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The Thakali: A Himalayan Ethnography

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by Michael Vinding ...

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This is an ethnography of the Thakali of the Thak Khola valley, Mustang District, Nepal. It was submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of Aarhus, in May 1997 as a dissertation for the doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) degree. No additions or major changes have been undertaken since then. ... Read more

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This is an ethnography of the Thakali of the Thak Khola valley, Mustang District, Nepal. It was submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of Aarhus, in May 1997 as a dissertation for the doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) degree. No additions or major changes have been undertaken since then.
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Ancient Japanese Fairy Tales

by Yei Theodora Ozaki ...

Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan. This place was said to be haunted by a cannibal goblin who took the form of an old woman. From time to time many travelers disappeared and were never heard of more, and the old women round the charcoal braziers in the evenings, and the girls washing the household rice at the wells in the mornings, ... Read more

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Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan. This place was said to be haunted by a cannibal goblin who took the form of an old woman. From time to time many travelers disappeared and were never heard of more, and the old women round the charcoal braziers in the evenings, and the girls washing the household rice at the wells in the mornings,
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Dream Of The Red Chamber: Hung Lou Meng, Books I And II

Hung Lou Meng, Books I and II

by Cao Xueqin,H. Bencraft Joly ...

Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the four Chinese classics. The novel is semi-autobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18th-century life in China, particularly that of the aristocracy. The plot is grand in scale, peopled with a complex array of characters. ... Read more

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Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the four Chinese classics. The novel is semi-autobiographical and it gives an incredibly detailed insight into 18th-century life in China, particularly that of the aristocracy. The plot is grand in scale, peopled with a complex array of characters.
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In the Buddha's Words

An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi ...

Series series The Teachings of the Buddha
This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope ... Read more

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This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope
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The Connected Discourses of the Buddha

A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya

Series series The Teachings of the Buddha
This volume offers a complete translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon. The Samyutta Nikaya consists of fifty-six chapters, each governed by a unifying theme that binds together the Buddha's suttas or discourses. The chapters are organized into five major parts.The first, The Book with ... Read more

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This volume offers a complete translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon. The Samyutta Nikaya consists of fifty-six chapters, each governed by a unifying theme that binds together the Buddha's suttas or discourses. The chapters are organized into five major parts.The first, The Book with
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THE GREATEST GHOST AND HORROR STORIES EVER WRITTEN

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«THE GREATEST GHOST AND HORROR STORIES EVER WRITTEN», by VOLUME 2. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 1. Amour Dure ; 2. Casting the Runes ; 3. Celui-Là ; 4. Kecksies ; 5. Mysterious Masie. ... Read more

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«THE GREATEST GHOST AND HORROR STORIES EVER WRITTEN», by VOLUME 2. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 1. Amour Dure ; 2. Casting the Runes ; 3. Celui-Là ; 4. Kecksies ; 5. Mysterious Masie.
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This Generation

Dispatches from China's Most Popular Literary Star (and Race Car Driver)

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For those who follow Chinese affairs, Han Han is as controversial as they come—an irreverent singer, sports celebrity, and satirist whose brilliant blogs and books have made him a huge celebrity with more than half a billion readers. Now, with this collection of his essays, Americans can appreciate the range of this rising literary star and get a fascinating trip through Chinese culture.This ... Read more

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For those who follow Chinese affairs, Han Han is as controversial as they come—an irreverent singer, sports celebrity, and satirist whose brilliant blogs and books have made him a huge celebrity with more than half a billion readers. Now, with this collection of his essays, Americans can appreciate the range of this rising literary star and get a fascinating trip through Chinese culture.This
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Record of Miraculous Events in Japan

The Nihon ryoiki

Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
The Nihon ryoiki, a collection of setsuwa, or "anecdotal" tales, compiled by a monk in late-eighth- or early-ninth-century Japan, records the spread of Buddhist ideas in Japan and the ways in which Buddhism's principles were adapted to the conditions of Japanese society. Beginning in the time before Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the text captures the effects of the nation's initial contact ... Read more

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The Nihon ryoiki, a collection of setsuwa, or "anecdotal" tales, compiled by a monk in late-eighth- or early-ninth-century Japan, records the spread of Buddhist ideas in Japan and the ways in which Buddhism's principles were adapted to the conditions of Japanese society. Beginning in the time before Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the text captures the effects of the nation's initial contact
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Rethinking Chinese Popular Culture

Cannibalizations of the Canon

Edited by Carlos Rojas, Eileen Chow ...

Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
Through analyses of a wide range of Chinese literary and visual texts from the beginning of the twentieth century through the contemporary period, the thirteen essays in this volume challenge the view that canonical and popular culture are self-evident and diametrically opposed categories, and instead argue that the two cultural sensibilities are inextricably bound up with one another.An ... Read more

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Through analyses of a wide range of Chinese literary and visual texts from the beginning of the twentieth century through the contemporary period, the thirteen essays in this volume challenge the view that canonical and popular culture are self-evident and diametrically opposed categories, and instead argue that the two cultural sensibilities are inextricably bound up with one another.An
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Kannani and Document of Flames

Two Japanese Colonial Novels

by Katsuei Yuasa ...

Translated by Mark W. Driscoll ...

This volume makes available for the first time in English two of the most important novels of Japanese colonialism: Yuasa Katsuei’s Kannani and Document of Flames. Born in Japan in 1910 and raised in Korea, Yuasa was an eyewitness to the ravages of the Japanese occupation. In both of the novels presented here, he is clearly critical of Japanese imperialism. Kannani (1934) stands alone within ... Read more

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This volume makes available for the first time in English two of the most important novels of Japanese colonialism: Yuasa Katsuei’s Kannani and Document of Flames. Born in Japan in 1910 and raised in Korea, Yuasa was an eyewitness to the ravages of the Japanese occupation. In both of the novels presented here, he is clearly critical of Japanese imperialism. Kannani (1934) stands alone within
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Once Iron Girls

Essays on Gender by Post-Mao Chinese Literary Women

Edited by Hui Wu ...

Available in English for the first time, Once Iron Girls: Essays on Gender by Post-Mao Chinese Literary Women brings together twenty-five essays by seven critically acclaimed writers, whose fiction and poetry have become classics in modern Chinese literature. Poetic, metaphoric, and sometimes playful and satiric, the essays discuss the material reality wherein Chinese women live and function. ... Read more

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Available in English for the first time, Once Iron Girls: Essays on Gender by Post-Mao Chinese Literary Women brings together twenty-five essays by seven critically acclaimed writers, whose fiction and poetry have become classics in modern Chinese literature. Poetic, metaphoric, and sometimes playful and satiric, the essays discuss the material reality wherein Chinese women live and function.
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Dehati Samaj (Hindi)

by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay ...

बाबू वेणी घोषाल ने मुखर्जी बाबू के घर में पैर रखा ही था कि उन्हें एक स्त्री दीख पड़ी, पूजा में निमग्न। उसकी आयु थी, यही आधी के करीब। वेणी बाबू ने उन्हें देखते ही विस्मय से कहा, 'मौसी, आप हैं! और रमा किधर है?' मौसी ने पूजा में बैठे ही बैठे रसोईघर की ओर संकेत कर दिया। वेणी बाबू ने रसोईघर के पास आ कर रमा से प्रश्न किया - 'तुमने निश्चय किया या नहीं, यदि नहीं तो कब करोगी?' ... Read more

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बाबू वेणी घोषाल ने मुखर्जी बाबू के घर में पैर रखा ही था कि उन्हें एक स्त्री दीख पड़ी, पूजा में निमग्न। उसकी आयु थी, यही आधी के करीब। वेणी बाबू ने उन्हें देखते ही विस्मय से कहा, 'मौसी, आप हैं! और रमा किधर है?' मौसी ने पूजा में बैठे ही बैठे रसोईघर की ओर संकेत कर दिया। वेणी बाबू ने रसोईघर के पास आ कर रमा से प्रश्न किया - 'तुमने निश्चय किया या नहीं, यदि नहीं तो कब करोगी?'
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