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Colors of the Mountain

Da Chen
Colors of the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Da Chen
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400075942

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"I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation." In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to a poor family in southern China. This family—the Chens—had once been respected landlords in the village of Yellow Stone, but now they were among the least fortunate families in the country, despised for their "capitalist" past. Grandpa Chen couldn't leave the house for fear of being beaten to death; the children were spit upon in the street; and their father was regularly hauled off to labor camps, leaving the family of eight without a breadwinner. Da Chen, the youngest child, seemed destined for a life of poverty, shame, and hunger. But winning humor and an indomitable spirit can be found in the most unexpected places. Colors of the Mountain is a story of triumph, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love. The young Da Chen is part Horatio Alger, part Holden Caul-field; he befriends a gang of young hoodlums as well as the elegant, elderly Chinese Baptist woman who teaches him English and opens the door to a new life. Chen's remarkable story is full of unforgettable scenes of rural Chinese life: feasting on oysters and fried peanuts on New Year's Day, studying alongside classmates who wear red armbands and quote Mao, and playing and working in the peaceful rice fields near his village. Da Chen's story is both captivating and endearing, filled with the universal human quality that distinguishes the very best memoirs. It proves once again that the concerns of childhood transcend time and place.

Colours Of The Mountain

Da Chen
Colours Of The Mountain Book PDF

Author : Da Chen
Publisher : Random House
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446457450

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A unique modern memoir of growing up in rural China, Colours of the Mountain is a powerful and moving story of supreme determination and extraordinary faith against the most impossible odds. Da Chen was born in 1962 in a town over 50 hours' train journey from Beijing. Persecuted because of his family's landlord status, Da was an easy target for the farmer-teachers and bullying peasant boys. Whilst his older brother and sisters were forced to work in the fields, Da tired of the chaotic schooling of the Cultural Revolution and found solace with a band of good-time thugs. Following the death of Mao, an academic meritocracy was reintroduced. Da determined to escape Ch'ing Mountain, where he ran around barefoot and there was no electricity and no future. Together with his brother Jin, who had been working the land since boyhood, he began to study day and night. His determination is staggering and inspiring. In 1978, at the age of sixteen, Da Chen took a bus and a train for the first time in his life and travelled to Beijing, to the best English language institute in China. A book about friendships, prejudice, familial love and academic striving, and of one man's escape from hunger, poverty and ignorance, Colours of the Mountain is an inspiring and eloquently recounted memoir.

A Beast the Color of Winter

Anonim
A Beast the Color of Winter Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0803264216

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"In North America there is one large animal that belongs almost entirely to the realm of towering rock and unmelting snow. Pressing hard against the upper limit of life's possibilities, it exists higher and steeper throughout the year than any other big beast on the continent. It is possibly the best and most complete mountaineer that ever existed on any continent. Oreamnos americanus is its scientific name. Its common name is mountain goat." Resourceful, belligerent, and unbelievably sure-footed, the mountain goat is a white-coated survivor from the Ice Age. Oreamnos americanus shares its dizzying alpine world with elk, eagles, bighorn sheep, and grizzlies. This first full-length book on the mountain goat offers a superbly written portrait of its life, habits, and environment. Douglas H. Chadwick tracked mountain goat herds for seven years, and his observations are richly textured and replete with fascinating and dramatic details. We learn of the mountain goats' lives from birth to adulthood, their feeding habits, unique social behavior and courtship rituals, and their long history. Chadwick also makes clear the troubling and escalating impact of the modern world on the mountain goat's wilderness home. This Bison Books edition features a new introduction by the author.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Grace Lin
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Newbery Honor Book Book PDF

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316052603

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) by Grace Lin Pdf

A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

I'm the King of the Mountain

Joy Cowley
I m the King of the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Joy Cowley
Publisher : Learning Media Ltd
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Readers (Elementary)
ISBN : 0478204787

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I'm the King of the Mountain by Joy Cowley Pdf

A flea proves who is really king of the mountain.

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593115008

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My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Pdf

"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book

Silence on the Mountain

Daniel Wilkinson
Silence on the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Daniel Wilkinson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0822333686

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Silence on the Mountain by Daniel Wilkinson Pdf

Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.

The Farthest Away Mountain

Lynne Reid Banks
The Farthest Away Mountain Book PDF

Author : Lynne Reid Banks
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780007530014

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The Farthest Away Mountain by Lynne Reid Banks Pdf

From Dakin’s bedroom window, the farthest-away mountain looks quite close, its peak capped with pink and purple and green snow rising above the pine wood just beyond the village.

Letters from the Mountain

Ben Palpant
Letters from the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Ben Palpant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 195187207X

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Letters from the Mountain by Ben Palpant Pdf

A series of letters from father to daughter, this elegant book is a writer's roadmap, passed down from one who has seen the climb ahead and sends back missives of encouragement, wisdom, caution, and love to any who follow. But more than a memoir of the craft itself, the book is a cartography of life itself and how to live it well, no matter your calling.

Beyond the Mountain

Steve House
Beyond the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Steve House
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340055

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Beyond the Mountain by Steve House Pdf

What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it

On Gold Mountain

Lisa See
On Gold Mountain Book PDF

Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101910085

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On Gold Mountain by Lisa See Pdf

Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos.

Colors of the Mountain

Da Chen
Colors of the Mountain Book PDF

Author : Da Chen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0385728646

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Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen Pdf

"I was born in southern China in 1962, in the tiny town of Yellow Stone. They called it the Year of Great Starvation." In 1962, as millions of Chinese citizens were gripped by Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution and the Red Guards enforced a brutal regime of communism, a boy was born to a poor family in southern China. This familythe Chenshad once been respected landlords in the village of Yellow Stone, but now they were among the least fortunate families in the country, despised for their "capitalist" past. Grandpa Chen couldn't leave the house for fear of being beaten to death; the children were spit upon in the street; and their father was regularly hauled off to labor camps, leaving the family of eight without a breadwinner. Da Chen, the youngest child, seemed destined for a life of poverty, shame, and hunger. But winning humor and an indomitable spirit can be found in the most unexpected places. Colors of the Mountain is a story of triumph, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love. The young Da Chen is part Horatio Alger, part Holden Caul-field; he befriends a gang of young hoodlums as well as the elegant, elderly Chinese Baptist woman who teaches him English and opens the door to a new life. Chen's remarkable story is full of unforgettable scenes of rural Chinese life: feasting on oysters and fried peanuts on New Year's Day, studying alongside classmates who wear red armbands and quote Mao, and playing and working in the peaceful rice fields near his village. Da Chen's story is both captivating and endearing, filled with the universal human quality that distinguishes the very best memoirs. It proves once again that the concerns of childhood transcend time and place.

Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain Book PDF

Author : Charles Frazier
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197177

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Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Pdf

A wounded Confederate soldier treks across the ruins of America in this National Book Award–winning novel: “A stirring Civil War tale told with epic sweep.” —People Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains to Ada, the woman he loves. His journey across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. Meanwhile, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father’s derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away. As it interweaves their stories, Cold Mountain asserts itself as an authentic odyssey, hugely powerful, majestically lovely, and keenly moving.

The Mountain That Loved A Bird

Alice McLerran
The Mountain That Loved A Bird Book PDF

Author : Alice McLerran
Publisher : Tulika Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Birds
ISBN : 8181460766

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The Mountain That Loved A Bird by Alice McLerran Pdf

This well-loved story by an American writer draws from universal truths as it tells a lyrical tale of a small bird that changes the life of a cold and bare mountain. Read, performed and presented through puppets all over the world, it has also been dramatised innovatively in different countries, the most recent being Japan. This new edition has rich and evocative illustrations by Stephen Aitken, who lives in Himachal Pradesh.

At the Mountain's Base

Traci Sorell
At the Mountain s Base Book PDF

Author : Traci Sorell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780525555124

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At the Mountain's Base by Traci Sorell Pdf

A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.