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Book The Lotus Throne

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  • Author : Wendy Scarfe
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976-01
  • ISBN : 9780909837433
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book The Lotus Throne written by Wendy Scarfe and published by . This book was released on 1976-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 28  The Lotus Throne

Download or read book Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 28 The Lotus Throne written by Kazuo Koike and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2002-12-24 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly needs to be said in solicitation copy for the VERY LAST VOLUME OF LONE WOLF AND CUB? It's the moment you've all been waiting years and years to read. It's the end of the long path the ronin father and son have been on since the boy's birth. Through unimaginable violence and bad weather, across hundreds of miles of blood-soaked roadbeds, over years of tragedy and anguish, to this final still-epic story, Itto and Daigoro have kept us holding on to what little hope exists in a world where honor is all but forgotten and warriors are obsolete. It's a bloody battle all the way to the finish, with dramatic twists and turns right up to the final page. Stay with us as we conclude the translation of what will always be considered one of the finest examples of comic-book mastery ever created, Lone Wolf and Cub. This volume contains the following stories: Corpse Tree Flute and Wave The Lotus Throne Empty Stirrups Arms

Book Lotus Throne

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  • Author : Kazuo Koike
  • Publisher : First Classics
  • Release : 1989-08-01
  • ISBN : 9780915419579
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book Lotus Throne written by Kazuo Koike and published by First Classics. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lone Wolf and Cub

Download or read book Lone Wolf and Cub written by Kazuo Koike and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the end of the long path the ronin father and son have been on since the boy's birth. Through unimaginable violence and bad weather, across hundreds of miles of blood-soaked roadbeds, over years of tragedy and anguish, to this final 320 pages of still-epic story, Itto and Daigoro have kept us holding on to what little hope exists in a world where honor is all but forgotten and warriors are obsolete. It's a bloody battle all the way to the finish, with dramatic twists and turns right up to the final page. Stay with us as we conclude the translation of what will always be considered one of the finest examples of comic-book mastery ever created, Lone Wolf and Cub.

Book The Lotus Seed

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  • Author : Sherry Garland
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780152014834
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book The Lotus Seed written by Sherry Garland and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vietnamese family is forced to flee from their homeland to escape a devastating civil war.

Book Ceylon Journal of Science

Download or read book Ceylon Journal of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Buddha Image

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  • Author : Yuvraj Krishan
  • Publisher : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9788121505659
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book The Buddha Image written by Yuvraj Krishan and published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations: 247 b/w illustrations Description: This book deals with crucial though controversial questions in Buddhist art: the origin of the Buddha image and the iconography of the Buddha images. The earliest Buddhist art of Sanchi and Bharhut is aniconic : The Buddha is represented in symbols only. In the later Buddhist art of Gandhara and Mathura, the Buddha is represented in human form: he is the principal subject of sculptural art. The book seeks to explore the geographical area in which the image of the Buddha first emerged and whether the Buddhist doctrines-Hinayana or Mahayana-had anything to do with this transformation. The Buddha image, as developed eventually at Sarnath, became the model for the Buddha images in whole of Asia, south-east, central and eastern Asia. The iconographic features of the Buddha image are superficially an aberration, being in apparent conflict with the doctrine. The Buddha had cut off his hair at the time of his renunciation; the rules of the order enjoin that a monk must be tonsured and must discard and eschew all riches. However, in his images, the Buddha has hair on his head; later he is also endowed with a crown and jewels. After an exhaustive examination of the views of various scholars, the book answers these questions and resolves the controversies on the basis of literary, numismatic and epigraphic sources. More importantly it makes use of the valuable evidence from the contemporaneous Jaina art : Aniconism of early Jaina art and the iconographic features of Jaina images. The implications of this study are also important : Does India owe idolatry to Buddhism? Was this of foreign inspiration? Was the Buddha image fashioned after the Vedic Brahma and whether the Buddha's usnisa and Buddhist art motifs are rooted in the Vedic tradition? The book is profusely illustrated and provides rich and stimulating fare to students of Indian art in general and of Buddhist art in particular.

Book Elements of Buddhist Iconography

Download or read book Elements of Buddhist Iconography written by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and published by . This book was released on 1935-02-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Elements of Buddhist Iconography".

Book The Flame and the Lotus

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  • Author : Martin Lerner
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN : 0870994018
  • Pages : 193 pages

Download or read book The Flame and the Lotus written by Martin Lerner and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1984 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Soldier King of Life

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  • Author : Wo ZiDuiTianXiao
  • Publisher : Funstory
  • Release : 2020-07-02
  • ISBN : 1649753993
  • Pages : 972 pages

Download or read book Soldier King of Life written by Wo ZiDuiTianXiao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenary King Chen Qingyang returned to the city to protect his comrade's sister. the goddess. In the bustling city, Chen Qingyang was like a fish in water, carefree and at ease. And to see how the previous generation's soldiers would use their iron fists and wits to build a business empire...

Book The Global Connections of Gandha  ran Art

Download or read book The Global Connections of Gandha ran Art written by Wannaporn Rienjang and published by Classical Art Research Centre. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gandhāran art is often regarded as the epitome of cultural exchange in antiquity. The ancient region of Gandhāra, centred on what is now the northern tip of Pakistan, has been called the ‘crossroads of Asia’. The Buddhist art produced in and around this area in the first few centuries AD exhibits extraordinary connections with other traditions across Asia and as far as the Mediterranean. Since the nineteenth century, the Graeco-Roman associations of Gandhāran art have attracted particular attention. Classically educated soldiers and administrators of that era were astonished by the uncanny resemblance of many works of Gandhāran sculpture to Greek and Roman art made thousands of miles to the west. More than a century later we can recognize that the Gandhāran artists’ appropriation of classical iconography and styles was diverse and extensive, but the explanation of this ‘influence’ remains puzzling and elusive. The Gandhāra Connections project at the University of Oxford’s Classical Art Research Centre was initiated principally to cast new light on this old problem. This volume is the third set of proceedings of the project’s annual workshop, and the first to address directly the question of cross-cultural influence on and by Gandhāran art. The contributors wrestle with old controversies, particularly the notion that Gandhāran art is a legacy of Hellenistic Greek rule in Central Asia and the growing consensus around the important role of the Roman Empire in shaping it. But they also seek to present a more complex and expansive view of the networks in which Gandhāra was embedded. Adopting a global perspective on the subject, they examine aspects of Gandhāra’s connections both within and beyond South Asia and Central Asia, including the profound influence which Gandhāran art itself had on the development of Buddhist art in China and India.

Book The Gods of Northern Buddhism

Download or read book The Gods of Northern Buddhism written by Alice Getty and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monkey Bridge

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  • Author : Lan Cao
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 1998-06-01
  • ISBN : 0140263616
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Monkey Bridge written by Lan Cao and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed by critics and writers as powerful, important fiction, Monkey Bridge charts the unmapped territory of the Vietnamese American experience in the aftermath of war. Like navigating a monkey bridge—a bridge, built of spindly bamboo, used by peasants for centuries—the narrative traverses perilously between worlds past and present, East and West, in telling two interlocking stories: one, the Vietnamese version of the classic immigrant experience in America, told by a young girl; and the second, a dark tale of betrayal, political intrigue, family secrets, and revenge—her mother's tale. The haunting and beautiful terrain of Monkey Bridge is the "luminous motion," as it is called in Vietnamese myth and legend, between generations, encompassing Vietnamese lore, history, and dreams of the past as well as of the future. "With incredible lightness, balance and elegance," writes Isabel Allende, "Lan Cao crosses over an abyss of pain, loss, separation and exile, connecting on one level the opposite realities of Vietnam and North America, and on a deeper level the realities of the material world and the world of the spirits." • Quality Paperback Book Club Selection and New Voices Award nominee • A Kiriyama Pacific Rim Award Book Prize nominee

Book The Medical Guru

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  • Author : Bu Xing Tian Xia
  • Publisher : Tapread
  • Release : 2023-06-15
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book The Medical Guru written by Bu Xing Tian Xia and published by Tapread. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the youngest guru of martial arts as well as the perfect Mr. McDreamy of most girls. He had a mysterious absolute touch, clear-sighted observation ability, and various outstanding talents. But now, he was just an ordinary freshman at the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine, who wanted to learn Chinese Medicine, see patients, and get into a relationship with a girl in a low-key way. However, at a Mid-Autumn Festival party, he was forced to put on a performance, which shocked the whole audience. The shiny and wonderful university life began from then on. In the university, he met a beautiful and smart School Beauty Jiang Miaoyu who shook his heart slightly. But the road of love was never smooth, even to a perfect hero. He also met a kind and friendly teacher Dr. Shen who discovered his excellent technique and gave him a chance to practice. Besides, his three lovely and interesting roommates were indispensable in his life, although sometimes they looked a little awkward. But this young hero’s life was not always full of happiness without a hitch, some trouble still appeared from time to time. The domineering and imperious President of the Students’ Union Li Qingshi purposely made difficulties for him repeatedly. The stubborn and hardworking martial arts practitioner Chen Cong often challenged him in different ways. Just because of these extraordinary personalities around him, this young hero’s road of struggle looked so amazing...

Book The Gods of Northern Buddhism

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  • Author : Alice Getty
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 1988-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780486255750
  • Pages : 350 pages

Download or read book The Gods of Northern Buddhism written by Alice Getty and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invaluable reference covers names, attributes, symbolism, representations of deities in Mahayana pantheon of China, Japan, Tibet, etc. 185 illus.

Book Heavenly Sword Evil Sovereign

Download or read book Heavenly Sword Evil Sovereign written by Liu FengHuiXue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 1001 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The path to becoming an immortal, reversing to becoming a devil, that would only take a flick of a finger from time to time. Trampling through the cycle of reincarnation with blood, breaking through life and death on the Vast Expanse Society. Buried love reverses the Road to River Styx, the sword aura shook the nine universe. Wrong me now to create eternal tribulation, who to me read the red candle.

Book The Buddhist Sutra of Lotus Flower

Download or read book The Buddhist Sutra of Lotus Flower written by Surendra Prakash and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: