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Author : M. Chan-Foon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Told on the Pagoda written by M. Chan-Foon and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patricia Powell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156008297
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Pagoda written by Patricia Powell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a contented shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the verdant surroundings of his adoptive land. But his mysterious past begins to confront Lowe in everything he does, and so his story emerges - the tale of his exile from China, his shipboard adventures, an unwanted pregnancy, and the arrangement of hidden identity that was made to avoid scandal. Lowe marries the beautiful widow Miss Sylvie as part of the arrangement, and their relationship is complex, vivid, and full of secrets. When his shop burns to the ground Lowe is forced to reckon with his past through the destruction of his disguises and the creation of a new dream: the building of a pagoda where culture and the past can be fully embraced." -- back cover.
Author : Claire Scobie
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743480423
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)
Download or read book The Pagoda Tree written by Claire Scobie and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving together the uneasy meeting of two cultures, The Pagoda Tree is a captivating story of love, loss and fate. Tanjore, 1765. Maya plays among the towering granite temples of this ancient city in the heart of southern India. Like her mother before her, she is destined to become a devadasi, a dancer for the temple. She is instructed in dance, the mystical arts and lovemaking. It is expected she will be chosen as a courtesan for the prince himself. But as Maya comes of age, India is on the cusp of change and British dominance has risen to new heights. The prince is losing his power and the city is sliding into war. Maya is forced to flee her ancestral home, and heads to the bustling port city of Madras, where East and West collide. Maya captivates all who watch her dance. Thomas Pearce, an ambitious young Englishman who has travelled to India to make his fortune, is entranced from the moment he first sees her. But their love is forbidden, and comes at enormous cost. 'Claire Scobie's seductive prose and immaculate layering of period detail capture India at her most exotic.' Susan Kurosawa 'Women's stories are rarely told in history, nor particularly honoured. The Pagoda Tree offers a powerful, sensual perspective on a time of great transformation in India.' Sarah Macdonald, author of Holy Cow 'A rich and enthralling story handled with great skill by someone with a profound understanding of her material.' David Roach, screenwriter and film director 'A richly textured tale full of the sights, sounds and smells of India, with all its complex beauty and troubled history … ' Sydney Morning Herald 'A novel to be savoured … Its layering, the unravelling of the story, the subtext of the fortunes made and lost on cotton and silk, the evocative descriptions of saris themselves are all part of [its] tapestry.' The Age '[The Pagoda Tree] offers new ways of seeing the past.' Canberra Times 'Scobie's prose is eloquent … a fascinating, unique plot representing an interesting era in [India's] history.' The Mercury 'A story told with great panache.' Country Style 'Claire Scobie travels a vast and exotic terrain in her first novel.' Weekly Review 'This first novel by Claire Scobie would make a spectacular film.' Goodreading Magazine 'A nuanced and sophisticated exploration of the socio-historical realities that are inevitable when cultures collide.' The Hoopla
Author : Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and the Masterpiece written by Anne Douglas Sedgwick and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and the Masterpiece" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick. 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.
Author : Jim Weeks
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Jin Mi written by Jim Weeks and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jin Mi had no intentions of returning to Taiwan, but he continued to keep up-to-date on the people he left behind. He contacted Daniel every three months for his updates. After two years he decided to go back. He was informed that Cindy, his best friend and one-time lover, was in financial trouble and was refusing help. He gave Cindy and Jack permission to stay in his small house rent-free. He left Taiwan to finish his current responsibilities in the States. Jin Mi requested his lawyer to find him a new house, basically in the same area but much larger. There was a young, homeless ten-year-old girl befriended by Kwan-lo. The situation required help from the Taiwanese movie star. Nothing ever went without problems. A hit piece by Rolling Stone magazine, multiband concerts, a pregnancy and miscarriage, more trouble with Cindy, Hannah, the Finance Minister, the Taiwan President, CDs, and minitours. The highlight was two marriages and the introduction of the three-hour tour.
Author : Mabel Mary Agnes Cosgrove Chan-Toon
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (746 download)
Download or read book Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah by Mimosa written by Mabel Mary Agnes Cosgrove Chan-Toon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colesworthey Grant
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
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Author : Kate Crosby
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9971697807
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Champions of Buddhism written by Kate Crosby and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden at the margins of Burmese Buddhism and culture, the cults of the weikza shape Burmese culture by bringing together practices of supernatural power and a mission to protect Buddhism. This exciting new research on an often hidden aspect of Burmese religion places weikza in relation to the Vipassana insight meditation movement and conventional Buddhist practices, as well as the contemporary rise of Buddhist fundamentalism. Featuring research based on fieldwork only possible in recent years, paired with reflective essays by senior Buddhist studies scholars, this book situates the weikza cult in relation to broader Buddhist and Southeast Asian contexts, offering interpretations and investigations as rich and diverse as the Burmese expressions of the weikza cults themselves. Champions of Buddhism opens the field to new questions, new problems, and new connections with the study of religion and Southeast Asia in general.
Author : Elsie Spicer Eells
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Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
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Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004212892
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Jehol Diary written by and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first translation into English of the eighteenth-century Korean masterpiece entitled Yŏrha ilgi ('The Jehol Diary') by Pak Chiwŏn (1737-1805). The original text was written in classical Chinese and is a notoriously difficult work to translate. Pak Chiwŏn diarises the experiences of his remarkable overland journey on horseback from the northern border region of Korea to China's imperial summer residence in Jehol. Having been commanded by King Chongjo, the Korean monarch, to undertake the journey, Pak accompanied the royal envoys in 1780 on their tributary visit to the Chinese Emperor Qianlong, who was celebrating his seventieth birthday. The diary reveals the author's considerable curiosity about everything he sees and experiences: he describes aspects of China's superior material culture, and compares what he sees to be the backwardness of Korean methodology and uneconomic ways. In addition, the diary provides an outline of his suggestions for Korean social reform and even painstakingly records the daily lives of his fellow travellers, including his two personal servants. The text consists of three chapters: Crossing the Yalu River; Tales from Shenjing and Gateways and Garrisons. Korean masterpiece Yŏrha ilgi Jehol Diary
Author : Andrew R. Finlayson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618186
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Rice Paddy Recon written by Andrew R. Finlayson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young U.S. Marine officer recounts his experiences of the Vietnam War over a nineteen month period. He graphically describes what it was like to perform three distinct combat missions: long-range ground reconnaissance in the Annamite Mountains of I Corps, infantry operations in the rice paddies and mountains of Quang Nam Province and special police operations for the CIA in Tay Ninh Province. Using Marine Corps official unit histories, CIA documents, and his weekly letters home, the author relies almost exclusively on primary sources in providing an accurate and honest account of combat at the small unit level. Of particular interest is his description of his assignment to the CIA as a Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) advisor in Tay Ninh Province, where he participated in several secret missions as part of the controversial Phoenix Program. The name and contribution of the CIA's most valuable spy during the war, the famous "Tay Ninh Source," is revealed.
Author : Matthew Quaine Thompkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 149315981X
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (931 download)
Download or read book The Travels of the Black Raven written by Matthew Quaine Thompkins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew, a sophomore at Humboldt State University, wants to study abroad. He currently excels in his studies, and he feels it's time to leave the country. He one day runs to the study-abroad office on campus and asks if his school has a program for Japan. Unfortunately, the school has no program to go to the country, but they recommend him to a language program in China. Seeking freedom from boredom, Matthew, a young American college student, decides to embark on the trip of a lifetime to Xi'an. There, he has the task of learning one of the world's most difficult languages, Mandarin Chinese. Xi'an, home to some of China's most notable dynasties, is enriched with culture and beauty. Matthew's goal is to endure this language-intensive program and then flee to Japan. Before he can do this, he has to endure six months of living in Communist China. Matthew has no knowledge of China, and more importantly, he still is in the crossroad of finding his destiny. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Matthew enters China innocent and unprepared. Having a history of poor academics, his goal is to discover the art of studying and learning. Matthew leaves home, unaware of the characters he will meet and the inspiration he will gain. Matthew is in for an eye-opening experience from one of the world's greatest civilizations.
Author : Gina Chon
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812201590
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Behind the Killing Fields written by Gina Chon and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent history, atrocities have often been committed in the name of lofty ideals. One of the most disturbing examples took place in Cambodia's Killing Fields, where tens of thousands of victims were executed and hastily disposed of by Khmer Rouge cadres. Nearly thirty years after these bloody purges, two journalists entered the jungles of Cambodia to uncover secrets still buried there. Based on more than 1,000 hours of interviews with the top surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, Behind the Killing Fields follows the journey of a man who began as a dedicated freedom fighter and wound up accused of crimes against humanity. Known as Brother Number 2, Chea was Pol Pot's top lieutenant. He is now in prison, facing prosecution in a United Nations-Cambodian tribunal for his actions during the Khmer Rouge rule, when more than two million Cambodians died. The book traces how the seeds of the Killing Fields were sown and what led one man to believe that mass killing was necessary for the greater good. Coauthor Sambath Thet, a Khmer Rouge survivor, shares his personal perspectives on the murderous regime and how some victims have managed to rebuild their lives. The stories of Nuon Chea and Sambath Thet collide when the two meet. While Thet holds Chea responsible for the death of his parents and brother, he strives for understanding over revenge in order to reveal the forces that destroyed his homeland in the name of creating utopia. In this age of suicide bombers and terror alerts, the world is still at a loss to comprehend the violence of zealots. Behind the Killing Fields bravely confronts this challenge in an exclusive portrait of one man's political madness and another's personal wisdom.
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Total Pages : 994 pages
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Total Pages : 960 pages
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Total Pages : 604 pages
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