Imperial China 900-1800 (Mote F. W.)(Paperback)

Imperial China 900-1800 (Mote F. W.)(Paperback)

This is a history of China for the 900-year time span of the late imperial period. A senior scholar of this epoch, F. W. Mote highlights the personal characteristics of the rulers and dynasties and probes the cultural theme of Chinese adaptations to recurrent alien rule. No other work provides a

Everyday Life in Early Imperial China (Loewe Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600-1800 (Emmer Pieter C.)(Paperback)

How did the Dutch Empire compare with other imperial enterprises? And how was it experienced by the indigenous peoples who became part of this colonial power? At the start of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic emerged as the centre of a global empire that stretched along the edges of

Empress Orchid (Min Anchee)(Paperback / softback)

An erotic story of Imperial China from the author of 'Red Azalea' and 'Becoming Madame

Imperial Airways - From Early Days to BOAC (Ord-Hume Arthur W. J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

Imperial China: A Beginner's Guide (Lorge Peter)(Paperback)

In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynasties claiming divine assent ruled for more than 2,000 years. It was a period of immense change and claims to consistency. As borders shifted and rulers

The Phenomenology of Mind (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback)

Birds of Peru (Stotz Douglas F.)(Paperback / softback)

With over 1800 species, Peru has the second richest avifauna of any country in the world. As a consequence it is one of the most popular birding destinations in South America. This will be the first comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of

G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts (Baur Michael)(Paperback)

The thought of G. W. F. Hegel (1770 -1831) has had a deep and lasting influence on a wide range of philosophical, political, religious, aesthetic, cultural and scientific movements. But, despite the far-reaching importance of Hegel's thought, there is often a great deal of confusion about what he

The Schelling Reader (Whistler Daniel)(Paperback)

F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) stands alongside J.G. Fichte and G.W.F. Hegel as one of the great philosophers of the German idealist tradition. The Schelling Reader introduces students to Schelling's philosophy by guiding them through the first ever English-language anthology of his key texts-an

China and Japan: Facing History (Vogel Ezra F.)(Paperback)

A Financial Times 'Summer Books' Selection 'Will become required reading.'--Times Literary Supplement 'Elegantly written...with a confidence that comes from decades of deep research on the topic, illustrating how influence and power have waxed and waned between the two countries.'--Rana Mitter,

On Art, Religion, and the History of Philosophy - Introductory Lectures (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback / softback)

F. W. Webb - In the Right Place at the Right Time (Chacksfield John E.)(Paperback / softback)

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China (Vogel Ezra F.)(Paperback)

Winner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Washington Post Book of the Year A Bloomberg News Book of the Year An Esquire China Book of the Year A Gates

Aeneid (Virgil)(Paperback / softback)

In this fresh prose translation, W. F. Jackson Knight discusses The Aeneid's impact on Western civilization and provides a list of variations from the Oxford text. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than

Introduction to the Philosophy of History - with selections from The Philosophy of Right (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback / softback)

Encyclopaedia Logic - Part I of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences with the Zustze (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback / softback)

China Mountain Zhang (McHugh Maureen F.)(Paperback / softback)

Imagine a world where Chinese Marxism has vanquished the values of capitalism and Lenin is the prophet of choice. A cybernetic world where the new charioteers are flyers, human-powered kites dancing in the skies over New York in a brief grab at glory. A world where the opulence of Beijing marks a

Basic Writings of Kant (Kant Immanuel)(Paperback)

Introduction by Allen W. WoodWith translations by F. Max M ller and Thomas K. Abbott The writings of Immanuel Kant became the cornerstone of all subsequent philosophical inquiry. They articulate the relationship between the human mind and all that it encounters and remain the most important

The Hellenistic World (Walbank F. W.)(Paperback)

With extensive use of quotations from original source material, this book examines the political events in the Hellenistic world from Alexander's death until his incorporation in the Roman Empire. It also describes the different social systems of the peoples under Greek rule, important developments

Phenomenology of Spirit (Hegel G. W. F.)(Paperback)

This brilliant study of the stages in the mind's necessary progress from immediate sense-consciousness to the position of a scientific philosophy includes an introductory essay and a paragraph-by-paragraph analysis of the text to help the reader understand this most difficult and most influential

The Foundation Stone (Van Emmichoven F. W. Zeylmans)(Paperback)

'Anthroposophy can become fruitful in the world when a community of people is actively working with the Foundation Stone Meditation. When Zeylmans van Emmichoven revived this Meditation around the whole world, a process began though which the Anthroposophical Society itself, which has been through

The Flowers of Evil (Baudelaire Charles P.)(Paperback)

The Flowers of Evil is translated by F. P. Sturm and W. J. Robertson, to include Three Additional Poems and Intimate Papers discovered after the author's death with opinions of the Theater, Faith, Morals, Health, and on. This Edition Includes: The Dance Of Death - The Beacons - The Sadness Of The

Corset Cutting and Making: RevisedEdition (Vincent W. D. F.)(Paperback)

Corset Cutting and Making contains 19 historical corset patterns and 1 brassiere pattern dating from 1900 to 1920. These historical corset patterns are a goldmine of unusual styles and shapes, ranging from fashionable corsets, to maternity and nursing, athletic and equestrian corsets.The corset