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Although the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the subsequent Communist program of Cultural Revolution forty years ago destroyed most of the monasteries, ...
Anomaly Accounts in Early Medieval China
This is the first comprehensive, Western-language study of the important Chinese genre of writing known as "accounts of the anomalies" (zhiguai) in it...
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Embark on a thrilling adventure through magical realms and alternate dimensions with this exciting fantasy novel from acclaimed author Robert Ford. Th...
A Sourcebook
Capturing the unusual cultural character of a formative period and its intellectual ferment across multiple disciplines....
A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents
"This book marks a new milestone in the study of Chinese religious history. Only a scholar as intelligent and dedicated as Campany would dare tackle a...
Ascetics and Social Memory in Early Medieval China
Honorable Mention, Joseph Levenson Prize (pre-1900 category), Association for Asian Studies By the middle of the third century B.C.E. in China there w...
Estimates of potential output and the neutral short-term interest rate play important roles in policy making. However, such estimates are associated w...
Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain
Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015 The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a gener...
Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics
Authoritative account of the fundamental social and demographic changes that have shaped the turbulent and polarised politics of the UK today....
Second Edition: Volume 2
This book provides a sequel to Robert Ford's comprehensive reference work A Blues Bibliography, the second edition of which was published in 2007. Bri...
Recent and Living
Tales of Wonder from Early Medieval China
Between 300 and 600 C.E., Chinese writers compiled thousands of accounts of the strange and the extraordinary. Some described weird spirits, customs, ...
Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China
In early medieval China hundreds of Buddhist miracle texts were circulated, inaugurating a trend that would continue for centuries. Each tale recounte...
The Case of Italy
This paper presents an empirical model to study the response of wages and prices to movements in the nominal exchange rate. A four-equation model is a...
The Secret Influences That Drive our Political Choices
Elections aren't just important – they are revealing. They tell us things about who we are and how we behave. Written by leading political experts, ...
Real interest rates appear to have risen in virtually all industrialized countries relative to levels that prevailed in the 1960s and 1970s. There is ...
Practitioners of any of the paths of self-cultivation available in ancient and medieval China engaged daily in practices meant to bring their bodies a...
Achieving Excellence in the Guest Experience
Introduction to Hospitality Management: Creating Excellent Guest Experiences, Third Edition takes students on a journey through the evolving service i...
Dreaming is a near-universal human experience, but there is no consensus on why we dream or what dreams should be taken to mean. In this book, Robert ...
A Diplomat's Reflections on the Soviet Union
"The world is large; Russia is great; death is inevitable." Almost forty years ago Robert A.D. Ford came across this sentence in a Russian school prim...
A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
One of the finest debut novels in years (Colum McCann) features a 30-year-old conductor making his comeback in a Germany on the verge of reunification...
Being Poems, Songs, and Incidental Rhymes in the Scottish Dialect
A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical Pieces Chiefly by Local Authors
In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendents--deathless beings with supernormal powers. Practitioners developed...
The British General Election of 2019 is the definitive account of one of the most consequential and controversial general elections in recent times, w...
A Book of Scotch Humour, Character, Folk-lore, Story and Anecdote
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic le...
A Geographical Study
Humorous, Serious, and Satirical
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and...
The History of the Southern Pacific Transbay Train and Ferry System
Robert A.D. Ford is the only Western diplomat to have known and dealt with all the Soviet leaders from the end of the Second World War to the present....
With Notes, Glossary by Robert Ford
Part of the Knucklebucket Thang Series
There had been a plan. It wasn't a good one, and it was rough around the edges, but it was a plan. Then things went off the rails and into places wher...
A collection of Scottish folk songs and ballads, beautifully rendered by Robert Ford on the harp. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in th...