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The Bitter Sea
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Author : Charles N. Li
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
The Bitter Sea written by Charles N. Li 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 Biography & Autobiography categories.
This haunting, illuminating memoir tells the remarkable true story of a young Chinese man’s coming-of-age during the tumultuous early years of the People’s Republic of China In this exceptional personal memoir, Charles N. Li brings into focus the growth pains of a nation undergoing torturous rebirth and offers an intimate understanding of the intricate, subtle, and yet all-powerful traditions that bind the Chinese family. Born near the beginning of World War II, Li Na was the youngest son of a wealthy Chinese government official. He saw his father jailed for treason and his family's fortunes dashed when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists came to power in 1945. He watched from his aunt's Shanghai apartment as the Communist army seized the city in 1948. He experienced the heady materialism of the decadent foreign "white ghosts" in British Hong Kong and starved within the harsh confines of a Communist reform school. Over the course of twenty-one tumultuous years, he went from Li Na, the dutiful Chinese son yearning for a stern, manipulative father's love, to Charles, an independent Chinese American seeking no one's approval but his own. Lyrical and luminous, intense and extraordinary, The Bitter Sea is an unforgettable tale of one young man and his country.
The Bitter Sea
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
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The Bitter Sea
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Author : Simon Ball
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2009
The Bitter Sea written by Simon Ball and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
A lucid and masterly biography of the Mediterranean during a time of war, from Mussolini's audacious bid for conquest to the creation of Israel and the start of the Cold War. The Bitter Sea is a fascinating interpretation of world affairs and a significant contribution to twentieth century history. With incisive strategic and political analysis, Simon Ball demonstrates in this dramatic narrative how the Mediterranean Sea lay at the heart of recent world history.The British conceived the Mediterranean as the world's great thoroughfare, from Gibraltar in the west to the Suez Canal in the east. For Mussolini, the Mediterranean was 'Mare Nostrum', the stage for his violent vision of conquest. The French commanded an impressive navy and key ports. The Nazis found willing allies in the lands that encircled the sea. The Americans imagined a new kind of empire in the Mediterranean.The blue waters of the Mediterranean, and its 'golden pavement' of surrounding nations, witnessed a brutal conflict of unlikely foes and opportunistic alliances. Spaniard fought Spaniard, German fought Italian, American confronted Arab and Briton killed Frenchman. The Mediterranean struggle was a modern, high intensity war - fought on land, sea and air. Its titanic battles stretched from Malaga to Beirut, from El Alamein to Anzio. It was also a war of propaganda, deception, insurgency and terrorism, where the lines of battle were not clearly defined. As the author demonstrates in sparkling prose, the Mediterranean was indeed the 'bitter sea'.Based on the most up-to-date research, including newly-released intelligence dossiers, Simon Ball's compelling account untangles the plans and actions of the war's most powerful decision makers, famous and forgotten. The result is exceptionally readable and original.
Across The Bitter Sea
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Author : Eilís Dillon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Across The Bitter Sea written by Eilís Dillon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Fiction in English categories.
Across The Bitter Sea
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Author : Eilís Dillon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Across The Bitter Sea written by Eilís Dillon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with English fiction categories.
The Bitter Sea
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Author : Yee Chong Chung
language : en
Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
Release Date : 2012
The Bitter Sea written by Yee Chong Chung and has been published by Quartet Books (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with China categories.
As much an indictment on war as a comment on the human condition, this extraordinary novel shows the extent to which we are all victims of political vicissitudes, the ravages of war and the brutal upheavals a change in regime must always necessitate.
China Alive In The Bitter Sea
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Author : Fox Butterfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
China Alive In The Bitter Sea written by Fox Butterfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Gorzkie Morze
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Author : Bronisław Miazgowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Gorzkie Morze written by Bronisław Miazgowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Sea poetry categories.
Bitter Sea
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Author : Akio Mishima
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 1992-08-15
Bitter Sea written by Akio Mishima and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-08-15 with Health & Fitness categories.
The cause of Minamata disease—a fatal illness that attacks the nervous system—was first pinpointed in 1957 as organic mercury poisoning from effluent released by the Chisso Corp., a chemical manufacturer and the largest employer in the Japanese city for which the disease was named. For the next 20 years the company denied responsibility, and was joined by the government in its attempt to cover up the problem. One courageous woman, Michiko Shirashi, took up the cause of the people affected by the disease; her book, Paradise of the Bitter Sea , won nationwide recognition and support for the victims. Freelance journalist Mishima gives a gripping account of this long, bitter struggle, with Shirashi at the center. There were lawsuits that ran on for years, and sit-ins at company offices. Finally, there was some recompense for the victims and a start on cleanup. This story is dramatic evidence of the results of a national policy of prosperity at any cost; it permitted one company to irrevocably damage the waters around Minamata. Black-and-white photos.
The Bitter Sea The Struggle For Mastery In The Mediterranean 1935 1949
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Author : Simon Ball
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2009-06-15
The Bitter Sea The Struggle For Mastery In The Mediterranean 1935 1949 written by Simon Ball and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-15 with History categories.
A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.