The Three Boys: and Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet 9780824865115

The Magic Crocodile and Other Folktales from Indonesia 9780824844011

Hundreds of language and cultural groups, each with its own myths and legends, make Indonesia a rich source of stories.

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Three Years in Tibet

In the month of May, 1897, I was ready to embark on my journey, which promised nought but danger and uncertainty. I went

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The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology of Buddhist Tibet 9781501735349

The Golden Yoke is a remarkable achievement. It is the first elaboration of the legal, cultural, and ideological dimensi

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Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales 9780252013645, 9780252051036

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The Demon King and Other Festival Folktales of China 9780824844226

The festival folktales in this collection take readers of all ages on a fascinating journey to the remote villages of th

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The Price of Three Stories : Rare Folktales from Japan 9781624910623, 9781624910616

"This delightful compendium of short, savory, and highly tellable tales embodies the beliefs and folkways of rural

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Maya Folktales from the Alta Verapaz 9781934536636

The dozen tales in this book were collected from Guatemalan informants early in the twentieth century recorded in the wo

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Three Japanese Buddhist Monks 9780141994598, 0141994592

'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky

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The Boys from Siam 9780300150346

Announcing the 2007 winner of the Yale Drama Series  John Connolly’s The Boys from Siam has been chosen as the first win

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My Three Mothers and Other Passions 9780814728123

Sophie Freud— author, teacher, social worker, mother, daughter, and grand-daughter of Sigmund Freud—here offers, for the

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