Author: Thomas MILLER (Miscellaneous Writer.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Beauties of the Country; or, descriptions of rural customs, objects, scenery, and the seasons
Author: Thomas MILLER (Miscellaneous Writer.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Beautiful Country
Author: Qian Julie WangPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593313003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world—an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent • A TODAY SHOW #READWITHJENNA PICK In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at her jokes, they fight constantly, taking out the stress of their new life on one another. Shunned by her classmates and teachers for her limited English, Qian takes refuge in the library and masters the language through books, coming to think of The Berenstain Bears as her first American friends. And where there is delight to be found, Qian relishes it: her first bite of gloriously greasy pizza, weekly “shopping days,” when Qian finds small treasures in the trash lining Brooklyn’s streets, and a magical Christmas visit to Rockefeller Center—confirmation that the New York City she saw in movies does exist after all. But then Qian’s headstrong Ma Ma collapses, revealing an illness that she has kept secret for months for fear of the cost and scrutiny of a doctor’s visit. As Ba Ba retreats further inward, Qian has little to hold onto beyond his constant refrain: Whatever happens, say that you were born here, that you’ve always lived here. Inhabiting her childhood perspective with exquisite lyric clarity and unforgettable charm and strength, Qian Julie Wang has penned an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom
Author: John PomfretPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429944129
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
A remarkable history of the two-centuries-old relationship between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the present day From the clipper ships that ventured to Canton hauling cargos of American ginseng to swap Chinese tea, to the US warships facing off against China's growing navy in the South China Sea, from the Yankee missionaries who brought Christianity and education to China, to the Chinese who built the American West, the United States and China have always been dramatically intertwined. For more than two centuries, American and Chinese statesmen, merchants, missionaries, and adventurers, men and women, have profoundly influenced the fate of these nations. While we tend to think of America's ties with China as starting in 1972 with the visit of President Richard Nixon to China, the patterns—rapturous enchantment followed by angry disillusionment—were set in motion hundreds of years earlier. Drawing on personal letters, diaries, memoirs, government documents, and contemporary news reports, John Pomfret reconstructs the surprising, tragic, and marvelous ways Americans and Chinese have engaged with one another through the centuries. A fascinating and thrilling account, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom is also an indispensable book for understanding the most important—and often the most perplexing—relationship between any two countries in the world.
Country and Beauty
Author: Cheng ZhiPublisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164757238X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1201
Book Description
While the mainland was about to fall and the world was about to be destroyed, Xie Fei's talent started to show up and got noticed. He got on the way of unifing the world. He resolved the crisis step by step in wars again and again, in which he fully demonstrated his military talent. From north to south, from territory to thought, he gradually unified the mainland. He was sought after by beauties. Plus his good reputation has been passed down through the ages.☆About the Author☆Cheng Zhi, an online novelist who is good at different kinds of fictions. Such as urban novels, oriental fantasy novels, and so on. He has written many novels. For example, Bath Fire Phoenix,Country and Beauty. And Country and Beauty is the most popular one.The biggest feature of Cheng Zhi's works is that his novels have grand structure and magnificent content.
The Court Circles of the Republic, Or, The Beauties and Celebrities of the Nation
Author: Elizabeth Fries ElletPublisher:
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development, and Resources ...
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Category : Waukesha County (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
East India (Industrial Commission, 1916-18)
Author: India. Industrial CommissionPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
The Spectator
Author: House Beautiful
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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