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China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Frances Wood
Category: History
Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? China's First Emperor (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. He gave us the name by which China is known in the West and, by his unification or elimination of six states, he created imperial China. He stressed the rule of law but supp ...Show more
Chinese Lives - The People Who Made a Civilization by Victor H. Mair; Sanping Chen; Frances Wood
Category: Biography
China is the most populous country on earth, with the longest history of any modern nation. In the 21st century, it is clear that Chinas future, as a political and economic world power, is set to be as significant as its past, and its achievements still depend upon its people. This book tells the story ...Show more
First Reading Fun : Jack's Hair by Hannah (ILT) Kay (EDT); Wood Frances; Massey Dot; Bacon Meharry
Category: Children's | Series: First Reading Fun
Fujiko Nakaya (Bilingual Edition) - Resilience by Anne Carson (Text by); Frances Dyson (Text by); Julie Martin (Text by); Fujiko Nakaya (Text by); Catherine Wood (Text by); Katharina Köhler (Designed by)
Category: Monographs
Fujiko Nakaya is one of Japan's most important contemporary artists. Participating in the 1960s performances of the New York-based collective Experiments in Arts and Technology (E.A.T.), she became internationally renowned for her immersive fog artworks. First created for the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo '70 ...Show more
Great Books of China by Frances Wood
Category: Biography
Great Books of China offers concise introductions - each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question - to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature. The books chosen reflect the chronological and thematic breadth of Chinese literary tradition, ranging from s ...Show more
Great Books of China by Frances Wood
Category: Languages and Reference
Discover or rediscover the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. Great Books of China offers concise introductions each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature. The books chosen reflect the c ...Show more
Picnics Prohibited: Diplomacy in Chaotic China during the First World War by WOOD, FRANCES
Category: History | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
The ripple effects of the First World War came at an inopportune time for the infant Chinese republic. The country had joined a number of international organisations and ratified the Hague Conventions, but found its diplomatic efforts hampered by its young, inexperienced leadership, its factional region ...Show more
The First Emperor of China by Frances Wood
Category: History
Unifier or destroyer, law-maker or tyrant? The First Emperor of China (258-210 BC) has been the subject of debate for over 2,000 years. Frances Wood examines the evidence and reveals the true nature of the man who had himself buried with an army of 7,000 life-size terracotta warriors.The First Emperor g ...Show more
The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia by Frances Wood
Category: History
Along this legendary route silks were sent from China to ancient Rome; princesses were dispatched in marriage alliances; bandits and thieves launched attacks. Covering more than 5,000 years and lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library ...Show more
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