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Author : Dennis Bloodworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39076005498295
Author : Andrew Bolton,John Galliano,Adam Geczy,Maxwell K. Hearn,Homay King,Harold Koda,Mei Mei Rado,Wong Kar Wai
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300211122
For centuries China has fueled the creative imagination and inspired fashion. This stunning publication explores the influence of Chinese art, film, and aesthetics on international fashion designers, including Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent.
Author : Paul French
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622099821
The convulsive history of foreign journalists in China starts with newspapers printed in the European factories of Canton in the 1820s. It also starts with a duel between two editors over the future of China and ends with a fistfight in Shanghai over therevolution. This book tells the story of China's foreign journalists.
Author : Dennis Bloodworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0436052008
Author : Richard Paul Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Christian fiction
ISBN : 9780684867816
Hunter Bell, a minister turned gambler, rescues Quaye McGandley from a blizzard and nurses her back to health in his Utah cabin.
Author : Cathy Cassidy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141357843
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, a compelling modern-day re-imagining of Alice's story by every girl's favourite author, Cathy Cassidy. Alice is thrilled when Savannah invites her to a Wonderland-themed sleepover; she's wanted to join this circle of friends for so long. Finally, she's fitting in. But an accident suddenly changes everything and Alice is rushed to hospital. As her friends and family rally round, a mystery begins to unravel. Was Alice pushed, and why - who would want to hurt her? Can her loved ones - and the gorgeous boy who doesn't want to leave her side - help Alice survive? Looking-Glass Girl is the stunning new book from Cathy Cassidy, an unforgettable tale of friendship and love from one of the UK's best-loved authors.
Author : Alan MacFarlane
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781847650580
This entertaining and endlessly surprising book takes us on an exploration into every aspect of Japanese society from the most public to the most intimate. A series of meticulous investigations gradually uncovers the multi-faceted nature of a country and people who are even more extraordinary than they seem. Our journey encompasses religion, ritual, martial arts, manners, eating, drinking, hot baths, geishas, family, home, singing, wrestling, dancing, performing, clans, education, aspiration, sexes, generations, race, crime, gangs, terror, war, kindness, cruelty, money, art, imperialism, emperor, countryside, city, politics, government, law and a language that varies according to whom you are speaking. Clear-sighted, persistent, affectionate, unsentimental and honest - Alan Macfarlane shows us Japan as it has never been seen before.
Author : Denise Patry Leidy
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588395719
Among the most revered and beloved artworks in China are ceramics—sculptures and vessels that have been utilized to embellish tombs, homes, and studies, to drink tea and wine, and to convey social and cultural meanings such as good wishes and religious beliefs. Since the eighth century, Chinese ceramics, particularly porcelain, have played an influential role around the world as trade introduced their beauty and surpassing craft to countless artists in Europe, America, and elsewhere. Spanning five millennia, the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of Chinese ceramics represents a great diversity of materials, shapes, and subjects. The remarkable selections presented in this volume, which include both familiar examples and unusual ones, will acquaint readers with the prodigious accomplishments of Chinese ceramicists from Neolithic times to the modern era. As with previous books in the How to Read series, How to Read Chinese Ceramics elucidates the works to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of the meaning of individual pieces and the culture in which they were created. From exquisite jars, bowls, bottles, and dishes to the elegantly sculpted Chan Patriarch Bodhidharma and the gorgeous Vase with Flowers of the Four Seasons, How to Read Chinese Ceramics is a captivating introduction to one of the greatest artistic traditions in Asian culture.
Author : Jack Wang
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487007478
Winner, 2021 Danuta Gleed Award A masterful collection of stories that dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years, We Two Alone is Jack Wang’s astonishing debut work of fiction. Set on five continents and spanning nearly a century, We Two Alone traces the long arc and evolution of the Chinese immigrant experience. A young laundry boy risks his life to play organized hockey in Canada in the 1920s. A Canadian couple gets caught in the outbreak of violence in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The consul general of China attempts to save lives following Kristallnacht in Vienna. A family aspires to buy a home in South Africa, during the rise of apartheid. An actor in New York struggles to keep his career alive while yearning to reconcile with his estranged wife. From the vulnerable and disenfranchised to the educated and elite, the characters in this extraordinary collection embody the diversity of the diaspora at key moments in history and in contemporary times. Jack Wang has crafted deeply affecting stories that not only subvert expectations but contend with mortality and delicately draw out the intimacies and failings of love.
Author : Selma G. Lanes
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1567923186
A writer & CRITIC with a broad grasp of her subject, an acute eye for talent (and occasionally genius), and a sure prose style, Selma Lanes is our grande dame of children's literature. She wrote the definitive book on Maurice Sendak. She has contributed countless articles on the primary protagonists and players in the field, many published in her previous book, Down the Rabbit Hole. This new collection includes further essays on the masters she most admires: Sendak, Steig, Gorey, L. Frank Baum, Tomi Ungerer, Jack Keats, Margot Zemach, and one editor of genius, Ursula Nordstrom. What concerns Lanes most is the integration of text and image, the abilities of authors and artists of picture books to somehow change our perceptions. In a larger sense, she asks, What makes some children's books work and others fail? How does art for the young reflect, distort or create a social perspective? Earlier she observed, With the possible exception of advertising and film, no popular medium in our time has been as experimental, inventive, and simply alive as children's books. In the present atmosphere of mergers and corporate conglomerates that now define mainstream publishing, she wonders if this remains true. Is the field still dominated, as formerly, by a devoted cadre of geniuses able to spot and encourage talent, willing to take risks, and ferocious in their desire to bring children the best that authors and illustrators have to offer? This book provides her answers, as well as affectionate salutes to the writers and artists whose work deserves to be remembered.
Author : Jicai Feng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Tianjin (China)
ISBN : 1838905138
Author : Gregory Schopen
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0824825489
In these articles, Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.
Author : Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Publisher : DK Children
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1465452540
Alice Through the Looking Glass in theaters May 27, 2016 DK's Ultimate Sticker Book: Alice Through the Looking Glass is the perfect companion to Disney's 2016 sequel to Alice in Wonderland with more than 60 reusable stickers and informative captions that provide extra insight into the curiosities of Underland. Join Alice as she goes through the Looking Glass with this adventure-packed sticker book with full-color, reusable stickers featuring the wonderfully mad Alice in Wonderland characters like the White Rabbit, the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Jabberwocky. © 2016 Disney
Author : Paul Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317170389
Selecting the right aircraft for an airline operation is a vastly complex process, involving a multitude of skills and considerable knowledge of the business. Buying The Big Jets was first published in 2001 to provide guidance to those involved in aircraft selection strategies. This Second Edition brings the picture fully up to date, incorporating new discussion on the strategies of low-cost carriers, and the significance of the aircraft cabin for long-haul operations. Latest developments in aircraft products are covered and there are fresh examples of best practice in airline fleet planning techniques. The book is essential reading for airline planners with fleet planning responsibility, consultancy groups, analysts studying aircraft performance and economics, airline operational personnel, students of air transport, leasing companies, aircraft value appraisers, and all who manage commercial aircraft acquisition programmes and provide strategic advice to decision-makers. This book is also a valuable tool for the banking community where insights into aircraft acquisition decisions are vital. Buying The Big Jets is an industry-specific example of strategic planning and is therefore a vital text for students engaged in graduate or post-graduate studies either in aeronautics or business administration.
Author : Barbara Tropp
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992-10-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780761164494
Winner of an IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award The "Julia Child of Chinese cooking" (San Francisco Chronicle), Barbara Tropp was a gifted teacher and the chef/owner of one of San Francisco's most popular restaurants. She was also the inventor of Chinese bistro, a marriage of home-style Chinese tastes and techniques with Western ingredients and inspiration, an innovative cuisine that stuffs a wonton with crab and corn and flavors it with green chili sauce, that stir-fries chicken with black beans and basil, that tosses white rice into a salad with ginger-balsamic dressing. Casual yet impeccable, and as balanced as yin and yang, these 275 recipes burst with unexpected flavors and combinations: Prawn Sandpot Casserole with Red Curry and Baby Corn; Spicy Tangerine Beef with Glass Noodles; Pizzetta with Chinese Eggplant, Wild Mushrooms, and Coriander Pesto; Chili-Orange Cold Noodles; Sweet Carrot Soup with Toasted Almonds; Wok-Seared New Potatoes; Crystallized Lemon Tart; and Fresh Ginger Ice Cream.
