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Essential Huainanzi

By John S. Major (trans)

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9780231159814, titled "The Essential Huainanzi" | Columbia Univ Pr, April 10, 2012, cover price $24.50

The Essential Huainanzi: Liu An, King of Huainan

Product Description: Compiled in the second century B.C.E, the Huainanzi clarifies a crucial period in the development of Chinese conceptions of the cosmos, human nature, and the social order. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, attributing successful rule to a balance of broad knowledge, diligent application, and penetrating wisdom...read more

By John S. Major (editor), Andrew Seth Meyer (editor), Sarah A. Queen (editor) and Harold D. Roth (editor)

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9780231159807 | Columbia Univ Pr, April 10, 2012, cover price $84.50 | About this edition: Compiled in the second century B.

Un plan de lectura para toda la vida/ A Reading Plan for Life

By John S. Major

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9788408078746 | Planeta Pub Corp, June 20, 2008, cover price $27.95

A Huguenot on the Hackensack: David Demarest and His Legacy

Product Description: A Huguenot on the Hackensack explores the life and legacy of David Demarest, a seventeenth-century French Protestant who, in middle age, emigrated to New Amsterdam and became one of the earliest settlers of the Hackensack Valley. There he founded a prosperous family that for nearly three centuries retained local influence and high status before being eclipsed by post-World War II economic and demographic changes...read more

By David C. Major and John S. Major

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9780838641521 | 1 edition (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, October 10, 2007), cover price $29.50 | About this edition: A Huguenot on the Hackensack explores the life and legacy of David Demarest, a seventeenth-century French Protestant who, in middle age, emigrated to New Amsterdam and became one of the earliest settlers of the Hackensack Valley.

9781611473681 | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, October 10, 2007, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: A Huguenot on the Hackensack explores the life and legacy of David Demarest, a seventeenth-century French Protestant who, in middle age, emigrated to New Amsterdam and became one of the earliest settlers of the Hackensack Valley.

The Three Boys: And Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet

Product Description: A virtuous young woman journeys to the Land of the Dead to retrieve the still-beating heart of a king; a wily corpse-monster tricks his young captor into setting him free; a king falls under a curse that turns him into a cannibal; a shepherd who understands the speech of animals saves a princess from certain death...read more

By Yeshi Dorjee (illustrator) and John S. Major (editor)

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9780824830793 | Latitude Twenty Book, November 1, 2006, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A virtuous young woman journeys to the Land of the Dead to retrieve the still-beating heart of a king; a wily corpse-monster tricks his young captor into setting him free; a king falls under a curse that turns him into a cannibal; a shepherd who understands the speech of animals saves a princess from certain death.

The Asian World, 600-1500

Product Description: Drawing on numerous primary sources, this volume covers the history of Asia from the reunification of China under the Sui and Tang dynasties from the fifth century CE to Choson Korea in the 16th century, also covering other parts of the continent including India and Japan...read more

By Roger V. Des Forges and John S. Major

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9780195222661 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 1, 2006, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Drawing on numerous primary sources, this volume covers the history of Asia from the reunification of China under the Sui and Tang dynasties from the fifth century CE to Choson Korea in the 16th century, also covering other parts of the continent including India and Japan.

9789990129298 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 1, 2006, cover price $0.02

9780195178432 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 22, 2005, cover price $36.95 | About this edition: Drawing on numerous primary sources, this volume covers the history of Asia from the reunification of China under the Sui and Tang dynasties from the fifth century CE to Choson Korea in the 16th century, also covering other parts of the continent including India and Japan.

The Medieval and Early Modern World

'This book provides coverage of the political, cultural, and social history of the world from 1350 to 1600. Contact among regions of the world expanded through trade networks, enabling a transferal of knowledge and culture between western and eastern societies. With a strong focus on the Renaissance, Reformation, and Ming China, the text comes from ordinary people, travelers, bureaucrats, children, housewives, poets, and religious thinkers.'--Supplied by publisher.Provides coverage of the political, cultural, and social history of the world from 1350 to 1600.

By Roger V. Des Forges, Barbara A. Hanawalt, Toby E. Huff, John S. Major and Randall L. Pouwels

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9780195221572 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 20, 2005, cover price $230.00 | About this edition: 'This book provides coverage of the political, cultural, and social history of the world from 1350 to 1600.

The Hall Of Heavenly Records: Korean Astronomical Instruments And Clocks, 1380�1780

Product Description: Between the fourteenth and the eighteenth centuries, there was created under the Yi Dynasty in Korea a remarkable series of astronomical instruments, star-charts and clocks. The present volume is the result of close collaboration between four distinguished historians of Asian science to demonstrate the context, purpose, nature and specific workings of these early scientific instruments...read more

By Lu Gwei-Djen, John S. Major and Joseph Needham (editor)

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9780521616980 | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 31, 2004, cover price $69.00 | About this edition: Between the fourteenth and the eighteenth centuries, there was created under the Yi Dynasty in Korea a remarkable series of astronomical instruments, star-charts and clocks.

History In Quotations

Product Description: History in Quotations is an exciting and original work of historical reference. From the Iraq of ancient Babylon to the Iraq war of 2003 - taking in the histories of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia in a grand global sweep - it uses the innovative medium of some 9000 chronologically arranged quotations to tell the story of more than 5000 years of recorded history...read more

By Cohen M. J., John S. Major and Simon Schama (foreword by)

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9780304353873 | Cassell, June 1, 2004, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: History in Quotations is an exciting and original work of historical reference.

Caravan to America: Living Arts of the Silk Road

Profiles eight artists and artisans now living in America who are originally from the 'Silk Road,' an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts pass between Asia and the Mediterranean.

By John S. Major

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9780613761802 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2002, cover price $28.10 | About this edition: Profiles eight artists and artisans now living in America who are originally from the 'Silk Road,' an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts pass between Asia and the Mediterranean.

Caravan to America: Living Arts of the Silk Road

Introduces readers to the diverse arts, crafts, and music of the lands along the historic silk trade route through informative sidebars, rich illustrations, maps, timelines, and interviews with artists from those countries who are now living in America. Simultaneous.

By Betty J. Belanus and John S. Major

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9780812626667 | 1 edition (Cricket Books, October 1, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Profiles eight artists and artisans now living in America who are originally from the 'Silk Road,' an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts pass between Asia and the Mediterranean.

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9780812626773 | 1 edition (Cricket Books, October 1, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Profiles eight artists and artisans now living in America who are originally from the 'Silk Road,' an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts pass between Asia and the Mediterranean.

100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide

Literary anecdotes, author insights, and an essay assessing what makes a book special accompany a collection of one hundred books, selected by the authors to be read in a single evening, including fiction and nonfiction works by Russell Baker, Raymond Chandler, Edith Wharton, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dylan Thomas, and Walter Mosley, among others. Original. 12,500 first printing.

By David C. Major and John S. Major

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9780345439949 | Ballantine Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Literary anecdotes, author insights, and an essay assessing what makes a book special accompany a collection of one hundred books, selected by the authors to be read in a single evening, including fiction and nonfiction works by Russell Baker, Raymond Chandler, Edith Wharton, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dylan Thomas, and Walter Mosley, among others.

China Chic: East Meets West

Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris

By John S. Major and Valerie Steele

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9780300079302 | Yale Univ Pr, March 1, 1999, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris

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9780300079319 | Yale Univ Pr, July 1, 2000, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris

The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History

Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906)

By Stephen Fieser (illustrator) and John S. Major

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9780060229245 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.

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9780064434683 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1996, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.

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9780613003322 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.

Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China

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By Constance A. Cook (editor) and John S. Major (editor)

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9780824818852 | Univ of Hawaii Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $59.00

The New Lifetime Reading Plan

Works of high regard ranging from ancient writings to modern classics are noted as well as discussions of the writer's work as a whole, critical evaluations of each work, and suggested related readings

By Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major

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9780062702081 | 4th edition (Harpercollins, November 1, 1997), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Amazon.

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9780062720733 | 4th edition (Harperreference, June 1, 1999), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Works of high regard ranging from ancient writings to modern classics are noted as well as discussions of the writer's work as a whole, critical evaluations of each work, and suggested related readings

World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time

An anthology of the best poetry ever written contains more than sixteen hundred poems, eighty percent of them originally written in languages other than English, spanning more than four millennia, from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century. (view table of contents)

By Clifton Fadiman (editor), John S. Major (editor) and Katharine Washburn

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9780393041309 | W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1, 1998, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: An anthology of the best poetry ever written contains more than sixteen hundred poems, spanning more than four millennia, from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century

The Silk Route

Explains and pictures the physical challenges and risks encountered by travelers along the ancient trade route between the Mediterranean region and China, the goods traded, and the people who lived along the route. By the author of The Land and People of China.

By Stephen Fieser (illustrator) and John S. Major

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9780060229269 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1995, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.

Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought: Chapters Three, Four, and Five of the Huainanzi

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By John S. Major

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9780791415856 | State Univ of New York Pr, July 1, 1993, cover price $60.50

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9780791415863, titled "Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought: Chapters Three, Four and Five of the Huainanzi" | State Univ of New York Pr, July 1, 1993, cover price $31.95

The Land and People of Malaysia and Brunei

Introduces the history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy of Malaysia and Brunei

By John S. Major

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9780060224882 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, November 1, 1991, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Introduces the history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy of Malaysia and Brunei

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9780060224899 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1991, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Introduces the history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy of Malaysia and Brunei

The Land and People of Mongolia

Introduces the history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy of Mongolia

By John S. Major

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9780397323869 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, August 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Introduces the history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy of Mongolia

The Land and People of China

An introduction to the geography, history, culture, economy, and government of China

By John S. Major

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9780397323371 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 1, 1989, cover price $18.89 | About this edition: An introduction to the geography, history, culture, economy, and government of China

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