Translated works of an eight-century Chinese poet, known for his innovations in language and structure[...]
Du Fu (712--777) has been called China's greatest poet, and some call him the greatest nonepic, nondramatic poet whose writings survive in any language. Du Fu excelled in a great variety of poetic forms, showing a richness of language ranging from elegant to colloquial, from allusive to direct. His [...]
Aqui estan Uuk y Gluk, las estrellas de esta graciosisima novela grafica de los creadores del Capitan Calzoncillos Es el ano 500.000 a.C., y Caverlandia, Ohio, el apacible pueblo de Uuk y Gluk, es atacado por la corporacion mas malvada del mundo, que ha venido desde el futuro para invadir el pa[...]
Throughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D.W. Griffith's silent classic Broken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer-animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China's changing role in the American imaginatio[...]
World War II has ended. The United States is locked in a Cold War with the Eastern Bloc. It's the time of mutually assured destruction, yet the atomic bomb isn't the only weapon to fear. And the Soviets have another enemy with whom to contend. Dr. Morris Craig has developed an energy weapon with the[...]
Get ready for some kung fu fun reading The 32 kung fu surprises hidden within the pages of this graphic novel of superhero adventures can ONLY be unlocked with Kung Fu Vision that is part of the FREE Kung Fu Robot app that corresponds with this book. Simply position a phone or tablet above the prin[...]
Learn to draw your favorite "Kung Fu Panda" characters--step by step The beloved "Kung Fu Panda" characters are back for their biggest adventure yet with "Kung Fu Panda 3." When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, Po travels with him to a secret panda paradise and discovers an entire vil[...]
Esli ty zver, ryba, ptitsa, nasekomoe... ili voobsche chto-to neponjatnoe, to ty objazatelno dolzhen znat o suschestvovanii Detektivnogo Bjuro!Togo samogo Bjuro, v kotorom zhivut i rabotajut dva otvazhnykh syschika - Fu-Fu i Kis-Kis!Dnjom i nochju, v zharu i nepogodu syschiki ne znajut pokoja! Oni c[...]
V Skvernyj les priezzhaet zamorskij zverinyj teatr, a vmeste s teatr om v lesu pojavljaetsja zagadochnyj prestupnik. Superdetektivy ? pjos Fu-Fu i kot Kis-Kis ? berutsja za novoe rassledovanie! Chto proiskhodit v zverinom mire?! Strannye ogni za derevjami, svetjaschiesja figury i tainstvennye ischez[...]
V detektivnom bjuro Fu-Fu i Kis-Kisa rabota kipit vsegda! Geroicheskie syschiki rasputyvajut samye golovolomnye dela, vsemi lapami, usami i khvostami dobivajas torzhestva spravedlivosti.
Tainstvennyj prestupnik pokhitil klad, kotoryj krot Shisha tolko-tolko uspel otkopat. Zakadychnye druzja pris[...]
Born in the projects of Spanish Harlem to a disabled mother and an abusive father, Steve DeMasco spent most of his childhood lost and angry. Drifting from one job to another, he stalked the streets as a troubled youth, barely surviving while all of his peers were either dead or in jail, until he fou[...]
This unique book offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to kung fu and all the other aspects of Shaolin wisdom. An inspirational read, it shows how kung fu and other Shaolin arts can bring you health, vitality and spiritual joy. It includes practical exercises and meditation techniques an[...]
Offers translations of poems by the two Chinese writers
'Our passion was so great. Will the Old Man understand and help us once again?' The Old Man of the Moon is Shen Fu's intimate and moving account of his marriage - from early passion to the trials of poverty and separation - and his great, enduring love for his wife in eighteenth-century China. Intro[...]
The Chinese earth is pervasively humanized through long occupation. Signs of man's presence vary from the obvious to the extremely subtle. The building of roads, bridges, dams, and factories, and the consolidation of farm holdings alter the Chinese landscape and these alterations seem all the more c[...]
What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual. Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and environm[...]
When a famous cobra called Fu-xi attacks a village, will Viper defend her fellow snake as a hero or will she help her friends?Based on an episode from the exciting Nickelodeon series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, fans of Po and his friends will love this brand-new reader from Ladybird.Read[...]
When a famous cobra called Fu-xi attacks a village, will Viper defend her fellow snake as a hero or will she help her friends?Based on an episode from the exciting Nickelodeon series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, fans of Po and his friends will love this brand-new reader from Ladybird.Read[...]
Po and Tigress are on a mission when they run into Fung and his gang. Can the two friends escape from the wicked Crocs?Based on an episode from the exciting Nickelodeon series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, fans of Po and his friends will love this brand-new reader from Ladybird.Read it yo[...]
Po the panda has been chosen to be the Dragon Warrior. Can he save the Valley of Peace from bad Tai Lung?Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading[...]
"[Tuan] explores answers to an old and unanswerable question: how should we live? . . . The Good Life is a little anthology of good feeling, touchstones of joy . . . These pleasures make the book a pleasure, not of conviction or belief, but of conversation's meandering exploration."--New York Times [...]
Geography is useful, indeed necessary, to survival. Everyone must know where to find food, water, and a place of rest, and, in the modern world, all must make an effort to make the Earth--our home--habitable. But much present-day geography lacks drama, with its maps and statistics, descriptions and [...]
"(Tuan) does a masterful job exploring the condescending human treatment of animals as 'playthings' that exist only for our entertainment. He charts the malevolent history of male domination over women and children and the sad chronicle of slaves, dwarfs and other 'freaks' treated as human applianc[...]