Legend Of Asia

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Carl Perron
Rise of the Grey
If you enjoyed World War Z, I Am Legend or 28 Days Later, you will love Rise of the Grey! Abelone Jensen, a World Health Organization field epidemiologist, is sent to the remote shores of Greenland to investigate a caravel thawing from a glacier. This ship is believed to be the Trojan horse that sp...
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PLINY THE ELDER
NATURAL HISTORY: Books I - X Volume 1 of 4
The Naturalis historia is the Encyclopedia of antiquity. The work is the result of the study, declared by Pliny himself, of 2000 volumes, most of which are lost to us, and is therefore the sole source of the events of large and small characters and of otherwise obscure or unknown historical anecdote...
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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Kids Mysterious World: Discover All That is Strange and Unexplained Across our Planet
Uncover our planet's most sensational secrets with this mind-boggling atlas of mysteries that's packed with more than 100 strange and unexplained enigmas.   What happened to the Bermuda Triangle? Where have Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Yowie been sighted? Why does the legend of Area 51 fascinate us?...
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Herman Pleij
Dreaming of Cockaigne. Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life
Imagine a dreamland where roasted pigs wander about with knives in their backs to make carving easy, where grilled geese fly directly into one's mouth, where cooked fish jump out of the water and land at one's feet. The weather is always mild, the wine flows freely, sex is readily available, and all...
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Ramesh Menon
The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering, Vol 2
The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subconti...
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Beatrice Hohenegger
LIQUID JADE: THE STORY OF TEA FROM
Traveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene - in medicine, politics, the arts, culture, and religion. Behind this most serene of beverages, idolized by poets and revered in spiritual practices, lie stories of treachery, violence, smugglin...
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Tara Austen Weaver
Tulips: A Little Book of Flowers (Little Book of Natural Wonders)
This fascinating celebration of the tulip reads like a “very smart love letter to cultivating beauty” and features 40+ vintage-inspired full-color botanical illustrations ( Seattle Times ). “Delightful…Next time you are lucky enough to be someone’s houseguest, consider arriving with a bo...
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Hamid Ismailov
Manaschi
Finalist, Prix Jan Michalski de Littérature 2023 Shortlisted, EBRD Literature Prize 2022 In his latest tragicomedy Hamid Ismailov interrogates the interaction between tradition and modernity, myth and reality.   A radio presenter interprets one of his dreams as an initiation by the world of sp...
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Richard Powers
Operation Wandering Soul: A Novel
In the pediatrics ward of a public hospital in the heart of Angel City, a group of sick children is gathering. An Asian boat girl, a freakishly aging boy, a child born with no face: they share nothing but their desperation and the journey they know lies ahead of them. The surrogate parents of this b...
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Perin E. Gürel
Türkiye, Iran, and the Politics of Comparison (LSE International Studies)
In a 1962 meeting at the White House, Iran's last monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, complained to US President John F. Kennedy 'America treats Turkey as a wife, and Iran as a concubine.' Taking this protest as a critical starting point, this book examines the transnational history of comparisons betwe...
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Lee Murray
Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror
From hungry ghosts, vampiric babies, and shapeshifting fox spirits to the avenging White Lady of urban legend, for generations, Asian women’s roles have been shaped and defined through myth and story. In Unquiet Spirits, Asian writers of horror reflect on the impact of superstition, spirits, and t...
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CIFIBIFUN
4 Panels Large Size Wall Scroll Hanging Paper Painting Reproduction Beauty Asian Art, for Feminism Bedroom Room Decor Ancient Oriental (
Large Size : Each 14.2x49Inches Total size : 56.8x49Inches Chinese Women with Japanese Art Style: 4 Ancient Beauty of All China History ，Diao Chan's strategic intrigue, Wang Zhaojun's diplomacy, Xi Shi's legend, and Yang Yuhuan's imperial grace – each of these women represents an era, a story, a...
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Joshua Kurlantzick
The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War
How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war—and the steep price he paid for failing Jim Thompson landed in Thailand at the end of World War II, a former American society dilettante who became an Asian legend as a spy and silk magnate with access to Thai worlds out...
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Captivating History
Ancient Near East: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East, Including Regions Such as Mesopotamia, Ancient Iran, Egypt,
If you want to discover the captivating history of the ancient Near East, then keep reading... Where did the first signs of civilization appear in the ancient world? When did people start to transition from the nomadic life of hunters and gatherers to living in the first urbanized settlements? Who w...
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Barry Strauss
The Spartacus War
An authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspirati...
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Oliver Phipps
The Bitter Harvest
The year is 1825, and a small Native American village has lost many of its people and bravest warriors to a pack of Lofa; huge beasts humanoid in shape but covered with coarse hair. The creatures are taller than any normal man, and fiercer than even the wildest animal. Rather than leave the land of...
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Andy Ferguson
Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen from South India into China in 500 CE, changing the country forever. In Tracking ...
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Henry Jenkins
Fandom as Subculture (Frames of Fandom)
From Punks to Disneybounders: A Groundbreaking Look at the Style, Economics, and Politics of Modern Fandom In an era where "geek culture" dominates the global box office and luxury brands collaborate with anime franchises, the line between rebellious subculture and mainstream consumerism has never...
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