A Life Adrift
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Six Records Of A Life Adrift
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Author : Shen Fu
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2011-09-15
Six Records Of A Life Adrift written by Shen Fu and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with History categories.
"Shen Fu's Six Records of a Life Adrift is the most intimate document at our disposal of private life in late imperial China. Graham Sanders now provides us with a new translation for the 21st century, which is not only well researched but also highly readable". --Wilt Idema, Harvard University
A Life Adrift
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Author : Soeda Azembo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-11-21
A Life Adrift written by Soeda Azembo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Life Adrift, the memoir of balladeer-political activist Soeda Azembo (1872-1944), chronicles his life as one of Japan’s first modern mass entertainers and imparts an understanding of how ordinary people experienced and accommodated the tumult of life in prewar Japan. Azembo created enka songs sung by tenant farmers in rural hinterlands and factory hands in Tokyo and Osaka. Although his work is still largely unknown outside Japan, his poems and lyrics were so well known at his career’s peak that a single verse served as shorthand expressing popular attitudes about political corruption, sex scandals, spiralling prices, war, and love of motherland. As these categories attest, he embedded in his songs contemporary views on class conflict, gender relations, and racial attitudes toward international rivals. Ordinary people valued Azembo’s music because it was of them and for them. They also appreciated it for being distinctively modern and home-grown, qualities rare among the cultural innovations that flooded into Japan from the mid-nineteenth century. A Life Adrift stands out as the only memoir of its kind, one written first-hand by a leader in the world of enka singing.
Adrift
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Author : Steven Callahan
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2002-10-17
Adrift written by Steven Callahan and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-17 with Travel categories.
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Adrift
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Author : Helen Babbs
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Release Date : 2016-03-03
Adrift written by Helen Babbs and has been published by Icon Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-03 with Nature categories.
Journeying along London's waterways on a canal boat called Pike, Helen Babbs puts down roots for two weeks at a time before moving on. From Walthamstow Marsh in the east to Uxbridge in the west, she explores the landscape in all its guises: marshland, wasteland, city centre and suburb. From deep winter to late autumn, Babbs explores the people, politics, history and wildlife of the canals and rivers, to reveal an intimate and unusual portrait of London – and of life.
Six Records Of A Floating Life
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Author : Shen Fu
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2004-09-30
Six Records Of A Floating Life written by Shen Fu and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the domestic and romantic joys of his marriage to Yün, the beautiful and artistic girl he fell in love with as a child. He also describes other incidents of his life, including how his beloved wife obtained a courtesan for him and reflects on his travels through China. Shen Fu's exquisite memoir shows six parallel 'layers' of one man's life, loves and career, with revealing glimpses into Chinese society of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
Life Adrift
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Author : Andrew Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-05-24
Life Adrift written by Andrew Baldwin and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-24 with Social Science categories.
Explores the expanding debate on the influence of climate change on human migration.
Adrift
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Author : Gregory Mardon
language : en
Publisher: Humanoids Inc
Release Date : 2017-11-15
Adrift written by Gregory Mardon and has been published by Humanoids Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-15 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
A poetic tale of a life at sea, exploring how travel, adventure, and chance encounters can shape both individuals and future generations.
A Tale Of Two Melons
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Author : Sarah Schneewind
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2006-09-14
A Tale Of Two Melons written by Sarah Schneewind and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-14 with History categories.
A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an engaging introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty; the character of the first emperor; the role of omens in court politics; how the central and local governments were structured, including the civil service examination system; the power of local elite families; the roles of women; filial piety; and the concept of ling or efficacy in Chinese religion.
Adrift On A Sea Of Blue Light
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Author : Peter Muilenburg
language : en
Publisher: Afro-Indies Press
Release Date : 2005
Adrift On A Sea Of Blue Light written by Peter Muilenburg and has been published by Afro-Indies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Atlantic Coast (Africa, West) categories.
Adrift
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Author : Miranda Ward
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-01-21
Adrift written by Miranda Ward and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-21 with Health & Fitness categories.
'The world is not neatly divided into two camps of women, those who wanted to reproduce and did, and those who didn't want to, and didn't. So many of us are caught here, in between, neither one thing nor the other, drifting towards a receding horizon, in our own camp . . .' When Miranda Ward and her husband decided to have a baby, they were optimistic. There was no reason not to be: they were both young, they were both healthy. But five years, three miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy later, Ward finds herself still dealing with the ongoing aftermath of that decision: the waiting, the doubting, the despairing, the hoping. ADRIFT is a memoir about the unique place of almost-motherhood. Some people pass through it without even noticing; others languish there, held safe, held prisoner, by the walls of not-knowing - for as long as there is still a question mark, an open ending, there is a chance of escape. Inspired by her childhood on the California coast, Ward turns to the water, seeking solace in a landscape of a different kind - the swimming pool. Hoping to make sense of the uncertainty, she begins to ask questions of geography on the most intimate scale. How do we learn to feel at home in our own bodies, even when they disobey? How can we find our way, even when we feel adrift? What language do we have for the spaces in between? Charting a journey through territory at once deeply personal and widely shared, Ward offers a searing, lyrical and radically honest narrative of fertility and motherhood that is less often told.