The Early 20th Century Resurgence of the Tibetan Buddhist World is a cohesive collection of studies by Japanese, Russian and Central Asian scholars deploying previously unexplored Russian, Mongolian, and Tibetan sources concerning events and processes in the Central Asian Buddhist world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Set in the final days of the Qing Empire when the...(展开全部)

The Mystique of Transmission is a close reading of a late-eighth-century Chan/Zen Buddhist hagiographical work, the Lidai fabao ji ( Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations), and is its first English translation. The text is the only remaining relic of the little-known Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, and combines a sectarian history of Buddhism and Chan in China wi...(展开全部)

Now in paperback, It's Mine! is the Caldecott award-winning author/illustrator's classic about three lovable frogs who learn a valuable lesson. "This story of selfishness on the pond, carried out in beautifully simple collages and language, is a fine choice for story hours".--School Library Journal. Full color.

Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he v...(展开全部)

Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he v...(展开全部)

约翰·汤姆逊（John Thomson 1837-1921）苏格兰摄影家、地理学家、旅行家，纪实摄影领域的先驱，是最早来远东旅行、并用照片记录各地人文风俗和自然景观的摄影师之一。汤姆逊出生于一个烟草商人家庭，1850年代初进入一家生产光学仪器的工厂做学徒，同时通过两年 夜校，他学习了一些自然哲学以及初级的数学和化学知识，并掌握了摄影技术。1862年，他成为皇家苏格兰艺术学会的会员。同年追随哥哥威廉到了新加坡，生产经营航海仪器，并开设了一家照相馆，主拍人像。后又去过锡兰（今斯里兰卡）、印度、暹罗（今泰国）、柬埔寨、越南。1866年，他探访了刚被发现不久的吴哥窟，成为第一个为吴哥窟拍照的摄影师。回国后，他多次在演讲中使用在暹罗、柬埔寨拍摄的照片，引起极大反响，因此于1866年入选皇家人种学会和皇家地理学会。1867年10月移居香港，开始了他摄影生涯中至关...(展开全部)

This is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In t...(展开全部)

This is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In t...(展开全部)