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Download or read book The Diary of Ma Yan written by Ma Yan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Heartbreakingly inspirational.” (AsianWeek) Ma Yan's heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But for Ma Yan, money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always enough to pay school fees, or even to provide enough food for herself and her family. The publication of The Diary of Ma Yan was an international sensation, creating an outpouring of support for this courageous teenager and others like her . . . all due to one ordinary girl's extraordinary diary. "You don't review this small book; you tell people about it and say, 'Read it.'" (Washington Post)
Download or read book The Diary of Ma Yan written by Ma Yan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-05-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wednesday, November 7 My father gave me and my brother a little money. My stomach is all twisted up with hunger, but I don't want to spend the money on anything as frivolous as food. Because it's money my parents earn with their sweat and blood. I have to study well so that I won't ever again be tortured by hunger. . . . In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always enough to pay school fees. Ma Yan's heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. First published in France in 2002, the diary of ma yan created an outpouring of support for this courageous teenager and others like her -- support that led to the creation of an international organization dedicated to helping these children . . . all because of one ordinary girl's extraordinary diary.
Download or read book The Diary of Ma Yan written by Ma Yan and published by Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm so hungry, I could eat anything. Anything at all." In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But for Ma Yan, money is scarce, and the low wages paid for backbreaking work aren't always enough to pay school fees . . . or even to provide enough food for herself and her family. Ma Yan's heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. Its publication was an international sensation, creating an outpouring of support for this courageous teenager and others like her . . . all due to one ordinary girl's extraordinary diary.
Download or read book The Diary of Ma Yan written by Yan Ma and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ma Yan's diary chronicles her struggle to escape the desperate poverty in rural China through education. But, with so little money to pay the fees, she must be persistent and resourceful.
Download or read book The Diary of Ma Yan written by Yan Ma and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No more money for school this year. I till the land in order to pay for my brothers' schooling. When I think of the happy times at school, I can almost imagine myself there. How I want to study!' - Ma Yan, aged 13 When the journalist Pierre Haski was passed three small brown notebooks in a remote province in Northeastern China, an extraordinary friendship began. 'A few years ago in the remote village of Zhangjiashu in Ningxia region of northern China Ma Yan was distraught because her parents could not afford to keep her in school. Today she is the 16-year-old author of Ma Yan's Diary which has appeared in seventeen languages . Thanks to its publication, her family is no longer poor, and 250 other Ningxia youngsters, mostly girls, now have scholarships to continue studying' New York Times
Download or read book Ignacio written by Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central America from the eyes of a peasant illuminates the complex problems of the region: social, personal, economic, medical, and religious as well as the political issues related to the great masses of Latin America's poor.
Download or read book Joseño written by Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His vivid and plain-spoken account of life among the Maya during the war between guerrillas and the army in the 1980s and 1990s offers detailed descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides and brings the reader into a Mayan world richly textured with indigenous beliefs and practices.
Download or read book The Diary of Ma Yan written by Yan Ma and published by HarpertrophyCanada. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Son of Tecún Umán by : Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán
Download or read book Son of Tecún Umán written by Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Diary of a Mad Diva by : Joan Rivers
Download or read book Diary of a Mad Diva written by Joan Rivers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the headline-making, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me comes another intimate glimpse into the delightfully hilarious mind of Joan Rivers. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified—who the hell does Melissa think she is? That fat pig, Bridget Jones? But as Joan, being both beautiful and introspective, begins to record her day-to-day musings, she realizes she has a lot to say. About everything. And everyone, God help them. The result? A no-holds-barred, delightfully vicious and always hilarious look at the everyday life of the ultimate diva. Follow Joan on a family vacation in Mexico and on trips between New York and Los Angeles where she mingles with the stars, never missing a beat as she delivers blistering critiques on current events, and excoriating insights about life, pop culture, and celebrities (from A to D list), all in her relentlessly funny signature style. This is the Diary of a Mad Diva. Forget about Anais Nin, Anne Frank, and Sylvia Plath. For the first time in a century, a diary by someone that’s actually worth reading.
Book Synopsis Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by : Sijie Dai
Download or read book Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress written by Sijie Dai and published by Knopf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2001 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting literary debut—already an international best-seller. At the height of Mao’s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for “re-education.” The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find themselves in a remote village where, among the peasants of Phoenix mountain, they are made to cart buckets of excrement up and down precipitous winding paths. Their meager distractions include a violin—as well as, before long, the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. But it is when the two discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn. While ingeniously concealing their forbidden treasure, the boys find transit to worlds they had thought lost forever. And after listening to their dangerously seductive retellings of Balzac, even the Little Seamstress will be forever transformed. From within the hopelessness and terror of one of the darkest passages in human history, Dai Sijie has fashioned a beguiling and unexpected story about the resilience of the human spirit, the wonder of romantic awakening and the magical power of storytelling.
Book Synopsis The Mayan Civilization by : Elizabeth J. Scholl
Download or read book The Mayan Civilization written by Elizabeth J. Scholl and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 4,000 years ago, in the tropical rain forest of Central America, the Mayan culture began to emerge. From small farming villages, the Mayan civilization grew into vast urban metropolises. Without the use of the wheel or metal tools and with no work animals, the Mayas constructed five-story buildings, ornate temples, and 200-foot-tall pyramids out of stone. The Mayas had complex calendars, were expert astronomers and mathematicians, and played the world's first team sport.
Book Synopsis Maya's First Rose by : Martin Scot Kosins
Download or read book Maya's First Rose written by Martin Scot Kosins and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I know that the thing we humans call The Soul really does exist. I saw it -- in the eyes of an Old Dog. This is the true story of Martin Kosins, and the very special pet Maya who changedhis life.
Book Synopsis Mayan Folktales by : James D. Sexton
Download or read book Mayan Folktales written by James D. Sexton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. These legends narrate origin and creation stories, explain the natural world, and reinforce cultural beliefs and values such as honesty, industriousness, sharing, fairness, and cleverness. Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.
Book Synopsis Dream of Ding Village by : Yan Lianke
Download or read book Dream of Ding Village written by Yan Lianke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant and harrowing novel” about a deadly epidemic fueled by corruption, based on real-life events in China (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Officially censored upon its Chinese publication, Dream of Ding Village is based on a real-life blood-selling scandal in eastern China. The novel is the result of three years of undercover work by Yan Lianke, who worked as an assistant to a well-known Beijing anthropologist in an effort to study a small village decimated by HIV/AIDS as a result of unregulated blood selling. Whole villages were wiped out with no responsibility taken or reparations paid. Dream of Ding Village focuses on one family, destroyed when one son rises to the top of the party pile as he exploits the situation, while another son is infected and dies. The result is a passionate and steely critique of the rate at which China is developing and what happens to those who get in the way. “Lianke confronts the black market blood trade and the subsequent AIDS epidemic it sparked, in a brilliant and harrowing novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Book Synopsis The Dance of Mayan Energies 2019: The Innerjourney by : Adriana 'tata Rojas
Download or read book The Dance of Mayan Energies 2019: The Innerjourney written by Adriana 'tata Rojas and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The knowledge and wisdom held with the Cholq'ij as a sacred calendar is very deep, so the information I present within these pages is simply a starting point for all those who want to begin their journey within this wisdom. Although the format of this book may be seen as a daily calendar (and can be used as such), my purpose in creating it this way is to accompany you on an inner journey. It is a way which allows you to begin to relate to, and understand the 20 energies making up the Cholq'ij; to begin to understand the Mayan signs themselves - a way which helps you to understand how those 20 energies relate to and influence us, in a very personal way. In the first pages you will find some theoretical information regarding the Sacred Calendar, the 20 energies which make it up, and an explanation of the importance of knowing your Mayan Sign. In this way you can begin to become familiar with the concepts of each of the different energetic vibrations manifesting within our universe, and the beautiful dance of transformation it brings to us. Within this book is a day by day guide for the whole year of 2019 on the Gregorian Calendar, combined with the messages of the Cholq'ij. On each date you will see a different quote related to the energy of that day, and how to connect, meditate, or act in harmony with the natural, universal vibration manifesting that day. You will have a space to make small notes about the main emotions, sensations, and events that you face each day. Making notes will help allow you to gain a better idea about your physical and emotional states, the way your relationships are going, messages you are receiving in your dreams, or situations which may seem out of the ordinary. This may expand into meeting someone from your past, the birth or death of a loved one, messages coming from nature, magical manifestations, or when an opportunity suddenly arises. This book is here as an effective guide; one where you can begin to relate to the energies of the Cholq'ij. Little by little, everything will begin to become clarified, and you will come to understand which days are beneficial to you for certain activities and which days are not. From my heart to yours, I hope that the words contained here will become a constant support for the greatest adventure you may ever take; The journey of knowing yourself, and understanding the constant natural movement of energy in which we all live in, and to begin dancing within its natural rhythms.
