Not Quite Narwhal

Not Quite Narwhal
Author: Jessie Sima
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481469096

Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why.

Love, Z

Love, Z
Author: Jessie Sima
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481496786

From the creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes the story of a young robot trying to find the meaning of “love.” When a small robot named Z discovers a message in a bottle signed “Love, Beatrice,” they decide to find out what “love” means. Unable to get an answer from the other robots, they leave to embark on an adventure that will lead them to Beatrice—and back home again, where love was hiding all along.

Little Sima and the Giant Bowl

Little Sima and the Giant Bowl
Author:
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1580138500

The prosperity of Sima's family comes from their preservation of a procelain bowl given to them by a wizard in return for their kindness, but when one of Sima's friends falls in the bowl and is in danger, Sima must make a decision.

Harriet Gets Carried Away

Harriet Gets Carried Away
Author: Jessie Sima
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481469126

From the author and illustrator of the bestselling Not Quite Narwhal comes a sweet and funny story about remembering where you belong, no matter how far you roam, or what you’re wearing when you get there. Harriet loves costumes. She wears them to the dentist, to the supermarket, and most importantly, to her super-special dress-up birthday party. Her dads have decorated everything for the party and Harriet has her most favorite costume all picked out for the big day. There’s just one thing missing—party hats! But when Harriet dons her special penguin errand-running costume and sets out to find the perfect ones, she finds something else instead—real penguins! Harriet gets carried away with the flock. She may look like a penguin, but she’s not so sure she belongs in the arctic. Can Harriet manage her way back to her dads (and the party hats!) in time for her special day?

Sima's Undergarments for Women

Sima's Undergarments for Women
Author: Ilana Stanger-Ross
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2008-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1468304909

In a Brooklyn basement, Sima gives neighborhood women the support they need—but struggles with her own secrets: “Much more than a novel of female bonding” (Publishers Weekly). Sima Goldner runs her own bra shop, where her customers can find not only a perfect fit but also a sympathetic ear. The store, in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, is like a secret underground sisterhood where women of every shape and creed can share milestones, laughter, loves, and losses against a backdrop of discount lingerie. Day in and day out, Sima teaches other women to appreciate their bodies—yet feels betrayed by her own. Shamed by her infertility and a secret from her youth, she has given up on happiness and surrendered to a bitter marriage that has lasted over forty years. But then Timna, a young Israeli with enviable cleavage, becomes the shop seamstress. As the two work together, Sima finds herself awakened to long-lost yearnings for adventure and romance—and must decide if what she has is worth keeping. “A subtle, provocative, and utterly compelling examination of the friendship between two women.” —Michelle Richmond, New York Times–bestselling author of The Marriage Pact

Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song

Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song
Author: Esther S. Klein
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2019-03-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004376879

In Father of Chinese History, Esther Klein explores the life and work of the great Han dynasty historian Sima Qian as seen by readers from the Han to the Song dynasties. Today Sima Qian is viewed as both a tragic hero and a literary genius. Premodern responses to him were more equivocal: the complex personal emotions he expressed prompted readers to worry about whether his work as a historian was morally or politically acceptable. Klein demonstrates how controversies over the value and meaning of Sima Qian’s work are intimately bound up with larger questions: How should history be written? What role does individual experience and self-expression play within that process? By what standards can the historian’s choices be judged?

The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian’s Legacy

The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian’s Legacy
Author: Stephen Durrant
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0295806389

Sima Qian (first century BCE), the author of Record of the Historian (Shiji), is China’s earliest and best-known historian, and his “Letter to Ren An” is the most famous letter in Chinese history. In the letter, Sima Qian explains his decision to finish his life’s work, the first comprehensive history of China, instead of honorably committing suicide following his castration for “deceiving the emperor.” In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, some scholars have queried the authenticity of the letter. Is it a genuine piece of writing by Sima Qian or an early work of literary impersonation? The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian’s Legacy provides a full translation of the letter and uses different methods to explore issues in textual history. It also shows how ideas about friendship, loyalty, factionalism, and authorship encoded in the letter have far-reaching implications for the study of China.

The Methods of the Sima

The Methods of the Sima
Author: Sima Rangju
Publisher: Thwart Your Enemies In Battle
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2018-06-14
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

The Methods of the Sima also known as The Marshal's Art of War is a text discussing laws, regulations, government policies, military organization, military administration, discipline, basic values, tactics, and strategy. It is considered to be one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China. It was developed in the state of Qi during the 4th century BC, in the mid-Warring States period.