Roger Corless (1938–2007) pursued his own path, one he described as a path with heart. This enabled him to bring new perspectives to the study of Buddhism in general and Pure Land in particular. Honor
Credited in China as a "transitional" figure, Wang Ji (590-644) is known for his revival of eremitic themes from the earlier Wei-Jin period and for anticipating the rise of regulated verse forms in th
Peleggi situates the creation of a modern royal image by the kings and other members of the royal family of Thailand from the 19th century to the present within the larger context of Victorian taste a
The houses far from home featured in this book are located in Vanuatu, a chain of islands between Fiji and Australia in the southwest Pacific. Once known as the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Heb
A guide to the best day hikes on the Big Island, Kauai, Maui, and Oahu. Entries on each trip provide detailed directions to the trailhead, descriptions of the route, a topographic map key to the route
"I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five. I had a jolly time. I would not have fooled away any of it writing letters under any consideration whatever." --Mark TwainSo Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Spoken Marshallese is designed to fill the need for a basic text in the language of the Marshall Islands. It will give students a fluency in the language and a feeling for its structure, enabling him
The Woman Liu / The Woman Yang: Novellas is the first translation in English of two of the books written by Zhang Yihe about women she met and befriended in prison. The subjects of her stories have be
A jongga is a family that can trace its line of progenitors back to a single distinguished ancestor. The eldest living son of this main lineage is the jongson, and his wife is the jongbu. This couple
This is a translation of the first of four volumes of the Mahayana version of the Mahaparinirva?a-sutra, one of the most revered and influential Buddhist texts in East Asia. It is based on the Chinese
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and archival research, it is one of the first studies to give readers a sense of what is happening on the front lines as a growing number of Buddhist priests try to reb
The island of Sumatra lies on one of the world’s greatest trade routes, the maritime route linking China in the east to India, the Middle East and Europe in the West. For two thousand years the people
It is 1969 and China is in the throes of the Cultural Revolution. The Tao family is banished to the countryside, forced to leave comfortable lives in Nanjing to be reeducated in the true nature of the
It is 1969 and China is in the throes of the Cultural Revolution. The Tao family is banished to the countryside, forced to leave comfortable lives in Nanjing to be reeducated in the true nature of the
Gedney, who seems to be dead now, began working with the Tai language family in the 1950s, and over the decades compiled a list of 1,159 words, in cognate forms, that were common to the Tai languages
As Ch'oe (Korean history, U. of Hawai`i) notes in the introduction, hibiscus is both the national flower of Korea and the state flower of Hawai`i, hence the highlighting of hibiscus in the title of th
Can the economy of a region go from miracle to meltdown in a few short months? As he traces the dramatic events of late 1997 into 1998, Robert Garran uses firsthand knowledge of Asia and its economics
Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants that comprise some of the most unique ecosystem
China is in flux but—as argued by the contributors to this volume—change is neither new to China nor is it unique to that country; similar patterns are found in other times and in other places. Indeed
Milton Murayama's long-awaited Dying in a Strange Land brings to a close the saga of the Oyama family. Familiar faces from All I Asking For Is My Body, Five Years on a Rock, and Plantation Boy return
Can Zen tell us whether particular wars are right or wrong? What role did D. T. Suzuki and other Zen figures play in the Japanese nationalism that fueled World War II? What are we to make of nationali
Is there a pre-Weibo and post-Weibo era in Chinese Internet history? Are hackerspaces in China the same as in the West? How can the censorship of an Internet novel end up “producing” it? How is Lu Xun
Is there a pre-Weibo and post-Weibo era in Chinese Internet history? Are hackerspaces in China the same as in the West? How can the censorship of an Internet novel end up “producing” it? How is Lu Xun
Popular TV host Yan Shouyi has it all: A great job, a loyal wife and a beautiful young lover. It all begins to unravel when he accidently leaves his cellphone at home one fateful day. Cell Phone is pa
Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today.Yet tourist brochures still play with the old cliche of Hong Kong as a place where ‘East meets West’. Images of so-cal
"The children are more than mere pictures. They tell us the truths about Japan." So wrote a visitor to Japan at the turn of the century and this view underlies the title of this book. The first few ye
Shy and solitary, the Hawaiian hoary bat is so rare that most people have never seen one. But if you are in the right place (the edge of a forest) at the right time (around sunset), you may be lucky e
These poems by "the happiest man in the world" are full of light though written in dark times. Ch’ôn had the art of seeing the beauty of life beyond all the pain, and of putting it into the music of w
These poems by "the happiest man in the world" are full of light though written in dark times. Ch’ôn had the art of seeing the beauty of life beyond all the pain, and of putting it into the music of w
Published within a few months of each other in 1906, Stones in the Sea by Fu Lin and The Sea of Regret by Wu Jianren take opposite sides in the heated turn-of-the-century debate over the place of roma
Have you ever wondered why some animals have a tail, or scales, or a huge nose ? And do you know why some animals have eyes on stalks, or ears that can swivel, or a sticky tongue ? Read the Why Do Ani
Tiko, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, faces a tidal wave of D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T, which threatens to demolish ancestral ways and the human spirit. From Sione, who prefers to play cards with his
For those who work with FIBER in weaving, spinning, crocheting, knitting, macrame; for those who work with CLOTH in batik, tie-dying, quilting, applique, soft sculpture, sewing. With this book you can
Edward Sakamoto is one of Hawai'i's most popular playwrights. His skillfully constructed depictions of "local life" and command of stylized narrative devices have earned him recognition and acclaim bo
Seventeen international academics contribute 13 chapters derived from the most recent Pragmatics and Language Learning conference held at Indiana U., Bloomington, in 2004. The papers discuss pragmatic
For those who work with FIBER in weaving, spinning, crocheting, knitting, macrame; for those who work with CLOTH in batik, tie-dying, quilting, applique, soft sculpture, sewing. With this book you can
Based on fieldwork in China and Taiwan spanning nearly two decades, Gods, Ghosts, and Gangsters offers a thorough and original account of violent ritual and ritual violence in Chinese religion and soc
Gregory (religion and East Asian studies, Smith College) examines the life and work of Kuei-feng Twung-mi (780-841), traditionally honored as the fifth patriarch in both the Hua-yen scholastic traditi
Alan Chong Lau’s poetic memoir of his days as a produce worker in Seattle’s Chinatown reveals a microcosm of grassroots, working-class Asian America—a world where customers, workers, and fruits and ve
