East Wind Rain

Author : Caroline Paul
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061977657

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl comes this provocative, compelling novel of irrevocable consequences for people thrust unwittingly into a devastating war of nations and American identity—based on a little-known true event. December 1941. The inhabitants of Niihau lead a simple life. Mostly Hawaiian natives, they work the ranch of Niihau's eccentric haole owner, who keeps his island totally isolated from the outside world, devoid of cars, phones, and electricity. But then a plane crash-lands there, and although the villagers rescue the pilot, they have no idea that he has just attacked Pearl Harbor. War has now come to Eden, slowly undoing its tranquillity, widening the cracks in the already troubled marriage of Irene and Yoshio Harada, the island's only Japanese-American couple. It will test everyone's loyalties and all they believe in . . . as Paradise, once within reach, slowly falls victim to its own isolated innocence.

Author : N. Richard Nash
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0553111604

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Author : Caroline Paul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Air pilots, Military
ISBN : OCLC:1200299114

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East Wind, Rain by Caroline Paul Pdf

Author : Gerald De Carvalho
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477152164

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East Wind Rain - by Gerald De Carvalho Pdf

On the eve of the Japanese landing in Lingayen Gulf, 2/Lt. Douglas MacQueen, 4th Regiment USMC was at Darmortis, a small coastal town on the north shore of the Gulf. His was there to observe the action and report to his Commanding Offi cer, Col. Howard. The Marines, as branch of the Navy, were getting little information from the Army. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of American and Filipino Forces, went so far asto declare the “...4th Marines untrained for combat...” 2/Lt. McQueen witnessed the subsequent collapse of MacArthur’s Grand Beach Defense Strategy; MGen. Jonathan ‘Skinny’ Wainwright’s magnificent leadership in the orderly retreat and delay action from the Gulf to Bataan that enabled Southern Force to reach the peninsula before the bridges were demolished; the abandonment of most of the supplies originally intended for Bataan that had been moved to advanced locations in the Gulf at MacArthur’s direction but without any contingency arrangements for their removal as such anticipation, according to the General, was defeatism. MacQueen was determined to survive and hoped to rejoin his wife in Australia.

Author : Stan Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:834677729

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Author : Stan Cohen,Ernest Arroyo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
ISBN : OCLC:258433509

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East wind rain by Stan Cohen,Ernest Arroyo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015068448094

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Sessional Papers by Anonim Pdf

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Author : Alexander M. Grace
Publisher : iBooks
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1416508112

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East Wind Storm by Alexander M. Grace Pdf

In 1941, Japan sent the code phrase to its fleet: East wind rain. The result was the deadly sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, Japan sends out the signal: East wind storm. This time, Japan's target is the world. With little warning, the United States initiates an across-the-board economic embargo against Japan. The reasons behind the move are secondary to the horrifying consequences. Suddenly history is repeating itself, just like 1940 when President Roosevelt closed trade with Japan, Tokyo finds itself on the brink of economic disaster, with only one way out-war. But this time Japan has learned that there are many more ways that it can use to fight back. And this time it is going to use them all. The result is an astonishing campaign of economic, political, and military action against not just the United States, but Russia, China, South Korea, Taiwan-and anyone else who dares stand in its way. Suddenly, the United States's interdiction fleet is at the bottom of the sea, an anti-Communist revolution rocks China, Russian troops are slaughtered . . . and the world is faced with nuclear armageddon-with Japan ready to push the first button. Three men-the president's National Security Advisor, a satellite photo analyst, and an American Nisei CIA officer-find themselves at the forefront of an impossible mission, end World War III before it goes nuclear.

Author : Elliott Raymond Thorpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015010455734

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Author : Liza Dalby
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520259912

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East Wind Melts the Ice by Liza Dalby Pdf

"To read East Wind Melts the Ice is to slip into a time stream that is both as long and sinuous as history and as ephemeral as the present moment. Drawing inspiration from the thousand year old history of Japanese poetic diaries, and form from the ancient Chinese almanac that she uses to contain her musings, Liza Dalby has accomplished the seemingly impossible task of translating the sensibility of the Heian Court of 11th century Japan into the context of contemporary America. The result is a stunning chronicle of the beauty of time passing and an evocation of the transient and whimsical nature of all things."—Ruth Ozeki, author of My Year of Meats and All Over Creation "I imagine Liza Dalby writing this book in an ancient library, a lion sleeping at her side, as in the paintings of Saint Jerome. As she collects and layers arcane and fascinating pieces of knowledge, she builds her own very personal almanac packed with the wonder of loving two cultures, the intense inner life of each season, and boundless curiosity of the scholar/child. This is a book to dip in and out of throughout the year."—Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun "Liza Dalby's memoir of the seasons is as fresh and captivating as springtime. A very special book."—Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma "This beautiful book awakens the senses. A journal, an almanac of the seasons, and a series of reflections on ancient Eastern Chinese and Japanese cultures, here you will find subtle observations of rain and heat, tangerines, mulberries and paulownia trees, crickets and doves forming a rich tapestry as they are woven with evocative fragments of history—stories of geishas, of salesmen who sold bulk fireflies, of the wood that was used for kimono chests, of emptiness in the tea ceremony. Like a lush garden, this book is meant to savor."—Susan Griffin, author of The Book of the Courtesans

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Weather
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011721776

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Weather Lore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Inwards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108077620

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Weather Lore by Richard Inwards Pdf

Published in 1893, this is the second edition of an entertaining and fascinating collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather.

Author : Pearl S. Buck
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453263464

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East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck Pdf

The classic coming-of-age novel about a young Chinese woman torn between Eastern and Western cultures by the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth. Kwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl—taught by her mother to submit in all things, “as a flower submits to sun and rain alike.” Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she’s surprised by one aspect of her anticipated life: Her husband-to-be has been educated abroad and follows many Western ideas that Kwei-lan was raised to reject. When circumstances push the couple out of the family home, Kwei-lan finds her assumptions about tradition and modernity tested even further. East Wind: West Wind is a sensitive, early exploration of the cross-cultural themes that went on to become a hallmark of Buck’s acclaimed novels. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Jean Lee Pwu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Asian Americans
ISBN : 0773427090

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East Wind, West Rain by Jean Lee Pwu Pdf

This collection of poetry has background in Buddhism and Christianity, Taosim and Eastern and Western mysticism.

Author : Gaetano Casati
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Africa, Central
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070595397

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Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha by Gaetano Casati Pdf