Long awaited and much anticipated, The Wu-Tang Manual is The RZA's first written introduction to the philosophy and history of Hip-Hop's original Dynasty, the Wu-Tang Clan. Since the release of the revolutionary Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - over the course of four seminal group albums and a multitude of ambitious side projects - the Wu-Tang Clan has constantly redef...(展开全部)

Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nurs...(展开全部)

本书是一本用英语介绍北京文化的书。经埃德加斯诺的介绍，作者罗信耀在 《北平时事日报》用英语向外国人介绍北京文化，后结集为The Adventures of Wu: The Life Cycle of a Peking Man，先后有英语版本和日语版本出版，在国外影响很大，一版再版，被认为是外国研究北京民俗的必备书籍。本书以主人公小吴爷爷去世、奶奶去娘娘庙祈福等经历带出北京习俗，以北京人从生到死的日常生活为主线，包括生子、婚丧嫁娶，也包括进香、赛马、上朝等，忠实记录了老北京多姿多彩的生活方式。尤其难得的是作者自身是旗人，他隐性地写出了一幅生动翔实的满族旗俗的风情画卷。这对我们理解北京文化的多民族形成和巨大包容性，勾勒中国乡愁的北京特色极具意义。本书以叙述为主，不仅趣味性高，可读性极强，罗信耀先生又善于版画，本书通过大量的生动插图，对我们还原那些老北京消...(展开全部)

Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nurs...(展开全部)

Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nurs...(展开全部)

本书是一本用英语介绍北京文化的书。经埃德加斯诺的介绍，作者罗信耀在 《北平时事日报》用英语向外国人介绍北京文化，后结集为The Adventures of Wu: The Life Cycle of a Peking Man，先后有英语版本和日语版本出版，在国外影响很大，一版再版，被认为是外国研究北京民俗的必备书籍。本书以主人公小吴爷爷去世、奶奶去娘娘庙祈福等经历带出北京习俗，以北京人从生到死的日常生活为主线，包括生子、婚丧嫁娶，也包括进香、赛马、上朝等，忠实记录了老北京多姿多彩的生活方式。尤其难得的是作者自身是旗人，他隐性地写出了一幅生动翔实的满族旗俗的风情画卷。这对我们理解北京文化的多民族形成和巨大包容性，勾勒中国乡愁的北京特色极具意义。本书以叙述为主，不仅趣味性高，可读性极强，罗信耀先生又善于版画，本书通过大量的生动插图，对我们还原那些老北京消...(展开全部)

Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nurs...(展开全部)

With its unique combination of depth, clarity, and humor that has enchanted millions, this beloved classic by bestselling author Gary Zukav opens the fascinating world of quantum physics to readers with no mathematical or technical background. "Wu Li" is the Chinese phrase for physics. It means"patterns of organic energy," but it also means "nonsense," "my way," "I clutch my id...(展开全部)

the funerary shrine of the Confucian scholar Wu Liang, created in AD 151, is the most important surviving pre-Buddhist monument in China. The importance of the shrine lies in the stone reliefs on its walls, in the remarkably comprehensive iconography of its nearly 100 scenes.