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Oriental Vagabonds

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Author : Richard Regan
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-05-02

Oriental Vagabonds written by Richard Regan and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-02 with Fiction categories.

The eve of World War 2. Hitler is finalising his plans for the conquest of Europe and flexing his muscles in Spain, while the Japanese are poised to invade China, and eyeing off the resources of the East Indies and Indochina to fuel their war machine. Dangerous times, but there are still profits to be made by men like hard-bitten Skipper Bill Rowden and his vagabond crew, as they work their aging tramp steamer around the treacherous waters of the Far East. Uncharted reefs, tropical storms, corrupt officials, smuggling and piracy are all in a day's work to Rowden and his crew, which includes an embittered hard drinking aristocrat, a knife wielding Welshman and a hot-headed, hard-fisted Australian. On what begins as a routine voyage to New Guinea, Rowden discovers an illegal shipment of arms concealed in his ship, setting off a chain of increasingly dangerous events that drag him unwittingly into the centre of Nazi, Soviet and British attempts to gain the upper hand, before war finally breaks out. Entangled with Chinese warlords, triads and a beautiful Russian adventuress, Rowden narrowly escapes Shanghai before the bombs start to fall, but his enemies are closing in. Deep in the Pacific, in a remote coral fringed lagoon, Rowden and his crew face a violent and explosive confrontation, with little more than fists and wits to keep them alive. "Oriental Vagabonds is the rollicking, thrill-a-minute adventure story of courageous-but-flawed tramp steamer Captain William "Bill" Rowden and the rag-tag crew of the Oriental Venture as they ply their often-dodgy cargo trade through the dangerous and lawless Asia Pacific region in the looming shadow of World War II. Featuring wonderfully chiselled characters you'll remember for a lifetime and an edgy, twisted plot, it's a ripper swashbuckling adventure on the high seas - so, gulp down those seasick pills and buckle in for an exhilarating ride." PETER RAMSHAW, Founder and CEO of eText Press Publishing and the author of "Shepherd's Crook" (aka Pistol) and "Parallax" (writing as Ric Shaw).

The Vagabond In The South Asian Imagination

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Author : Avishek Ray
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-07-23

The Vagabond In The South Asian Imagination written by Avishek Ray and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-23 with Social Science categories.

This book discusses the epistemic foundation of the heuristic construct ‘vagabond’ and the convergence between the politics of itinerancy and that of dissent in the context of South Asia. It describes the fraught relationship between ‘native’ itinerant practices and techniques of governmentality which have furnished different categorizations and taxonomies of mobility. The book demonstrates the historical seismic breaks – from the Orientalist to the post-Orientalist, from the premodern to the modern, and from the colonial to the post-colonial – in the representation of the vagabond in the juridico-political imagination, in historiography and cultural articulation. For instance, the drunk European sailor, the quasi-religious mendicant, and the helpless famine refugee have all been referred to as ‘vagabonds’ in the colonial archive. This book examines the histories and conditions behind these conceptual overlaps, as well as the uncanny associations among categories that uneasily coexist and mirror each other as subsets of a vast range of phenomena, which may loosely be called ‘vagabond(age)’. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of literature, cultural studies, colonial and post-colonial studies, history, migration studies, sociology, and South Asia studies.

Motorcycle Vagabonds Around The World Part 2

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Author : Motorcycle Vagabonds
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-07-26

Motorcycle Vagabonds Around The World Part 2 written by Motorcycle Vagabonds 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 2016-07-26 with categories.

Expanding the Horizon! Part two of our journey around the world takes us to places off the beaten track through Southeast Asia, over the world's highest passes to the stunning high altitude mountain scenery of the Himalayas and through sensitive countries such as Pakistan, Iran and Iraq. Striking a balance between the courage to stand up for our own beliefs and respect for other cultures and customs on the other hand is often frustratingly difficult. However, together with many other challenges it also determines our "inner journey" simultaneously. Many times the success of our world trip is at a tipping point and to "grit our teeth and hold out" becomes a familiar phrase. Among manifold insights into our life "on the road", we also don't ignore the last major challenge: Our return and social-reintegration which consumes a lot of our strength and energy.

Vagabonds

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Author : Hao Jingfang
language : en
Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press
Release Date : 2021-03-02

Vagabonds written by Hao Jingfang and has been published by Gallery / Saga Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-02 with Fiction categories.

A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the two worlds, unable to reconcile the beauty and culture of Mars with their experiences on Earth in this “thoughtful debut” (Kirkus Reviews) from Hugo Award–winning author Hao Jingfang. This “masterful narrative” (Booklist, starred review) is set on Earth in the wake of a second civil war…not between two factions in one nation, but two factions in one solar system: Mars and Earth. In an attempt to repair increasing tensions, the colonies of Mars send a group of young people to live on Earth to help reconcile humanity. But the group finds itself with no real home, no friends, and fractured allegiances as they struggle to find a sense of community and identity trapped between two worlds.

The Asian Road

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Author : Mik Hamilton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-28

The Asian Road written by Mik Hamilton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-28 with categories.

The author and his new German wife packed their backpacks and, with no money, on a beautiful summer day, set out on the road with no goal or purpose and with little knowledge of what lie ahead. Together they blazed a trail from Europe to India that a few years later would become known as The Hippie Trail. Hitch-hiking from Frankfurt, through Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Rangoon, Bangkok, Malaysia, Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, they led a life filled with meeting incredible people, experiencing strange cultures, humorous incidents, dangerous adventures, and desperate circumstances, aimlessly wandering on the road and in the streets of Europe and Asia until it all led back to that search for meaning, leading to a desperate climax in the deserts of Rajasthan.