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Bending With The Wind
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Author : Nick Avis
language : en
Publisher: Breakwater Books
Release Date : 1993
Bending With The Wind written by Nick Avis and has been published by Breakwater Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Poetry categories.
The Newfoundland Poetry Series was begun in 1993 as Breakwater's twentieth anniversary project to honour and preserve the literary talents of our Newfoundland and Labrador poets. Selection is based on quality. Breakwater's aim is to make the series affordable to as many lovers of poetry as possible.
Bending With The Wind
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Author : Bounchoeurn Sao
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Bending With The Wind written by Bounchoeurn Sao and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Social Science categories.
Before the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in April 1975, Sao Bounchoeurn and San Bounriem grew up in idyllic, though vastly different, circumstances. After a secondary education, Bounchoeurn entered the army, joined the Special Forces, and worked for the Americans. He became a slave laborer after the fall of Phnom Penh and eventually escaped to Thailand. In another part of Cambodia, Bounriem lived happily spoiled and uneducated. Fleeing from the advancing Khmer Rouge, she arrived at the same refugee camp as Bounchoeurn, where they met, married, and immigrated to America. This riveting memoir chronicles the couple's childhoods, their lives under the Khmer Rouge, their journeys to Thailand and later the United States, and their efforts to forge a new life. This remarkable tale offers an intimate look inside the terrors of the Khmer Rouge and an inspiring portrait of the immigrant experience in America.
Bend With The Wind
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Author : Susy Eto Bauman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-11-01
Bend With The Wind written by Susy Eto Bauman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with Japanese Americans categories.
Bend with the Wind tells the story of an extraordinary woman, Grace Eto Shibata, and her family in 20th century California. It is the story of one family's belief in the American dream and offers a window into the history of a generation of Japanese Americans growing up in the 1930s and 1940s. As seen through the eyes of the youngest of eight children, Grace's account spans 100 years of her family history, beginning with her parents' immigration to the California's Central Coast in the early twentieth century. The story follows a generation of pioneers whose resilience and determination built strong families and strong communities. It shares the values that bound Grace's tightly knit family and supported Grace throughout her life, a life shaped by World War II, an arranged marriage, a family business, and motherhood. The book presents the story of a gracious and determined individual who learned to reach beyond her comfort zone to attain her own personal goals and dreams. Bend with the Wind celebrates Grace's life as a wife, mother, businesswoman, activist, author, and seventy-four-year-old college graduate. Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated with documents and photographs of Grace, her family, and the communities in which they lived, this biographical memoir provides the reader with an emotionally satisfying and inspiring life story.
Global International Relations In Southeast Asia
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Author : Chanintira na Thalang
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-08-02
Global International Relations In Southeast Asia written by Chanintira na Thalang and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-02 with Political Science categories.
This edited volume explores the contours of Global International Relations (IR) in terms of teaching and research in Southeast Asia and China with the purpose of revealing existing and “hidden” pre- theories, conceptual frameworks, and theoretical contributions to Global IR rooted in local histories, contemporary experiences, and indigenous thought. The exploration is conducted within a context where scholars across regions are progressively taking strides to reshape IR, which has long gravitated towards Western experiences, thought, and knowledge, into a more inclusive discipline. Otherwise known as the Global IR project, these efforts aim not only to amplify marginalized voices and experiences but also introduce new conceptual and theoretical tools derived from a diverse range of experiences. While some of these insights provide new understandings, others offer useful implications that transcend national and regional boundaries, fostering crossregional discussions about the diverse realities within our world. An essential read for scholars and students of IR with an interest in Global IR, IR theory in general, and the development of IR in parts of Southeast Asia.
Bamboo Policy Bending With The Prevailing Wind
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Author : David Wildner
language : de
Publisher: diplom.de
Release Date : 2014-04-11
Bamboo Policy Bending With The Prevailing Wind written by David Wildner and has been published by diplom.de this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-11 with Political Science categories.
Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Gegenstand und Erkenntnisinteresse der Untersuchung: Always solidly rooted but flexible enough to bend whichever way the wind blows in order to survive Dieses alte siamesische Sprichwort ist laut dem Historiker Arne Kislenko charakteristisch für die traditionelle Auswärtige Politik Thailands, die vereinfachend als bamboo diplomacy oder bamboo in the wind bezeichnet wird. Hier wir eine pragmatische Haltung hinsichtlich der Pflege internationalen Beziehungen deutlich, welche von den politischen Akteuren als einzigartiges Merkmal thailändischer Außenpolitik kultiviert wurde. Darüber hinaus liegt diesem Konzept ein Selbstverständnis zugrunde, das tief in der thailändischen Gesellschaft verankert ist. So gilt zum Beispiel die Tatsache, dass Thailand das einzige Land in Südostasien ist, welches nie kolonialisiert wurde, als eine der wichtigsten Errungenschaften dieser undogmatischen Außenpolitik und ist darüber hinaus ist ein von der politischen Elite häufig kommunizierter Bestandteil der thailändischen Identität. Neben dem Vermeiden einer Kolonialisierung bildeten weitere, ähnlich prägende historische Erfahrungen, sowie die damit verbundene, ausgeprägte Flexibilität thailändischer Diplomatie, den Bezugspunkt und die Basis für eine rationale Politik, die die Wahrung der territorialen Integrität und nationalen Souveränität als höchsten außenpolitische Ziele festsetzte. Um diese Interessen zu sichern, bediente sich Thailand, in einer günstigen geografischen Lage auf dem südostasiatischen Festland, traditionell dem Mittel der Bildung von Allianzen mit dem jeweilig stärksten Partner in der Region um sich der aktuellen politischen Lage anzupassen. Die außenpolitischen Interessen wurden stark von einer, auf sozialen Normen (lakpatibat) beruhenden thailändischen Identität - Thainess (khwampenthai) - geprägt, die seit jeher versuchte das Gleichgewicht zu internationalen westlichen Normen (lakpatibat rawangprathet) zu finden. So gilt als Implikationen der Identität: being a pure and genuine Thai ( ) had to balanced against behaving in a way deemed acceptable to Westerners Das seit Februar 2001 regierende und im September 2006 mit dem Coup d État des thailändischen Militärs gestürzte Regime des Premiermisters Thaksin Shinawatras, gehört bis heute ohne Zweifel nicht nur zu den umstrittensten Regierungsperioden in der Geschichte der thailändischen Demokratie, sondern markiert auch einen radikalen Bruch mit der bisherigen [...]
Reinventing Thailand
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Author : Pavin Chachavalpongpun
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 2010
Reinventing Thailand written by Pavin Chachavalpongpun and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Political Science categories.
From 2001 to 2006, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra transformed Thailand's international role from one of obscurity into a kind of regional hegemon. Thaksin's diplomatic ambitions were reflected in his myriad of grandiose foreign policy initiatives, designed to locate Thailand at the forefront of regional politics and reinstall the Thai sphere of influence over weaker neighbouring states. He abolished the traditional bending-with-the-wind foreign policy, revamped the Thai Foreign Ministry, and empowered Thai envoys through the CEO Ambassadors programme. But in this process, Thaksin was accused of exploiting foreign policy to enrich his business empire. Thaksin's reinvention of Thailand as an up-and-coming regional power was therefore tainted by conflicts of interest and the absence of ethical principles in the country's foreign policy.
Bend Not Break
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Author : Ping Fu
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-12-31
Bend Not Break written by Ping Fu and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-31 with History categories.
“Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.” —Ping Fu’s “Shanghai Papa” Ping Fu knows what it’s like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. To be beaten and raped for the crime of being born into a well-educated family. To be deported with barely enough money for a plane ticket to a bewildering new land. To start all over, without family or friends, as a maid, waitress, and student. Ping Fu also knows what it’s like to be a pioneering software programmer, an innovator, a CEO, and Inc. magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. To be a friend and mentor to some of the best-known names in technology. To build some of the coolest new products in the world. To give speeches that inspire huge crowds. To meet and advise the president of the United States. It sounds too unbelievable for fiction, but this is the true story of a life in two worlds. Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in Mao’s Red Guard. At twenty-five, she found her way to the United States; her only resources were $80 in traveler’s checks and three phrases of English: thank you, hello, and help. Yet Ping persevered, and the hard-won lessons of her childhood guided her to success in her new homeland. Aided by her well-honed survival instincts, a few good friends, and the kindness of strangers, she grew into someone she never thought she’d be—a strong, independent, entrepreneurial leader. A love of problem solving led her to computer science, and Ping became part of the team that created NCSA Mosaic, which became Netscape, the Web browser that forever changed how we access information. She then started a company, Geomagic, that has literally reshaped the world, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repairing NASA spaceships. Bend, Not Break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of Mao’s China to the high-stakes, take-no-prisoners world of technology start-ups in the United States. It is a tribute to one woman’s courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience.
Deep Is The Hunger
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Author : Howard Thurman
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-23
Deep Is The Hunger written by Howard Thurman and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with Religion categories.
Howard Thurman, the Pastor of The Church for the Fellowship of all Peoples, was one of San Francisco’s most sought-after preachers at college chapels. His contribution to the large audiences he addressed each year across the country and to his own inter-racial congregation consisted not only of prophetic quality, but also of an ability to lead a group into an atmosphere of devotion. In Deep is the Hunger: Meditations for Apostles of Sensitiveness, Dr. Thurman provides the devotional reader with twenty-five working papers for meditations, which grew out of his weekly messages at The Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. The book is divided into four parts: (1) A sense of history; (2) A sense of self; (3) A sense of presence; and (4) For the quiet time. “The attempt is not to set forth a connected series of observations or reflections, but rather to throw a shaft of light on aspects of thought, of life, of religious experience, as they are encountered in the daily round.”—Howard Thurman, Preface “This is a book of rare quality, indeed, admirably suited for use during the season for personal or group devotions...Dr. Thurman has an unusual and extraordinary gift for using the penetrating word, phrase and illustration...This book and the meditations deal with problems everyone can all relate to...One of the best devotional books of the year.”—Kirkus Review
A Genealogy Of Bamboo Diplomacy
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Author : Jittipat Poonkham
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2022-01-11
A Genealogy Of Bamboo Diplomacy written by Jittipat Poonkham and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-11 with History categories.
In 1975, M.R. Kurkrit Pramoj met Mao Zedong, marking the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations and a discursive rupture with the previous narrative of Communist powers as an existential threat. This book critically interrogates the birth of bamboo (bending with the wind) diplomacy and the politics of Thai détente with Russia and China in the long 1970s (1968–80). By 1968, Thailand was encountering discursive anxiety amid the prospect of American retrenchment from the Indo-Pacific region. As such, Thailand developed a new discourse of détente to make sense of the rapidly changing world politics and replace the hegemonic discourse of anticommunism. By doing so, it created a political struggle between the old and new discourses. Jittipat Poonkham also argues that bamboo diplomacy – previously seen as a classic and continual ‘tradition’ of Thai-style diplomacy – had its origins in Thai détente and has become the metanarrative of Thai diplomacy since then. Based on a genealogical approach and multi‑archival research, this book examines three key episodes of Thai détente: Thanat Khoman (1968–71), M.R. Kukrit Pramoj (1975–76), and General Kriangsak Chomanan (1977–80). This transformation was represented in numerous diplomatic/discursive practices, such as ping‑pong diplomacy, petro‑diplomacy, trade and cultural diplomacy, and normal visits.
Bending Reeds
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Author : Rob Hadfield
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-03-30
Bending Reeds written by Rob Hadfield and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-30 with Poetry categories.
The poems in this book reflect themes that involve the processes of bending with the wind, of living in the flow of things, of human connection and resilience, of being and becoming in the earthiness of things as they are, without avoidance. It is also about meaning and living with grace given, about the sources of this within spirituality as a present-centered experience of self-transcendence, but without glossiness or presumption. Spirituality involves pain and desolation, as well as insight, integration, strengthening and comfort. It emerges in the rawness of things like loss, grief, failure, fragility and the felt exile from, as well as presence of, inner divine nurturance. Some poems also express joy and pleasure, connection to nature, to seasonal changes in the high country of New England, and a sense of the ironic and satirical. Some explore the deeply personal, some the relational and communal, some the collective and historical. Still others reflect on the nature of life and change. In one or two an ecological mysticism is expressed, in keeping with an holistic spirituality; conceptual ways of knowing are inadequate for describing the interconnected fullness of lived experience.