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  • Hearn’s Japan
    Lafcadio Hearn
    'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with glossary, index...and beautiful layout to boot.'Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), the son of an Irish Surgeon-Major and a Greek woman of noble lineage, who settled in Japan after a checkered career in journalism in Cincinnati and New Orleans, is still considered by many the most astute...
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    25,13 €

  • China Through American Eyes
    Wenxian Zhang
    Cultural understanding between the United States and China has been a long and complex process. The period from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century is not only a critical era in modern Chinese history, but also the peak time of illustrated news reporting in the United States. Besides images from newspapers and journals, this collection also contains pictur...
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    165,78 €

  • Rain Falling on Tamarind Trees
    C. L. Hoang
    Finalist (Travel category), 2019 San Diego Book Awards Former Amazon #1 New Release in Vietnam Travel Guides 5-Star Rating from Amazon Hall-of-Fame Top Reviewer Have you ever wondered what Vietnam is like some forty years after the war has ended? Then come along with the author as he returns to visit his ancestral homeland for the first time after a decades-long absence.Retrace...
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    13,47 €

  • MEEGOOK
    Jeanhee Kang
    In November, 1982, Jesus asked Kang on the darkest night of her life, 'Why aren't you going to church?' Kang who had broken almost all of the Ten Commandments by age 25, questioned God in disbelief, 'Why me?', ' You must not know of my dark Past...'      Three years after the Korean War ends, Jeanhee Kang is born to poor rice farmers in a predominantly Buddhist culture. A b...
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    11,03 €

  • An Artist in Japan
    John La Farge
    “Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with glossary, index…and beautiful layout to boot.”John la Farge (1835–1910), traveling Japan’s interior in the summer of 1886, sees Japan in a way only he can: through the eyes of a painter, observing a vast canvas in which he discerns every color, every shade, every nuance, every re...
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    25,45 €

  • Understanding Aikido
    Jan J Sunderlin
    Understanding Aikido: Essential Information and Perceptions (Special Edition) presents an historical, cultural, and philosophical look at the development of the Japanese martial art of Aikido. Sunderlin focuses on the influences brought to bear on Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, and the subsequent cultivation of the latter's martial art as a vessel of Budo. The author a...
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    63,06 €

  • Life and Death in the Korean Bronze Age (c. 1500-400 BC)
    Sunwoo Kim
    This research focuses on the Bronze Age in selected areas of Korea; Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi province. Two forms of evidence - settlements and monuments - are taken into account to identify their relationship with landscape and the social changes occurring between ca. 1500 to 400 cal BC. Life and death in the Bronze Age in Korea has not been synthetically investigated befor...
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    108,34 €

  • Not by Love Alone
    Margaret Mehl
    Suzuki Shin'ichi, the Tokyo String Quartet, Midori - How did Japanese violinists manage to revolutionize violin teaching, win international competitions, conquer Western concert stages, study at world-famous conservatoires and take up positions in leading orchestras and prestigious music faculties? What enabled the Japanese to master Western classical music within a few decades...
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    29,32 €

  • Pictures in Transformation
    Luca Maria Olivieri
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    54,79 €

  • South Asian Archaeology 2007
    Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology in Ravenna, Italy, July 2007.                     ...
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    182,04 €

  • Living Dangerously in Korea
    Donald N. Clark
    Korea was “discovered” by the West after World War II when it became a flashpoint in the Cold War. Before the war, however, it was home to many hundreds of Westerners who experienced life there under Japanese colonial rule. These included missionaries who opened Korea as a field for evangelism, education, and medicine; speculators who risked much and reaped riches from mining c...
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    27,92 €

  • Name Construction in Mediæval Japan
    Solveig Throndardottir
    Name Construction in Mediæval Japan examines Japanese names from earliest records to the close of the medieval period in 1600. Like ancient Greek or Latin names or Arabic names, ancient and medieval Japanese names express the social role of the individual in Japanese society. The main text and accompanying notes provide a guide to the origin and social role of formal names, com...
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    47,55 €

  • 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 €

  • La cité de l’épouvantable nuit
    Rudyard Kipling / Albert Savine
    La cité de l’épouvantable nuit, un livre classique, a été considéré comme important tout au long de l’histoire de l’humanité, et pour que cet ouvrage ne soit jamais oublié, chez Alpha Editions, nous avons fait des efforts pour sa préservation en rééditant ce livre dans un format moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Tout ce livre a été reformaté, retapé et conçu. C...
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    24,14 €

  • Through the Malay Archipelago
    Emily Richings
    Through the Malay Archipelago, a classical book, 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, retyped and designed. These books are not made of sc...
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    22,50 €

  • Through Unknown Tibet
    M. S. Wellby
    Through Unknown Tibet, a classical book, 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, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned co...
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    29,60 €

  • The High Tech Battle For Taiwan
    Daniel D. Lee
    In the annals of military history, there comes a work of such critical insight and strategic depth that it becomes a beacon for those navigating the treacherous waters of modern conflict. 'The High Tech Battle For Taiwan: From Gunpowder to Quantum Cyberwar' is that guiding star in our current era of technological tumult and geopolitical strife.This book is a tactical blueprint,...
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    17,69 €

  • Famous Chinese Personalities (Part 1) - Biography of Confucius, Learn to Read Simplified Mandarin Chinese Characters by Reading Historical Biographies, HSK All Levels
    Xuran Du
    With a history stretching over 5000 years, China has produced numerous famous personalities who left indelible remarks on the lives of Chinese people. Some of the famous names include Confucius (孔子), Laozi (老子), Sunzi (孙子), etc. The contributions of these people are very important in Chinese language and culture. For the students of Mandarin Chinese, it’s absolutely necessary t...
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    63,51 €

  • Famous Chinese Personalities (Part 2) - Biography of Confucius, Learn to Read Simplified Mandarin Chinese Characters by Reading Historical Biographies, HSK All Levels
    Xuran Du
    With a history stretching over 5000 years, China has produced numerous famous personalities who left indelible remarks on the lives of Chinese people. Some of the famous names include Confucius (孔子), Laozi (老子), Sunzi (孙子), etc. The contributions of these people are very important in Chinese language and culture. For the students of Mandarin Chinese, it’s absolutely necessary t...
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    63,51 €

  • Narrative Devices in the Shiji
    Lei Yang
    Provides a new model for reading the Shiji and other early Chinese historical texts. ...
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    127,23 €

  • Mitología de la India
    Billy Wellman
    Desde la creación del universo hasta guerras celestiales y la reencarnación, la mitología de la India aborda enigmáticos cuentos ancestrales, creación y espiritualidad.La mitología india no es una simple cuestión del pasado. Los festivales contemporáneos, celebraciones, cultos, música, bailes, poesía, películas y televisión pueden representar o incluir aspectos de la mitología ...
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    20,97 €

  • The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
    A. N. Kuropatkin
    The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 1; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East, 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 republishin...
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    25,07 €

  • The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 2; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East
    A. N. Kuropatkin
    The Russian Army and the Japanese War, Volume. 2; Being Historical and Critical Comments on the Military Policy and Power of Russia and on the Campaign in the Far East, 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 republishin...
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    25,46 €

  • The Silk Road
    Billy Wellman
    Journey on the Silk Road, and discover trade, cultures, and adventures from the ancient world!Step onto the fabled Silk Road, an epic network of ancient trade routes that spanned thousands of miles and linked the East and West for centuries. In The Silk Road, embark on a captivating voyage through time and terrain, where cultures converged, goods flowed, and history unfolded.Th...
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    21,03 €

  • Taipan Snake Pit
    Michael Guard
    TAIPAN SNAKE PIT discloses the tribulations of the Vietnam helicopter war, and provides deeply moving insight into the lives of those crewman who routinely flew combat assault missions. Written in narrative non-fiction, the book reveals the rarely told account of air to ground combat exposed for the first time to their mortality. In 1969 sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll dominated mo...
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    20,72 €

  • 逍遙聖人--熊競超Blog
    Xiong Jingchao / 熊競超
    本書是輯錄作者熊競超開始籌備《大同世界文化中心》以來所寫的文章，從2022年六月開始，他開始在舊金山唐人街活動，發覺人們並不知道什麼是大同。故此，他決定寫點文章，以修身、齊家、治國平天下的方式，先籌建舊金山灣區家園，注冊為機構，出書加以解釋。幾個月後，《舊金山灣區家園》出版，同時英文版以AUTOMATED ERA的名稱，增添了一些內容，在美國出版此書。為了推廣大同世界的價值觀與管理架構，他寫信及傳真游說美國各級議會的議員立法，但是沒有效果。他還與台灣的一些政黨溝通，卻無法建立聯繫。為此他決定自己競選加州的州參議員，以推動大同家園的成長。《逍遙聖人--熊競超Blog》記錄著壹年來，他的思想變化，圍繞著介紹大同世界文化的內容，他還把消失兩千多年的百越民族構建出來，規劃東亞家園聯盟以和平演變共產主義造成的災難。讀了他的文章，可以了解一下聖賢的成長過程，見證...
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    33,24 €

  • Li Dazhao
    Patrick Fuliang Shan
    Biography of a major figure in modern Chinese history. ...
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    126,71 €

  • The Origins of Chinese Literary Hermeneutics
    Martin Svensson Ekström
    Explores how China’s oldest poetry collection was interpreted in a Confucian exegetical text-the Mao Commentary-in the mid-second century BCE. ...
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    125,96 €

  • A General History of China’s Foreign Trade
    Xu Chang / Yuqin Sun / Rui Su
    China boasts a long history of foreign trade. As early as the pre-Qin period, residents of the country began to ship silk and other merchandise on outbound voyages. From the 2nd century BCE on, China has been connected to the rest of the world via the Overland Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road initiated in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty.Trade relations be...
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    178,32 €

  • Threads of globalization
    Melia Belli Bose
    Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials, and methods of production-into dialogue with gender and identity in various cultures throughout Asia during the long twentieth century. ...
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    170,33 €


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