The Land Drenched in Tears


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The Land Drenched in Tears is a moving history of the tumultuous years of modern China under Mao's rule, witnessed, experienced, and told through the personal lens of an ethnic minority woman, who endured nearly 20 years imprisonment and surveillance regime as a result of her political activism in Xinjiang, or East Turkistan, located in the far west of China. Writing her autobiography as an extraordinary melange of diary and memoir, which oscillates between first-hand narrative and flashback, the author, Söyüngül Chanisheff, traces her unfortunate youth from her university years, when she founded the East Turkistan People's Party as a result of her anger and frustration with communist China's devastating mishandling of the socio-economic life of the people of her native land, through her subsequent imprisonment in China's notorious labour camps as well as under the surveillance regime, to her emigration to Australia. Chanisheff's autobiography is a rare, detailed, and authentic account of one of the most poignant and most fascinating periods of modern China. It is a microcosmic reflection of the communist regime's tragic realities presented through the suffering and hope of a young woman who tied her fate to that of her beloved homeland.




Wandering


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My intention in writing this book is to show the reader how important our life is in this world. In the Bible it is written that everything was created and determined by God; we know we are here on this earth just passing through, we have been on a pilgrimage for a while, and taking advantage of this time I write here the facts that happened to me from my childhood until pass sixties; Life experiences with God and Jesus Christ. I also tell stories with examples of how to live life trusting God based on the Bible, which teaches us to live with faith, hope and love; with prudence, valuing what is most important in our life such as moral, spiritual and divine principles, its commandments and its laws. Thus, our life will become smoother and lighter, less tiring. At the end of this pilgrimage we are hoping for faith, the divine promises. An eternal abode in heaven with God and the Lord Jesus Christ and all his angels and all the redeemed. Revelation 21:1







The Advocate of Peace


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The Fire the Yearly Rite the Agreement


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The three plays here are replete with emotions. They engage the reader and audience deeply into the passionate conflicts of life. The reader can easily experience the heat and dust the characters create,and finally see the tranquil lucidity of thought arrived at the end.










The Library of Oratory


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The Crying Book


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This bestselling "lyrical, moving book: part essay, part memoir, part surprising cultural study" is an examination of why we cry, how we cry, and what it means to cry from a woman on the cusp of motherhood confronting her own depression (The New York Times Book Review). Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and now must reckon with her own depression and the birth of her first child. As she faces her grief and impending parenthood, she decides to research the act of crying: what it is and why people do it, even if they rarely talk about it. Along the way, she discovers an artist who designed a frozen–tear–shooting gun and a moth that feeds on the tears of other animals. She researches tear–collecting devices (lachrymatories) and explores the role white women’s tears play in racist violence. Honest, intelligent, rapturous, and surprising, Christle’s investigations look through a mosaic of science, history, and her own lived experience to find new ways of understanding life, loss, and mental illness. The Crying Book is a deeply personal tribute to the fascinating strangeness of tears and the unexpected resilience of joy.