Author : Wendy Larson
Publisher : Cambria Sinophone World
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781604979756
In this first critical study of films by Zhang Yimou in English, Wendy Larson plumbs the larger field of debate to suggest thought-provoking ways of thinking about the films and their relationship to Chinese culture.
Author : Chenwei Ma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2023-12-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1040000703
Lingdao, the Chinese word for leadership, is rarely used to denote acts of social persuasion that occur outside of contexts of formal rank or status. However, the ubiquity of informal leadership in China raises a number of practical and theoretical questions. Based on an analysis of selected Chinese cinematic works depicting settings of educational practice and policy, the book explores how "Western" understandings of leadership emerge from these texts to form discursive media for social change. It also offers a new understanding of lingdao and leadership; how they represent a natural human desire, regardless of formal rank or position, to mobilize collective will, change minds, and achieve social change. The book will be of interest to professional scholars and graduate students of Chinese culture, educational leadership, mass media, and popular culture.
Author : Frances K. Gateward
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781578062614
Eleven years of interviews with the acclaimed Chinese film director of such movies as Red Sorgham, Shanghai Triad, and Not One Less
Author : Sam Storms
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433534967
Will there be sex in heaven? Are miraculous gifts for today? Does God ever change His mind? Such difficult questions often intrigue us, readily confuse us, and sometimes disturb us. Drawing on nearly 40 years of teaching and ministry experience, pastor-scholar Sam Storms answers 25 challenging questions Christians are often too afraid to ask, addressing thorny issues ranging from the eternal destiny of infants to the roles of demons and angels. The robust, thoughtful answers provided in this book offer a helpful alternative to relying on simplistic explanations, and will encourage you in the search for truth and clarity on such tough topics.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2000-03
Category :
ISBN :
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Author : Steven R. Bates
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2024-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Sometimes the best way to let one know what something is, is to let one know what it isn't. Today's typical academic book in eschatology provides the reader with a brief history of the various positions in the field followed by why certain positions should be considered the better options. This is not that book. Over the course of twelve chapters, six sequences will be presented from the three major sources in the New Testament regarding the subject, i.e., Paul's letters to the Thessalonians, the Olivet Discourse, and John's visions in Revelation. Through a careful reconciliation of those six sequences, Dr. Steven R. Bates will show that there's only one sequence of end-times, which he has labeled "The Post-Armageddon, Premillennial Resurrection." He asserts that had any other sequence of end-times been correct, whether pre-tribulationism, pre-wrath, mid-tribulationism, historic pre-millennialism, post-millennialism, a-millennialism, preterism, or any other sequence that one could possibly imagine, then the proponents of that postulation should be able to take the same six sequences from Scripture and reconcile them precisely with one another, sentence by sentence, and prove whatever sequence they propose. But, of course, no one will ever attempt such an endeavor because it's theoretically impossible. Scripture's six sequences only confirm one sequence, and it is the one which has been presented in The Sequence.
Author : Beth Harbison
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,17 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466842202
Meet Prinny, Chelsea and Diana. Prinny is the owner of Cosmos, a shop that sells crystals, potions, candles, and hope. It’s also a place where no one turns down a little extra-special cocktail that can work as a romance potion or heal a broken heart. But Prinny is in love with her married lawyer and she’ll need nothing short of magic to forget about him. Chelsea works as a living statue at tourist sites around Washington, DC. It's a thankless job, but it helps pay the rent. That, and her part-time job at Cosmos. As her dream of becoming a successful actress starts to seem more remote and the possibility of being a permanently struggling one seems more realistic, Chelsea begins to wonder: at one point do you give up on your dreams? And will love ever be in the cards for her? Diana Tiesman is married to Leif, a charismatic man who isn’t faithful. But no matter how many times he lets her down, Diana just can't let him go. She knows the only way she can truly breakaway is if she leaves and goes where he will never think to follow. So she ends up at Cosmos with Leif’s stepsister, where she makes her homemade teas and tinctures as she figures out whether she'd rather be lonely alone than lonely in love. In Beth Harbinson's One Less Problem Without You, three women suddenly find themselves together at their own very different crossroads. It will take hope, love, strength and a little bit of magic for them to find their way together.
Author : Amy Timberlake
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375873457
A Newbery Honor Book An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel “An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly. But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha's blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.
Author : Wanning Sun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742517974
More than ever before, China is on the move. When the flow of people and images is fused, meanings of self, place, space, community, and nation become unstable and contestable. This fascinating book explores the ways in which movement within and across the national borders of the PRC has influenced the imagination of the Chinese people, both those who remain and those who have left. Travelers or no, all participate in the production and consumption of images and narratives of travel, thus contributing to the formation of transnational subjectivities. Wanning Sun offers a fine-grained analysis of the significant narrative forms and discursive strategies used in representing transnational space in contemporary China. This includes looking at how stay-at-homes fantasize about faraway or unknown places, and how those in the diaspora remember experiences of familiar places. She considers the ways in which mobility-of people, capital, and images-affects localities through individuals' constructions of a sense of place. Relatedly, the author illustrates how economic, social, and political forces either facilitate or inhibit the formation of a particular kind of transnational subjectivity.
Author : Robbie Vorhaus
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,85 MB
Release : 2014-09-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780991465804
One Less. One More. is a modern-day handbook for following your heart, an ageless formula that when applied slowly, steadily and continuously, results in unimaginable happiness and success.Robbie Vorhaus should know. Drawing on his decades of advising the powerful, rich and famous, Robbie, one of the more sought-after and respected crisis and communications experts in the world, discovered a fascinating common thread, a remarkable connection, an extraordinary link among his truly happy and successful clients, family, and friends. They all, at one point, courageously and consciously chose to change their lives and follow their hearts. And now you can, too.Using real life examples from world leaders, rock stars, sports legends, and other notables, Robbie walks readers through his premise that our singular purpose in life is to be happy, and by having the courage to follow our heart and change slowly, we can fulfill our greatest goals, dreams and desires. Recognizing that we are all unforgettable heroes sharing common doubts on a collective journey, Robbie addresses questions like, What is my purpose? What if I fail? or What if I can't hear my heart's calling? In his new book One Less. One More. Follow Your Heart. Be Happy. Change Slowly., Robbie shares his incredibly compelling personal story of transforming from a homeless, drug addicted teenager, to a major media photojournalist, founder of an award-winning communications agency, leadership and crisis strategist, and to eventually writing a short, endearing column for his local newspaper, The Sag Harbor Express, that soon became the impetuous for the OLOM movement.One Less. One More. is a traveler s guide of sorts, a step-by-step, proven strategy for discovering your true life's purpose, doing what you love, and successfully moving forward for the abundant fulfillment of your heart's dreams and desires.
