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他有「膽識」敢述別人所不敢，而他下苦功，能挖掘他人所不能者。 ──李喬 《台灣客家政治風雲錄》作者何來美筆法平實，考證嚴謹，詮釋分析有理有據，評論針砭鏗鏘有力，是第一本台灣客家政治風雲全紀錄！ 《台灣客……続きを見る

Looking at the Far East and American ambition in China through the lens of literature. In the imaginations of early Americans, the Middle Kingdom was the wealthiest empire in the world. Its geograph……続きを見る

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries religious zeal nourished by the mendicants’ sense of purpose motivated Dominican and Franciscan friars to venture far beyond Europe’s cultural frontier……続きを見る

மிக சிறந்த தமிழாசிரியாரக 36 ஆண்டுகள் பணி புரிந்த இவர், பல்வேறு துறைகளில் புலமை பெற்றவர். இவரின் எண்னிலடங்கா ஈடுபாடுகள் - எழுத்தாளர், நாடக இயக்குநர். பாடலாசிரியர், வில்லிசைக் கலைஞர், இசையமைப்பாளர், ப……続きを見る

Few regions have shaped the world's history as deeply as South Asia. The birthplace of three of the world's major religions-Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism-the Indian subcontinent has made indelible……続きを見る

A book that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows, The Embroidered Couch is the first English translation of an erotic novel originally published in the early 17th century, attributed to Lu Tiancheng (b. ……続きを見る

Vietnam's Lost Revolution employs newly-released archival material from Vietnam to examine the rise and fall of the Special Commissariat for Civic Action in the First Republic of Vietnam, and in so ……続きを見る

Alternating between the loveable irrascibility and self-mocking humor reminiscent of the poet Cold Mountain (Han Shan), Budbill's poems view the modern world from the viewpoint of a New England herm……続きを見る

When Zen master Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481) was appointed headmaster of the great temple at Kyoto, he lasted nine days before denouncing the rampant hypocrisy he saw among the monks there. He in turn in……続きを見る

This collection spans more than a quarter century of published work, including selections from five previous award-winning books, and makes available for the first time the full range of Sze's remar……続きを見る

Tagore's supressed book now available in an English-Bengali edition For the first time in English, here is the sequence of poems Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861 1941) worked on his entire l……続きを見る

Arthur Sze has rare qualifications when it comes to translating Chinese: he is an award-winning poet who was raised in both languages. A second-generation Chinese-American, Sze has gathered over 70 ……続きを見る

Sumie Kawakami is an experienced and intelligent reporter who manages to get her subjects to bare their souls and share their anxieties in a book I found hard to put down. ” -Jeff Kingston, The Japa……続きを見る

Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised cha……続きを見る

The crucial period of Chinese history, 168-979, falls naturally into contrasting phases. The first phase, also known as that of 'early medieval China,' is an age of political decentralization. Follo……続きを見る

This volume brings together eminent Tagore scholars and younger writers to revisit the concepts of nation, nationalism, identity and selfhood, civilization, culture and homeland in Tagore’s writings……続きを見る

From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation……続きを見る

A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the persp……続きを見る

- Chin’s writings have been anthologized widely; most notably in The Outlaw Bible Of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth), American Poetry: The Next Generation (Carnegie Mellon), The World In Us: Lesbi……続きを見る

A comprehensive volume on major directors in the history of Japanese film. This important work fills the need for a reasonably priced yet comprehensive volume on major directors in the history of Ja……続きを見る

A luminous translation of the classic Buddhist poem. Japan's capital city of Kyoto was devastated by earthquake, storm, and fire in the late 12th century. Retreating from "this unkind world," the po……続きを見る

The first book in English to apply ancient Japanese Shinto traditions to daily spiritual fulfillment. Complementing Buddhism, Shinto is Japan's 2,000-year-old worship tradition that celebrates the r……続きを見る

Twenty unusual tales from Japan collected by one of the greatest writers on the country. A miscellany of ghost stories, odd tales, and curious observations by a master storyteller who penetrated Jap……続きを見る

A collection of three classic books by V. S. Naipaul. w****ith an introduction from Paul Theroux, author of The Great Railway Bazaar. V. S. Naipaul first visited India in 1962 at twenty-nine. He ret……続きを見る

This fun, comic-style series that explores China's relationship with its barbarian neighbors. The Mongols! Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it cha……続きを見る

Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies a……続きを見る

The attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among the Japanese people. Yet the single year in which ……続きを見る

The second volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's transition from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty. Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese cultu……続きを見る

Radical Islam is a major affliction of the contemporary world. Each year, radical Islamists carry out terrorist attacks that result in a massive death toll, almost all involving noncombatants and in……続きを見る

In a remote Himalayan village in 1721, the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri awaited permission from Rome to continue his mission to convert the Tibetan people to Christianity. In the meantime, he for……続きを見る