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Portraits of pivotal American feminists and three of the most powerful women in twentieth-century China.
Once Upon a Pedestal: After living an unconventional and exotic life for decades, New Yorker writer Emily Hahn was in her late sixties when this book was first published in 1974. As the Women's Movement continued to gain momentum, Hahn penned this "essential history of the remarkable women who led the feminist movement in America." Her biographical...
3902) Becoming Version 2.0
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The next day after I stood in the restroom stall quaking in anger, I was asked a question that would change everything. This isn't the tale of what happened before I left for China. This is the story of what happened because of China. This is the story of how I became version 2.0. This is the true telling of living in China and traveling in Australia and how the experiences and the people I encountered enhanced my life.
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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre
Les Japonais vivent au présent. Le temps glisse sur l'Archipel, emportant avec lui les joies comme les malheurs. Le tsunami de mars 2011, à l'origine du pire accident nucléaire de l'histoire, reste une plaie ouverte, mais le Japon, pugnace, regarde déjà ailleurs. Ce pays est un art de vivre. Une société unique. Un écheveau de règles souvent tacites mais incontournables,...
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A sparkling, provocative history of the English in South Asia during Queen Victoria's reign.
Between 1837 and 1901, less than 100,000 Britons at any one time managed an empire of 300 million people spread over the vast area that now includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma. How was this possible, and what were these people like? The British administration in India took pride in its efficiency and broad-mindedness, its devotion to duty and...
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As 2012 came to a close, news of the gang rape of a young woman in India's capital generated headlines around the world. Her assault on a moving bus with a metal rod, and her death two weeks later from her injuries, focused attention on the dark side of the world's largest democracy: the struggle that faces many Indian women in a country where chauvinistic and misogynistic attitudes prevail.
The Wall Street Journal's India bureau explored this horrendous...
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This is the heart-warming story of a backward boy coming from a dysfunctional family and a broken home. Unable to talk at age four, he was sent to a boarding school to learn to speak. Branded a moron and dragged through ten schools in seven years, he suddenly "finds his feet" and becomes dux of one of India's most prestigious colleges. Later he becomes an officer in one of the Indian Army's most famous regiments and Adjutant of its premier battalion....
3907) The Taste of Rain
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It is 1945, and thirteen-year-old Gwen has been a prisoner at the Weihsien Internment Camp in northern China for nearly two and a half years. Gwen is one of 140 children who were enrolled at a boarding school in Chefoo when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded China.
Life in the camp is difficult. There is not enough food or water, and even the children are forced to do hard labor. But Miss E., one of their teachers from Chefoo, has come up with an...
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This humorous, comic guide to Vietnam War-era Vietnam is a hilarious explanation of the land, customs, and people the American "advisor" has found so fascinating, provoking, agreeable, disturbing, infuriating and lovable. The American, and especially the American serviceman, can be counted on to find the lighter side of life anywhere in the world--even in Vietnam. And that's just what cartoonist Tony Zidek has captured in this 120 page laugh-along-with-the-Vietnamese...
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Immerse yourself in 'Eastern Enchantment: 101 Bedtime Stories from the Orient,' the latest addition to the beloved 'Evening Tales from the Wise Owl' series.This mesmerizing collection transports young readers aged 3-6 years to the mystical lands of China, Korea, and Japan through a tapestry of enchanting tales. Each story, steeped in the rich traditions and folklore of the East, is a window into a world of dragons, wise sages, and magical creatures,...
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This volume takes a comparative approach to Japanese politics, covering topics such as political parties and elections, civil society, bureaucracy, and foreign relations. Grounded in a discussion of democracy's historical development since the Meiji period, each chapter encourages readers to think critically and comparatively about political processes and their outcomes, situating Japan regionally and as a wealthy, democratic nation. The goal is to...
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Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their area's recent designation as a national park and conservation...
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An acclaimed history of the Korean Peninsula from World War II to the present day
North Korea is an impoverished, famine-ridden nation, but it is also a nuclear power whose dictator Kim Jong-un regularly threatens his neighbors and adversaries, the United States in particular, with destruction. Even though Kim and President Donald Trump's responses to him dominate the daily headlines, the idea that North Korea is a menace is not a new one. Indeed,...
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Drinking Japan the first practical Japan travel guide in English, to depict Japan's bars and alcoholic beverages. Author Chris Bunting goes to tremendous lengths to present Japan's best bars and alcoholic drinks. You will be prepared for your trip with detailed profiles of Japans finest sake, sochu, awamori, beers, wines and Japanese whiskies. This book tells you where to find each one, which brands are best and which to avoid. A trip to Japan is...
3914) Pratima's Forbidden Book
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"Talk about irony!" Pratima exclaims. "Here we are, a small group of people with no military training, planning to make a last stand." Pratima looks towards the forest and pauses. "It is strange how events have led us to this place."Defending a BridgePratima has been trained as a scholar. She has been thrown together with William, the young library worker, to act in defense of the kingdom against strange weapons in the hands of dangerous people. Her...
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How did a nation founded as a homeland for South Asian Muslims, most of whom follow a tolerant nonthreatening form of Islam, become a haven for Al Qaeda and a rogue's gallery of domestic jihadist and sectarian groups?
In this groundbreaking history of Pakistan's involvement with radical Islam, John R. Schmidt, the senior U.S political analyst in Pakistan in the years before 9/11, places the blame squarely on the rulers of the country, who thought...
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When Aminta Arrington moves with her husband and three young children (including a daughter adopted from China) from suburban Georgia to Tai'an, a city where donkeys share the road with cars, the family is bewildered by seemingly endless cultural differences large and small. But with the help of new friends, they soon find their way. Full of humor and unexpectedly moving moments, Home Is a Roof Over a Pig recounts a transformative quest with a freshness...
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The status of Tibet is one of the most controversial and complex issues in the history of modern China. In To the End of Revolution, Xiaoyuan Liu draws on unprecedented access to the archives of the Chinese Communist Party to offer a groundbreaking account of Beijing's evolving Tibet policy during the critical first decade of the People's Republic.
Liu details Beijing's overarching strategy toward Tibet, the last frontier for the Communist revolution...
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A handy Tagalog phrasebook and guide to the official language of The Philippines, Survival Tagalog contains basic vocabulary necessary for getting around. This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Tagalog. In addition to being a Tagalog phrase book, it also contains a beginner guide to the Tagalog language, allowing for a deeper understanding of Tagalog than a typical Tagalog phrasebook or Tagalog dictionary. The book is...
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The first book ever to explain why the Japanese think and behave the way they do, veteran Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente, author of more than 30 books on Japan, unlocks the mystery of Kata-the cultural molds that have traditionally shaped and defined the attitudes, behavior, and character of the Japanese and are primarily responsible for the traits and talents that make them different from other people. In 70 brief essays, ranging from "The...
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After years of travelling through Asia, Margaret Ledoux shares her experience of tea tasting.
Taiwan, home to the finest quality oolong teas. Often known as 'grand cru' these teas are savoured and prized as if they were the best of wines.
Margaret travelled extensively throughout Asia and has lived for extended periods in South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.
It is in Taiwan that she discovered the delicate oolongs and grew to appreciate both...
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