The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
Author | : Thomas Merton |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780811205702 |
"This is quintessential Merton."--The Catholic Review.
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Author | : Thomas Merton |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780811205702 |
"This is quintessential Merton."--The Catholic Review.
Author | : Charlotte Y. Salisbury |
Publisher | : New York : Scribner |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Asia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Joseph Campbell |
Publisher | : Collected Works of Joseph Camp |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781608685042 |
A tour of the Far East, narrated by the world's preeminent mythologist
Author | : Joe Simmons |
Publisher | : Publishamerica Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2010-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781451220575 |
Author | : Joseph Campbell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781577312369 |
A previously unpublished sequel to Baksheesh and Brahman reports on the author's travels through east Asia and his five-month stay in Japan in the 1950s, during which he experienced local culture and witnessed the area's struggles with Cold War tensions and western values. 20,000 first printing.
Author | : Daniel Gawthrop |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 145878035X |
In this moving autobiography, Daniel Gawthrop writes about the politics and pleasures of being a self-identified ''rice queen''; a gay man who is attracted to Asians. Navigating through the urban jungles of Western cities like Vancouver and London, as well as the humid streets of Bangkok and Saigon, Daniel explores the multicultural minefields of sexuality and culture as he articulates the manners and contradictions of his desires. The politics of race, and the unspoken rules of gay Asian culture in both Western and Eastern settings, underscore Daniel's personal journey in which he recalls his teen years spent idolizing Bruce Lee and his fixation on an Asian schoolmate whose hazing becomes a sexual spectacle for him. As he enters adulthood, his desires become manifest as he explores the subcultures of Long Yang Clubs (where gay Asians and ''their admirers'' can meet) before departing for Asia, where his encounters often become transactions, and he learns the hard way that sexual desire has a human and emotional cost. Evoking the themes of Edward Said's Orientalism, The Rice Queen Diaries is as much a personal statement about culture and otherness as it is about gay desire. Traversing three continents, these diaries are a personal reckoning, a bold coming to terms with the nuances of sexuality that has relevance for all of us.
Author | : Asia McClain Chapman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016-06-07 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1682611582 |
"When This American Life's Serial podcast by Sarah Koenig was first released in 2014 no one could have known it would become one of the most listened to of all time with over 175 million downloads. The story of a possibly innocent man convicted of murder gripped listeners all over the world. Now, in Confessions of a Serial Alibi, Asia McClain Chapman shares her memories of the victim Hae Min Lee, accused murderer Adnan Syed and witness Jay Wilds as well as her private conversations with Sarah Koenig and prosecutor Kevin Urick, among others. She openly and honestly addresses many of the questions that have been directed toward her as well as sharing personal insight into her actions." -- Dust jacket.
Author | : Na Man’gap |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2020-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231552238 |
Early in the seventeenth century, Northeast Asian politics hung in a delicate balance among the Chosŏn dynasty in Korea, the Ming in China, and the Manchu. When a Chosŏn faction realigned Korea with the Ming, the Manchu attacked in 1627 and again a decade later, shattering the Chosŏn-Ming alliance and forcing Korea to support the newly founded Qing dynasty. The Korean scholar-official Na Man’gap (1592–1642) recorded the second Manchu invasion in his Diary of 1636, the only first-person account chronicling the dramatic Korean resistance to the attack. Partly composed as a narrative of quotidian events during the siege of Namhan Mountain Fortress, where Na sought refuge with the king and other officials, the diary recounts Korean opposition to Manchu and Mongol forces and the eventual surrender. Na describes military campaigns along the northern and western regions of the country, the capture of the royal family, and the Manchu treatment of prisoners, offering insights into debates about Confucian loyalty and the conduct of women that took place in the war’s aftermath. His work sheds light on such issues as Confucian statecraft, military decision making, and ethnic interpretations of identity in the seventeenth century. Translated from literary Chinese into English for the first time, the diary illuminates a traumatic moment for early modern Korean politics and society. George Kallander’s critical introduction and extensive annotations place The Diary of 1636 in its historical, political, and military context, highlighting the importance of this text for students and scholars of Chinese and East Asian as well as Korean history.
Author | : Sugawara no Takasue no Musume |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 99 |
Release | : 2018-03-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0231546823 |
A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital. Forty years later, with the long account of that journey as a foundation, the mature woman skillfully created an autobiography that incorporates many moments of heightened awareness from her long life. Married at age thirty-three, she identified herself as a reader and writer more than as a wife and mother; enthralled by fiction, she bore witness to the dangers of romantic fantasy as well as the enduring consolation of self-expression. This reader’s edition streamlines Sonja Arntzen and Moriyuki Itō’s acclaimed translation of the Sarashina Diary for general readers and classroom use. This translation captures the lyrical richness of the original text while revealing its subtle structure and ironic meaning, highlighting the author’s deep concern for Buddhist belief and practice and the juxtaposition of poetic passages and narrative prose. The translators’ commentary offers insight into the author’s family and world, as well as the style, structure, and textual history of her work.
Author | : Heinz Wolfgang Arndt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |