Author : Cyril Birch
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780231102636
Ming drama represents the classical Chinese theatre at its most mature. Between 1368 and 1644, more than 400 playwrights produced over 1500 plays, ranging from one-act skits to works with 50 scenes or more. As a performing art, Ming theatre includes polished singing, enchanting music, fantastic plotting, and intricate choreography.
Author : Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1935744127
Prefiguring the vital modernist voices of the Western literary canon, Akutagawa writes with a trenchant psychological precision that exposes the shifting traditions and ironies of early twentieth-century Japan and reveals his own strained connection to it. These stories are moving glimpses into a cast of characters at odds with the society around them, singular portraits that soar effortlessly toward the universal. "What good is intelligence if you cannot discover a useful melancholy?" Akutagawa once mused. Both piercing intelligence and "useful melancholy" buoy this remarkable collection. Mandarins contains three stories published in English for the first time: "An Evening Conversation," "An Enlightened Husband," and "Winter."
Author : David Shannon
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 43,8 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338113143
Caldecott Honor artist and bestseller David Shannon make readers laugh aloud in this next story about the troublemaking David! "When David gets in trouble, he always says . . . 'NO! It's not my fault! I didn't mean to! It was an accident!'" Whatever the situation, David's got a good excuse. And no matter what he's done "wrong," it's never really his fault. Soon, though, David realizes that making excuses makes him feel bad, and saying he's sorry makes him feel better. Once again, David Shannon entertains us with young David's mischievous antics and a lighthearted story that's sure to leave kids (and parents) laughing.
Author : Roderic Camp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520936388
This groundbreaking study marks the culmination of over twenty years of research by one of this country's most prominent Mexico scholars. Roderic Ai Camp provides a detailed, comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite—their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top. In the course of this book, he traces the careers of approximately four hundred of the country's most notable politicians, military officers, clergy, intellectuals, and capitalists. Thoroughly researched and drawn from in-depth interviews with some of Mexico's most powerful players, Mexico's Mandarins provides insight into the machinations of Mexican leadership and an important glimpse into the country's future as it steps onto the global stage.
Author : Honggang Jin
Publisher : Cheng & Tsui
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
The China Scene textbook explores modern Chinese through a range of contemporary social and cultural topics, such as the market economy and private enterprise
Author : Alice Cushing Donaldson Riley
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 1925
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Ruth Rendell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 36,57 MB
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1409068846
Readers of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this gripping crime thriller full of twists and turns from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. 'The most brilliant mystery writer' -- Patricia Cornwell 'Probably the greatest crime writer in the world' -- Ian Rankin 'Totally gripping with superb twist at the end!' -- ***** Reader review 'Fascinating' -- ***** Reader review 'Superb on all counts' -- ***** Reader review 'Keeps the reader rooted to the spot and in the dark till the very end' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************************ Wherever Reggie Wexford goes, death and intrigue are close on his heels. Having just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in China, Wexford finds himself haunted by memories of the old woman with bound feet who mysteriously followed him from one city to the next and the man who tragically drowned. Now, back in England, he finds himself investigating the murder of a fellow tourist. Knowing that the clue to these three mysteries lies in the East, Wexford turns his investigative skills to that place of unfathomable and sinister depths...
Author : John Scarth
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2022-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3375101422
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
Author : Edgar Gorer
Publisher :
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Glyptics
ISBN :
Author : Katherine Paterson
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 28,10 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Musicals
ISBN : 9780573626685
