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Book Synopsis Shooting in China (Classic Reprint) by : Thomas R. Jernigan
Download or read book Shooting in China (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas R. Jernigan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shooting in China The following papers were written to give the new shooter in China a general idea of the equipments necessary for his success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Shooting in China by : Thomas R. Jernigan
Download or read book Shooting in China written by Thomas R. Jernigan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shooting in China The following papers were written to give the new shooter in China a general idea of the equipments necessary for his success and comfort, and I have also ventured to submit some hints on the deportment that should be observed while shooting in the interior, but if I have succeeded in recording any incident which may remind the old "up-country" shooter of the pleasure of a day forever gone I shall feel gratified and compensated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Sporting Notes in the Far East (Classic Reprint) by : Lieutenant C. Cradock
Download or read book Sporting Notes in the Far East (Classic Reprint) written by Lieutenant C. Cradock and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sporting Notes in the Far East I am no hand as an Author; but this little volume compiled from my shooting journal, is penned for the use of kindred sport-men in the Service, as a "Guide" to portions of the Coast shooting on the China Station. The greater part is written from my own experiences during three years spent in Far East, with a few additional notes kindly supplied by brother officers. I am in hopes, from the information contained, that on a ship going to a strange port, it will partially obviate all the valuable time lost, and the labour expended, in looking for places where game is likely to be found; which spots, in a great many cases, are only discovered a day or two before the vessel sails and when too late! To a few of the discriptions of the several places I have attached a small map, depicting the most probable ground on which to find sport. Again, as at some harbours little incidents have occasionally occurred which might prove interesting to some readers, I have related them at the end of the shooting directions for those places. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis China and Its People in Early Photographs by : John Thomson
Download or read book China and Its People in Early Photographs written by John Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shooting in China - Primary Source Edition by : Thomas R. Jernigan
Download or read book Shooting in China - Primary Source Edition written by Thomas R. Jernigan and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Book Synopsis Round the World in Six Months (Classic Reprint) by : E. S. Bridges
Download or read book Round the World in Six Months (Classic Reprint) written by E. S. Bridges and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Round the World in Six Months The european settlement - diminutive racers - shooting IN china - A real chinese dinner - bird's-nest stew the chinese arsenal - hong-kong - A typhoon - pidgeon english - chits - the sprite - UP the canton river sampans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley (Classic Reprint) by : Henling Thomas Wade
Download or read book With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley (Classic Reprint) written by Henling Thomas Wade and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley One reason why the foreigner does not make to-day the huge bags of yore may possibly be that he does not put in that amount of hard work and enthusiasm which characterized the shooters of days gone by. There is a regrettable apathy born of the luxury inseparable from a shooting trip now-a-days undreamt of in the past. But the most despond'ent of those who bewail that we are fast coming to the end of our shooting tether may take heart of grace from the knowledge that game has been in most abundant supply all the past season, and that prices on the average have seldom been more reasonable. The ground and flying game of this favoured valley is plentiful enough, and good bags will for a long time yet result from assiduous and intelligent work. Places like Wuhu, Tatung and Tungliu, amongst many others, must ever remain sanctuaries until such time as the expenses attendant upon reaching them shall be very considerably lessened, while no amount Of legitimate shooting can or will ever make any diminution in the countless numbers Of the migratory birds, be they Wildfowl, woodcocks or snipes, whose close season Nature herself has determined and no mortal can hasten or retard, or set aside. Naturally enough there would be much more shooting in what may be termed the houseboat radius were the municipally called close season for partridges, pheasants and quail not so wilfully and Obviously disregarded. There are, unfortunately, people who eat, and who, worse still, glory in eating, game right through the summer, while the mail and coast steamers carry away birds in thousands all the year round. A betterment worth working for would be to get the Chinese Government to make the export of game during certain times of the year punishable by law, and to seek the co-operation of the French and International Municipal Councils and the Agents of the several steam ship lines to carry that law, as far as they were able, into effect. The disease is here we wait for the physician. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Shooting Notes and Comments written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shooting Notes and Comments: A Book Containing Matters of Interest to Sportsmen Black gunpowder is not a chemical compound, but is a mixture of three materials, which, however well mixed, never combine or change their original properties. Con sequently the manufacture, though dangerous, is simple, as is shown many times in history; the Chinese, the Spaniards in Peru, the Arabs in Morocco today, allhaving manufactured it when pressed by need. The finished powder is absurdly simple to load. The only essential thing is to see that all the cartridges have an exactly similar charge of powder and the results, speak ing broadly, will be identical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Chinese Turkestan by : Percy W. Church
Download or read book Chinese Turkestan written by Percy W. Church and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chinese Turkestan: With Caravan and Rifle We decided on our somewhat roundabout route partly to avoid the above difficulty and partly because we both wished to revisit Kashmir, a country which when once known has an extra ordinary attraction for most people. There is, of course, a very much more simple and direct route from England than the one we took. This I pro pose to describe further on, and at the same time to give some hints as to which part of the country I consider best worth visiting from a shooting point of view, with notes as to distances, game to be found, best time of year, and anything else which I think may be of service. Recently Central Asia has been a good deal written about, but chiefly from scientific or political points of view. These I have left alone, knowing but little of the former, and considering that the latter does not come into the province of what is merely a journal of travel and sport. It is perhaps rather a large order to give a description of the sport to be got in so big a district, but as the country is practically new to sportsmen I may be excused for my attempt. I have travelled and shot over a good deal of it myself, and have in addition collected much information from natives; this, of course, cannot always be implicitly relied upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The River of Golden Sand, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah (Classic Reprint) by : William Gill
Download or read book The River of Golden Sand, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah (Classic Reprint) written by William Gill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The River of Golden Sand, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah Cradle of the Chinese Nation - Their Settlement in shan-si Characteristics of Chinese History - Manifold Invasions of China, but Chinese Individuality always predominates - Imagination essential to Advancement, but the Chinese have it not - Inven tions ascribed to them - Stoppage of Development - China for the Chinese - Foreign Help inevitable - The woo-sung Rail way - Defects of Chinese Character - Shanghai in vvinter pigeon-english - Perverse Employment of it - The word 'pa goda - Preparations again for Travel - Detail of Packages - The Shanghai Theatre - Chinese Treatment of Chinese - The Chi nese Performers - Sport at Shanghai - A Shooting Excursion on the yang-tzii - Names of the Great River - The so-called Grand Canal, ' and its Humours - Shooting Scenes - The Mixt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis An English Gazette for Chinese Students, Vol. 1 by :
Download or read book An English Gazette for Chinese Students, Vol. 1 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An English Gazette for Chinese Students, Vol. 1: With Concurrent Explanation in Chinese A French soldier wished-to.enter the gate of the Palace, when the guard stopped his doing so with force and the Frenchman got in a rage and used his bayonet to attack the guard who also became angry and shot at the soldier in return killing him. This u as, how' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Shooting in the Himalayas by : Frederick Markham
Download or read book Shooting in the Himalayas written by Frederick Markham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shooting in the Himalayas: A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &C The Neila valley, or, Vale of Flowers. - A bear and her cub. Sickness in our camp. - Lofty pass.-torrents. - Snow - storm. Shelter in a cave. - Ruspa valley. - Chenee. - Clapcott leaves for Simla. - Asrung valley - The Ibex - Its description - Migra tion. - Habits. - Wariness and shyness - Wonderful climbing powers - Its speed over rocky and precipitous ground - Return to the cave in the Buspa valley. - The two passes - The pass into Thibet. Barren country. - Tangee. Stopped by the Tartars. - Assembly and consultation of Tartar chiefs - Their fear of their Chinese masters - Costume and villages. - Proceed to Polinsundra. - The white leopard - Unexpected meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis A Grey Moon Over China by : Thomas A. Day
Download or read book A Grey Moon Over China written by Thomas A. Day and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army engineer Eduardo Torres is caught up in the world's raging oil wars when he stumbles onto the plans for a quantum-energy battery. This remarkable device could slow civilization's inevitable descent into environmental disaster, but Torres has other plans. Forming a private army, he uses the device to revive an abandoned space colonization effort in an ambitious campaign to lead humanity to a new life in a distant solar system. The massive endeavor faces many challenges before the fleet finally embarks for the Holzstein System many light-years away. But even as the feuding colonists struggle to carve out homes on alien worlds, they discover that they have not left their old conflicts and inner demons behind. Nor are they alone on this new frontier. Awaiting them are inhuman beings who strike without warning or explanation--and who may spell the end of humanity's last hope. Epic in scope, yet filled with searing human drama and emotion, A Grey Moon Over China is a monumental science fiction saga by an amazing new talent. Its original publication by Black Heron Press was named one of the "Best Books of 2006" by Kirkus Reviews. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis The Jaws of Death (Classic Reprint) by : Grant Allen
Download or read book The Jaws of Death (Classic Reprint) written by Grant Allen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-03-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Jaws of Death It was a miserable village of a single long street, and low at that, consisting in about equal proportions of a hotel, a dancing saloon, three American bars, a provision store, a shooting-gallery, and a Chinese laun dry. People said, those days, it was better to live in vain than to live in Cooper's Pike City. The inhabitants reckoned about forty men and three women; and so far as I could see they didn't appear to have a single im mortal soul among them./ Hallo! Said I, when I first set eyes on the town of Cooper's Pike; here's a pretty sort of place indeed for me to bring Edith to 1 And that reminds me that I'd better start fair at the very beginning, and tell you who I was, and who was Edith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Sport in Asia and Africa (Classic Reprint) by : Richard Morris Dane
Download or read book Sport in Asia and Africa (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Morris Dane and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sport in Asia and Africa IN December 1918, after five and a half years of most strenuous work in China, I found myself once more an idle man; and, to employ my unaccustomed leisure and beguile the tedium of the long journey from China to England, I wrote an account of some of my shooting and fishing experiences and adventures. With the exception of some notes regarding the dates of my shooting expeditions, and the notes about bears, which are referred to in Chapter IX, I kept no shooting diaries or notes, but I have consulted the diaries of my friend Mr. W. B. M. Bird, and my memory is very retentive. I think, therefore, that I can vouch for the substantial accuracy of all state ments made, and for the complete accuracy of the description given of the more important incidents. Some of the actual dates given have been taken from Mr. Bird's diaries, and some from entries on the shields upon which trophies have been mounted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 by : Christopher G. Rea
Download or read book Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 written by Christopher G. Rea and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 is an essential guide to the first golden age of Chinese cinema. Offering detailed introductions to fourteen films, this study highlights the creative achievements of Chinese filmmakers in the decades leading up to 1949, when the Communists won the civil war and began nationalizing cultural industries. Christopher Rea reveals the uniqueness and complexity of Republican China’s cinematic masterworks, from the comedies and melodramas of the silent era to the talkies and musicals of the 1930s and 1940s. Each chapter appraises the artistry of a single film, highlighting its outstanding formal elements, from cinematography to editing to sound design. Examples include the slapstick gags of Laborer’s Love (1922), Ruan Lingyu’s star turn in Goddess (1934), Zhou Xuan’s mesmerizing performance in Street Angels (1937), Eileen Chang’s urbane comedy of manners Long Live the Missus! (1947), the wartime epic Spring River Flows East (1947), and Fei Mu’s acclaimed work of cinematic lyricism, Spring in a Small Town (1948). Rea shares new insights and archival discoveries about famous films, while explaining their significance in relation to politics, society, and global cinema. Lavishly illustrated and featuring extensive guides to further viewings and readings, Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 offers an accessible tour of China’s early contributions to the cinematic arts.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas by : Carlos Rojas
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas written by Carlos Rojas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean for a cinematic work to be "Chinese"? Does it refer specifically to a work's subject, or does it also reflect considerations of language, ethnicity, nationality, ideology, or political orientation? Such questions make any single approach to a vast field like "Chinese cinema" difficult at best. Accordingly, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas situates the term more broadly among various different phases, genres, and distinct national configurations, while taking care to address the consequences of grouping together so many disparate histories under a single banner. Offering both a platform for cross-disciplinary dialogue and a mapping of Chinese cinema as an expanded field, this Handbook presents thirty-three essays by leading researchers and scholars intent on yielding new insights and new analyses using three different methodologies. Chapters in Part I investigate the historical periodizations of the field through changing notions of national and political identity — all the way from the industry's beginnings in the 1920s up to its current forms in contemporary Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the global diaspora. Chapters in Part II feature studies centered on the field's taxonomical formalities, including such topics as the role of the Chinese opera in technological innovation, the political logic of the "Maoist film," and the psychoanalytic formula of the kung fu action film. Finally, in Part III, focus is given to the structural elements that comprise a work's production, distribution, and reception to reveal the broader cinematic apparatuses within which these works are positioned. Taken together, the multipronged approach supports a wider platform beyond the geopolitical and linguistic limitations in existing scholarship. Expertly edited to illustrate a representative set of up to date topics and approaches, The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas provides a vital addition to a burgeoning field still in its formative stages.
