opera to date. A regional Chinese theater originating in the Anqing countryside, Huangmei Opera gained popularity with the success of the 1950s play and movie, Married to a Heavenly Immortal. Through a case study of this work, the author juxtaposes the complex process of rewriting and revising the play and movie against the rapidly changing cultural and ideological climate of the Communist theater reform movement. As a result, the traditional theme of filial piety becomes a struggle over class...
This volume is the most extensive social and cultural history of twentieth-century Huangmei Opera to date. A regional Chinese theater originating in t...
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How to Visit an Art Museum: Tips for a Truly Rewarding Visit
ISBN: 9789063693558 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Stop wandering, start acting Find out how museum guards can be to your advantage. Learn the rule of thumb to distinguish good art from bad art. How to Visit an Art Museum is a short, fun, and rewarding read, full of tips and inspiring illustrations to get the most out of your museum visit. Stop wandering, start acting Find out how museum guards can be to your advantage. Learn the rule of thumb to distinguish good art from bad art. |
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Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism
ISBN: 9780367664657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Stages of Transmutation: Science Fiction, Biology, and Environmental Posthumanism
ISBN: 9780415788229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Literature is often regarded as a window on the human soul. However, in an era of turbulent planetary change, perhaps this inward focus will give way to a preoccupation with the relations between humans and their nonhuman environments, thus decentering humanity. Such a perspective may be called environmental posthumanism, a term that foregrounds ecological relations and critically reassesses the dominant role of technology in debates around the posthuman condition. This book develops the concept of environmental posthumanism through analyses of acclaimed science fiction... Literature is often regarded as a window on the human soul. However, in an era of turbulent planetary change, perhaps this inward focus will give w... |
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The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun
ISBN: 9780231165044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The early Chinese text Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi) is well known for its relativistic philosophy and colorful anecdotes. In the work, Zhuang Zhou ca. 300 B.C.E.) dreams that he is a butterfly and wonders, upon awaking, if he in fact dreamed that he was a butterfly or if the butterfly is now dreaming that it is Zhuang Zhou. The text also recounts Master Zhuang's encounter with a skull, which praises the pleasures of death over the toil of living. This anecdote became popular with Chinese poets of the second and third century C.E. and found renewed significance with the founders of...
The early Chinese text Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi) is well known for its relativistic philosophy and colorful anecdotes. In the work, Zhuan...
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Chinese Vernacular Fiction: The Formative Period
ISBN: 9789004039742 / Angielski / Miękka / 1974 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Covid 19 Disruptions and the Two Lover Birds: A Story of Separation and Devastation of Families/Loved Ones
ISBN: 9798598347393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Personal Salvation and Filial Piety: Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes
ISBN: 9780824892425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Chinese Studies in the Netherlands: Past, Present and Future
ISBN: 9789004225916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The Netherlands have a long and proud history in Chinese studies. This volume collects not only articles that trace the historical development of Chinese studies in the Netherlands from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present and beyond, but also studies that deal with Dutch research in specific disciplines within Chinese studies. Chinese studies in the Netherlands originated from the needs of the Dutch colonial administration in the Dutch East Indies, but developed a strong philological emphasis in the first part of the twentieth century, to turn increasingly towards disciplinary...
The Netherlands have a long and proud history in Chinese studies. This volume collects not only articles that trace the historical development of Chin...
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Leyden Studies in Sinology: Papers Presented at the Conference held in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sinological Institute of Leyden University, December 8-12, 1980
ISBN: 9789004065291 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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609,08 |
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A Guide to Chinese Literature: Volume 74
ISBN: 9780892641239 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997.
A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its beginnings to the present day. After an introductory section discussing the concept of literature and other features of traditional Chinese society crucial to understanding its writings, the second part is broken into five major time periods (earliest times to 100 c.e.; 100-1000; 1000-1875; 1875-1915; and 1915 to the present) corresponding to changes in book production. The development of the major literary genres is traced in each of these... Selected for Choice's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1997.
A comprehensive overview of China's 3,000 years of literary history, from its be... |
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Personal Salvation and Filial Piety: Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her Acolytes
ISBN: 9780824832155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was a handsome prince when he entered China. As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh century onward in the shape of a beautiful woman who became a universal savior. Throughout the last millennium, the female Guanyin has enjoyed wide and fervid veneration throughout East Asia and has appeared as a major character in literature and legend. In one tale, Guanyin (as the princess Miaoshan) returns from the dead after being executed by the king, her father, for refusing to marry. The most popular version of this legend is The Precious Scroll of... The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was a handsome prince when he entered China. As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh century onw... |
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Books in Numbers: Conference Papers
ISBN: 9789629963316 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This collection of essays is a result of an academic conference entitled "Books in Numbers" held in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Harvard-Yenching Library. The aim of this conference was to celebrate the book culture of East Asia by comparing and contrasting the development of manuscript and print culture in each of the separate cultural areas of the region: China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Central Asia. The essays do not attempt to offer a "complete" picture of the history of writing and the book in East Asia, but rather they hope to make a modest contribution by...
This collection of essays is a result of an academic conference entitled "Books in Numbers" held in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of th...
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The Dramatic Oeuvre of Chu Yu-Tun (1379–1439)
ISBN: 9789004072916 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Judge Bao and the Rule of Law: Eight Ballad-Stories from the Period 1250-1450
ISBN: 9789814304450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Pure, orthodox and incorruptible, Judge Bao has been serving as the preeminent embodiment of justice in China for almost a thousand years, so much so his court cases have been adapted as stories, novels and plays over the centuries. Now, for the very first time a series of eight ballad-stories on Judge Bao, dating from the period 1250-1450, are offered in a complete and annotated translation. These texts will provide the reader a reflection of the legend of Judge Bao in its earliest phase of development, with an extended introduction placing the ballad-stories in context with the development...
Pure, orthodox and incorruptible, Judge Bao has been serving as the preeminent embodiment of justice in China for almost a thousand years, so much so ...
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Judge Bao and the Rule of Law: Eight Ballad-Stories from the Period 1250-1450
ISBN: 9789814277013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Pure, orthodox and incorruptible, Judge Bao has been serving as the preeminent embodiment of justice in China for almost a thousand years, so much so his court cases have been adapted as stories, novels and plays over the centuries. Now, for the very first time a series of eight ballad-stories on Judge Bao, dating from the period 1250-1450, are offered in a complete and annotated translation. These texts will provide the reader a reflection of the legend of Judge Bao in its earliest phase of development, with an extended introduction placing the ballad-stories in context with the development...
Pure, orthodox and incorruptible, Judge Bao has been serving as the preeminent embodiment of justice in China for almost a thousand years, so much so ...
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Generals of the Yang Family, The: Four Early Plays
ISBN: 9789814508681 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang Family Generals. The story of the Yang Family Generals, particularly its female generals, was a perennial favorite on the Chinese stage in the 19th and 20th centuries. In detailing the role of this military family in the Song-Khitan wars of the mid-12th century, these four plays are all in the form of zaju, a type of play that originated in the 13th century. These plays are from the 15th and 16th centuries and allow a glimpse into earlier renditions of the Yang Family saga, which is a decidedly more male-centered...
This book offers a complete translation of four early plays of the Yang Family Generals. The story of the Yang Family Generals, particularly its femal...
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The Verdict: The Voice of the Raped Victim
ISBN: 9798526261678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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Passion, Poverty and Travel: Traditional Hakka Songs and Ballads
ISBN: 9781938134715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Translations from Chinese popular literature of the late-imperial and early republican periods are still very rare, and selections that are devoted to a specific genre or dialect rarer still. These translations of traditional Hakka popular literature are not only a contribution to a broader knowledge of traditional Chinese folk literature, but also contribute to the study of Hakka culture as reflected in these racy songs and exciting narratives. This book is the first extensive selection in English of traditional Hakka mountain songs (shange) and long narrative ballads in various genres. One...
Translations from Chinese popular literature of the late-imperial and early republican periods are still very rare, and selections that are devoted to...
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