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Asian Studies Sale 2020 Asian Studies Sale 2020 ISBN Full Title Format List Sale 9781624120268 100 Thimbles in a Box: The Spirit and Beauty of Korean Handicrafts Paperback 39.00 27.30 1908: The Way It Really Was: Historical Journal for the U. P. Centennial, 1908- 9789715425803 Hardback 60.00 36.00 2008 9781624120749 5 Keys to Understanding China Paperback 25.00 17.50 9780824833411 A Beggar's Art: Scripting Modernity in Japanese Drama, 1900–1930 Hardback 56.00 33.60 9780824834524 A Beggar's Art: Scripting Modernity in Japanese Drama, 1900–1930 Paperback 29.00 17.40 A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great 9781886439009 Hardback 35.00 21.00 Tang Dynasty 9781937385354 A Black Kite: The Poems of Kim Jong-Gil Paperback 23.00 16.10 9781937385453 A Black Kite: The Poems of Kim Jong-Gil Hardback 45.00 31.50 9780824876609 A Bowl for a Coin: A Commodity History of Japanese Tea Hardback 68.00 54.40 9780824814564 A Brief History of Imbecility: Poetry and Prose of Takamura Kōtarō Paperback 16.00 9.60 9781937385859 A China Scholar's Long March, 1978–2015: Reflections on a Changing China Paperback 28.00 22.40 9781937385903 A China Scholar's Long March, 1978–2015: Reflections on a Changing China Hardback 48.00 38.40 A Chinese Traveler in Medieval Korea: Xu Jing’s Illustrated Account of the 9780824856441 Hardback 65.00 45.50 Xuanhe Embassy to Koryŏ 9781886439504 A Collection of Important Odes of the Law: The Chinese Udanavarga Hardback 45.00 27.00 9786029144437 A Conspiracy of God-Killers: Short Story Paperback 21.00 16.80 A Defiant Brush: Su Renshan and the Politics of Painting in Early 19th-Century 9780824841034 Hardback 50.00 35.00 Guangdong 9780824826390 A Distant and Beautiful Place Paperback 16.00 9.60 A Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path according to The Inquiry of Ugra 9780824830038 Paperback 29.00 17.40 (Ugraparipṛcchā) 9780824828554 A Flock of Swirling Crows: and Other Proletarian Writings Hardback 62.00 37.20 9780824829261 A Flock of Swirling Crows: and Other Proletarian Writings Paperback 26.00 15.60 A Foreign Missionary on the Long March: The Unpublished Memoirs of Arnolis 9781937385002 Paperback 34.00 20.40 Hayman of the China Inland Mission A Foreign Missionary on the Long March: The Unpublished Memoirs of Arnolis 9781937385019 Hardback 65.00 39.00 Hayman of the China Inland Mission 9780824853495 A Garden of Marvels: Tales of Wonder from Early Medieval China Hardback 65.00 45.50 Page 1 of 100 Asian Studies Sale 2020 ISBN Full Title Format List Sale 9780824853501 A Garden of Marvels: Tales of Wonder from Early Medieval China Paperback 26.00 18.20 A Generation Later: Household Strategies and Economic Change in the Rural 9780824821531 Hardback 51.00 30.60 Philippines A Generation Later: Household Strategies and Economic Change in the Rural 9780824822132 Paperback 20.00 12.00 Philippines 9780824826000 A Handbook for Constructive Living Paperback 20.00 12.00 9780824859121 A Handbook for Constructive Living Hardback 90.00 63.00 A Handbook of Korean Zen Practice: A Mirror on the Sŏn School of Buddhism 9780824840976 Hardback 49.00 34.30 (Sŏn’ga kwigam) 9780824830007 A Handbook of 'Phags-Pa Chinese Hardback 44.00 26.40 A Heritage of Ruins: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their 9780824836313 Hardback 59.00 35.40 Conservation 9780824814021 A History of Buddhist Philosophy: Continuities and Discontinuities Paperback 24.00 14.40 9780824823696 A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics Hardback 105.00 63.00 9780824823993 A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics Paperback 27.00 16.20 9780824822170 A History of Writing in Japan Paperback 27.00 16.20 9780824818722 A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets Hardback 44.00 26.40 9780824818739 A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets Paperback 22.00 13.20 9781606521229 A Journey through China: Exploring Major Sites and Cuisine in 10 Days Paperback 8.00 4.80 A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 9780824881764 Hardback 80.00 64.00 1600–1750 A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 9780824881818 Paperback 39.00 31.20 1600–1750 A Korean Confucian Way of Life and Thought: The Chasŏngnok (Record of 9780824855840 Hardback 52.00 36.40 Self-Reflection) by Yi Hwang (T’oegye) A Korean History for International Readers: What Do Koreans Talk About Their 9788958623632 Paperback 39.00 23.40 Own History and Culture? A Korean Scholar’s Rude Awakening in Qing China: Pak Chega’s Discourse 9780824877934 Hardback 68.00 54.40 on Northern Learning 9781624120756 A Letter Not Sent Hardback 30.00 21.00 9786029144857 A Lonely Death and Other Stories Paperback 14.00 9.80 9786029144871 A Man Bathing & Other Poems Paperback 14.00 11.20 Page 2 of 100 Asian Studies Sale 2020 ISBN Full Title Format List Sale 9788776941970 A Meeting of Masks: Status, Power and Hierarchy in Bangkok Paperback 25.00 17.50 9789715426626 A Movement Divided: Philippine Communism, 1957-1986 Paperback 45.00 27.00 9780824823283 A Paradise Lost: The Imperial Garden Yuanming Yuan Paperback 37.00 22.20 A Place to Live: A New Translation of Yi Chung-hwan’s T’aengniji, the Korean 9780824877606 Hardback 68.00 54.40 Classic for Choosing Settlements 9780824800949 A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki Hardback 60.00 36.00 9780824803575 A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki Paperback 12.00 7.20 9781602209015 A Reader on China Paperback 5.00 3.00 9781602201033 A Reader on China: An Introduction to China's History, Culture, and Civilization Paperback 11.00 6.60 9780824851446 A Reader's Companion to the Confucian Analects Paperback 13.00 9.10 9780824820718 A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction Paperback 19.00 11.40 9789814786126 A Regional Economic History of Thailand Paperback 30.00 24.00 9780824838164 A Resource for Korean Grammar Instruction Hardback 55.00 33.00 9786029144932 A Shooting Star & Other Stories Paperback 14.00 9.80 9781931483223 A Source Book in Chinese Longevity Paperback 35.00 21.00 A Special Relationship: The United States and Military Government in 9780824818180 Hardback 41.00 24.60 Thailand, 1947-1958 9786029144406 A Student Named Hijo Paperback 18.00 14.40 9789715422956 A Study of Philippine Games Paperback 45.00 27.00 9780824850425 A Study of Saisiyat Morphology Paperback 40.00 28.00 A Study of the Buddhabhūmyupadeśa: The Doctrinal Development of the 9781886439566 Hardback 45.00 31.50 Notion of Wisdom in Yogācāra Thought 9780824821357 A Tale of False Fortunes Hardback 60.00 36.00 9780824821876 A Tale of False Fortunes Paperback 22.00 13.20 9786029144949 A Tale of Redemption & Other Stories Paperback 14.00 11.20 9780824855895 A Tokyo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Modern Metropolis, 1850–1920 Hardback 70.00 49.00 Page 3 of 100 Asian Studies Sale 2020 ISBN Full Title Format List Sale 9780824855901 A Tokyo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Modern Metropolis, 1850–1920 Paperback 35.00 24.50 9781602203051 A Tour of Qufu: The Hometown of Confucius Paperback 13.00 7.80 9780824828158 A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking Hardback 75.00 45.00 9780824828301 A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking Paperback 30.00 18.00 9780824811174 A Vietnamese Reference Grammar Paperback 35.00 21.00 9789715507738 A Visit to Manila and its Environs Paperback 31.00 24.80 9781602203044 A Walkers' Guide to Old Western Landmarks in Shanghai Paperback 12.00 7.20 9780824826697 A Wild Deer amid Soaring Phoenixes: The Opposition Poetics of Wang Ji Hardback 47.00 28.20 A World of Their Own: Daoist Monks and Their Community in Contemporary 9781931483254 Paperback 35.00 21.00 China 9788995376041 A Yang for Every Yin: Dramatizations of Korean Classics Paperback 25.00 15.00 9780824827663 ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary Hardback 45.00 27.00 9780824823207 ABC Chinese-English Dictionary: Desk Reference Edition Hardback 28.00 16.80 9780824856106 ABC Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Phonograms Hardback 70.00 49.00 9780824822217 ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu) Hardback 60.00 36.00 9780824827700 ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu) Paperback 20.00 12.00 9780824823313 ABC Dictionary of Sino-Japanese Readings Hardback 55.00 38.50 9780824829759 ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese Hardback 72.00 43.20 9780824826215 Abdurrahman Wahid: Muslim Democrat, Indonesian President Hardback 44.00 26.40 9780824826222 Abdurrahman Wahid: Muslim Democrat, Indonesian President Paperback 15.00 9.00 9780824817695 Abraham's Promise Paperback 11.99 7.19 9780824867942 Accompaniments: Chutneys, Relishes, Pickles, Sambals, and Preserves Paperback 27.99 22.39 9780824856229 Accounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan Hardback 70.00 49.00 9781624120091 Across the Tumen: A North Korean Kkotjebi Boy's Quest Paperback 16.99 11.89 Page 4 of 100 Asian Studies Sale 2020 ISBN Full Title Format List Sale Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in Contemporary 9780824824839 Paperback 32.00 19.20 China 9780824822613 Acts of Reading: Exploring Connections in Pedagogy of Japanese Hardback 52.00 31.20 Adapted for the Screen: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Fiction and 9780824833732 Hardback 56.00 33.60 Film Adapted for the Screen: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Fiction and 9780824834548 Paperback 27.00 16.20 Film 9780824802714 Advaita Vedānta: A Philosophical Reconstruction Paperback 14.00 8.40 9780824837457 After the New Order: Space, Politics, and Jakarta Hardback 60.00 36.00 After the Tsunami: Disaster Narratives
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