Torsdten van Dullemen

Doranne Jacobson Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Line BooksPublication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2006

Jonathan Kaufman 'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism...

Alex von Tunzelmann An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties -- set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth centuryThe stroke of...

Jiang Rong Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia, where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst...

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Nikolai Gogol Gogol's works constitute one of Russian literature's supreme achievements, yet the nature of their brilliant originality, comic genius, and complex workings is difficult to summarize precisely. The Government...

Lao Tzu Written some 2,500 years ago, the Tao Te Ching is the most influential text of ancient Chinese philosophy and one of the most widely read examples of wisdom...

RK Narayan This novel completes the informal trilogy which began with "Swami and Friends" and "The Bachelor of Arts," The protagonist, Krishna, is an English teacher at the same college...

Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami’s first two novels, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author.'If you’re the sort of guy who raids...

Murasaki Shikibu In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu, a lady in the Heian court of Japan, wrote the world's first novel. But The Tale of Genji is no mere artifact....

Mark Tully and Zareer Masani Offers a brief chronology of democratic India, describes the problems that have developed during the first forty years of independence, and shares the comments of...