"The studies collected here derive in large part from the collaborative Chin history project, to which Professors Chan and Franke have made a massive contributuion. The Jurchens lived in northeastern Manchuria as hunters, fishers and farmers, until 1115 when they founded a dynastic state called Chin and went on to conquer northern China. Some of the studies here deal with the way of life of the pre-dynastic Jurchens, others with the law ..."
China Under Mongol Rule(1st Edition) (Variorum Collected Studies Series) by HerbertFranke Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 1994 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-86078-399-2, ISBN: 0-86078-399-5
"From c. 1215 to 1368 China was part of the world empire of the Mongols, and during this period underwent many changes as the country was opened up to external influences - demographic, linguistic, religious, socio-economic. The studies by Herbert Franke collected here examine different aspects of this process, dealing with the polyethnicity of China under a dynasty of conquest and the cultural and political roles of non-Chinese, as wel ..."
The Golden Casket(Updated) Chinese Novellas of Two Millennia by Wolfgang Bauer, HerbertFranke Hardcover, 391 Pages, Published 1978 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-313-20091-5, ISBN: 0-313-20091-2
"This volume deals with four non-Chinese regimes: the Khitan dynasty of Liao; the Tangut state of Hsi Hsia; the Jurchen empire of Chin; and the Mongolian Yuan dynasty that eventually engulfed the whole of China. It investigates the historical background from which these regimes emerged and shows how each in its own way set up viable institutions for the control of a multi-racial, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural population. It discus ..."
"This is the second of two volumes of this authoritative history which review the Republican period. The titanic drama of the Chinese Revolution is one of the major world events of modern times. The fifteen authors of this volume are pioneers in its exploration and analysis, and their text is designed to meet the needs of non-specialist readers. After a preliminary overview stressing economic and social history, the History presents a na ..."
Children Of Dune (Dune Chronicles (Last Unicorn)) by HerbertFranke Paperback, Published 1984 by Berkley ISBN-13: 978-0-425-07499-2, ISBN: 0-425-07499-4
"Wem Der Wüstenplanet gefallen hat, der darf sich mit diesem neu aufgelegten Abschlussband der Ur-Trilogie -- er enthält Band zwei und drei der Serie -- auf den Aha-Effekt der ganzen Vision Herberts freuen: Das Leben als Messias ist spannend, aber meistens endet es tödlich. Es geht weiter, nachdem die Familie Atreides im ersten Band die vom galaktischen Kaiser zugewiesene Patenschaft des Wüstenplaneten erfolgreich gegen die Machenschaft ..."
Children Of Dune by HerbertFranke Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 1981 by Berkley ISBN-13: 978-0-425-05472-7, ISBN: 0-425-05472-1
"The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! In this third installment, the sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this ..."
"Public lecture delivered by Professor Franke in 1981 in Canberra, Australia. The author is a scholar specializing in the Sung Dynasty and its successors."
Destination - Void 1978 Printing (Science Fiction Novels (Berkley Books)) by HerbertFranke Paperback, Published 1981 by Penguin Publishing Group ISBN-13: 978-0-425-04366-0, ISBN: 0-425-04366-5
"This is the second of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the gradual decline of the Ch'ing empire in China (the first was volume 10). Volume 11 surveys the persistence and deterioration of the old order in China during the late nineteenth century, and the profound stirring during that period, which led to China's great twentieth-century revolution. The contributors focus on commercial and technological growth, fore ..."
"The Cambridge History of China is one of the most far-reaching works of international scholarship ever undertaken, exploring the main developments in political, social, economic and intellectual life from the Ch\'in empire to the present day. The contributors are specialists from the international community of sinological scholars. Many of the accounts break new ground; all are based on fresh research. The works are written not only wit ..."
Dune Children of Dune Bk. 3 by HerbertFranke Paperback, Published 1978 by Berkley ISBN-13: 978-0-425-03931-1, ISBN: 0-425-03931-5
Dune(1st Edition) Children of Dune Bk. 3 by HerbertFranke Libro De Bolsillo, 408 Pages, Published 1977 by Berkley ISBN-13: 978-0-425-04075-1, ISBN: 0-425-04075-5
"The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! In this third installment, the sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this ..."
Whipping Star by HerbertFranke Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 1977 by Berkley ISBN-13: 978-0-425-03504-7, ISBN: 0-425-03504-2
"In the far future, humankind has made contact with numerous other species: Gowachin, Laclac, Wreaves, Pan Spechi, Taprisiots, and Caleban, and has helped to form the ConSentiency to govern among the species. After suffering under a tyrannous pure democracy, the sentients of the galaxy find the need for a Bureau of Sabotage (BuSab) to slow the wheels of government, thereby preventing it from legislating recklessly. BuSab is allowed to sa ..."
Songs of Muad'Dib(1st Edition) The Poetry of FrankHerbert by HerbertFranke, Brian Herbert Paperback, 111 Pages, Published 1992 by Ace Trade ISBN-13: 978-0-441-77427-2, ISBN: 0-441-77427-X
"A collection of poems by the science fiction master and the author of Dune includes epic sagas of spice, sandworms, and mystical power struggles of the planet Arrakis, many of them never before published. Original."