Valerie Hansen - Böcker

The Open Empire takes an integrative, thematic approach to early Chinese history, using the concept of the "open empire" to highlight the dynamic, porous nature of China's past. Hansen builds her chronological narrative on a rich variety...

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The Silk Road conjures up an image a lone traveler carrying silk as he sits atop a camel and moves along a desert highway. This book offers concrete evidence for what he was really carrying and where he was heading, looking at the key sites along ...

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"Typically wide-ranging, informative, and illuminating . . . a lovely book" Peter Frankopan When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie...

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Park rangers facing deadly foes...Two tales of danger in the Grand CanyonIn Canyon Under Siege by Valerie Hansen, hostages' lives hang in the balance as FBI agent Holly Forbes works with her former crush, park ranger Gabe McClelland, to outwit dan...

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The Silk Road conjures up an image of a traveler carrying silk as he sits atop a camel and moves along a desert highway. This book offers concrete evidence for what he was really carrying and where he was heading, looking at the key sites along th...

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The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality...

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The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality...

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"e;Typically wide-ranging, informative, and illuminating . . . a lovely book"e; Peter Frankopan"e;A brilliant communicator . . . a wonderful [book]"e; Dan Snow___________________________When did globalization begin? Most observers ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade route...

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This intriguing book explores how ordinary people in traditional China used contracts to facilitate the transactions of their daily lives, as they bought, sold, rented, or borrowed land, livestock, people, or money. In the process it illuminates s...

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In her study of medieval Chinese lay practices and beliefs, Valerie Hansen argues that social and economic developments underlay religious changes in the Southern Song. Unfamiliar with the contents of Buddhist and Daoist texts, the common people h...

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In her study of medieval Chinese lay practices and beliefs, Valerie Hansen argues that social and economic developments underlay religious changes in the Southern Song. Unfamiliar with the contents of Buddhist and Daoist texts, the common people h...

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In October 2014 the body of Sofia Molina is found near the train tracks toward the north end of Healdsburg. The next morning Mary, a retired physician, finds her neighbor, Mabel Garrity, strangled to death. Detective Greg Davidson leads the invest...

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VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, BRIEF EDITION, masterfully uses the theme of movement-the journeys of peoples, ideas, and goods-to help readers make sense of the overwhelming range of people, places, and events throughout history. Each chapter begins wi...

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The body count is mounting- and a target is on their backs Stumbling upon a murder is the biggest shock of Noah Holden's life-until he learns he knew the victim. When more women from his past are killed, Noah needs Officer Emily Zwalt's help to re...

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Coming soon! Scent of Truth by Valerie Hansen will be available Apr 25, 2023.

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The body count is mounting- and a target is on their backs Stumbling upon a murder is the biggest shock of Noah Holden's life-until he learns he knew the victim. When more women from his past are killed, Noah needs Officer Emily Zwalt's help to re...

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An innocent suspect. A look-alike killer. Can a K-9 team crack this case? After Officer Colt Maxwell and his K-9 partner, Sampson, discover a body, all signs point to Brooke Stevens as the murderer. But Colt suspects someone's framing the park ran...

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From USA TODAY bestselling author Valerie Hansen A K-9 must safeguard a witness and her baby at all costs After witnessing a congresswoman's murder, wildlife photographer and mother-to-be Jamie London is forced into the protective custody of K-9 c...

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Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesShe had made a solemn promise to ...

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Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesAfter surviving an unhappy marria...

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Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesValerie Hansen's basic nature is ...

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SAFEGUARDING THREE LITTLE ORPHANSFire captain Mitch Andrews can't forget the three young children he saved from a fi re. A suspicious fi re that left them orphans. In the care of foster mother Jill Kirkpatrick, he knows the little ones will be lov...

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THE DAVIS LANDING OBSERVER THE GOSSIP GURU ...hears tough tycoon Tim Hamilton - the legitimate son currently running Hamilton Media for his ailing father - was seen squiring his assistant, Dawn Leroux, around town last week. Inside information is ...

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When a tornado strikes a Kansas town without warning, wealthy businessman Greg Garrison rushes an orphaned boy to safety. His heroism-and kindness-stirs something inside single mother and secretary Maya Logan. Especially when her hard-nosed boss h...

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The pint-sized orphan had big, big plans... She longed for Graydon Payne to be her daddy, and Stacy Lucas to be her mommy. And there was only one way to bring them together: by running away.... Stacy would do anything to find the lost child - even...

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