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The Teahouse Fire

Author : Ellis Avery
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 159448273X
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book The Teahouse Fire written by Ellis Avery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong Kingston The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan’s most mysterious rite—the tea ceremony—became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.

Teahouse of the Almighty

Author : Patricia Smith
Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 1566893666
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Teahouse of the Almighty written by Patricia Smith and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Poetry Series winner, chosen by Edward Sanders. “What power. Smith’s poetry is all poetry. And visceral. Her poems get under the skin of their subjects. Their passion and empathy, their real worldliness, are blockbuster.”—Marvin Bell “I was weeping for the beauty of poetry when I reached the end of the final poem.”—Edward Sanders, National Poetry Series judge From Lollapalooza to Carnegie Hall, Patricia Smith has taken the stage as this nation’s premier performance poet. Featured in the film Slamnation and on the HBO series Def Poetry Jam, Smith is back with her first book in over a decade—a National Poetry Series winner weaving passionate, bluesy narratives into an empowering, finely tuned cele-bration of poetry’s liberating power.

The Teahouse Fire

Author : Ellis Avery
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594482731
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book The Teahouse Fire written by Ellis Avery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong Kingston The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan’s most mysterious rite—the tea ceremony—became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Author : VERN. SNEIDER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781788691376
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book The Teahouse of the August Moon written by VERN. SNEIDER and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This immensely likeable satire of the American civilizing mission in Okinawa was a phenomenon when it was published in 1951. The many-layered novel retains its charm and power today; beneath the comical mayhem that engulfs the village Tobiki we see the pitfalls and possibilities of cultural exchange and nation-building.

Tales of the Teahouse Retold

Author : Katherine Liang Chew
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595254195
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Teahouse Retold written by Katherine Liang Chew and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Teahouse Retold is based on the author's original translation of Feng Shen Yan Yi, an important volume of Chinese mythology first published during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is the story of the overthrow the Shang Dynasty (circa 1766-1122 BC) and the founding of the Chou Dynasty (1122-249 BC). Combining historical facts, folklore, mythology, and legends, these tales describe a time when gods and men, beasts and monsters, and spirits and specters mingled with each other in peace and war. The saga begins when King Zhou of Shang offends the Snail Goddess, who sends three specters to bewitch the king in retribution. The kingdom falls into chaos and civil war ensues, with gods and other supernatural beings taking sides. In the end, many of the slain heroes are invested as gods. For centuries, the tale was told in successive story-telling sessions as teahouse entertainment. The author has faithfully kept to the original style and ambience in retelling these tales. Tales of the Teahouse Retold will be of interest to fans of oriental mythology, philosophy, and literature. It is suitable for recreational reading as well as supplemental reading for students of Chinese history and culture.

The Drink and Dream Teahouse

Author : Justin Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753813201
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Drink and Dream Teahouse written by Justin Hill and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a brilliant new literary voice with a tender love story set against the backdrop of modern China

The Last Nude

Author : Ellis Avery
Publisher : Riverhead Books
ISBN 13 : 1594486476
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book The Last Nude written by Ellis Avery and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agreeing to model nude for Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka in 1927 Paris, young American Rafaela Fano inspires the artist's most iconic Jazz Age images and becomes her lover while discovering darker truths about Tamara's private life.

The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse

Author : George Peknik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963259110
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse written by George Peknik and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Tea House on Mulberry Street

Author : Sharon Owens
Publisher : Blue Hen Books
ISBN 13 : 9780425201039
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Tea House on Mulberry Street written by Sharon Owens and published by Blue Hen Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Owens is a well-reviewed, bestselling author in Ireland- First time in paperback- Published to coincide with the release of her new Putnam hardcover, The Ballroom on Magnolia Street- For fans of Maeve Binchy and Joanna Trollope

Tea in Japan

Author : Paul Varley
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824817176
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Tea in Japan written by Paul Varley and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Represents a major advance over previous publications.... Students will find this volume especially useful as an introduction to the primary sources, terminology, and dominant themes in the history of chanoyu." --Journal of Japanese Studies "Tea in Japan illuminates in depth and detail chanoyu's cultural connections and evolution from the early Kamakura period... It is the quality of seeing the familiar and not so familiar elements of tea emerge as a dynamic saga of human invention and cultural intervention that makes this book exhilarating and the details that the authors provide that make these essays fascinating." --Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese

Together Tea

Author : Marjan Kamali
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062236822
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Together Tea written by Marjan Kamali and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Together Tea, Marjan Kamali’s delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter’s twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother’s years of endless matchmaking and the spreadsheets grading available Iranian-American bachelors. Having spent her childhood in Tehran and the rest of her life in New York City, Mina has experienced cultural clashes firsthand, but she’s learning that the greatest clashes sometimes happen at home. After a last ill-fated attempt at matchmaking, mother and daughter embark on a return journey to Iran. Immersed once again in Persian culture, the two women gradually begin to understand each other. But when Mina falls for a young man who never appeared on her mother’s matchmaking radar, will Mina and Darya’s new-found appreciation for each other survive? Together Tea is a moving and joyous debut novel about family, love, and finding the place you truly belong.

The Demon in the Teahouse

Author : Dorothy Hoobler
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781490901121
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Demon in the Teahouse written by Dorothy Hoobler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. Originally published: New York: Philomel Books, A2001.

The Japanese Teahouse

Author : Wolfgang Fehrer
Publisher : Niggli
ISBN 13 : 9783721209976
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Teahouse written by Wolfgang Fehrer and published by Niggli. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All about the architecture and design principles of a very private place to communicate and meditate from its origins until today.

Fire and Clay

Author : Kaaronica Evans-Ware
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615813882
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Fire and Clay written by Kaaronica Evans-Ware and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banished from her clan for being a Muslim, a 400 year-old jinn named Zamar is hiding from her past. But an ancient evil is about to surface, unearthing her secrets and carrying painful reminders of the life she once lived. Ages ago, Zamar had lived in solitary exile along the banks of the Senegal River. Then a lone man entered her world, altering it forever. Spanning several centuries, book one of Fire & Clay, pulls you into the unseen world of mankind's distant cousins, the jinn. Like humans, these beings were given the gift of free will. And like us there are a few that choose the way of good, some that choose the way of evil, and many that live their lives torn between the two. But what happens when the lives of creatures cast from smokeless fire, and those shaped from the clay of the Earth become intertwined? The story told here takes readers on a journey of mystery, imagination, and magic to search for the answers. It plunges into the depths of jealousy, fear, and greed-as well as violence, sorrow, and loss. But it also scales the heights of love and faith, hope and deliverance. This story may be fictional, but it is true. Its truths are about what it means to be human, what it means to have the power to choose. Fire & Clay is no mere fairytale. What we can see, touch, and taste is only a narrow sliver of reality. There is a war being fought all around us, even within us. And sooner than we might think, our final battle is coming.

The Boat Rocker

Author : Ha Jin
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307911624
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Boat Rocker written by Ha Jin and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2016 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist's dogged quest for truth in the Internet age. New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by the Chinese diaspora around the world. Danlin's explosive exposés have made him legendary among readers--and feared by Communist officials. But his newest assignment may be his undoing: investigating his ex-wife, Yan Haili, an unscrupulous novelist who has willingly become a pawn of the Chinese government in order to realize her dreams of literary stardom. Haili's scheme infuriates Danlin both morally and personally--he will do whatever it takes to expose her as a fraud. But in outing Haili, he is also provoking her powerful political allies, and he will need to draw on all of his journalistic cunning to emerge from this investigation with his career--and his life--still intact. A brilliant, darkly funny story of corruption, integrity, and the power of the pen, The Boat Rocker is a tour de force of modern fiction.

Swimmer Among the Stars

Author : Kanishk Tharoor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715394
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Swimmer Among the Stars written by Kanishk Tharoor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian and NPR “A writer who is gifted not just with extraordinary talent but also with a subtle, original, and probing mind.” —Amitav Ghosh In one of the singularly imaginative stories from Kanishk Tharoor’s Swimmer Among the Stars, despondent diplomats entertain themselves by playing table tennis in zero gravity—for after rising seas destroy Manhattan, the United Nations moves to an orbiting space hotel. In other tales, a team of anthropologists treks to a remote village to record a language’s last surviving speaker intoning her native tongue; an elephant and his driver cross the ocean to meet the whims of a Moroccan princess; and Genghis Khan’s marauding army steadily approaches an unnamed city’s walls. With exuberant originality and startling vision, Tharoor cuts against the grain of literary convention, drawing equally from ancient history and current events. His world-spanning stories speak to contemporary challenges of environmental collapse and cultural appropriation, but also to the workings of legend and their timeless human truths. Whether refashioning the romances of Alexander the Great or confronting the plight of today’s refugees, Tharoor writes with distinctive insight and remarkable assurance. Swimmer Among the Stars announces the arrival of a vital, enchanting talent.

(you) Set Me On Fire

Author : Mariko Tamaki
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143186698
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book (you) Set Me On Fire written by Mariko Tamaki and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about college, about fire and also about love. Allison Lee is seventeen and off to college in the fall. So far, she's been in love once (total catastrophe) and on fire twice (also pretty bad). Both love and fire have left their scars. Looking a little more burnt chicken and a little less radiant phoenix, Allison takes up residence in Dylan Hall (a.k.a. Dyke Hall) at St. Joseph's College, where she discovers the true gift of freshman year: the opportunity to reinvent yourself. Miles away from the high school she's happy to leave behind, her all-female dorm is a strange new world, home to new social circles and challenges. Allison still feels like the odd girl out ... until Shar appears. Beautiful and blinding, Shar quickly becomes the sun at the centre of Allison's universe, drawing her in with dangerous allure. Will Allison get burned again? And, if she does ... what kind of scars will she earn this time?