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    Order and Discipline in China

    Thomas B. Stephens

    China’s traditional system of dispute resolution and maintenance of order in society has been treated by Western scholars as legal history, but because the Chinese system is radically different...
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  • Religion and Poetry in Medieval China
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    Religion and Poetry in Medieval China

    Gil Raz

    This volume of interdisciplinary essays examines the intersection of religion and literature in medieval China, focusing on the impact of Buddhism and Daoism on a wide range of elite and popular...
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  • Gender Politics in Modern China Gender Politics in Modern China
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    Gender Politics in Modern China

    Tani Barlow

    Through the lens of modern Chinese literature, Gender Politics in Modern China explores the relationship between gender and modernity, notions of the feminine and masculine, and shifting arguments...
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  • Forgotten Englishman Forgotten Englishman
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    Forgotten Englishman

    Nicholas Fogg

    Forgotten Englishman concerns the remarkable Jesuit mission to the East in the 16th century. The book is based around the life of Thomas Stephens, a missionary priest from Wiltshire. After study in...
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  • Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997 Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997
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    Hong Kong Cinema Since 1997

    V. Lee

    Introduction PART I: TIME AND MEMORY Post-Nostalgia: In the Mood for Love and 2046 Cinematic Remembrances: Ordinary Heroes and Little Cheung Allegory, Kinship, and Redemption: Fu Bo and Isabella PART...
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  • Idle Talk
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    Idle Talk

    Jack W. Chen

    Gossip and anecdote may be "idle talk," but they also serve to knit together individuals in society and to provide the materials through which literary culture and historical memory are constructed...
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  • The Railway Conspiracy
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    The Railway Conspiracy

    John Shen Yen Nee

    A lightning-paced, kung fu-filled historical mystery in which two amateur Chinese sleuths take down a sinister conspiracy between Imperial Russia, Japan, and China in 1920s London. Perfect for fans...
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  • Equity Issues in Chinese Higher Education Policy
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    Equity Issues in Chinese Higher Education Policy

    Hongzhi Zhang

    Investigating the highly influential enrolment expansion policy in Chinese higher education, this book outlines how educational equity issues were understood and addressed in the formulation and...
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  • Celebrating Peace
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    Celebrating Peace

    Leroy S. Rouner

    Coming in the wake of momentous changes in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Germany and the movement for democracy in China, Celebrating Peace presents original essays by thinkers and writers to...
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    Equity Issues in Chinese Higher Education Policy

    Hongzhi Zhang

    Investigating the highly influential enrolment expansion policy in Chinese higher education, this book outlines how educational equity issues were understood and addressed in the formulation and...
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  • Urban Coding and Planning Urban Coding and Planning
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    Urban Coding and Planning

    Stephen Marshall

    Urban codes have a profound influence on urban form, affecting the design and placement of buildings, streets and public spaces. Historically, their use has helped create some of our best-loved urban...
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  • Death Comes Too Late
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    Death Comes Too Late

    Charles Ardai

    From the award-winning author, who Stephen King called 'a master of the short story' comes this unforgettable 20th-anniversary celebration of Hard Case Crime. Taking you from Brazil...
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  • Great Archaeologists
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    Great Archaeologists

    Brian Fagan

    A gripping account of 200 years of archaeological research, excavation and thought, told through the life stories of 70 of the world's greatest pioneers and practitioners. Brian Fagan has assembled...
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  • Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance
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    Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance

    Joseph W. Esherick

    This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging...
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  • Mongolia in the Twentieth Century Mongolia in the Twentieth Century
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    Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

    Stephen Kotkin

    The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia...
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  • Culture on Two Wheels
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    Culture on Two Wheels

    Bicycles have more cultural identities than many realize, functioning not only as literal vehicles in a text but also as "vehicles" for that text's themes, ideas, and critiques. In the late...
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  • Book of Elsewhere
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    Book of Elsewhere

    Mieville, China

    The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Mieville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER -...
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  • Oak Seed Dispersal
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    Oak Seed Dispersal

    Steele, Michael A.

    Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life cycle of most flowering plants. The process can have far-reaching effects on a species' biology, especially numerous aspects of its ecology and...
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  • Girt
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    Girt

    Hunt, David

    Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia . . . In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past, from megafauna to Macquarie - the cock-ups and...
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  • Salutations; a Festschrift for Burton Watson Salutations; a Festschrift for Burton Watson
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    Salutations; a Festschrift for Burton Watson

    Philip F Williams

    This collection of essays, articles, and poems about Chinese and Japanese literature and culture celebrates the illustrious scholarly career of Burton Watson, whose range of excellent literary...
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  • A Games Changer
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    A Games Changer

    From the emergence of the COVID pandemic in early 2020 through the delayed staging of the Tokyo Olympic games in summer 2021, A Games Changer takes the reader behind the scenes to explore the myriad...
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  • Sprawling Cities and Our Endangered Public Health
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    Sprawling Cities and Our Endangered Public Health

    Stephen Verderber

    Sprawl is an unsustainable pattern of growth that threatens to undermine the health of communities globally. It has been a dominant mid-to-late twentieth century growth pattern in developed countries...
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    Book of Elsewhere

    Reeves, Keanu

    The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Mieville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER -...
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  • The Inner Landscape The Inner Landscape
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    The Inner Landscape

    Jason C. Kuo

    "Jason C. Kuo's in-depth study of the paintings of Gao Xingjian significantly enriches our understanding of a major cultural polymath. This lavishly illustrated book enables us to make important...
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    From Products to Services

    Laurie Young

    During the last thirty years, a wide range of product companies throughout the Western economies have considered moving into or setting up service businesses. Some have rejected the idea after...
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  • The Indian Space Programme The Indian Space Programme
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    The Indian Space Programme

    Gurbir Singh

    At 18:25 on  21st November 1963, a rocket launched into space from India. It heralded the start of the Indian Space program. The news of this achievement was lost in the midst of the global...
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    World War II, Film, and History

    The immediacy and perceived truth of the visual image, as well as film and television's ability to propel viewers back into the past, place the genre of the historical film in a special category. War...
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    First Friend

    Knox, Malcolm

    Shortlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize Longlisted for the 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 'Crackling with energy, irony, wit and terror, The First Friend is a timely and...
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    Crossing Zero

    Elizabeth Gould

    The war in Afghanistan has become the most complex foreign policy problem the United States has ever faced, spreading into Pakistan and involving the conflicting interests of Russia, India, China and...
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