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Blanc de Chine
Dehua porcelain, or Blanc de Chine as it is known in the West, is pure ivory-white porcelain made at the Dehua kilns in the southern Chinese province of Fujian. It rose to international significance in the 17th century and inspired aristocratic patronage in the development of European porcelain. Its popularity at home and abroad continued and the k
Imagining Asia
Despite widespread recognition that we are living in an era of mass globalization, there has been a startling resurgence of nationalism in many regions of the world. Alongside this development, many new national museums are being built or refurbished, pointing to the critical role the telling of history plays in processes of building national identity. From new museum construction to the re-purposing of colonial monuments, and from essentialized narratives to spaces which encourage visitors to dream, this book explores the development and influence of national museums in three contemporary Asian societies – Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau.
A Case for Old Spies
What happens to old spies in retirement? Do they simply fade away, never to be heard from again? How do former covert agents accustomed to working clandestinely on a need-to-know basis reorganize their lives? Zach, a weapons expert and trained assassin, wondered from time to time what he was doing as deputy sheriff on Chipley Island. And then the body of a man he had thought dead for many years rolled up on the beach-on his beach at Pirate's Cove-out of the blue. Chipley Island is not just any island in Virginia. It is the brainchild of the body in the wetsuit. The man was second-in-command to retired U.S. Navy Adm. Jackson Lee Andrews. Together, the two men directed a top secret agency for the President, and when the group was dissolved, the admiral helped set them up on the island. Did he have an ulterior motive? Zach and his wife Josie, known for her eidetic memory and once a courier, gather the group and together they resolve to solve the case of the mysterious body on the beach, a spy of the old school, a legendary agent, and perhaps the best spy of all time. As Josie declares, "What was that old devil up to?"
Watch Over You
‘Superb, gritty and realistic’ MEL SHERRATT, million-copy bestseller The hunt is on. And this time, it’s personal...
Arts of Asia
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Beauty in Asia
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佛学之光:印度,中国和东南亚的佛学传教
This book documents the exhibition On the Nalanda Trail: Buddhism in India, China and Southeast Asia organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum.It highlights some of the significant landmarks in Buddhist history, through the travel records of the monks Faxian, Xuan Zang, and Yijing. The book also explores the spread of Buddhism and Buddhist art at centres such as Nalanda in eastern India. These centres were visited by many pilgrims and scholars from all over the Asian world. Illustrated here in this catalogue are rare examples of Tang sutras sculptures and silk paintings from Dunhuang, Mathura, Nalanda, and Sarnath in India and from Sri Lanka; and votive tablets and bronzes from Srivijaya in Southeast Asia - some for the first time.
