LIBROS DEL AUTOR: juliet bredon

9 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: juliet bredon

  • The Moon Year - A Record of Chinese Customs and Festivals
    Igor Mitrophanow / Juliet Bredon
    The Moon Year is a facinating recording the mysterious and somewhat elusive traditions of the Chinese. Juliet Bredon and Igor Mitrophanow trace their way through the intimate life of Chinese religion, superstitions, philosophies, customs, and society. Only after a year’s residence in China are the authors able to gather an intimate perspective on this age-old civilization that ...
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    22,63 €

  • Sir Robert Hart; The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition
    Juliet Bredon
    Sir Robert Hart; The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, ret...
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    21,34 €

  • Sir Robert Hart
    Juliet Bredon
    Sir Robert Hart was a British diplomat who played a key role in shaping Chinese history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Julia Bredon’s biography provides a detailed account of Hart’s life and career, and explores his impact on East-West relations during a time of great change.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of th...
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    33,82 €

  • Hundred Altars
    Juliet Bredon
    'Hundred Altars' is a village in Northern Chinn, whose inhabitants are presented so convincingly that one recognises first-hand knowledge of the country. The main theme is the Chinaman’s hunger for sons. Chinese beliefs and customs are dealt with in detail here, yet all as part of a novel full of interplay of character. In this impressive novel Juliet Bredon penetrates to the s...
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    14,64 €

  • Peking; a Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest
    Juliet Bredon
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    32,83 €

  • Peking; a Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest
    Juliet Bredon
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    44,17 €

  • Sir Robert Hart
    Juliet Bredon
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work....
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    23,78 €

  • Chinese New Year Festivals
    Juliet Bredon
    For Chinese, in China and in communities around the world, the lunar new year is the most important and most festive holiday of the year. Following centuries of tradition, family members from near and far still travel to be with loved ones in time to usher out the old year and welcome in the new. Today, all over China, during what is now commonly referred to as the Spring Festi...
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    11,23 €

  • Peking - A Historical and Intimate Description of Its Chief Places of Interest
    Juliet Bredon
    Step back in time to Beijing as it was in the 1920’s as Juliet Bredon guides the reader to a magnificent time of the past. The more one studies this fascinating city, old, proud and secretive, the more one realises the tantalizing difficulties of learning, even from the Chinese themselves, anything but the merest outline of its history and monuments, many of which are in existe...
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    22,25 €