The Ugly Wife Is A Treasure At Home

Author : Melissa Margaret Schneider
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612346946

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The Ugly Wife Is a Treasure at Home by Melissa Margaret Schneider Pdf

"The ugly wife is a treasure at home" is not just an idle expression in China. For centuries, Chinese marriage involved matchmakers, child brides, dowries, and concubines, until the People's Republic of China was established by Mao Zedong and his Communist Party in 1949. Initially encouraging citizens to reject traditional arranged marriages and instead wed for love, the party soon spurned "the sin of putting love first," fearful that romantic love would distract good Communists from selflessly carrying out the State's agenda. Under Mao the party established the power to approve or reject proposed marriages, dictate where couples would live, and even determine if spouses would live together. By the 1960s and 1970s romantic love became a counterrevolutionary act punishable by "struggle sessions" or even imprisonment. The importance of Chinese sons, however, did not wane during Mao's thirty-year regime. As such, in a world where nobody spoke of love, 99 percent of young women still married. The Ugly Wife Is a Treasure at Home draws the reader into the world of love in Communist China through the personal memories of those who endured the Cultural Revolution and the generations that followed. This collection of intimate and remarkable stories gives readers a rare view of Chinese history, social customs, and Communism from the perspective of today's ordinary citizens.

Author : Stefania Travagnin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317534525

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Religion and Media in China by Stefania Travagnin Pdf

This volume focuses on the intersection of religion and media in China, bringing interdisciplinary approaches to bear on the role of religion in the lives of individuals and greater shifts within Chinese society in an increasingly media-saturated environment. With case studies focusing on Mainland China (including Tibet), Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as diasporic Chinese communities outside Asia, contributors consider topics including the historical and ideological roots of media representations of religion, expressions of religious faith online and in social media, state intervention (through both censorship and propaganda), religious institutions’ and communities’ use of various forms of media, and the role of the media in relations between online/offline and local/diaspora communities. Chapters engage with the major religious traditions practiced in contemporary China, namely Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, and new religious movements. Religion and the Media in China serves as a critical survey of case studies and suggests theoretical and methodological tools for a thorough and systematic study of religion in modern China. Contributors to the volume include historians of religion, sinologists, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and media and communication scholars. The critical theories that contributors develop around key concepts in religion—such as authority, community, church, ethics, pilgrimage, ritual, text, and practice—contribute to advancing the emerging field of religion and media studies.

Author : Edward Rutherfurd
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385682022

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China by Edward Rutherfurd Pdf

The “unparalleled master of the historical saga" (Newsweek) and internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in China: The Novel Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the First Opium War, and follows Chinese history through Mao's Cultural Revolution and up to the present day. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great upheavals, and China's emergence as a rising global power. As always, we are treated to romance and adventure, heroines and scoundrels, grinding struggle and incredible fortunes. China: The Novel brings to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. From Shanghai to Nanking to the Great Wall, Rutherfurd chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of empires as the colonial West meets the opulent and complex East in a dramatic struggle between cultures and people. Extraordinarily researched and majestically told, Edward Rutherfurd paints a thrilling portrait of one of the most singular and remarkable countries in the world.

Author : Patricia St. John
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781575679587

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Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John Pdf

A story of vicious revenge and hard repentance Annette and Lucien are enemies. After Annette gets Lucien into trouble at school, he decides to get back at her by threatening the most precious thing in the world to her: her little brother Dani. But tragedy strikes. Annette is so filled with rage that she sets out to alienate and humiliate Lucien at every turn. As Lucien seeks to repent and restore, light floods both of their dark hearts and Christ proves that He makes all things new.

Author : M.L. Stedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451681758

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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Pdf

A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.

Author : Saʻdī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015051761685

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Wisdom of Saʻdi by Saʻdī Pdf

Author : Democratic China
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781640122246

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The Journey of Liu Xiaobo by Democratic China Pdf

As a fearless poet and prolific essayist and critic, Liu Xiaobo became one of the most important dissident thinkers in the People’s Republic of China. His nonviolent activism steered the nation’s prodemocracy currents from Tiananmen Square to support for Tibet and beyond. Liu undertook perhaps his bravest act when he helped draft and gather support for Charter 08, a democratic vision for China that included free elections and the end of the Communist Party’s monopoly on power. While imprisoned for “inciting subversion of state power,” Liu won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. He was granted medical parole just weeks before dying of cancer in 2017. The Journey of Liu Xiaobo draws together essays and reflections on the “Nelson Mandela of China.” The Dalai Lama, artist and activist Ai Weiwei, and a distinguished list of leading Chinese writers and intellectuals, including Zhang Zuhua, the main drafter of Charter 08, and Liu Xia, the wife of Liu Xiaobo, and noted China scholars, journalists, and political leaders from around the globe, including Yu Ying-shih, Perry Link, Andrew J. Nathan, Marco Rubio, and Chris Smith illuminate Liu’s journey from his youth and student years, through his indispensable activism, and to his defiant last days. Many of the pieces were written immediately after Liu’s death, adding to the emotions stirred by his loss. Original and powerful, The Journey of Liu Xiaobo combines memory with insightful analysis to evaluate Liu’s impact on his era, nation, and the cause of human freedom.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : China
ISBN : UCAL:B3079824

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Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Missions
ISBN : HARVARD:32044098608797

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The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gary Thomas
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310341901

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Loving Him Well by Gary Thomas Pdf

The bestselling author of Sacred Marriage offers hope to women who want to strengthen and transform their marriages into the profoundly deep relationships God intended. Women: you're not alone in your marriage. You never have been, and you never will be. While it may not always feel like it, God wants you to have a relationally healthy, emotionally engaged, and spiritually mature husband. In Loving Him Well--previously titled Sacred Influence--Gary Thomas builds on concepts from his bestselling book Sacred Marriage to reveal the inner workings of a man's heart and mind. He delves into Scriptures that help women gain biblical insight to influence their husbands. Exploring the research of neuroscientists, trained counselors, and abuse victim advocates, Gary also interviews dozens of wives to find what has worked and what hasn't as they've sought to build the best marriage possible. With new stories and fresh illustrations to help wives understand, love, and influence their husbands, Loving Him Well offers encouragement, biblically based support, and practical applications for the transformation of your marriage, drawing you and your husband closer together, the way God intended. Perfect for . . . Women in good marriages who want a great marriage Women who feel invisible or marginalized in their marriage Engaged or newly married women who want to start investing in their marriage from the start You'll discover the influence you can gain and the peace of mind you can build when you go first to God for your worth, validation, protection, and provision and then learn how to use that platform to help your husband draw closer to you and closer to God. Loving Him Well includes study questions at the end of each chapter and is also available in Spanish, Amándolo bien.

Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher : Lightyear Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Cousins
ISBN : 0899685323

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Pdf

Merricat Blackwood protects her sister, Constance, from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers after murders occur on the family estate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101076871290

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The Sunday at Home by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Home economics
ISBN : PSU:000020220174

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Woman's Home Companion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780393341782

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The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Fisher's work is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter and faithfully articulating his poetic voice, Fisher makes Chaucer's tales accessible to a contemporary ear.

Author : Robert Hoge
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780143198574

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Ugly by Robert Hoge Pdf

Robert Hoge has done pretty much every kind of writing there is. He has worked as a journalist, a speechwriter, a science writer, and a political advisor. He's also written numerous short stories, articles, and interviews that have been published in Australia and overseas. When he's not writing, Robert enjoys photography and talking with people about looking different and being disabled. He lives in Brisbane, Australia and is married and has two amazing daughters. Visit him at RobertHoge.com and follow him @RobertHoge.