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Yellow Earth

Author : John Sayles
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1642590789
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Yellow Earth written by John Sayles and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Yellow Earth, John Sayles introduces an epic cast of characters, weaving together narratives of competing agendas and worldviews with lyrical dexterity, insight, and wit. When rich layers of shale oil are discovered beneath the town of Yellow Earth, all hell breaks loose. Locals, oil workers, service workers, politicians, law enforcement, and get-rich-quick opportunists—along with an earnest wildlife biologist—commingle and collide as the population of the town triples overnight. Harleigh Killdeer, chairman of the tribal business council of the neighboring Three Nations reservation, entertains visions of "sovereignty by the barrel" and joins forces with a fast-talking entrepreneur. From casino dealers to activists and high school kids, everyone in the region is swept up in the unsparing wave of an oil boom. Sayles’s masterful storytelling draws an arc from the earliest exploitation of this land and its people all the way to twenty-first-century privatization schemes. Through the intertwining lives of its characters, Yellow Earth lays bare how the profit motive erodes human relationships, as well as our living planet. The fate of Yellow Earth serves as a parable for our times.

Yellow Dirt

Author : Judy Pasternak
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416594833
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Yellow Dirt written by Judy Pasternak and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of uranium mining on the Navajo reservation and its legacy of sickness and government neglect, documenting one of the darker chapters in 20th century American history. --From publisher description.

China Into Film

Author : Jerome Silbergeld
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861890504
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book China Into Film written by Jerome Silbergeld and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1984, Chinese cinema has been the most dramatic entry onto the international film scene. China into Film is the first book to look at contemporary Chinese cinema as a visual art and to illustrate the ways in which it has been shaped by centuries of Chinese tradition. Jerome Silbergeld looks at the significance of gender roles, the strategies of film-makers in coping with state censorship, the translation of novels into films, the continuing attachment of film-makers to melodrama, and cinematic critiques of Maoism and post-Maoist culture. Abundantly illustrated with Chinese paintings as well as scenes from such internationally acclaimed films as Yellow Earth, Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and Farewell My Concubine, China into Film reveals a cinematic form at once excitingly new and deeply imbedded in traditional Chinese visual culture.

Children of the Yellow Earth (Den Gula Jordens Barn. Engl.) Studies in Prehistoric China. (Transl. By. E. Classen.) [Illustr.] (London 1934, Repr. 1. MIT Press Paperback Ed.)- Cambridge, Mass. (1973). XXI, 345 S., 2 Bl. Kt. 8°

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Author : Johann Gunnar Andersson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of the Yellow Earth (Den Gula Jordens Barn. Engl.) Studies in Prehistoric China. (Transl. By. E. Classen.) [Illustr.] (London 1934, Repr. 1. MIT Press Paperback Ed.)- Cambridge, Mass. (1973). XXI, 345 S., 2 Bl. Kt. 8° written by Johann Gunnar Andersson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1973 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

China

Author : Robert E. Murowchick
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806126838
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book China written by Robert E. Murowchick and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologists, archaeologists, geographers, and historians chronicle the evolution of Chinese culture and history from antiquity to present times

Earth's Land and Water

Author : Bonnie Beers
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736807371
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Earth's Land and Water written by Bonnie Beers and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs describe bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers, as well as land forms such as mountains, island, valleys and plains.

Dawn of the Yellow Earth

Author : Regina Krahl
Publisher : Art Media Resources
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dawn of the Yellow Earth written by Regina Krahl and published by Art Media Resources. This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue of pre-Han pottery presents a variety of regional ancient cultures and reveals China's early civilizations through 63 fine examples of ceramic artworks from the Neolithic period through the Western Zhou dynasty drawn from the renowned Meiyintang Collection. Clearly outlining the different regions and charateristics of the ceramic-producing cultures of ancient China, this volume includes information on newly excavated materials and discussion on how these Neolithic and Bronze age cultures laid the foundations for China's later artistic and cultural achievements.

Primitive Passions

Author : Rey Chow
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231076838
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Primitive Passions written by Rey Chow and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Chinese cinema

Asian Mythologies

Author : Yves Bonnefoy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226064567
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Asian Mythologies written by Yves Bonnefoy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-05-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 130 articles Aisan mythologies and cover such topics as Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Chinese cosmology and demons, and the Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit". Also includes myths from Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia. Illustrations.

Origins

Author : Lewis Dartnell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541617894
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Origins written by Lewis Dartnell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece. Atmospheric circulation patterns later on shaped the progression of global exploration, colonization, and trade. Even today, voting behavior in the south-east United States ultimately follows the underlying pattern of 75 million-year-old sediments from an ancient sea. Everywhere is the deep imprint of the planetary on the human. From the cultivation of the first crops to the founding of modern states, Origins reveals the breathtaking impact of the earth beneath our feet on the shape of our human civilizations.

The Late Great Planet Earth

Author : Hal Lindsey
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310531063
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Late Great Planet Earth written by Hal Lindsey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of The Late Great Planet Earth cannot be overstated. The New York Times called it the "no. 1 non-fiction bestseller of the decade." For Christians and non-Christians of the 1970s, Hal Lindsey's blockbuster served as a wake-up call on events soon to come and events already unfolding -- all leading up to the greatest event of all: the return of Jesus Christ. The years since have confirmed Lindsey's insights into what biblical prophecy says about the times we live in. Whether you're a church-going believer or someone who wouldn't darken the door of a Christian institution, the Bible has much to tell you about the imminent future of this planet. In the midst of an out-of-control generation, it reveals a grand design that's unfolding exactly according to plan. The rebirth of Israel. The threat of war in the Middle East. An increase in natural catastrophes. The revival of Satanism and witchcraft. These and other signs, foreseen by prophets from Moses to Jesus, portend the coming of an antichrist . . . of a war which will bring humanity to the brink of destruction . . . and of incredible deliverance for a desperate, dying planet.

In Search of the Canary Tree

Author : Lauren E. Oakes
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541617428
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Canary Tree written by Lauren E. Oakes and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants and people could cope with their rapidly changing world. Amidst the standing dead, she discovered the resiliency of forgotten forests, flourishing again in the wake of destruction, and a diverse community of people who persevered to create new relationships with the emerging environment. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply heartening, In Search of the Canary Tree is a case for hope in a warming world.

Representation of the Cultural Revolution in Chinese Films by the Fifth Generation Filmmakers

Author : Ming-May Jessie Chen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Representation of the Cultural Revolution in Chinese Films by the Fifth Generation Filmmakers written by Ming-May Jessie Chen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines historical events related to the Chinese Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1976, focusing mainly on the work of the so-called Fifth Generation filmmakers who experienced the Cultural revolution first hand and produced movies about it, though attention is also given to films from Third, Fourth, and Sixth Generation directors. Assuming that fictional films can be seen as an agent enhancing our historical understanding, this study, employing an interdisciplinary approach involving history, philosophy, literature, and ideology, and using the Chinese Cultural Revolution as an example, attempts to examine how such a theory of film might fit into a philosophy of history, while also aiming to find places where film and history intersect.

Half of a Yellow Sun

Author : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307373541
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Half of a Yellow Sun written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her award-winning debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was heralded by the Washington Post Book World as the “21st century daughter” of Chinua Achebe. Now, in her masterly, haunting new novel, she recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Adichie weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Ugwu is houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor who sends him to school, and in whose living room Ugwu hears voices full of revolutionary zeal. Odenigbo’s beautiful mistress, Olanna, a sociology teacher, is running away from her parents’ world of wealth and excess; Kainene, her urbane twin, is taking over their father’s business; and Kainene’s English lover, Richard, forms a bridge between their two worlds. As we follow these intertwined lives through a military coup, the Biafran secession and the subsequent war, Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise, and intimately, the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place. Epic, ambitious and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a more powerful, dramatic and intensely emotional picture of modern Africa than any we have had before.

Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years

Author : Stacy McAnulty
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1250197910
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years written by Stacy McAnulty and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lighthearted nonfiction picture book about the formation and history of the Earth--told from the perspective of the Earth itself! "Hi, I’m Earth! But you can call me Planet Awesome." Prepare to learn all about Earth from the point-of-view of Earth herself! In this funny yet informative book, filled to the brim with kid-friendly facts, readers will discover key moments in Earth’s life, from her childhood more than four billion years ago all the way up to present day. Beloved children's book author Stacy McAnulty helps Earth tell her story, and award-winning illustrator David Litchfield brings the words to life. The book includes back matter with even more interesting tidbits. This title has Common Core connections.

The Water Kingdom

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022647092X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Water Kingdom written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water has been so integral to China’s culture, economy, and growth and development that it provides a window on the whole sweep of Chinese history. In The Water Kingdom, renowned writer Philip Ball opens that window to offer an epic and powerful new way of thinking about Chinese civilization. Water, Ball shows, is a key that unlocks much of Chinese culture. In The Water Kingdom, he takes us on a grand journey through China’s past and present, showing how the complexity and energy of the country and its history repeatedly come back to the challenges, opportunities, and inspiration provided by the waterways. Drawing on stories from travelers and explorers, poets and painters, bureaucrats and activists, all of whom have been influenced by an environment shaped and permeated by water, Ball explores how the ubiquitous relationship of the Chinese people to water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression. From the Han emperors to Mao, the ability to manage the waters ? to provide irrigation and defend against floods ? was a barometer of political legitimacy, often resulting in engineering works on a gigantic scale. It is a struggle that continues today, as the strain of economic growth on water resources may be the greatest threat to China’s future. The Water Kingdom offers an unusual and fascinating history, uncovering just how much of China’s art, politics, and outlook have been defined by the links between humanity and nature.

Asian Cinemas

Author : Dimitris Eleftheriotis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824830854
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Asian Cinemas written by Dimitris Eleftheriotis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West’s current fascination with Asian cinema must be viewed in the context of a complex and often problematic relationship between Western scholars, students, viewers, and Asian films. This book examines a number of detailed case studies (such as the films of Ozu, Bruce Lee, Hong Kong and Turkish cinema, Hindi melodramas, Godzilla films, Taiwanese directors, and Fifth Generation Chinese cinema) and uses them to investigate the limitations of Anglo–U.S. theoretical models and critical paradigms. By engaging readers with familiar areas of critical discourse (such as postcolonial criticism, "national cinema," "genre," "authorship," and "stardom") the book aims to introduce within such contexts the "unfamiliar" case studies that will be explored in depth and detail.