Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Books of the World

Beijing: Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, no date, [about 2002]. Boxed Set. Rare presentation copy issued by the PRC government to foreign institutions and VIPs. Boxed set includes hardcover book, CD-ROM for windows computers and a VHS tape. All are unused and suitable for gifting. Box shows minor shelfwear. Book cover shows many very-small bubble-like spots, most on the rear. See photo. Ninety page book with many color illustrations provides an overview of Chinese acrobatics and how it developed from diverse origins such as hunting, farming, the military, ritual, games and sports, palace entertainments and cultural exchange. CD-ROM includes music clips, text and images. Videocassette shows 16 winning acrobatic performances from competition in a range of disciplines, including unfixed pole climbing, plate spinning, contortionism, chair stacking and loose steel wire stunts. Purchasers should take precautions against the possibility that the PRC-government produced CD-ROM may host… Read More

New York: Three Rivers Press, April 2003. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with light edgewear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 273 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster, March 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Gift inscription by author otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 510 pages. Drawing on letters written to her husband Pierre after his death, a surprising portrait of the legendary scientist reveals her emotional depth, her role in unlocking the mystery of atomic structure, and her affair with a married colleague.