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  • The Outlaws of the Marsh

    by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, Sidney Shapiro ...
    The legendary account of 108 "Stars from Heaven" who, faced with a corrupt bureaucracy, flee to Liangshan Marsh, from a fortress there thwarting minions of the evil regime while continuing to serve the emperor. In its mix of politics, military tactics, action, martial arts, magic, and even the bawdy (the chapters on Wu Song laying the groundwork for Jin Ping Mei), this beloved novel is an ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Government Built America

    by Sidney A. Shapiro, Joseph P. Tomain ...
    How Government Built America challenges growing, anti-government rhetoric by highlighting the role government has played in partnering with markets to build the United States. Sidney A. Shapiro and Joseph P. Tomain explore how markets can harm and fail the country, and how the government has addressed these extremes by restoring essential values to benefit all citizens. Without denying that ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The People's Agents and the Battle to Protect the American Public

    Special Interests, Government, and Threats to Health, Safety, and the Environment

    by Rena Steinzor, Sidney Shapiro ...
    Reasonable people disagree about the reach of the federal government, but there is near-universal consensus that it should protect us from such dangers as bacteria-infested food, harmful drugs, toxic pollution, crumbling bridges, and unsafe toys. And yet, the agencies that shoulder these responsibilities are in shambles; if they continue to decline, lives will be lost and natural resources will be ... Read more

    $68.19 CAD

  • Letters of Sidney Hook

    Democracy, Communism and the Cold War

    by Sidney Hook, Edward S. Shapiro ...
    Sidney Hook (1902-1989) is known for his participation in the public debates about communism, the Soviet Union and the Cold War. These letters, drawn from the Hook collection at the Hoover Institution, provide an insight into US intellectual and political history. ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Administrative Competence

    Reimagining Administrative Law

    by Elizabeth Fisher, Sidney A. Shapiro ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
    This book, by two of the world's leading administrative law scholars, reimagines administrative law as the law of public administration by making its competence the focus of administrative law. Grounded in extensive interdisciplinary, historical, and doctrinal analysis, Fisher and Shapiro show why understanding both the capacity and authority of expert public administration is crucial to ensure ... Read more

    $48.79 CAD

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  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms (with footnotes and maps)

    by Luo Guanzhong ...
    “The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide…”The Han dynasty is falling, the rebels and warlords fight each other for the hegemony inChina. Who will bring peace to these lands?Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is one of the four great Chinese classical novels. Discover it in this ... Read more

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  • Journey to the West

    by Wu Cheng-en ...
    “Nothing in this world is difficult, but thinking makes it seem so. Where there is true will, there is always a way.”Journey to the WestJourney to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It was written by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century during the Ming Dynasty. In English-speaking countries, the tale is also often known simply as Monkey. This was one title used ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms (with footnotes and maps)

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    “The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide...” The Han dynasty is falling, the rebels and warlords fight each other for the hegemony in China. Who will bring peace to these lands? Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is one of the four great Chinese classical novels. Discover it ... Read more

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  • The Story of the Stone (Volume I)

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Translated by John Minford ...
    Series Book 1 - The Story of the Stone
    The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Hung Lou Meng, the Dream of the Red Chamber, Story of the Stone (English Edition)

    by Cao Xueqin ...
    Hung Lou Meng is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was written in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature and is generally acknowledged to be the pinnacle of Chinese fiction. "Redology" is the field of study devoted exclusively to this work.Red Chamber is believed to be semi-autobiographical, mirroring the rise and ... Read more

    $8.23 CAD

  • The Architecture of Desire

    by Mary Gentle ...
    Mercenaries in lace and steel roam the countryside and the heads of criminals are impaled on London Bridge. The characters' relationships are played out in the shadow of the hangman's rope. Sequel to Rats and Gargoyles. ... Read more

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  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1

    by Lo Kuan-Chung ...
    Translated by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor ...
    This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his ... Read more

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