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The Granta Book of India brings together, for the first time, evocative, personal and informative pieces from previous editions of Granta magazine on the experiences of Indian life, culture and politics, including extracts from the highly successful...

The Granta Book of India brings together, for the first time, evocative, personal and informative pieces from previous editions of Granta magazine on the experiences of Indian life, culture and politics, including extracts from the highly successful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375713002Author Amit ChaudhuriFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Introducing Judeo-Persian writings, this original collection gives parallel samples in Judeo-Persian and Perso-Arabic script and translations in English. Judeo-Persian writings not only reflect the twenty-seven centuries of Jewish life in Iran, but they...

Many important and valuable manuscripts, rare books, and artefacts related to Korea have been acquired by donations throughout the long history of the Bodleian Library and the museums of the University of Oxford. However, due to an early lack of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936932016Author Rowan Hisayo BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at...

Many important and valuable rare books, manuscripts and artefacts related to Korea have been acquired by donations throughout the long history of the Bodleian Libraries and the museums of the University of Oxford. However, due to an early lack of...

This book explores and re-evaluates Kipling's connection with India, its people, culture, languages, and locales through his experiences and his writings. Kipling's works attracted interest among a large section of the British public, stimulating...

This first and only study of North Korean literary history by a Western scholar deals with the crucial role played by Han Sorya, chairman of the D.P.R.K.'s Federation of Literature and Art from 1948 to his purge in 1962, both in devising the iconography...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974597430Author Douglas J PenickFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Mountain Treasury PressPublisher Mountain Treasury PressWeight(grams)...

"A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."-New York Times Book Review Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring...

This work by Vu Trong Phung, written in the 1930s, reports and expands on the author's meetings with North Vietnamese women who had made an "industry" of marrying European men. The Industry of Marrying Europeans is notable for its sharp observations,...

Paek Nam-nyong's Friend is a tale of marital intrigue, abuse, and divorce in North Korea. A woman in her thirties comes to a courthouse petitioning for a divorce. As the judge who hears her statement begins to investigate the case, the story unfolds into...

This book accounts for the origin and evolution of the nature and roles of women within the Hindu belief system. It explains how the idea of the goddess has been derived from Hindu philosophical ideas and texts of codes of conduct and how particular...

The tales included here represent all of Yunnan Province's officially designated ethnic minorities, and include creation myths, romances, historical legends, tales explaining natural phenomena, ghost stories, and festival tales. The tales are peopled by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614290544Author Geshe Thupten JinpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

The Book of Changes [I Ching or Chou I] was the first of the Five Confucian Classics and served as the wellspring of both Confucian and Taoist thought. Following in the tradition of his father, Richard Wilhelm, who made the best known and most respected...

This book traces the genealogy of 'women's fiction' in South Asia and looks at the interesting and fascinating world of fiction by Muslim women. It explores how Muslim women have contributed to the growth and development of genre fiction in South Asia,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648485650Author James KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Sleuth Hound BooksPublisher Sleuth Hound BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find...

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295745701The Nuosu people, who were once overlords of vast tracts of farmland and forest in the uplands of southern Sichuan and neighboring provinces, are the largest division of the Yi ethnic group in southwest China...

Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D. The narrative is rich in detail and characterized by purity and economy of style. Covering the period from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621965053Author Nikky LinFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Cambria PressPublisher Cambria PressWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354427121Author Syed Manzoorul IslamFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700134855Author Helmut KrasserFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Readings in Modern Korean Literature will provide advanced students (those with at least four years of college-level training in Korean) with materials that will help them understand and appreciate modern Korean literary traditions as well as challenge...

This charming collection of folk tales by C.A. Kincaid recounts the inci­dents and encounters of certain popular religious and political leaders of the province of Sind. In keeping with the nature of all folklores, these have been embellished by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789355723178Author Samarth SinghalFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Primus BooksPublisher Primus BooksWeight(grams) 821g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786219569033Author Jack a AlvarezFormat PaperbackImprint Pagejump FolioPublisher Pagejump FolioWeight(grams) 140g

When Exiles at Home first appeared in 1986, Ch'en Ying-chen was already hailed as a central figure in the Native Literature movement in Taiwan. Ch'en, who spent seven years in prison on political "subversion" charges, is known for his often brutal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604978360Author Xingjian GaoFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Cambria PressPublisher Cambria PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889868330Author Reshma LechusFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781727464498Author Chris Wen LiFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Wen-Chao LiPublisher Wen-Chao LiWeight(grams) 381g

Hidden Heroes is a collection of short stories from the 1980s to present that unveil the lives of ordinary North Koreans. Through themes of identity, community, and power, it reveals a complex society, offering readers a nuanced understanding beyond...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143471646Author M.R. DattathriFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin VikingPublisher Penguin Random House India

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789360458461Author V. ShinilalFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358721591Author Rasheed Ahmad SiddiquiFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358724295Author Maulana Abul Kalam AzadFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358723823Author Johar SiddiquiFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358723267Author Mansoor QaisraniFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 168g