This book examines the formation of the Chinese empire through its reorganization and reinterpretation of its basic spatial units: the human body, the household, the city, the region, and the world. The central theme of the book is the way all these forms of ordered space were reshaped by the project of unification and how, at the same time, that unification was constrained and...(展开全部)

Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-ting Li Professor of Chinese Culture at Stanford University and the author of Writing and Authority in Early China, also published by SUNY Press.

A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, now a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullah's day-dre...(展开全部)

Young merchant Abdullah leads a humble life. Or he did until a stranger sold him a threadbare—and disagreeable—magic carpet. Now Abdullah is caught in the middle of his grand daydreams. Waking one night in a luxurious garden, he meets and falls instantly in love with the beautiful and clever Flower-in-the-Night. But a wicked djinn sweeps the princess away right before Abdullah'...(展开全部)

Young merchant Abdullah leads a humble life. Or he did until a stranger sold him a threadbare—and disagreeable—magic carpet. Now Abdullah is caught in the middle of his grand daydreams. Waking one night in a luxurious garden, he meets and falls instantly in love with the beautiful and clever Flower-in-the-Night. But a wicked djinn sweeps the princess away right before Abdullah'...(展开全部)

A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, now a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullah's day-dre...(展开全部)

张嘉璈（1889-1979），字公权，江苏宝山人，民国著名银行家。早年求学于日本庆应大学，学习现代经济、金融理论。回国初期受梁启超提携，曾在袁世凯政府有短暂经历。后进入金融界，先后担任中国银行副总裁、总裁，中央银行总裁、中央信托局局长；期间还曾担任铁道部部长、交通部部长。任职银行界时，张嘉璈先生用其所学现代经济和银行知识，重塑中国的银行业，更以其刚毅的性格和掌握的现代商业规则，最大程度地保证了银行的独立性，引领了中国新式商业银行的发展方向，尤其奠定了中国银行后续近百年的国际声望；其关于中央银行的思想，在当时同步于世界，对半个世纪之后的中国仍有影响。他因此获得了“中国现代银行之父”“民国银行先行者”的美誉。任职铁道/交通部部长期间，张嘉璈积极推动铁路、公路事业发展，为支持抗战做出了重大贡献；其于1938年命令卢作孚先生的民生公司转运入川人员和军品商货，...(展开全部)