Author : Cai Shen
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1648845762
He, summer, was an orphan. Growing up in an orphanage, on the late autumn night when he was ten years old, there was a fire in the orphanage. In order to save his brothers and sisters, he was caught in fire. Five years later in real life, he heavily ...
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 1985
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Adrienne Su
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0822988232
Peach State has its origins in Atlanta, Georgia, the author’s hometown and an emblematic city of the New South, a name that reflects the American region’s invigoration in recent decades by immigration and a spirit of reinvention. Focused mainly on food and cooking, these poems explore the city’s transformation from the mid-twentieth century to today, as seen and shaped by Chinese Americans. The poems are set in restaurants, home kitchens, grocery stores, and the houses of friends and neighbors. Often employing forms—sonnet, villanelle, sestina, palindrome, ghazal, rhymed stanzas—they also mirror the constant negotiation with tradition that marks both immigrant and Southern experience. Excerpt from “You’re from the South?” As if it had never joined the Union. As if we had to go through Customs when bringing Vidalia onions to uncles and cousins in the North, where Confucians and their brethren flock for education. As if our speech required translation or at least interpretation. As if Hartsfield-Jackson were a plantation, the Amtrak Crescent a moon over rows of cotton, and all of us a population that never saw snow or migration.
Author : David Chang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1472964128
From David Chang, currently the hottest chef in the culinary world, comes this his first book, written with New York Times food critic Peter Meehan, packed full of ingeniously creative recipes. Already a sensational world star, Chang produces a buzzing fusion of Korean/Asian and Western cuisine, creating a style of food which defies easy categorisation. That it is fantastic, there is no doubt, and that it is eminently cookable, there is also no doubt! In the words of Chang himself, it is‚ 'bad pseudo-fusion cuisine'! The vibrant, urban feel of the book is teamed perfectly with clear and insightful writing that is both witty and accessible. Backed by undeniably informed technique and a clearly passionate advocation of cutting-edge fusion cooking, Chang's Momofuku is a stunning, no-holds barred, debut.
Author : Bao Phi
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 12,37 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1684461200
Every child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels "double different." She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully's taunts. Then a bird catches her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary exploration. What if she could fly away like a bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way home to the arms of her moms. Together, the three of them imagine beautiful and powerful creatures who always have courage - just like Thuy.
Author : Wo AiChiQieZi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 47,15 MB
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1649483341
A God Stepping realm expert had been reborn, and from then on, he was able to rule the world, step into the four seas, and behead the evil spirits. He was able to exert great pressure and reach a supreme realm. The people I want to kill will definitely die. The people I want to save, even the heavens would not dare to take them in — Zhao Lingxiao!
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 21,22 MB
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0520381084
Translated in full for the first time, this third volume immerses readers in the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel. The three great southern states of Chu, Wu, and Yue are locked in conflict, and their kings feel a hatred for each other that transcends all bounds. Cruel humiliations are imposed on the vanquished each time a battle is lost, while vicious scheming and internecine manipulation destroy many lives. The balance of power is threatened—but there can only be one victor. One of the great works of Chinese literature, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting the five hundred years leading to the unification of the country in 221 B.C.E. under the rule of the legendary First Emperor. Writing some fourteen hundred years later, the Ming-era author Feng Menglong drew on a vast trove of literary and historical documents to compose a gripping narrative account of how China was forged. Detailing the stories of unforgettable characters who defined and shaped the times in which they lived, the complete edition of Kingdoms in Peril is a vital resource for those seeking a comprehensive overview of China’s ancient past and the political machinations that led to its unification. There are many historical works that provide an account of some of these events, but none are as thrilling and breathtakingly memorable as Kingdoms in Peril.
Author : Ty Patterson
Publisher : Three Aces Publishing Ltd
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 28,9 MB
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
ZEB CARTER VERSUS THE YAKUZA The world's intelligence agencies are under attack. The first to be targeted is Avichai Levin, Director of Mossad. His daughter is brutally killed in New York, in broad daylight. The head of the French DGSE is similarly hit. The Agency springs into action, with Zeb Carter leading the investigation. A trail that pits him against a Vietnamese execution squad, a London biker hit-team, and takes him to Japan. To the yakuza. The largest criminal gang in the world. There, Zeb learns of the true motives behind the attacks. And of an upcoming one, that has horrifying ramifications for global peace. Zeb Carter has to stop them and prevent the execution. But no one has ever defeated the yakuza. Not in centuries. USA Today Bestselling Author Ty Patterson 'is up there with Lee Child and Vince Flynn'
Author : Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1582708797
Children’s biggest emotions often come up about friends and other kids. In this funny and useful book, authors Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Christine McLaughlin help kids understand and cope with feelings in ways that build strong friendships. 2023 NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARDS WINNER Everyone likes the idea of “best friends forever,” but friendships can be complicated, and they often involve dealing with difficult feelings. Almost all children have experienced feeling shy at a party where they don’t know anyone, furious during an argument with a friend, or sad when a friend moves away. Because kids care a lot about friends, they often have big emotional responses about them. This entertaining and empowering book addresses a wide range of feelings children have about friends and other kids, including worry, guilt, jealousy, compassion, and gratitude. Through relatable cartoon stories, practical, research-based coping strategies, plus silly commentary from a cat and dog who have their own (questionable) ideas about what might help, kids get a hands-on approach that they can put into practice. Child psychologist Eileen Kennedy-Moore and parenting and health writer Christine McLaughlin show kids how to recognize the Feelings Story behind common friendship rough spots, demonstrating the links between events, thoughts, emotions, actions, and social reactions through the situational cartoons, so children can clearly see how their reactions fuel or resolve relationship problems. And going far beyond a simplistic and unrealistic “don’t worry, be happy, think positive only” approach, Growing Feelings offers a nuanced perspective on feelings about friends. It emphasizes that all emotions are useful and guides children in how to empathize with others’ reactions, as well as how to understand, manage, and communicate in healthy ways about their own feelings. Caring friendships are a protective factor for children’s mental health. Giving kids the tools they need to deal with the feelings about friends is a powerful step toward protecting and improving their well-being.
Author : Gianluca Miniaci
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789259169
Archaeological remains are ‘fragmented by definition’: apart from exceptional cases, the study of the human past takes into account mainly traces, ruins, discards, and debris of past civilizations. It is rare that things have been preserved as they were originally made and conceived in the past. However, not all the ancient fragmentary objects were the ‘leftovers’ from the past. A noticeable portion of them was part and parcel of the ancient materiality already in the form of a fragment or damaged item. In 2000, John Chapman, with his volume Fragmentation in Archaeology, attracted the attention of scholars on the need to reconsider broken artifacts as the result of the deliberate anthropic process of physical fragmentation. The phenomenon of fragmentation can be thus explored with more outcomes for a category of objects that played an important role inside the society: the figurines. Due to their portability and size, figurines are particularly entangled and engaged in social, spatial, temporal, and material relations, and – more than other artifacts – can easily accommodate acts of embodiment and dismemberment. The act of creation symmetrically also involves the act of destruction, which in turn is another act of creation, since from the fragmentation comes a new entity with a different ontology. Breaking contains the paradigms of life: creation and reparation, destruction and regeneration. The scope of this volume is to search for traces of any voluntary and intentional fragmentation of ancient artifacts, creating, improving, and sharpening the methods and principles for a scientific investigation that goes beyond single author impression or sensitivity. The comparative lens adopted in this volume can allow the reader to explore different fields taken from ancient societies of how we can address, assess, detect, and even discuss the action of breaking and mutilation of ancient figurines.
