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The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of The Journey to the West

An Abridgment of The Journey to the West

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Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. ... Read more

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Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit.
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Unlock the more straightforward side of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, a moving account of how two young Chinese men discover love and Western literature after the Communist regime sends them to a remote mountain village to be ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, a moving account of how two young Chinese men discover love and Western literature after the Communist regime sends them to a remote mountain village to be
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The Gate

Translated by William F. Sibley ...

by Natsume Soseki ...

An NYRB Calssics OriginalA humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational ... Read more

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An NYRB Calssics OriginalA humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational
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Laozi's Dao De Jing

A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time

by Laozi, Ken Liu ...

A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ... Read more

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A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized
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The History of Hentai Manga

by Kimi Rito ...

While manga is now a well known entity in the global publishing scene, the medium's international success has its roots in the realm of eros. Japanese media critic Kimi Rito dives into the history of manga's erotic world a genre known internationally simply as - hentai. What are the origins of hentai? How has it evolved from the days of ukiyo-e to today's modern comics and animation. Who are the ... Read more

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While manga is now a well known entity in the global publishing scene, the medium's international success has its roots in the realm of eros. Japanese media critic Kimi Rito dives into the history of manga's erotic world a genre known internationally simply as - hentai. What are the origins of hentai? How has it evolved from the days of ukiyo-e to today's modern comics and animation. Who are the
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The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China

The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun

by Lu Xun ...

Translated by Julia Lovell ...

Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun's stories both indict outdated Chinese traditions and embrace China's cultural richness and individuality. This volume presents brand-new translations by Julia Lovell of all of Lu Xun's stories, including 'The Real Story of Ah-Q', 'Diary of a Madman', ... Read more

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Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun's stories both indict outdated Chinese traditions and embrace China's cultural richness and individuality. This volume presents brand-new translations by Julia Lovell of all of Lu Xun's stories, including 'The Real Story of Ah-Q', 'Diary of a Madman',
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The Ink Dark Moon

Love Poems by Ono no Komachi anmd Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

by Izumi Shikibu, Ono no Komachi ...

Translated by Jane Hirshfield, Mariko Aratani ...

Series series Vintage Classics
These translated poems were written by two women of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D.The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment. ... Read more

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These translated poems were written by two women of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D.The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.
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The Tale of Genji

by Murasaki Shikibu ...

The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists. It was made in "concertina" or "orihon" style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other, around the peak of the Heian ... Read more

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The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists. It was made in "concertina" or "orihon" style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other, around the peak of the Heian
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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei

by Eliot Weinberger, Octavio Paz ...

A new expanded edition of the classic study of translation, finally back in printThe difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty—from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth’s loose interpretation. As Octavio Paz writes in the afterword, “Eliot Weinberger’s ... Read more

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A new expanded edition of the classic study of translation, finally back in printThe difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty—from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth’s loose interpretation. As Octavio Paz writes in the afterword, “Eliot Weinberger’s
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The World of the Shining Prince

Court Life in Ancient Japan

by Ivan Morris ...

Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. • "A book which should delight anyone interested in Japan.” —The New York Times Book ReviewUsing The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. ... Read more

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Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. • "A book which should delight anyone interested in Japan.” —The New York Times Book ReviewUsing The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone.
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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei

Volume One: The Gathering

by David Tod Roy ...

Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
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 corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a ... Read more

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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 corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a
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讀懂古人的痛，就能跳過現代的坑：史上最潮的國學經典

by 林俐君（綠君麻麻）．著/江易珊．繪 ...

Series series 天際系列
會考學測出題方式越來越新穎，讀透課文背後的故事才能活用解題得分！本書用最潮的網路用語及角度重新詮釋國學奧妙，精闢說書讓你拍案叫絕，隨手皆可應用！詩詞歌賦都是古人的人生經歷與智慧，以古鑑今，讀通古文才能通透人生使用方式！白居易是癡情暖男也是厭世社畜；學霸蘇軾超迷星座又愛嘴老闆；〈諫逐客書〉是地表最強「非自願離職書」；元稹與白居易堪稱大唐好基友**……**古文裡多得是職場高級酸，多得是同儕互爭兩相厭。以古文為鑑，照亮的不僅是國文成績，更是你的人生！國文讀的不只是字詞音律，更是文學背後所透露抒發的人生。作者出身清大中文系，曾任網站主編，以活潑現代的觀點切入，用幽默口語說書，讓古文與國學常識變得生動可親，更把文字沒寫出的時代背景與幽微心境一一闡明，帶著讀者穿越古代... ... Read more

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會考學測出題方式越來越新穎，讀透課文背後的故事才能活用解題得分！本書用最潮的網路用語及角度重新詮釋國學奧妙，精闢說書讓你拍案叫絕，隨手皆可應用！詩詞歌賦都是古人的人生經歷與智慧，以古鑑今，讀通古文才能通透人生使用方式！白居易是癡情暖男也是厭世社畜；學霸蘇軾超迷星座又愛嘴老闆；〈諫逐客書〉是地表最強「非自願離職書」；元稹與白居易堪稱大唐好基友**……**古文裡多得是職場高級酸，多得是同儕互爭兩相厭。以古文為鑑，照亮的不僅是國文成績，更是你的人生！國文讀的不只是字詞音律，更是文學背後所透露抒發的人生。作者出身清大中文系，曾任網站主編，以活潑現代的觀點切入，用幽默口語說書，讓古文與國學常識變得生動可親，更把文字沒寫出的時代背景與幽微心境一一闡明，帶著讀者穿越古代...
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Modern Japanese Literature

From 1868 to the Present Day

Edited by Donald Keene ...

A collection of plays, essays, poetry, and reportage compiled by "the 20th-century's premier scholar of Japanese literature" ( Slate).Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise ... Read more

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A collection of plays, essays, poetry, and reportage compiled by "the 20th-century's premier scholar of Japanese literature" ( Slate).Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise
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走路──獨處的實踐

by 龍應台 ...

Series series 龍應台作品集
龍應台首部圖文創作18****幅親手電腦繪圖 40****則自然思索▎走一條沒走過的路****做一件沒做過的事▕走路，就不會是觥籌交錯的時候。走路，就不會是把心分給他人的時候。走路，就不會是掛在網上、陷入其中的時候。即便是熙攘擁擠的市集，只要是走路，也是我帶著「自己」在熱的喧鬧中以冷靜聽、靜觀、靜思，更何況是行走山中野路，明月照亮青苔，溪水攪動碎星。只要走路，就一定是我的身體和我的「自己」單獨有約。新的一年，無論如何忙碌，每天走路，而且走路時，全神貫注，心無罣礙：1.走一條沒走過的路2.去菜市場，跟十個人說話3.去墳場走走4.在路邊一棵樹下，坐著5.找到沒有光的地方6.了解一種作物7.走進一方田... ... Read more

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龍應台首部圖文創作18****幅親手電腦繪圖 40****則自然思索▎走一條沒走過的路****做一件沒做過的事▕走路，就不會是觥籌交錯的時候。走路，就不會是把心分給他人的時候。走路，就不會是掛在網上、陷入其中的時候。即便是熙攘擁擠的市集，只要是走路，也是我帶著「自己」在熱的喧鬧中以冷靜聽、靜觀、靜思，更何況是行走山中野路，明月照亮青苔，溪水攪動碎星。只要走路，就一定是我的身體和我的「自己」單獨有約。新的一年，無論如何忙碌，每天走路，而且走路時，全神貫注，心無罣礙：1.走一條沒走過的路2.去菜市場，跟十個人說話3.去墳場走走4.在路邊一棵樹下，坐著5.找到沒有光的地方6.了解一種作物7.走進一方田...
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厭世廢文觀止

英雄豪傑競靠腰，國文課本沒有教

by 厭世國文老師 ...

Series series 歷史系列
毁人不倦、開卷耍廢！從不為人知的古聖先哲內心小話，到課本沒提的番外話，厭世國文老師帶你看懂古文，看透現世一切愛憎悲歡，更廢出人生新高度！祁立峰／宋怡慧／吳冠宏／敏鎬的黑特事務所／陳茻／陳怡嘉／陳安儀楊子漠／厭世哲學家／歐陽立中／蕭宇辰　一起讀古文耍廢推薦！古文如此厭世，令英雄豪傑競靠腰──你讀的國文課本，才不會這樣教咧！**‧〈燭之武退秦師〉**燭之武沒那麼重要啦，派誰去說都嘛一樣可以勸退秦軍！**‧〈大同與小康〉**孔子想表達的是「沒有雞排（大同）吃，雞塊（小康）也不錯」？**‧〈出師表〉**諸葛亮想對少主劉禪說：「別趁家裡沒大人，自己亂做決定喔。」（乖）**‧〈左忠毅公軼事〉**記錄的是左光斗和史可法師生之間「一段不可告人的故事」。（曖昧滿點）**‧〈... ... Read more

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毁人不倦、開卷耍廢！從不為人知的古聖先哲內心小話，到課本沒提的番外話，厭世國文老師帶你看懂古文，看透現世一切愛憎悲歡，更廢出人生新高度！祁立峰／宋怡慧／吳冠宏／敏鎬的黑特事務所／陳茻／陳怡嘉／陳安儀楊子漠／厭世哲學家／歐陽立中／蕭宇辰　一起讀古文耍廢推薦！古文如此厭世，令英雄豪傑競靠腰──你讀的國文課本，才不會這樣教咧！**‧〈燭之武退秦師〉**燭之武沒那麼重要啦，派誰去說都嘛一樣可以勸退秦軍！**‧〈大同與小康〉**孔子想表達的是「沒有雞排（大同）吃，雞塊（小康）也不錯」？**‧〈出師表〉**諸葛亮想對少主劉禪說：「別趁家裡沒大人，自己亂做決定喔。」（乖）**‧〈左忠毅公軼事〉**記錄的是左光斗和史可法師生之間「一段不可告人的故事」。（曖昧滿點）**‧〈...
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夢紅樓

by 蔣勳 ...

Series Book 60 - 綠蠹魚叢書
**蔣勳說：如果在荒島上只許帶一本書，我會帶《紅樓夢》。《紅樓夢》最迷人的部分全在生活細節，並不是情節。每天能閱讀一點就閱讀一點，這是讀《紅樓夢》最好的方法。**《紅樓夢》，是一塊躲藏著生命意念的頑石，到人世間經歷的一次生死愛恨；是眷戀繁華的「假象」，也是了悟幻滅的「真相」；是一段歌笑涕淚所有青春韶華的詩篇，也是一個惋惜悲嘆所有美麗女子的故事；《紅樓夢》裡的愛情，在性別裡流動、變換，而寶玉和寶釵、黛玉之間，更糾纏著不可言說的生命遺憾……那些絢爛繽紛，彷如一夢，彷如前世始終忘不掉的一次花季。美學大師蔣勳將他閱讀《紅樓夢》半世紀的深刻體悟，滲透進入字裡行間，如實告訴我們：為什麼《紅樓夢》是可以讀一輩子的書？為何閱讀《紅樓夢》是一種學習「寬容」的過程？這是一本進入經典之前的必要之書，獨到可親的導讀，讓經典的價值長存，並與今世呼應，更具有觀照你我人生的現代意義。 ... Read more

$7.19 USD

**蔣勳說：如果在荒島上只許帶一本書，我會帶《紅樓夢》。《紅樓夢》最迷人的部分全在生活細節，並不是情節。每天能閱讀一點就閱讀一點，這是讀《紅樓夢》最好的方法。**《紅樓夢》，是一塊躲藏著生命意念的頑石，到人世間經歷的一次生死愛恨；是眷戀繁華的「假象」，也是了悟幻滅的「真相」；是一段歌笑涕淚所有青春韶華的詩篇，也是一個惋惜悲嘆所有美麗女子的故事；《紅樓夢》裡的愛情，在性別裡流動、變換，而寶玉和寶釵、黛玉之間，更糾纏著不可言說的生命遺憾……那些絢爛繽紛，彷如一夢，彷如前世始終忘不掉的一次花季。美學大師蔣勳將他閱讀《紅樓夢》半世紀的深刻體悟，滲透進入字裡行間，如實告訴我們：為什麼《紅樓夢》是可以讀一輩子的書？為何閱讀《紅樓夢》是一種學習「寬容」的過程？這是一本進入經典之前的必要之書，獨到可親的導讀，讓經典的價值長存，並與今世呼應，更具有觀照你我人生的現代意義。
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解愛：重返莊子與詩歌經典，在愛裏獲得重生

by 蔡璧名 ...

Series series 美好生活
後來，我們都忘記：一路追求的，應該是幸福熱銷超過三十萬冊《正是時候讀莊子》、《穴道導引》作者蔡璧名最新作品偕同莊子與詩歌一起前行，在濃如酒的愛裏，保有淡如水的心陳文茜（《文茜的世界周報》主持人）／唐綺陽（占星專家）／鄧惠文（榮格分析師、精神科醫師）／洪仲清（臨床心理師）／盧廣仲（音樂鬼才）／陳綺貞（創作天后）／邢本寧（編劇、本事劇團團長）／簡光明（屏東大學人文社會學院院長）／許悔之（詩人、藝術家、有鹿文化社長）／肆一（作家）／宋怡慧（作家、丹鳳高中圖書館主任）／蔡淇華（作家）————真愛推薦在情愛的路上，任憑自己跟著感覺走。感覺對了，就愛上了，就朝思暮想、無法自拔了。但，愛是什麼？如何追求、如何面對、如何放下？從小到大沒人教懂我們，卻牽引整整一生。作者蔡璧名開設的《莊子》系列課程，在臺大校園裡，總是座無虛席。其實... ... Read more

$11.75 USD

後來，我們都忘記：一路追求的，應該是幸福熱銷超過三十萬冊《正是時候讀莊子》、《穴道導引》作者蔡璧名最新作品偕同莊子與詩歌一起前行，在濃如酒的愛裏，保有淡如水的心陳文茜（《文茜的世界周報》主持人）／唐綺陽（占星專家）／鄧惠文（榮格分析師、精神科醫師）／洪仲清（臨床心理師）／盧廣仲（音樂鬼才）／陳綺貞（創作天后）／邢本寧（編劇、本事劇團團長）／簡光明（屏東大學人文社會學院院長）／許悔之（詩人、藝術家、有鹿文化社長）／肆一（作家）／宋怡慧（作家、丹鳳高中圖書館主任）／蔡淇華（作家）————真愛推薦在情愛的路上，任憑自己跟著感覺走。感覺對了，就愛上了，就朝思暮想、無法自拔了。但，愛是什麼？如何追求、如何面對、如何放下？從小到大沒人教懂我們，卻牽引整整一生。作者蔡璧名開設的《莊子》系列課程，在臺大校園裡，總是座無虛席。其實...
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傳說裡的心理學1：變形與狐仙

by 鐘穎 ...

Series series 身心靈
～以榮格心理學觀點解讀東方傳說～搜羅臺灣民間傳說、《聊齋誌異》、《太平廣記》、《搜神記》，隨女鬼、狐仙、妖怪、神靈，開啟內在整合之旅。★****美國費城天普大學宗教學研究所哲學博士——蔡昌雄專序推薦★收錄東方神怪奇幻繪師SmallGwei插畫【本書特色】◎****第一本以榮格深度心理學、存在心理學角度剖析《聊齋誌異》、《太平廣記》與臺灣傳說等東方故事的心理學專書。◎****心理學觀點重新詮釋古典文學，中文系學子與鬼狐妖怪愛好者案頭必備。<stron... ... Read more

$6.50 USD

～以榮格心理學觀點解讀東方傳說～搜羅臺灣民間傳說、《聊齋誌異》、《太平廣記》、《搜神記》，隨女鬼、狐仙、妖怪、神靈，開啟內在整合之旅。★****美國費城天普大學宗教學研究所哲學博士——蔡昌雄專序推薦★收錄東方神怪奇幻繪師SmallGwei插畫【本書特色】◎****第一本以榮格深度心理學、存在心理學角度剖析《聊齋誌異》、《太平廣記》與臺灣傳說等東方故事的心理學專書。◎****心理學觀點重新詮釋古典文學，中文系學子與鬼狐妖怪愛好者案頭必備。<stron...
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控制（十週年暢銷紀念新版）

GONE GIRL

by 吉莉安．弗琳(Gillian Flynn), 施清真 ...

從頭開始。坐立難安。『男孩失去女孩』的世紀懸疑經典。　全球累積已突破兩千萬本。《時代雜誌》譽為十年來最佳書籍。驚人的狡猾。同名改編電影創下大衛．芬奇執導作品最佳票房紀錄。宛如神諭。十週年暢銷紀念新版。諮商心理師周慕姿、作家李桐豪──專文推薦以愛為名的尋寶遊戲……怎麼了嗎？七月五日，一個溫暖的夏日早晨，這天是尼克和愛咪‧鄧恩夫婦五週年結婚紀念日。包裝精美的禮物和慶祝計畫都準備好了，尼克聰明、美麗的妻子卻失蹤了。隨著警方展開調查，這位鄰里眼中的模範丈夫竟接二連三地被翻出說謊、欺騙的例證，所有線索都將主要嫌疑犯指向尼克。尼克不尋常地閃躲，讓社會大眾開始懷疑──他到底做了什麼？一段看似平凡的婚姻，卻隱藏著黑暗的祕密。作者吉莉安．弗琳在小說中洋洋灑灑穿插交織丈夫與妻子的內心獨白，以失蹤為核心，縝密營造出令人心裡發毛的氛圍，將讀者捲入夫妻倆複雜的感情世界裡動彈不得 ... Read more

$9.98 USD

從頭開始。坐立難安。『男孩失去女孩』的世紀懸疑經典。　全球累積已突破兩千萬本。《時代雜誌》譽為十年來最佳書籍。驚人的狡猾。同名改編電影創下大衛．芬奇執導作品最佳票房紀錄。宛如神諭。十週年暢銷紀念新版。諮商心理師周慕姿、作家李桐豪──專文推薦以愛為名的尋寶遊戲……怎麼了嗎？七月五日，一個溫暖的夏日早晨，這天是尼克和愛咪‧鄧恩夫婦五週年結婚紀念日。包裝精美的禮物和慶祝計畫都準備好了，尼克聰明、美麗的妻子卻失蹤了。隨著警方展開調查，這位鄰里眼中的模範丈夫竟接二連三地被翻出說謊、欺騙的例證，所有線索都將主要嫌疑犯指向尼克。尼克不尋常地閃躲，讓社會大眾開始懷疑──他到底做了什麼？一段看似平凡的婚姻，卻隱藏著黑暗的祕密。作者吉莉安．弗琳在小說中洋洋灑灑穿插交織丈夫與妻子的內心獨白，以失蹤為核心，縝密營造出令人心裡發毛的氛圍，將讀者捲入夫妻倆複雜的感情世界裡動彈不得
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Let's Explore Japan (Most Famous Attractions in Japan)

Japan Travel Guide

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's Explore the World Books
Sakura and sushi are only two things about Japan that the world knows about. There are so many more to love about the country, and this book will give you a glimpse of what those other reasons are. Picture books not only make learning fun but also encourages self-awareness. They provide the opportunity for children to associate with the world. Order your copy now! ... Read more

$4.49 USD

Sakura and sushi are only two things about Japan that the world knows about. There are so many more to love about the country, and this book will give you a glimpse of what those other reasons are. Picture books not only make learning fun but also encourages self-awareness. They provide the opportunity for children to associate with the world. Order your copy now!
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Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami

by David Karashima ...

How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A "fascinating" look at the "business of bringing a best-selling novelist to a global audience" (The Atlantic)―and a “rigorous” exploration of the role of translators and editors in the creation of literary culture (The Paris Review).Thirty years ago, when Haruki Murakami’s works were first being ... Read more

$11.99 USD

How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A "fascinating" look at the "business of bringing a best-selling novelist to a global audience" (The Atlantic)―and a “rigorous” exploration of the role of translators and editors in the creation of literary culture (The Paris Review).Thirty years ago, when Haruki Murakami’s works were first being
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大觀紅樓（正金釵卷．校訂版）(上)(下)

A Grand View of the Red Chamber Dream : Ten Beauties of First Register (Revised Edition)

by 歐麗娟 ...

Series series 教科書
本書將英語學界的清史研究精華置入整體性的框架中，提供我們不同於教科書習見說法的清史敘述。本書是近半世紀西方清史研究的集大成之作，將四十多年來英語清史學界研究的發展，整合到一套層次分明的架構之中，呈現包括社會史轉向、內亞轉向和歐亞轉向等三個重要的新取向。作者從這些觀點出發，把清帝國的歷史放入前後更長時段的中國史脈絡，以及更廣闊空間的全球性觀點來討論。本書以帝國統治問題作為全書主軸，並以主題為主、時序為輔的敘事方式安排章節，全書共分十章，分析與敘述兼長且極具可讀性；前五章論述清帝國從建立到興盛的歷程，後五章轉而析論在十九世紀之後遭遇的危機與調適，深入淺出地探討清帝國各時期的政治、社會、經濟、文化等重要主題。本書提供臺灣讀者不同於教科書慣常習見的清史敘述，是總覽西方清史研究成果極佳的入門之作。 ... Read more

$25.25 USD

本書將英語學界的清史研究精華置入整體性的框架中，提供我們不同於教科書習見說法的清史敘述。本書是近半世紀西方清史研究的集大成之作，將四十多年來英語清史學界研究的發展，整合到一套層次分明的架構之中，呈現包括社會史轉向、內亞轉向和歐亞轉向等三個重要的新取向。作者從這些觀點出發，把清帝國的歷史放入前後更長時段的中國史脈絡，以及更廣闊空間的全球性觀點來討論。本書以帝國統治問題作為全書主軸，並以主題為主、時序為輔的敘事方式安排章節，全書共分十章，分析與敘述兼長且極具可讀性；前五章論述清帝國從建立到興盛的歷程，後五章轉而析論在十九世紀之後遭遇的危機與調適，深入淺出地探討清帝國各時期的政治、社會、經濟、文化等重要主題。本書提供臺灣讀者不同於教科書慣常習見的清史敘述，是總覽西方清史研究成果極佳的入門之作。
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Chinese New Year For Kids

Chinese Calendar

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's Explore Asia Books
Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

$4.49 USD

Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s been specifically designed for children. Therefore, you can see colors, pictures and as few texts as possible. This formula is surefire way of boosting the interest for knowledge. Grab a copy now!
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Atsumori

The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo

by Zeami Motokiyo ...

The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The Tales of Heike". Contents: Preface by Massimo Cimarelli Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo Pearson Part I Interlude ... Read more

$3.20 USD

The japanese Noh drama by the Master Zeami Motokiyo about the Buddhist priest Rensei and the warrior of the Taira Clan Atsumori. The story of redention of the warrior Kumagai Jiro Naozane that killed the young Atsumori. One of the most popular and touching Zeami's Noh drama inspired by "The Tales of Heike". Contents: Preface by Massimo Cimarelli Atsumori by Zeami Motokiyo Pearson Part I Interlude
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