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Book Synopsis America's First Adventure in China by : John R Haddad
Download or read book America's First Adventure in China written by John R Haddad and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1784, when Americans first voyaged to China, they confronted Chinese authorities who were unaware that the United States even existed. Nevertheless, a long, complicated, and fruitful trade relationship was born after American traders, missionaries, diplomats, and others sailed to China with lofty ambitions: to acquire fabulous wealth, convert China to Christianity, and even command a Chinese army. In America's First Adventure in China, John Haddad provides a colorful history of the evolving cultural exchange and interactions between these countries. He recounts how American expatriates adopted a pragmatic attitude-as well as an entrepreneurial spirit and improvisational approach-to their dealings with the Chinese. Haddad shows how opium played a potent role in the dreams of Americans who either smuggled it or opposed its importation, and he considers the missionary movement that compelled individuals to accept a hard life in an alien culture. As a result of their efforts, Americans achieved a favorable outcome—they established a unique presence in China—and cultivated a relationship whose complexities continue to grow.
Book Synopsis The Adventures of China Iron by : Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Download or read book The Adventures of China Iron written by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and published by Charco Press. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 1872. The pampas of Argentina. China is a young woman eking out an existence in a remote gaucho encampment. After her no-good husband is conscripted into the army, China bolts for freedom, setting off on a wagon journey through the pampas in the company of her new-found friend Liz, a settler from Scotland. While Liz provides China with a sentimental education and schools her in the nefarious ways of the British Empire, their eyes are opened to the wonders of Argentina’s richly diverse flora and fauna, cultures and languages, as well as to the ruthless violence involved in nation-building. This subversive retelling of Argentina’s foundational gaucho epic Martín Fierro is a celebration of the colour and movement of the living world, the open road, love and sex, and the dream of lasting freedom. With humour and sophistication, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara has created a joyful, hallucinatory novel that is also an incisive critique of national myths.
Book Synopsis A Year Without "Made in China" by : Sara Bongiorni
Download or read book A Year Without "Made in China" written by Sara Bongiorni and published by Wiley + ORM. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an American family live without Chinese-made goods? “A wry look at the ingenuity it takes to shun the planet’s fastest-growing economy.” —Bloomberg News “Journalist Bongiorni, on a post-Christmas day mired deep in plastic toys and electronics equipment, makes up her mind to live for a year without buying any products made in China, a decision spurred less by notions of idealism or fair trade—though she does note troubling statistics on job loss and trade deficits—than simply ‘to see if it can be done.’ In this more personal vein, Bongiorni tells often funny, occasionally humiliating stories centering around her difficulty procuring sneakers, sunglasses, DVD players and toys for two young children and a skeptical husband . . . Bongiorni is a graceful, self-deprecating writer, and her comic adventures in self-imposed inconvenience cast an interesting sideways glance at the personal effects of globalism.” —Publishers Weekly
Book Synopsis Adventure Guide China by : Simon Foster
Download or read book Adventure Guide China written by Simon Foster and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This travel guide provides readers with everything they need to know for planning a trip to this unique country, including the best places to stay and eat - for all tastes and budgets; practical travel advice; and expert info on what to pack and when to go.
Download or read book China's Wings written by Gregory Crouch and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II—and boldly safeguarded them during that conflict—China’s Wings is one of the most exhilarating untold chapters in the annals of flight. At the center of the maelstrom is the book’s courtly, laconic protagonist, American aviation executive William Langhorne Bond. In search of adventure, he arrives in Nationalist China in 1931, charged with turning around the turbulent nation’s flagging airline business, the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). The mission will take him to the wild and lawless frontiers of commercial aviation: into cockpits with daredevil pilots flying—sometimes literally—on a wing and a prayer; into the dangerous maze of Chinese politics, where scheming warlords and volatile military officers jockey for advantage; and into the boardrooms, backrooms, and corridors of power inhabited by such outsized figures as Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; foreign minister T. V. Soong; Generals Arnold, Stilwell, and Marshall; and legendary Pan American Airways founder Juan Trippe. With the outbreak of full-scale war in 1941, Bond and CNAC are transformed from uneasy spectators to active participants in the struggle against Axis imperialism. Drawing on meticulous research, primary sources, and extensive personal interviews with participants, Gregory Crouch offers harrowing accounts of brutal bombing runs and heroic evacuations, as the fight to keep one airline flying becomes part of the larger struggle for China’s survival. He plunges us into a world of perilous night flights, emergency water landings, and the constant threat of predatory Japanese warplanes. When Japanese forces capture Burma and blockade China’s only overland supply route, Bond and his pilots must battle shortages of airplanes, personnel, and spare parts to airlift supplies over an untried five-hundred-mile-long aerial gauntlet high above the Himalayas—the infamous “Hump”—pioneering one of the most celebrated endeavors in aviation history. A hero’s-eye view of history in the grand tradition of Lynne Olson’s Citizens of London, China’s Wings takes readers on a mesmerizing journey to a time and place that reshaped the modern world.
Author :Eirik Lang Harris Publisher :State University of New York Press ISBN 13 :9781438487915 Total Pages :208 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (879 download)
Book Synopsis Adventures in Chinese Realism: Classic Philosophy Applied to Contemporary Issues by : Eirik Lang Harris
Download or read book Adventures in Chinese Realism: Classic Philosophy Applied to Contemporary Issues written by Eirik Lang Harris and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates Chinese Realism to contemporary political and ethical challenges, such as in international relations and the morality of the public sector.
Book Synopsis Chinese Dragons by : R. A. Montgomery
Download or read book Chinese Dragons written by R. A. Montgomery and published by Chooseco Llc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You and your uncle farm the land in rural 7th century China. When you are taken prisoner during a raid, you are faced with decisions that will take you on an adventure through new parts of the world.
Download or read book Big in China written by Alan Paul and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What a romp….Alan Paul walked the walk, preaching the blues in China. Anyone who doubts that music is bigger than words needs to read this great tale." —Gregg Allman "An absolute love story. In his embrace of family, friends, music and the new culture he's discovering, Alan Paul leaves us contemplating the love in our own lives, and rethinking the concept of home." —Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor, with Randy Pausch, of The Last Lecture Alan Paul, award–winning author of the Wall Street Journal’s online column “The Expat Life,” gives his engaging, inspiring, and unforgettable memoir of blues and new beginnings in Beijing. Paul’s three-and-a-half-year journey reinventing himself as an American expat—while raising a family and starting the revolutionary blues band Woodie Alan, voted Beijing Band of the Year in the 2008—is a must-read adventure for anyone who has lived abroad, and for everyone who dreams of rewriting the story of their own future.
Book Synopsis Camps and Trails in China by : Roy Chapman Andrews
Download or read book Camps and Trails in China written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Camps and Trails in China" (A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China) by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis Camps and Trails in China by : Roy Chapman Andrews
Download or read book Camps and Trails in China written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1918 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book China Hands written by James R. Lilley and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Lilley's life and family have been entwined with China's fate since his father moved to the country to work for Standard Oil in 1916. Lilley spent much of his childhood in China and after a Yale professor took him aside and suggested a career in intelligence, it became clear that he would spend his adult life returning to China again and again. Lilley served for twenty-five years in the CIA in Laos, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Taiwan before moving to the State Department in the early 1980s to begin a distinguished career as the U.S.'s top-ranking diplomat in Taiwan, ambassador to South Korea, and finally, ambassador to China. From helping Laotian insurgent forces assist the American efforts in Vietnam to his posting in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square crackdown, he was in a remarkable number of crucial places during challenging times as he spent his life tending to America's interests in Asia. In China Hands, he includes three generations of stories from an American family in the Far East, all of them absorbing, some of them exciting, and one, the loss of Lilley's much loved and admired brother, Frank, unremittingly tragic. China Hands is a fascinating memoir of America in Asia, Asia itself, and one especially capable American's personal history.
Book Synopsis Adventures in Ancient China by : Linda Bailey
Download or read book Adventures in Ancient China written by Linda Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the Binkertons, twins Josh and Emma and their little sister, Libby, as they return to the Good Times Travel Agency -- and end up knee-deep in an ancient Chinese rice paddy! Adventures in Ancient China is an engaging mix of adventure and historical information about life in China during first century A.D. Kids will learn about Chinese society, inventions, medicine, the Silk Road, the Great Wall, nomadic warriors and much more. They'll love the book's contemporary comic-book look, while parents, teachers and librarians will appreciate the well-researched story line and solid factual information.
Download or read book China written by Sam Spector and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the best parts of the must-see cities in China. Learn the top sights and attractions before you travel with this comprehensive guide. Planning a trip to China? Congratulations! If you're considering anything from a short stay to a long trip, China will provide you with some of the most amazing sights and scenes to be found anywhere. You'll fall in love with China's diverse culture, ancient history and unique landscapes. But are you prepared? To get the most out of your Chinese adventure, you must be well prepared and have some basic knowledge about the country: where to go, what to see and what to do! If you enter China unprepared and unaware of the many treasures to be discovered and enjoyed, you will not be able to enjoy it to its fullest. Without the knowledge of exactly what every must-see city has to offer, you will ultimately waste your valuable vacation time planning your next steps instead of discovering exciting, new sights. In this China Travel Guide I will give you the best tips and advice that will enable you to get through your Chinese adventure smoothly, and help you to enjoy it to the fullest! I'll provide you with the essential sights and attractions for all of China's major cities, so that you don't have to waste any of your own time finding out what each city has to offer! You'll have the most concise, valuable China Travel Guide - the country's sights, culture and attractions - at your fingertips every step of the way. So what are you waiting for? Take action now and enjoy the trip of a lifetime!
Book Synopsis China Adventure by : Fabian Fairdeal
Download or read book China Adventure written by Fabian Fairdeal and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China Adventure in a story form features a young adventurous African boy Alinko, who in both searches for adventure and greener pastures went to China and got interested in Chinese people, language, history and culture. This concise book educates, enlightens, and informs the entire world of the abundantly rich culture and ways of life of the Chinese. Predominantly in form of dialogues, China Adventure is fascinating, easy-to-read, and often humorous. It contains a number of Chinese legends, deep philosophical sayings, and foods for thought. China Adventure is unique and captivating, such that the reader gets more inquisitive to find out what happens subsequently and never gets bored. You may not have been to this country of more than 5000 years history to discover the ancient culture yourself, but this book in your hand will take you around China, telling you about Chinese people, festivals, tourist attraction centers, traditions, and Chinese superstitious beliefs. China Adventure could rightly serve as a tour guide, handbook, and personal companion for tourists and visitors in China, as it contains a general overview of famous tourist attraction centers in China. The knowledge gained from this book can help minimize some of the cultural shocks most foreigners have during their first visit to China. China Adventure can be regarded as a crash course on the history, language, culture and the contemporary lives of the Chinese.
Book Synopsis Journey to the West (2018 Edition - PDF) by : Wu Cheng'en
Download or read book Journey to the West (2018 Edition - PDF) written by Wu Cheng'en and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Book Synopsis The Blue Dragon: A Tale of Recent Adventure in China by : Kirk Munroe
Download or read book The Blue Dragon: A Tale of Recent Adventure in China written by Kirk Munroe and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kirk Munroe's 'The Blue Dragon: A Tale of Recent Adventure in China' is a captivating adventure novel set in the exotic backdrop of China. Filled with vivid descriptions of the Chinese landscape and culture, Munroe masterfully crafts a thrilling narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. The book's engaging writing style and fast-paced plot make it a perfect choice for those who enjoy adventure fiction from the late 19th century. Munroe's attention to detail and meticulous research shine through, adding depth and authenticity to the story. Readers will be transported to a different time and place, experiencing the sights and sounds of China through the eyes of the characters. Kirk Munroe, a prolific author known for his adventure novels, drew inspiration for 'The Blue Dragon' from his own travels and experiences in China. His passion for exploration and interest in different cultures are evident in the rich tapestry he weaves in this book. Munroe's background in journalism and knack for storytelling make 'The Blue Dragon' a compelling and immersive read for anyone interested in the history and culture of China. I highly recommend 'The Blue Dragon: A Tale of Recent Adventure in China' to readers who enjoy classic adventure fiction with a cultural twist. Munroe's detailed descriptions and engaging plot will transport you to a different world, keeping you entertained from the first page to the last.
Download or read book Ancient China written by Jenny Liu and published by Running Press. This book was released on 1996-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open the chest's secret compartment to reveal a brush and ink set and instructions for making Chinese characters, I Ching coins used to tell the future, a Chinese fan to decorate, plus charts, stickers, and more.
