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    What the Dead Can Do

    by Peter Rosch ...
    Narrated by Zura Johnson, Gary Tiedemann, Piper Goodeve, Kenneth Fuentes, Krystal Hammond, Daniel Henning, Gabriel Vaughan ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 48 min

    A young child’s fate is at stake in a deadly battle between his deceased parents in this gripping and profoundly original psychological thriller, perfect for fans of What Have You Done and Middle of the Night.When a commercial flight crashes, all 184 people on board perish—with the singular exception of a two-year-old boy named Ethan, who’s entrusted to family friends Matthew and Nicole per his ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pepper Mountain

    The Life, Death and Posthumous Career of Yang Jisheng

    by Kenneth J. Hammond ...
    First published in 2007. The political history of late imperial/early modern China and the relationship between China's traditional political culture and the rapidly changing political environment of China today, are examined through this study of the iconic figure of Yang Jisheng. Born in 1516, Yang had a brief and traumatic career as a junior official in the middle Ming dynasty, before being ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Human Judgment and Social Policy

    Irreducible Uncertainty, Inevitable Error, Unavoidable Injustice

    by Kenneth R. Hammond ...
    From the O.J. Simpson verdict to peace-making in the Balkans, the critical role of human judgement--complete with its failures, flaws, and successes--has never been more hotly debated and analyzed than it is today. This landmark work examines the dynamics of judgement and its impact on events that take place in human society, which require the direction and control of social policy. Research on ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Beyond Rationality

    The Search for Wisdom in a Troubled Time

    by Kenneth R. Hammond ...
    With Beyond Rationality, Kenneth R. Hammond, one of the most respected and experienced experts in judgment and decision-making, sums up his life's work and persuasively argues that decisions should be based on balance and pragmatism rather than rigid ideologies. Hammond has long focused on the dichotomy between theories of correspondence, whereby arguments correspond with reality, and coherence, ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Imperial Chinese History

    Edited by Victor Cunrui Xiong, Kenneth Hammond ...
    The resurgence of modern China has generated much interest, not only in the country’s present day activities, but also in its long history. As the only uninterrupted ancient civilization still alive today, the study of China’s past promises to offer invaluable insights into understanding contemporary China.Providing coverage of the entire Imperial Era (221 BCE–1912 CE), this handbook takes a ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Judgement And Decision

    Edited by Kenneth R. Hammond ...
    From various vantage points the authors consider the topic of judgment and decision in policy formation. Richard Lamm, governor of Colorado, describes the problem of utilizing scientific knowledge in the context of political survival. Joseph Coates, assistant to the director, Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, explores the nature of public policy issues. Kenneth Hammond, director of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Sage Returns

    Confucian Revival in Contemporary China

    Edited by Kenneth J. Hammond, Jeffrey L. Richey ...
    Series series SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
    An interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary Confucian revival.Until its rejection by reformers and revolutionaries in the twentieth century, Confucianism had been central to Chinese culture, identity, and thought for centuries. Confucianism was rejected by both Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party, which characterized it as an ideology of reaction and ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • The Human Tradition in Modern China

    Edited by Kristin Stapleton, Kenneth J. Hammond ...
    Series series The Human Tradition around the World series
    This lively and engaging text offers a panorama of modern Chinese history through compelling biographies of the famous and obscure. Spanning five hundred years, they include a Ming dynasty medical pioneer, a Qing dynasty courtesan, a nineteenth-century Hong Kong business leader, a Manchu princess, an arsenal manager, a woman soldier, and a young maid in contemporary Beijing. Through the lives of ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • The Human Tradition in Premodern China

    by Ina Asim, Anthony Deblasi, Robert W. Foster, Anne Gerritsen, Paul Rakita Goldin, Howard L. Goodman, Minna Haapanen, Andrew Meyer, Peter Ditmanson ...
    Series series The Human Tradition around the World series
    The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the variety and complexity of human experience in China from the earliest historical times to the dawn of the modern age. China is a vast country with a long history, and one which is by itself as complex as the history of Europe. This broad expanse of time and space in Chinese history has largely been ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

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    A History

    by John Keay ...
    An authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history.**"Exquisitely written." —**GuardianMany nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivaled, voluminous tradition of history writing, John Keay has composed a vital and illuminating overview of the nation's complex and vivid past.Keay's ... Read more

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  • China In World History

    by Paul S. Ropp ...
    Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chinese history. What is distinctive about China in comparison with other civilizations? What have been ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Chinese Civilization

    A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed

    by Patricia Buckley Ebrey ...
    This updated version of a fantastic account of Chinese culture and civilization provides analysis of notable historical documents, social records, and laws.Setting the standard for supplementary texts in Chinese history courses, the newly expanded edition of Chinese Civilization includes coverage of personal documents, social records, laws, and previously ignored reports.With insight to the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD