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Author : Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1559210869
Pearl Buck tells the heart-seaching and tender story of a young Chinese girl's troubled acceptance of an alien way of life, with all its sorrows and rewards.
Author : Pearl S. Buck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : China
ISBN : 0416200109
The conflict between the old China and the new is the theme of this absorbing, delicately written chronicle.
Author : Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : American fiction
ISBN : UCAL:$B86996
Eastern and Western ways conflict when the daughter of a conventional noble family marries a Chinese man of the new era; a doctor who has trained in America. Only by adopting the Western habits which her husband admires can the bride find love and happiness.
Author : Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : American fiction
ISBN : UCAL:$B86996
Eastern and Western ways conflict when the daughter of a conventional noble family marries a Chinese man of the new era; a doctor who has trained in America. Only by adopting the Western habits which her husband admires can the bride find love and happiness.
Author : Pearl S. Buck
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453263464
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 : Pearl S. Buck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1071942073
Author : Claire Elizabeth Campbell
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0774810998
"Claire Campbell draws from recent work in cultural history, landscape studies in geography and art history, and environmental history to explore what happens when external agendas confront local realities - a story central to the Canadian experience. Explorers, fishers, artists, and park planners all were forced to respond to the unique contours of this inland sea; their encounters defined a regional identity even as they constructed a popular image for the Bay in the national imagination."--Jacket.
Author : R.b.j. Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429725609
Contemporary discourse about human affairs is largely grounded in the specific historical experience and interests of a few dominant societies. This poses an important challenge to all those who urge that we need to adopt a global perspective on modern political life, whether in terms of international relations, comparative and developmental politi
Author : George Jonas
Publisher : Ronsdale Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015032513122
"In these poems, Jonas effectively catches the paradoxes of love, neatly mocks the fragmentation of modern life, and is particularly telling in his evocation of the sense of alienation." n "University of Toronto Quarterly"
Author : Richard Wolin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691178233
Michel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard. During the 1960s, a who’s who of French thinkers, writers, and artists, spurred by China’s Cultural Revolution, were seized with a fascination for Maoism. Combining a merciless exposé of left-wing political folly and cross-cultural misunderstanding with a spirited defense of the 1960s, The Wind from the East tells the colorful story of this legendary period in France. Richard Wolin shows how French students and intellectuals, inspired by their perceptions of the Cultural Revolution, and motivated by utopian hopes, incited grassroots social movements and reinvigorated French civic and cultural life. Wolin’s riveting narrative reveals that Maoism’s allure among France’s best and brightest actually had little to do with a real understanding of Chinese politics. Instead, it paradoxically served as a vehicle for an emancipatory transformation of French society. Recounting the cultural and political odyssey of French students and intellectuals in the 1960s, The Wind from the East illustrates how the Maoist phenomenon unexpectedly sparked a democratic political sea change in France.
Author : Barbara H. Martin
Publisher : Jawbone Publishing Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-12-03
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0966805402
When The East Wind Blows is a fictional account of WWII. This story takes over where the history books stop -- with the human side of the civilian struggle. Elisabeth, a German mother of four young children and her maid, Helga, flee the incoming Russian front. As they move toward the west, they find themselves in the center of the most devastating carpet bombings of the war. The women and children, along with an escaped Jew from a concentration camp, must overcome death, destruction, and hunger during the final days of the collapse of the Nazi Regime.
Author : Liza Dalby
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520259912
"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 : Tom Buchanan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199570331
East Wind offers the first complete, archive-based account of the relationship between China and the British Left, from the rise of modern Chinese nationalism to the death of Mao Tse tung. Beginning with the "Hands Off China" movement of the mid-1920s, Tom Buchanan charts the mobilisation of British opinion in defence of China against Japanese aggression, 1931-1945, and the role of the British left in relations with the People's Republic of China after 1949. He shows how this relationship was placed under stress by the growing unpredictability of Communist China, above all by the Sino-Soviet dispute and the Cultural Revolution, which meant that by the 1960s China was actively supported only by a dwindling group of enthusiasts. The impact of the suppression of the student protests in Tiananmen Square (June 1989) is addressed as an epilogue. East Wind argues that the significance of the left's relationship with China has been unjustly overlooked. There were many occasions, such as the mid-1920s, the late 1930s and the early 1950s, when China demanded the full attention of the British left. It also argues that there is nothing new in the current fascination with China's emergence as an economic power. Throughout these decades the British left was aware of the immense, unrealised potential of the Chinese economy, and of how China's economic growth could transform the world. In addition to analysing the role of the political parties and pressure groups of the left, Buchanan sheds new light on the activities of many well-known figures in support of China, including intellectuals such as Bertrand Russell, R H Tawney and Joseph Needham. Many other interesting stories emerge, concerning less well-known figures, which show the complexity of personal links between Britain and China during the twentieth century.
Author : Tom Sloper
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780061906121
The Red Dragon & The West Wind is the perfect introduction to this ancient game of strategy and subterfuge, covering all aspects of the two most common varieties, American and Chinese, along with an overview of other global approaches. The book begins with the history and origin and moves on to the rules of play and ways to win and avoid essential errors as well as the etiquette to follow. With everything from clear instructions on dealing, building, and distributing tiles to a look at the history and future of the game, this is the essential book for anyone who wants to have fun–and win–while playing mah–jongg.
Author : Ray Payne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 099131980X