Author: Bob FlawsPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Prince Wen Hui's Cook: Chinese Dietary Therapy
Author: Bob FlawsPrince Wen Hui's Cook
Author: Bob FlawsPublisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
ISBN: 9780912111056
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Diet is one of the eight limbs of Chinese medicine, and may be used as a preventive measure as well as a therapy. This book is a laypersons guide to the intricate field of Chinese dietary therapy. The authors provide useful information on over 150 food substances, along with valuable advice on selecting a healthful diet. The numerous and inviting recipes are easy to prepare. There is an interesting section on making your own medicinal cordials and liqueurs.
The Prince of the House of David; Or, Three Years in the Holy City
Author: Joseph Holt IngrahamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Defender of the Faith
Author: Marjorie BowenPublisher:
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Category : Netherlands
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Merchants of Canton and Macao
Author: Paul A. Van DykePublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 988802891X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Paul Van Dyke works in many languages and archives to uncover the history of Peark River trade. This two-volume work is likely to be the most definitive reference work on the major trading families of Guangzhou. Organized as a series of family studies, this first volume includes exhaustive profiles of nine of the dominant hongs and their founding patriarchs for which good information survives: Tan Suqua, Tan Hunqua, Cai and Qiu, Beaukeequa, Yan, Mandarin Quiqua, Ye and Tacqua Amoy, Zhang, and Liang.
Material Culture in Europe and China, 1400–1800
Author: S.A.M. AdsheadPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349257621
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This book reinterprets the rise of consumerism in terms of interaction between Europe and China 1400-1800. In particular, it examines the intellectual foundations of consumerism in food, dress, shelter, utilities, information and symbolism. It highlights consumerism as an expression of both rationality and freedom and indicates the constructive role it has played in the formation of the modern world. Particular use is made of comparisons between developments in Europe and China to differentiate both.
Huis Clos
Author: Jean-Paul SartrePublisher:
ISBN: 9781138138780
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The full French text of Sartre's novel is accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.
Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
Author: Royal Agricultural Society of EnglandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Nine-Headed Dragon River
Author: Peter MatthiessenPublisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834828790
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway—guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots.
The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
Author: Royal Agricultural SocietyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 624
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