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This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires

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Thirteen distinguished anthropologists describe how they create and use the unique forms of writing they produce in the field

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His peerless gifts -- his mastery of storytelling and characterization -- have never been more stunningly employed

Tai-Pan : The Second Novel of the Asian Saga Condition:Like New This Modern Love is aAn Alternate Cover of this edition can be found here. Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler the Tai Pan of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.