(Izdošanas datums: 05-Nov-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231212458)
A woman seduces her landlord to extort the family farm. Gamblers recruit a wily prostitute to get a rich young man back in the game. Silver counterfeiters wreak havoc for traveling merchants. A wealthy widow is drugged and robbed by a lodger posing a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Nov-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231212458)
A woman seduces her landlord to extort the family farm. Gamblers recruit a wily prostitute to get a rich young man back in the game. Silver counterfeiters wreak havoc for traveling merchants. A wealthy widow is drugged and robbed by a lodger posing a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Nov-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231212441)
The Book of Swindles, compiled by an obscure writer from southern China, presents a fascinating tableau of criminal ingenuity. The flourishing economy of the late Ming period created overnight fortunes for merchants-and gave rise to a host of smooth...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Sep-2017, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231178624)
This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. Sorcerers use charmed talismans for mind control and murder. A pair of dubious monk...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Sep-2017, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231178631)
This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. Sorcerers use charmed talismans for mind control and murder. A pair of dubious monk...Lasīt vairāk
