Gweilo In The Diaolou
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Gweilo In The Diaolou
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Author : Rob Harvey
language : zh-CN
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-02-16
Gweilo In The Diaolou written by Rob Harvey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-16 with categories.
We both went through separate immigration lines, she as a Hong Kong Resident, me as an alien, just like the first time stepping through the border check-point from Hong Kong to China. Then I was lost for an hour. Alone in China. No English signs, as in Hong Kong, no English speaking. Just helpless. It wouldn't be so bad if I'd worked harder at my Cantonese language skills. Wouldn't be so bad if I'd bothered to learn some basic reading skills so I could understand simple signs with directions, like "up" or "down," "left" or "right." What made it worse is that this wasn't the first time. Exactly the same thing happened in 2012, the first time I'd made this border crossing. What made it infuriating was that it had happened again despite having discussed a plan, and a very specific contingency plan, but look though I may, high and low, I was completely alone. I walked up and down for a while. I stayed in the same spot for a while. I walked around in circles for a while, dragging my suitcase. No sign of her anywhere. There were people teeming everywhere and most of them looked like her. And of course, I shouldn't be too hard to find. A Gweilo cork in a sea of Chinese...
Gweilo In The Diaolou
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Author : Rob Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-11-05
Gweilo In The Diaolou written by Rob Harvey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-05 with categories.
Do you love travel stories? Gweilo in the Diaolou takes you to regional China on the road less traveled. Gweilo is a Cantonese slang term meaning "ghost man" or white man. Diaolou are defensive watch towers only found in the villages and towns of Kaiping county in the province of Guangdong, China. In a classic fish out of water story Australian Rob Harvey travels to rural China and gets himself tangled up with the language, the culture, the cuisine and the history.Despite the language barrier, he forms close and connecting bonds with friends and family with a combination of humor, respect and compassion. This very personal adventure will have you laughing from one side of China to the other through dumplings, dragons and diaolous. "As I walked through the door, every single pair of eyes in the restaurant locked onto me, locked onto the Gweilo. It was very intimidating. We were ushered upstairs away from the crowd, as each pair of eyeballs followed my every step. I counted them. 200 eyeballs were staring, fixated on the freak that just walked into the restaurant and up the stairs." If you love a good travel adventure laced with humor, then you will love Rob Harvey's Gweilo in the Diaolou.
Captains File From Peden To Haynes
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Author : Rob Harvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-06-21
Captains File From Peden To Haynes written by Rob Harvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-21 with categories.
From the very first women's cricket Test match in Brisbane in 1934 to the most recent in Sydney in 2017, and every Test match in between, these are the nineteen women who have had the honour to captain Australia's Test cricket team. The challenges, both on and off the field. The tactics, the personalities. The controversial selections. The drama. The triumphs and the heartaches. From the backyards of Lismore, Glenelg, Shepparton... to the big time at Lords, the Gabba, Mumbai, Sabina Park. Travel back in time to the pioneering captains... Margaret Peden, Mollie Dive, Una Paisley; through the ages to Muriel Picton, Miriam Knee, Anne Gordon, to modern day greats, Alex Blackwell and Meg Lanning. There's household names Belinda Clark, Karen Rolton, Lyn Larsen, Jodie Fields. Rob Harvey's Captains File: From Peden to Haynes, Australia's Women Test Cricket Captains takes you on a journey to the first battle for the Ashes at home and the voyages across the seas to England to take them back; tours to India, the Caribbean, New Zealand, from the visionary Margaret Peden to the new age under Meg Lanning and Rachael Haynes. "Australia's women's Test cricketers have an enthralling past, their history beautifully brought to life by Rob Harvey. Rob has produced a unique, unprecedented piece of work which draws you in and brings so much to you as the reader." - Lyn Larsen For the first time, every one of Australia's women Test captains all together in a fascinating account of women's Test cricket in Australia.
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Author : Robert Henry Mathews
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1943
written by Robert Henry Mathews and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Published for the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Binu And The Great Wall
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Author : Su Tong
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2008-03-06
Binu And The Great Wall written by Su Tong and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-06 with Fiction categories.
“A wonderful read—with all of a fairy tale’s leaps and turns and queer, vivid images” by the author of the international bestseller Raise the Red Lantern (The Observer). In Peach village, crying was forbidden. But as a child, Binu never learned to hide her tears. Shunned by the villagers, she faced a bleak future until she met Qiliang, an orphan who offered her his hand in marriage. Then, one day, Qiliang disappears. Binu learns that he has been transported hundreds of miles and forced to labor on a project of terrifying ambition and scale—the building of the Great Wall of China. Unwilling to live a life without him, Binu courageously decides to find and save her husband. Inspired by her love, she sets out on an extraordinary journey toward Great Swallow Mountain with only a blind frog for company. What follows is an adventure unlike any she could have ever imagined, in this “gripping, insightful . . . tragic tale of female strength and ultimately, love” (Time Out).
Minority Markets
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Author : United States. Bureau of Domestic Commerce. Consumer Goods and Services Division
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Minority Markets written by United States. Bureau of Domestic Commerce. Consumer Goods and Services Division and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with African American consumers categories.
Stargazing
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Author : Ravi Shastri
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2021-08-25
Stargazing written by Ravi Shastri and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
From being Champion of Champions to one of the world's top cricket commentators to Team India's head coach, Ravi Shastri has an incomparable perspective when it comes to the game of cricket. In Stargazing: The Players in My Life, the legendary all-rounder looks back at the extraordinary talent he has encountered over the years. Who is the former Indian captain who didn't do full justice to his talent? Or that bruising bowler who went on to become a best friend? What was the most important lesson the legendary Clive Llyod taught him? How does Shastri set aside his personal bond with Virat Kohli in his role as coach? Full of never-before-revealed anecdotes, Stargazing, co-written with Ayaz Memon and featuring illustrations by Shiva Rao, offers a glimpse into how champions from across the globe have inspired one of the world's greatest ODI players and Team India's most successful Test cricket coach.
The Nine Waves
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Author : Mihir Bose
language : en
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Release Date : 2022-05-23
The Nine Waves written by Mihir Bose and has been published by Pitch Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-23 with categories.
Der Blaurote Methusalem
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Author : Karl May
language : de
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-12-17
Der Blaurote Methusalem written by Karl May and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-17 with categories.
Die dritte Jugenderz�hlung Mays wurde erstmals Oktober 1888 bis September 1889 unter dem Titel "Kong-Kheou, das Ehrenwort" in der Zeitschrift "Der Gute Kamerad" ver�ffentlicht. 1892 wurde der Text dann - bearbeitet - unter dem Titel "Der blaurote Methusalem" als Buchausgabe der "Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft" ver�ffentlicht.Der "ewige Verbindungsstudent" Fritz Degenfeld ("Methusalem" ist sein Rufname, das 'blaurot' bezieht sich auf die Farbe seiner Nase) unternimmt mit dem jungen Richard Stein eine abenteuerliche Reise nach und durch China, um dessen kranken Onkel und die verschollene Familie des nach Deutschland emigrierten chinesischen Teeh�ndlers Ye-Kin-Li samt Familienschatz zu suchen. Begleitet werden sie von Degenfelds Faktotum Gottfried von Bouillon und einem riesigen Neufundl�nder, der immer Degenfelds Bierglas in der Schnauze tr�gt. Auf der Reise schlie�en sich ihnen auch der dicke Holl�nder Mijnheer Willem van Aardappelenbosch und der Kapit�n Heimdall Turnerstick an, der behauptet, er k�nne perfekt chinesisch sprechen, indem er an alle Worte einfach die Endungen -eng, -ing, -ong, -ung anh�ngt und sich wundert, dass er nicht verstanden wird. Nach vielerlei Abenteuern (Piraten�berfall, Aufdeckung eines Tempelraubes und mehr) wendet sich alles zum Guten und der Blaurote Methusalem h�lt zusammen mit seinen Freunden, dem inzwischen gesundeten Onkel, der verschollenen Familie des Teeh�ndlers und deren Schatz triumphalen Einzug in die Heimatstadt.
Ponting At The Close Of Play
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Author : Ricky Ponting
language : en
Publisher: HarperSports
Release Date : 2016-08-22
Ponting At The Close Of Play written by Ricky Ponting and has been published by HarperSports this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-22 with Cricket categories.
The number 1 bestseller in paperback. One of the greatest cricketers of all time, Ricky Ponting boasts more records than any other player in Australian history including the most wins as a player and a captain, as well as being Australia's highest run-scorer in test and ODI cricket. From childhood prodigy to the highs and lows of an extraordinary international career, At the Close of Play is the remarkable autobiography of one of the game's greats. But beyond the triumphs and scandals, records and retirement, this is the story of a life lived in cricket and of a life shaped by extraordinary talent and the people who believed in that talent.