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“paul warham”

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  • Ground Zero, Nagasaki

    Stories

    by Yuichi Seirai ...
    Translated by Paul Warham ...
    Set in contemporary Nagasaki, the six short stories in this collection draw a chilling portrait of the ongoing trauma of the detonation of the atomic bomb. Whether they experienced the destruction of the city directly or heard about it from survivors, the characters in these tales filter their pain and alienation through their Catholic faith, illuminating a side of Japanese culture little known in ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

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    by Jose Rizal ...
    Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero ...
    Few novels have made a more shattering impact on their society than El Filibusterismo - and its predecessor, Noli Me Tangere of Jose Rizal. And surely no writer has paid a higher penalty for self-expression. Rizal was executed by firing squad mainly because of these two books. Filipinos, inspired by Rizal, made the first nationalist revolution in Asia in 1896, established its first democratic ... Read more

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  • Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds

    by Joe Haldeman ...
    The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Forever War presents writings ranging from our past in Southeast Asia to our future among the stars.Joe Haldeman burst onto the literary scene with the hugely popular novel The Forever War, but his career also took off on the strength of his short fiction. This brilliant collection brings together examples of his science fiction as well as his ... Read more

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  • Chinese Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Sabina Knight ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture played in supporting social and political concerns. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Real Tripitaka

    And Other Pieces

    by The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley ...
    First published in 1952.The Real Tripitaka gives an account of the seventh century pilgrim's adventures, spiritual and material, both in India and after his return to China. In addition the book contains an account of a Japanese pilgrim's visit to China in the ninth century, which describes the Wu-t'ai Shan, China's great place of Pilgrimage, and an eye-witness's account of the great persecution ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Asian & Pacific Short Stories

    by Cultural and Social Centre ...
    Readers of Asian & Pacific Short Stories will have the exciting experience of encountering for the first time the recent work of some of Asia's most talented writers. Collected in this anthology are short stories by authors in nine Asian and Pacific countries: Australia, the Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and the Republic of ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry

    Edited by David McCann ...
    Korea's modern poetry is filled with many different voices and styles, subjects and views, moves and countermoves, yet it still remains relatively unknown outside of Korea itself. This is in part because the Korean language, a rich medium for poetry, has been ranked among the most difficult for English speakers to learn. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Korean Poetry is the only up-to-date ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Complex Endure

    by Soorain Vahie ...
    Soorain's latest work follows is a gripping, spellbinding journey of a young professional who struggles to reconcile a need to achieve, an important infantile resolve. As he works his way up the corporate ladder, he tangles his relationships with his childhood sweetheart..........It is unique in that its captivating story-line keeps a reader engrossed. Written with a fond admiration for the Indian ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780–1913

    A Critical Anthology

    Edited by Mary Ellis Gibson ...
    Series series Series in Victorian Studies
    Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780–1913: A Critical Anthology makes accessible for the first time the entire range of poems written in English on the subcontinent from their beginnings in 1780 to the watershed moment in 1913 when Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature.Mary Ellis Gibson establishes accurate texts for such well-known poets as Toru Dutt and the early nineteenth ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Reading The Tale of Genji

    Sources from the First Millennium

    Edited by Thomas Harper, Haruo Shirane ...
    The Tale of Genji, written one thousand years ago, is a masterpiece of Japanese literature, is often regarded as the best prose fiction in the language. Read, commented on, and reimagined by poets, scholars, dramatists, artists, and novelists, the tale has left a legacy as rich and reflective as the work itself.This sourcebook is the most comprehensive record of the reception of The Tale of Genji ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature

    Edited by Mark Bender, Victor Mair ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage. This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups-including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak-and the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Journal of Korean Adoption Studies

    Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 2010

    by Global Overseas Adoptees' Link ...
    Editor's note by Kim Su Rasmussen The root cause of contemporary transnational adoption from Korea is the lack of a proper social welfare system. A recent report from OECD shows that the OECD-30 countries in average spend 20,6% of GDP on social welfare benefits (Adema & Ladaique 2009). A host of European nations including Sweden, France, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Finland and Italy spend ... Read more

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