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The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy

The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy – $425

27 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

  As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China’s own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he is well known, Luttwak argues that the most populous nation on Earth—and its second largest economy—may be headed for a fall. For any country whose rising strength cannot go unnoticed, the universal logic of strategy allows only military or economic growth. But China is pursuing both […]

Categories: Historia, Economía y Política, Relaciones Internacionales • Tags: China, Asia, History, politics, Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, economics, military, strategy, International, Luttwak, estrategia, relaciones internacionales

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Pow! – $415

27 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

  In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice’s tale of depravity, violence, and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama—in which nearly everyone dies—unfurls. But in this tale of sharp hatchets, bad water, and a rusty WWII mortar, we can’t help but laugh. Reminiscent of the novels of dark masters of European absurdism like Günter Grass, Witold Gombrowicz, or Jakov Lind, Mo Yan’s Pow! is a comic masterpiece. In […]

Categories: Novela Ficción • Tags: 2012, China, contemporary, Drama, Family, Mo Yan, Nobel Prize, Pow!, Seagull books, World literature

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Tracking Bodhidharma- A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture

Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture - $395

6 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

  The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen from South India into China in 500 CE, changing the country forever. In Tracking Bodhidharma, Andrew Ferguson recreates the path of Bodhidharma, traveling through China to the places where the First Patriarch lived and taught. This sacred trail takes Ferguson deep into ancient […]

Categories: Budismo, Historia • Tags: 2012, Andrew Ferguson, Bodhidharma, Buddhism, Budismo, China, Counterpoint, Religión, Travel

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road to heaven

Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits – $285

28 January, 2013 by rgonzalezr

  In 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and philosophical texts, began to wonder if the Buddhist hermit tradition still existed in China. At the time, it was believed that the Cultural Revolution had dealt a lethal blow to all religions in China, destroying countless temples and shrines, and forcibly returning thousands of monks and nuns to a lay life. But when Porter travels to the Chungnan mountains — the historical refuge […]

Categories: Budismo, Sabiduría, Taoismo, Viajes • Tags: 2009, Buddhism, China, contemplation, Counterpoint, Hermit, religious, solitary, Spiritual, Tao, taoism

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The Web That Has No Weaver - Understanding Chinese Medicine

The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine – $335

16 January, 2013 by rgonzalezr

  The Web That Has No Weaver is the classic, comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of Chinese alternative medicine. This accessible and invaluable resource has earned its place as the foremost authority in synthesizing Wester and Eastern healing practices. This revised edition is the product of years of further reflection on ancient Chinese sources and active involvement in cutting-edge scientific research. Ted J. Kaptchuk, O.M.D., is associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at […]

Categories: Medicina • Tags: Alternative, China, chinese, ciencia, Harvard, Health, Medicina, Medicine, Salud, Science

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The Shaolin Monastery- History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts

The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts – $495

27 November, 2012 by rgonzalezr

  The Shaolin Monastery charts for the first time in any language the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study Meir Shahar considers the economic political and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the 21st century have spread throughout the world. Meir Shahar is associate professor in the Dept of East Asian […]

Categories: Artes Marciales, Budismo • Tags: 2008, artes marciales, Buddhism, China, martial arts, monks, shaolin, University of Hawaii Press

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Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out- A Novel

Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out: A Novel – $325

27 October, 2012 by rgonzalezr

  Today’s most revered, feared, and controversial Chinese novelist offers a tour de force in which the real, the absurd, the comical, and the tragic are blended into a fascinating read. The hero—or antihero—of Mo Yan’s new novel is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his benevolence to his peasants. His story is a deliriously unique journey and absolutely riveting tale that reveals the author’s love of a homeland beset by ills inevitable, political, and traditional.

Categories: Novela Ficción • Tags: 2012, Arcade Publishing, China, chinese, Mo Yan, Nobel Prize, Novel

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Celestial Realm- The Yellow Mountains of China

Celestial Realm: The Yellow Mountains of China – $450

21 October, 2012 by rgonzalezr

  A lavishly produced volume featuring stunning duotone images of China’s fabled Yellow Mountains by the celebrated photographer Wang Wusheng. For more than three decades, Wang Wusheng has been captivated by the beauty of Mount Huangshan, also known as the Yellow Mountains. Located in the southern part of the Anhul province in northern China, Mount Huangshan has often been described as the world’s most beautiful and enchanting mountain. Over the centuries this mountain with its seventy-two peaks has been the […]

Categories: Fotografía, Viajes • Tags: 2005, Abbeville Press, Asia, China, fotografía, photography, Wang Wusheng, Yellow Mountains

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Journey to a War

Journey to a War – $445

14 October, 2012 by rgonzalezr

  Record of a journey from Hong Kong to Shanghai, made by Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden between February and June, 1938. The writers had been commissioned by their publisher to write a travel book about the East, the choice of itinerary left to their own discretion. With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the pair decided to go to China. As Isherwood says in the foreword: “We spoke no Chinese, and possessed no special knowledge of Far Eastern affairs.” […]

Categories: Guerra, Viajes • Tags: Auden, China, Christopher Isherwood, Faber & Faber, Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai, Travel, war

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The Art of War- A Graphic Novel

The Art of War: A Graphic Novel – $275

14 September, 2012 by rgonzalezr

  A stunning and gritty graphic novel integrating the iconic strategy text by Sun Tzu into a sweeping thriller set in the near future when Wall Street is militarized and China is the world’s dominant economy. Kelly Roman served time for a horrific friendly fire incident. Once free, he discovers that his brother died while working for Sun Tzu, the ruthless strategist who runs China’s global financial empire. From the apocalyptic third world of suburban Ohio, Kelly heads into the […]

Categories: Novela Gráfica • Tags: 2012, Art of war, China, Graphic novel, Harper, Kelly Roman, Michael DeWeese, Sun Tzu

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china gadir

China – $295

23 July, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Blasco Ibáñez, uno de los grandes novelistas españoles de comienzos del siglo XX, se consideraba, antes que literato, un hombre de acción. Viajó extensamente, y a los 56 años emprendió un periplo que daría lugar a su obra La vuelta al mundo de un novelista. Poco conocido dentro del conjunto de su obra, este extenso relato viajero, por su calidad literaria y por su valor testimonial, ha ganado en interés con los años transcurridos. De dicha obra rescatamos aquí el apasionante recorrido […]

Categories: Viajes • Tags: Blasco Ibáñez, China, Gadir, Viajes

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Historias de Pekín

Historias de Pekín – $395

16 July, 2012 by rgonzalezr

David Kidd vivió durante cuatro años (desde 1946 a 1950) en la ciudad de Pekín; en 1949, cuando los comunistas acababan de llegar al poder, se casó con la hija de una aristocrática y acaudalada familia china, y pasaría el tiempo que le restaba en la ciudad instalado en la mansión familiar de su esposa. Allí se convertiría en testigo de la desaparición de la China milenaria: la revolución iba a suprimir rápidamente las antiguas tradiciones y las viejas formas de […]

Categories: Memorias, Novela Ficción • Tags: China, Memorias, Libros del Asteroide, David Kidd

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light as fuck

Light as Fuck: Shanghai Assemblage 2000-2004 – $1,195

30 June, 2012 by rgonzalezr

The Drive for Diversity of Shanghai’s artists’ community Some interesting texts on the art in Shanghai, especially the younger artists (Yang Zhenzhong, Yang Fudong, Xu Zhen, Liang Yue, Song Tao etc), video and photo art and independent exhibitions in Shanghai in the last few years. “Views from Onlooker’s Horizons: Labyrinth of Shanghai“, by Lu Leiping “Light as Fuck – The Drive for Diversity of Shanghai’s artists’ community“, by Gu Zhenqing “Rhythmical Landscapes, Refrain and Horizons – Introduction to the exhibition ”, by Per Bjarne […]

Categories: Arte, Fotografía • Tags: China, Foto, Arte, catálogo de exposición, Shanghai, YANG ZHENZHONG, YANG FUDONG, SONG TAO, SHI YONG, XU ZHEN, LIANG YUE

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This is a bust

This Is a Bust – $215

17 May, 2012 by rgonzalezr

This Is a Bust, the second novel by award-winning author Ed Lin, turns the conventions of hard-boiled pulp stories on their head by exploring the unexotic and very real complexities of New York City’s Chinatown, circa 1976, through the eyes of a Chinese-American cop. A Vietnam vet and an alcoholic, Robert Chow’s troubles are compounded by the fact that he’s basically community-relations window-dressing for the NYPD: he’s the only Chinese American on the Chinatown beat, and the only police officer […]

Categories: Misterio, Novela Ficción • Tags: Americana, China, Chinatown, Kaya Press, Misterio, New York, Noir, Novela, NY

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Muerte de una heroína roja

Muerte de una heroína roja – $289

1 May, 2012 by rgonzalezr

Un viernes de mayo de 1990, Gao Ziling, capitán de la patrullera Vanguardia, sale a pescar con un amigo al que no veía desde la época del instituto. De regreso, en el canal Baili, a unos treinta kilómetros al oeste de Shanghai, algo impide el avance de la patrullera. Cuando Gao se lanza al agua para ver qué le ocurre a la hélice, descubre una gran bolsa de plástico negra y, en su interior, el cadáver de una joven desnuda. El […]

Categories: Misterio, Novela Ficción • Tags: China, Ficción, Policiaca, TusQuets

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