Beata Grant renders a great service by recovering and translating the enchanting verse — by turns assertive, observant, devout — of forty-eight nuns from sixteen centuries of imperial China. This selection of poems, along with brief biographical accounts that accompany them, affords readers a glimpse into the extraordinary diversity and sometimes startling richness of these wom...(展开全部)

A new updated edition of the headline-making work that was acclaimed for its perceptive insights on the self-destructing aspects of the Japanese economic system when originally published.

A new updated edition of the headline-making work that was acclaimed for its perceptive insights on the self-destructing aspects of the Japanese economic system when originally published.

王静芬(DorothyC．Wong)，现任美国弗吉尼亚大学艺术系副教授，她专攻中国中古时期的佛教艺术，从事宗教与社会关系以及宗教文本与视觉表现之间的关系等艺术史课题的研究。除本书外，她还著有《法隆寺再思》(HOryOjiReconsidered)一书(任主编并有论文发表，2008年)，并发表多篇与佛教艺术有关的论文。

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage, Naomi and Sally Durance become the friends they...(展开全部)

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on the Western Front. Yet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the fr...(展开全部)

在线试读It was said around the valley that the two Durance girls went off but just the one bothered to come back. People could not have said which one, since both the girls were aloof and looked similar—dark and rather tall. There was confusion even in the local paper. And they weren’t the sort of girls whose names were called across streets—girlfriend hallooing girlfriend in the e...(展开全部)

This study is a thorough examination of the entire historical scope of the Chinese Buddhist bibliography, including its historical foundations, textual classifications, criteria of authenticity, and collections made by individual catalogers. The need for such a study is urgent, for although references to and even in-depth studies of individual Buddhist catalogs and the data the...(展开全部)

This study is a thorough examination of the entire historical scope of the Chinese Buddhist bibliography, including its historical foundations, textual classifications, criteria of authenticity, and collections made by individual catalogers. The need for such a study is urgent, for although references to and even in-depth studies of individual Buddhist catalogs and the data the...(展开全部)