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"Replacement," Ulven’s only novel, is a miniature symphony, uniting the perspectives of fifteen unrelated characters...... more

focuses on the importation of Chinese books to Japan. This entails a detailed discussion and analysis of the censorship...... more

cities lies frozen in time in this stunningly illustrated book that captures the city without people. Whether you re a...... more

postmodern brick-a-brack. Today, it is a historical record that becomes more and more true with every new day."--David Albahari...... more

A crucial work in Endo s oeuvre, Volcano is a powerful novel of ideas as well as a sensitive and moving depiction of...... more

This book provides a thorough introduction to Roman property law by means of "cases," consisting of brief excerpts from...... more

focuses on the importation of Chinese books to Japan. This entails a detailed discussion and analysis of the censorship...... more

Peeters tells the complete story behind Herg s origins and shows how and why the nom de plume grew into a larger-than-Remi...... more

Alexandria, who was an anomalous cultural icon, a scholar, and a sovereign whose story unsettled traditional gender stereotypes...... more

Zayd ibn Haritha, an emancipated slave of the Prophet Muhammad, was a sincere friend and a loyal servant. He was also...... more

suspicions about faith is like a contagious disease, and right and wrong seem to have swapped roles. Questions and arguments such...... more

eventually destroys her short marriage to Taro Kaiji, a wonderfully warm and sympathetic man of buraku origin. The other man she...... more

eventually destroys her short marriage to Taro Kaiji, a wonderfully warm and sympathetic man of buraku origin. The other man she...... more

Derived from an encyclopedic six-volume survey, this accessible text by a prominent Soviet mathematician offers a...... more

of the "Three Heroes" who unified Japan after a century of fragmentation and internecine bloodshed. The other two of the...... more

The Labyrinths of Echo series --the adventures of Max, who was once a loser but discovers a new world --has been an...... more

, capitalismo, familia y moralidad. En los a os sesenta muchos occidentales viajaron a Oriente en busca de sabidur a espiritual. El...... more

From its arrival on earth to the vast areas it traverses before emptying into the sea, water holds a... more

A classic Mahfouz story exploring themes of marriage across class lines, spirituality, and the harsh realities of a...... more

hours, when religious and political faith falter. And yet, a vein of irony and droll humor runs through this powerful story...... more

Sigmund Freud s landmark work The Interpretation of Dreams forever changed the way we think about ou... more

Connecticut College, served on the Neustadt Prize jury and nominated Duo Duo for the award. He notes that "Duo Duo is a great lone...... more

father, a respected ethnographer, taught him techniques to record the tattoos of criminals in St. Petersburg s notorious...... more

. Only recently, however, have they been available in English translation. Detha has a gift for selecting the most...... more

It is said that when a man has lived seven years in Damascus, Damascus lives in him. Damascus was Rafik Schami s home...... more

basis of this foundation, he produced his own commentary on the Gospel of John as part of his task as a Master of the Sacred...... more

was written soon after the events described, and is a crucial, and under-used source for the Third Crusade (at least in...... more

The Castorland Journal is a diary, a travel narrative about early New York, a work of autobiography, and a narrative of...... more