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A rich compilation of oral histories and storytelling traditions Record of the Listener Yijian zhi is a renowned zhiguai collection dating from the Song Dynasty 9601279 AD and attributed to Hong Mai 11231202 AD It is the largest zhiguai compilation of the Song period originally comprising over 400 chapters Its rich content includes topics such as gods ghosts and the supernatural injustice and retribution fantasy and the unusual as well as the unique regional customs and traditions of China Record of the Listener has enjoyed a privileged place in Chinese literary history where numerous vernacular short stories and dramas have long sought inspiration from its myriad storylines It also preserves much precious research material on daily life during the Song For this volume 107 stories have been selected These typify the collections overall nature All of the stories feature a rich narrative quality while greatly increasing the understanding of Chinese literature during the late Northern to early Southern Song era
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Victrolas Highland 4in1 record player captures the spirit of midcentury style It features a 3 speed belt driven turntable FM radio with an analog tuner and Auxin It also features Bluetooth connectivity that allows listeners to wirelessly stream their favorite music from up to 33 ft away
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Scholars who know classical Chinese have been reading and citing Hon Mais wonderful collection for many years Now students can access these informative materials through Zhangs lively English translations They are both fun to read and deeply informative about daily life religion markets and multiple social groups in the twelfth century The comprehensive thematic guide allows readers to locate tales by subject matter making this collection of 100 narratives ideal for classroom use Valerie HansennbspYale University
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SACDHYBRID Containing various Opus 3 Artists this album is a selection from Opus 3s previous TestRecords including depth of image timbre dynamics and classic Opus 3 from 1977 1984 Originally this album was released in 1995 as an ordinary CD it is now an excellent sounding SACD for testing your highend audiophile sound system Includes these well known Opus 3 artists Stockholm Guitar Quartet Lars Erstrand and Eric Bibb
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The First Emperor Selections from sold at 65.94 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted The shortlived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911 The extraordinary story of the First Emperor founder of the dynasty is told in the Historical Records of Sima Qian the Grand Historiographer and the most famous Chinese historian He describes the Emperors birth and the assassination attempt on his life as well as the political and often brutal events that led to the founding of the dynasty and its aftermath Sima Qian recounts the building of the Great Wall the burning of the books and the construction of the First Emperors magnificent tomb a tomb now world famous since the discovery of the terracotta warriors in 1974 Sima Qians love of anecdote ensures that his history is never dull and Raymond Dawsons fluent translation captures his lively and vivid style
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From the Jacket Flap Art HodesMusic Man so reads the business card handed out by the tall pianist And music man he has been ever since he learned to play twofisted piano as a kid on Chicagos South Side One of the great band pianists Art Hodes has known and played with all the top names in jazz In the mid forties after a successful stint on a radio WNYC New Yorks municipal radio station he began a magazine called The Jazz Record Hodes persuaded many of his friends to come to his office and dictate autobiographical articles The result is an important body of oral history the best of which gathered in the present volume forms an impressive composite portrait of the midcentury jazz musician
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Overbearing avaricious and difficult yet talented and ambitious George Brydges Rodney has never attracted much sympathy or understanding He was nevertheless an original thinker and one of the great admirals of the eighteenth century The contents of this volume the first of three document his career from 1742 until 1763 his private and political life His early years as a captain were spent in the severe conditions of the North Sea and in taking privateers in the western approaches During the peace after 1748 he was Governor of Newfoundland and in the Seven Years War blockaded Le Havre before going as a flag officer to command in the Leeward Islands where he participated in the capture of Martinique This volume also contains letters to his wife which indicate against past opinion that Rodney had a heart
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This is a critical overview of developments in thought and institutions affecting palace women from earliest times through to the Han showing how attitudes changed over time The core of the book is an annotated translation of the three fascicles of Chen Shous Records of the Three States
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Gu Yanwu pioneered the lateMing and early Qingera practice of Han Learning or Evidential Learning favoring practical over theoretical approaches to knowledge He strongly encouraged scholars to return to the simple ethical precepts of early Confucianism and in his bestknown work Rizhi lu Record of Daily Knowledge he applied this paradigm to literature government economics history education and philology This volume includes translations of selected essays from Rizhi lu and Gu Yanwus Shiwen Ji Collected Poems and Essays along with an introduction explaining the personal and political dimensions of the scholars workGu Yanwu wrote the essays and poems featured in this volume while traveling across China during the decades immediately after the fall of the Ming Dynasty They merge personal observation with rich articulations of Confucian principles and are as Gu said not old coin but copper dug from the hills Like many of his contemporaries Gu Yanwu believed the Ming Dynasty had suffered from an overconcentration of power in its central government and recommended decentralizing authority while strengthening provincial selfgovernment In his introduction Ian Johnston recounts Gu Yanwus personal history and reviews his published works along with their scholarly reception Annotations accompany his translations and a special essay on feudalism by Tang Dynasty poet and scholar Liu Zongyuan 773819 provides insight into Gu Yanwus later work on the subject
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This 1979 volume gathers together an account of the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world in 18316 taken from the letters of Darwin and Fitzroy Darwins diary and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and FitzRoy in 1839 It is illustrated by the pencil drawings and watercolours made by the Beagles official artist Conrad Martens but pictures made on board by other members of the crew are also included The bulk of the illustrations were previously unpublished as were the letters written by Captain FitzRoy and Conrad Martens Most of the other written sources were out of print The book tells the story of the Beagle in the words of the participants as recorded at the time and illustrates it with a selections from the original pictorial records
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This book collects 18 translated stories from the Chinese masterpiece Records of the Historian Begun by Sima Tan and completed by his son Sima Qian Records of the Historian is considered to be among the most influential works in Chinese history Translated into English in a highly accessible and entertaining manner the book is based on historical research that spans thousands of years Each chapter features a prominent Chinese figure providing insight into society politics and palace intrigues across dynasties
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This is a critical overview of developments in thought and institutions affecting palace women from earliest times through to the Han showing how attitudes changed over time The core of the book is an annotated translation of the three fascicles of Chen Shous Records of the Three States
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Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington is recognized as one of the great composers and orchestra leaders of the twentieth century To understand Ellingtons genius jazz scholars collectors and fans must rely on the phonograph record the most accurate testimony of the strength of his work Duke Ellington A Listeners Guide provides jazz scholars specialists and novice and experienced listeners with a detailed critical commentary on this jazz masters recordings from 1924 to 1974 The guide begins with a brief overview of the artist and explores the complexity and unending creativity of his music The chapters follow in a chronological sequence covering identifiable stages in output and list essential Ellingtonia Collectors will especially appreciate the guide to the French RCA Works of Duke Ellington Volumes 1417 The appendixes include a bibliography a comprehensive discography listing both LPs and CDs and a list of Ellington musicians with the dates of their membership in the band
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Proceeding from basic theory to design studies of concert and multiple purpose halls the author introduces a remarkable seat selection system for the analysis of new and existing halls and proposes a diagnostic system for testing the physical properties and calculating the psychological attributes at any seat after a hall is built The book also presents a theory of subjective preferences based on a model of the auditory cognitive system in the brain Readers can thus follow the temporal and spatial values that may be associated with the left and right cerebral hemispheres in listening to music and speech respectively in a room From the results of calculating subjective preference at each seat for example architects musicians and acoustical engineers concerned with the design and use of concert and multiuse halls may determine the best location to perform a certain type of music on the stage as well as the best seats from which to listen
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Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington is recognized as one of the great composers and orchestra leaders of the twentieth century To understand Ellingtons genius jazz scholars collectors and fans must rely on the phonograph record the most accurate testimony of the strength of his work Duke Ellington A Listeners Guide provides jazz scholars specialists and novice and experienced listeners with a detailed critical commentary on this jazz masters recordings from 1924 to 1974 The guide begins with a brief overview of the artist and explores the complexity and unending creativity of his music The chapters follow in a chronological sequence covering identifiable stages in output and list essential Ellingtonia Collectors will especially appreciate the guide to the French RCA Works of Duke Ellington Volumes 1417 The appendixes include a bibliography a comprehensive discography listing both LPs and CDs and a list of Ellington musicians with the dates of their membership in the band
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Proceeding from basic theory to design studies of concert and multiple purpose halls the author introduces a remarkable seat selection system for the analysis of new and existing halls and proposes a diagnostic system for testing the physical properties and calculating the psychological attributes at any seat after a hall is built The book also presents a theory of subjective preferences based on a model of the auditory cognitive system in the brain Readers can thus follow the temporal and spatial values that may be associated with the left and right cerebral hemispheres in listening to music and speech respectively in a room From the results of calculating subjective preference at each seat for example architects musicians and acoustical engineers concerned with the design and use of concert and multiuse halls may determine the best location to perform a certain type of music on the stage as well as the best seats from which to listen
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SugarHill Records was the birthplace label for hip hop It gave listeners their first exposure to urban rhyming and scratching that transformed pop music during the 80s Many of the 12 singles and vinyl versions of their classics have been out of print for years missing the rise of hip hop during the 80s and 90s This 12 boxset will not only be a must have for the listeners who grew up on the music but for the DJs to be able to go back to the beginning and mix each strategically placed
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