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Monkey and the Monk An Abridgment of "The Journey to the West" by Yu Anthony C. Yu Anthony C.
$38.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Women in Culture and Society Ser.
Anthony C. Yu's celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu's abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic nov ...Show more
Sugar - An Ethnographic Novel by Edward Narain; Tarryn Phillips
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom Ser.
In Suva, the bustling capital of Fiji, a tropical cyclone is looming. In this city of dazzling contradictions, three strangers are living worlds apart. Hannah is a young Australian expat who volunteers at a local health organization while leading a heady life of house parties and weekend getaways. Isike ...Show more
Surface Detail - Culture Bk #9 by Iain M. Banks
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
A stunning new reissue edition of Surface Detail - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination from Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction. It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagl ...Show more
The Affirmative Action Empire - Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 by Terry Martin
$69.99 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: The\Wilder House Series in Politics, History and Culture Ser.
The Soviet Union was the first of Europe's multiethnic states to confront the rising tide of nationalism by systematically promoting the national consciousness of its ethnic minorities and establishing for them many of the institutional forms characteristic of the modern nation-state. In the 1920s, the ...Show more
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
A stunning new reissue edition of The Hydrogen Sonata - a space opera of stunning power and awesome imagination from Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction. The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation. An ...Show more
The Office and Philosophy : Scenes from the unexamined life by J.Jeremy Wisnewski
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Just when you thought paper couldn't be more exciting, this book comes your way! This book - jammed full of paper - unites philosophy with one of the best shows ever: "The Office". Addressing both the current American incarnation and the original British version, "The Office and Philosophy" brings these ...Show more
The Player Of Games - Culture #2 by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
A stunning new reissue edition of the second Culture novel from Iain M. Banks - one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The ...Show more
The State Of The Art by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
From New York Times bestselling and modern master of science fiction, Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art is the acclaimed collection of Banks's short fiction. "Banks is a phenomenon...writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance." -William Gibson This is a striking additio ...Show more
The Untold History of Ramen - How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze by George Solt
$35.00 AUD
Category: Food & Cooking | Series: California Studies in Food and Culture Ser.
A rich, salty, and steaming bowl of noodle soup, ramen has become an international symbol of the cultural prowess of Japanese cuisine. In this highly original account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan, George Solt traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to int ...Show more
These Bones Shall Rise Again - Selected Writings On Early China by David N. Keightley; Henry Rosemont (Editor, Introduction by)
$95.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Ser.
These Bones Shall Rise Again, brings together in one volume many of David N. Keightley's seminal essays on the origins of early Chinese civilization. Written over a period of three decades and accessible to the non-specialist, these essays provide a wealth of information and insights on the Shang dynas ...Show more
Use Of Weapons Culture - Culture Bk #3 by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
A stunning new reissue edition of the third Culture novel from Iain M. Banks - one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction. The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture throu ...Show more
Washington's China - The National Security World, the Cold War, and the Origins of Globalism by James L. Peck
$69.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond Ser.
This book addresses a central question about the Cold War that has never been adequately resolved. Why did the United States go to such lengths not merely to contain the People's Republic of China but to isolate it from all diplomatic, cultural, and economic ties to other nations? Why, in other words, ...Show more