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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “haiwang yuan”
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  • Tibetan Folktales

    by Haiwang Yuan, Awang Kunga, Bo Li ...
    Series series World Folklore Series
    This collection of folktales provides readers with an extensive overview of the breadth of Tibetan culture, revealing the character of the region and its people as well as their traditional customs and values.Most Westerners are unlikely to travel to the mountainous region of East Asia and experience the Tibetan people and their culture directly. This book provides a way to experience and learn ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Mastering Advanced Modern Chinese through the Classics

    An Advanced Language and Culture Course

    by Shu-Ling Wu, Haiwang Yuan ...
    Mastering Advanced Modern Chinese through the Classics is a textbook to teach those who wish to achieve an advanced or native proficiency and cultural competence in modern Chinese, as well as to experience the beauty of Classical Chinese literature.Collecting representative works containing vibrant views of Chinese culture from different dynasties, this book is focused on how the grammatical ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • The History of Chinese Civilization

    Edited by Xianqun Bu ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book tracks the entire history of Chinese civilization from a broad historical view. Its narrative spans a long period between primitive society and contemporary civilization, which makes it a unique academic works.From an academic point of view, this book is accurate in history and combines historical theories. Although brief, it captures the main thrust of the development of Chinese ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

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    The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn

    by Stephen Mitchell ...
    The classic guide for Zen students pursuing the true way."Somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha-statue, blows smoke in its face and drops ashes on its lap. You are standing there. What can you do?" This is a problem that Zen Master Seung Sahn was fond of posing to his American students who attended his Zen centers.Dropping Ashes on the Buddha is a ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One Minute Mandarin

    A beginner's guide to spoken Chinese for professionals

    by Peter Coyne ...
    An unashamedly practical introduction to spoken Mandarin Chinese, for anyone who wants to impress their Chinese hosts, but doesn't have time to take a proper language course. Designed specifically for busy professionals traveling to China for work, it includes essential phrases that are easy to learn and pronounce, as well as invaluable cultural background. Heading off to China for a business trip ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Witchcraft Spell Book: The Ultimate Guide to Witchcraft with Witchcraft Spells, Witchcraft Symbols, Witchcraft Rituals and Wicca with a Bonus Chapter on Nocturnal Witchcraft

    by Isabella Night ...
    What are your first thoughts when it comes to witchcraft? Is it a magician in a pointy hat and long black rope waving the wand in Harry Potter style? Or do you picture some dark ugly persona doing awful things just by waving hands and gathering power from the nature, supernatural beings, out of this world, demons doing evil spells?Whatever first impressions of witchcraft may be, the strong appeal ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • China

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast narrative of appalling loss, superhuman endeavour and incredible invention that has made China the superpower it is today. From the dawn of legend to the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hiragana Study Book

    by IE Institute ...
    Some of the Hiragana Study Book's key features include detailed and easy to follow instructions on reading and writing hiragana (such as proper stroke order and pronunciation), a comprehensive set of character charts, and useful example vocabulary words that incorporate the target characters. This book by IE Institute gives you everything you need to master hiragana in one convenient package! ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of China

    by Gordon Kerr ...
    The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West. From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship with the 'Great Firewall of China', Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of this enormous country. A Short History of China ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Narrow Road to the Interior

    And Other Writings

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Sam Hamill ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    A masterful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature—part travelogue, part haiku collection, part account of spiritual awakeningBashō (1644–1694)—a great luminary of Asian literature who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty—is renowned in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Story of China

    The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

    by Michael Wood ...
    A single-volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today.Michael Wood has traveled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.The Story of China explores the Middle ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Poetry of Zen

    A wonderfully diverse collection of Zen poetry from China and Japan—including works by Lao Tzu and Han Shan—presented by two of America’s premier poet-translatorsA Zen poem is nothing other than an expression of the enlightened mind, a handful of simple words that disappear beneath the moment of insight to which it bears witness. Poetry has been an essential aid to Zen Buddhist practice from the ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD