Shakespeare Was A Gweilo
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Shakespeare Was A Gweilo
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Author : Clive Nixon
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-08-16
Shakespeare Was A Gweilo written by Clive Nixon and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-16 with Humor categories.
From aspiring Miss Hong Kong beauty contestants and predatory menacing butterflies, to addressing an empty quad and concealing a provocative Marilyn Monroe tie, enter the hilarious world of teaching English in Hong Kong - with all its charms and frustrations!
Gweilo Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood
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Author : Martin Booth
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-09-15
Gweilo Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood written by Martin Booth and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Martin Booth died in February 2004, shortly after finishing the book that would be his epitaph - this wonderfully remembered, beautifully told memoir of a childhood lived to the full in a far-flung outpost of the British Empire... An inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole of Hong Kong at his feet when his father was posted there in the early 1950s. Unrestricted by parental control and blessed with bright blond hair that signified good luck to the Chinese, he had free access to hidden corners of the colony normally closed to a Gweilo, a 'pale fellow' like him. Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders, he learnt Cantonese, sampled delicacies such as boiled water beetles and one-hundred-year-old eggs, and participated in colourful festivals. He even entered the forbidden Kowloon Walled City, wandered into the secret lair of the Triads and visited an opium den. Along the way he encountered a colourful array of people, from the plink plonk man with his dancing monkey to Nagasaki Jim, a drunken child molester, and the Queen of Kowloon, the crazed tramp who may have been a member of the Romanov family. Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life that glows with infectious curiosity and humour.
Gweilo
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Author : Maurizio Romano
language : it
Publisher: Gruppo Albatros Il Filo
Release Date : 2021-01-01
Gweilo written by Maurizio Romano and has been published by Gruppo Albatros Il Filo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Ci sono ricordi spesso tanto forti e intensi da poter diventare una lezione di vita per le future generazioni. Ricordi così preziosi da decidere di custodirli in un testo autobiografico, che racconta il viaggio di vita e di carriera che ha cambiato per sempre la vita dell’autore. Con una scrittura fluida e una narrazione in prima persona, lo scrittore Maurizio Romano condivide la sua esperienza da Gweilo, da straniero, nella Cina del passato, quella genuina, povera e ricca di valori, tra scenari da fiaba, la saggezza di alcuni antichi proverbi popolari e un modo di apprezzare la bellezza delle piccole cose, oggi ignorata da molti… Maurizio Romano è nato a Napoli nel 1956 e lì è vissuto fino al 1983, anno che ha cambiato radicalmente la sua vita… all’età di 27 anni, appena sposato si è trasferito a Milano ed ha iniziato la sua “avventura commerciale” in Cina Popolare. Negli anni ’80 il suo “incontro” con la Cina, una enorme ed ancora poco conosciuta nazione che inizia a muovere i primi passi per venire fuori dal periodo maoista e dall’isolamento dal resto del mondo che questo aveva generato. Una realtà per lui assolutamente affascinante perché fuori dal tempo, gli sembra di essere sul set di un film ambientato negli anni ’50, nella quale vive tutta una serie di episodi/esperienze che vanno dal divertente all’esilarante ed al commovente e che lo forgiano come imprenditore e come uomo. Quella Cina Popolare meravigliosamente romantica che non esiste più è rimasta nel suo cuore e ha voluto raccontarla attraverso le forti emozioni umane vissute durante ogni viaggio perché crede che pochi l’abbiano conosciuta realmente e profondamente come ha fatto lui. Con questo libro vuole rendere omaggio alla per lui eroica popolazione di quei tempi che, in cambio della proverbiale ciotola di riso concessagli dallo stato, ha creato le basi per le future generazioni della Cina moderna. La figlia Valentina, nata nel 1991, che fin da piccola ha ascoltato incantata i racconti delle “avventure” cinesi di suo padre, ha poi avuto il grande merito di averlo spinto a raccontare quegli indimenticabili anni ’80 dando il suo fondamentale contributo nella stesura di “Gweilo”.
Princess Margaret
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Author : Tim Heald
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-05-05
Princess Margaret written by Tim Heald and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Elegant and sophisticated biography of Princess Margaret, the controversial sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Diana of her day 'A fascinating insight into the life of the party girl who became an icon in postwar Britain' DAILY EXPRESS 'She was a witty, intelligent, stimulating companion - happily Tim Heald captures all these qualities in his admirably well-balanced biography' LITERARY REVIEW The almost universal conception is that the life of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was a tragic failure, a history of unfulfilment. Tim Heald's vivid and elegant biography portrays a woman who was beautiful and sexually alluring - even more so than Princess Diana, years later - and whose reputation for naughtiness co-existed with the glamour. The mythology is that Margaret's life was 'ruined' by her not being allowed to marry the one true love of her life - Group Captain Peter Townsend - and that therefore her marriage to Lord Snowdon and her well-attested relationships with Roddy Llewellyn and others were mere consolation prizes. Margaret's often exotic personal life in places like Mustique is a key part of her story. The author has had extraordinary help from those closest to Princess Margaret, including her family (Lord Snowdon and her son, Lord Linley), as well as three of her private secretaries and many of her ladies in waiting. These individuals have not talked to any previous biographer. He has also had the Queen's permission to use the royal archives. Heald asks why one of the most famous and loved little girls in the world, who became a juvenile wartime sweetheart, ended her life a sad wheelchair-bound figure, publicly reviled and ignored. This is a story of a life in which the private and the public seemed permanently in conflict. The biography is packed with good stories. Princess Margaret was never ignored; what she said and did has been remembered and recounted to Tim Heald.
Fresh Air Fiend
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Author : Paul Theroux
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-08-04
Fresh Air Fiend written by Paul Theroux and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-04 with Travel categories.
In this collection of Theroux's shorter travel writings, he writes of sweatshops in Dongguan, massage parlours in Kowloon, jellyfish in Palau and bomb craters on Chrsitmas Island. Whether visiting the King of the Lozis at a bend in the Zambezi river or crossing the United States in a railway car of unsurpassable luxury, relating his experiments with biblical dieting, or detailing the illneses and diseases suffered in half a lifetime of travel, Paul Theroux, the fresh-air fiend himself, is always an entertaining and honest guide. Full of startling encounters and memorable scenes, fascinating and sometimes bizarre locations, and enlightening musings on themes as various as sexual attraction and the point of travel writing itself, this extensive collection of his shorter pieces is a rich and remarkable book from a superb writer. 'Theroux remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged' Observer Paul Therouxhas written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classic The Great Railway, Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coasts. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
Hong Kong
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Author : Michael Anthony Ingham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007
Hong Kong written by Michael Anthony Ingham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Explores the culture and history of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
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Author : Michael Ingham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-18
Hong Kong written by Michael Ingham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-18 with History categories.
Hong Kong has always been something of an anomaly, and an outpost of empire, whether British or Chinese. Once described as a barren island, the former fishing community has been transformed by its own economic miracle into one of Asia's World Cities, taking in its stride the territory's 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty. Beneath the surface of Hong Kong's clichéd self-image as Pearl of the Orient and Shopping Paradise, Michael Ingham reveals a city rich in history, myth, and cultural diversity.
Last One In
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Author : Nicholas Kulish
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Last One In written by Nicholas Kulish and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Fiction categories.
Jimmy Stephens makes the worst mistake of his career as a gossip columnist when he wrongly accuses a big star of cheating on his wife. With lawsuits pending, Jimmy's imperious new editor blackmails him into taking the place of the paper's injured front-line war correspondent. Shipped off to the desert and embedded with a group of foulmouthed but fraternal Marines, Jimmy provides a bewildered but unfiltered view of the invasion of Iraq that is alternately hair-raising, hilarious, and heartbreaking.
Engaging With Policy Practice And Publics
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Author : Hall, Sarah
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2020-04-01
Engaging With Policy Practice And Publics written by Hall, Sarah and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-01 with Social Science categories.
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Engagement with non-academic groups and actors – such as policy-makers, industry, charities and activist groups, communities, and the public – in the co-production of knowledge and real-world impact is increasingly important in academic research. Drawing on empirical research, interdisciplinary methodologies, and broad international perspectives, this collection offers a critical examination of the liminal space of interactions between policy and research as spaces of difference and engagement, showing them to be far from apolitical. The authors consider what, and who, are present in these encounter spaces and examine how pre-existing perceptions about differences in social identity, positionality and knowledge can affect engagement, equity and research outcomes.
The Chevalier
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Author : M.C. Hobbs
language : en
Publisher: Canelo
Release Date : 2016-06-27
The Chevalier written by M.C. Hobbs and has been published by Canelo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-27 with Fiction categories.
The captivating and quite unique historical novel, based on the incredible true story of Charles, Chevalier d’Eon de Beaumont. Paris, 1755. On the eve of a major European war, Charles – master swordsman, spy and Europe’s principal cross-dresser – is sent on a clandestine mission to Russia by the Court of King Louis. The French are not welcome at the Tsarina’s court. Or at least their men aren’t... Can his disguise fool the Tsarina and will she be seduced by his beauty? With his nation in dire need of military support, can Charles achieve a most unlikely diplomatic coup? The Chevalier is an extraordinary tale of adventure, deception and daring, and at the same time a fascinating exploration of identity, nobility and valour.