The Precious Summary
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The Precious Summary
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2023-03-21
The Precious Summary written by and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-21 with Literary Collections categories.
The Mongols, their khans, and the empire they built and ruled in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries exert an enduring fascination. Caricatured as a marauding horde that ravaged surrounding peoples, in reality the Mongols created institutions, trading networks, economic systems, and intellectual and technological exchanges that shaped the early modern world. However, the centuries after the waning of Mongol power remain overlooked in comparison to the days of Chinggis Khan. The Precious Summary is the most important work of Mongolian history on the three-hundred-year period before the rise of the Manchu Qing dynasty. Written by Sagang Sechen in 1662, shortly after the Mongols’ submission to the Qing, it chronicles the fall of the Yuan dynasty in China, the Mongol-Oirat wars, and the revival of Mongol power during the reign of Dayan Khan in the sixteenth century. Sagang Sechen’s masterful account spans Buddhist cosmology, Chinggis Khan, the post-Yuan Mongols, Chinese history, and the Mongols’ conversion to Buddhism—and throughout, it attempts to come to terms with the new Manchu state. Featuring extensive and accessible annotations and explanations of historical context, Johan Elverskog’s translation of the Precious Summary offers invaluable perspective on Inner Asian and Chinese history, Mongolian historiography, and the history of Buddhism in Asia.
These Precious Days
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Author : Ann Patchett
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-11-23
These Precious Days written by Ann Patchett and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A BARACK OBAMA TOP BOOK OF 2021 'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian 'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else: her writing is clear, honest, witty, and just full of unsentimental humanity' Nigella Lawson 'Profound and clever and funny and wise' Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss ______________________ An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House 'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means. Ranging from the personal – her portrait of the three men she called her fathers; how a chance encounter with Tom Hanks led to one of the most important friendships of her life; how to answer when someone asks why you don't have children – to the sublime – the unexpected influence of Snoopy; the importance of knitting; the pleasure to be found in children's books – each essay transforms the particular into the universal, letting us all see our own worlds anew. Illuminating, penetrating, funny and generous, These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors. 'Patchett's essays are both sharp and humane ... like a hugely enjoyable conversation with a particularly brilliant friend' Sadie Jones
The Precious One
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Author : Marisa de los Santos
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2015-03-24
The Precious One written by Marisa de los Santos and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-24 with Fiction categories.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Belong to Me, Love Walked In, and Falling Together comes a captivating novel about friendship, family, second chances, and the redemptive power of love. In all her life, Eustacia “Taisy” Cleary has given her heart to only three men: her first love, Ben Ransom; her twin brother, Marcus; and Wilson Cleary—professor, inventor, philanderer, self-made millionaire, brilliant man, breathtaking jerk: her father. Seventeen years ago, Wilson ditched his first family for Caroline, a beautiful young sculptor. In all that time, Taisy’s family has seen Wilson, Caroline, and their daughter, Willow, only once. Why then, is Wilson calling Taisy now, inviting her for an extended visit, encouraging her to meet her pretty sister—a teenager who views her with jealousy, mistrust, and grudging admiration? Why, now, does Wilson want Taisy to help him write his memoir? Told in alternating voices—Taisy’s strong, unsparing observations and Willow’s naive, heartbreakingly earnest yearnings—The Precious One is an unforgettable novel of family secrets, lost love, and dangerous obsession, a captivating tale with the deep characterization, piercing emotional resonance, and heartfelt insight that are the hallmarks of Marisa de los Santos’s beloved works.
Erdeni Yin Tobci Precious Summary A Mongolian Chronicle Of 1662 I The Urga Text
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Author : Chungtaidschi Ssanang Ssetsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Erdeni Yin Tobci Precious Summary A Mongolian Chronicle Of 1662 I The Urga Text written by Chungtaidschi Ssanang Ssetsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Mongols categories.
Push
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Author : Sapphire
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Books
Release Date : 2009
Push written by Sapphire and has been published by Vintage Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.
A courageous and determined young teacher opens up a new world of hope and redemption for sixteen-year-old Precious Jones, an abused young African American girl living in Harlem who was raped and left pregnant by her father.
The Blessed
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Author : Tonya Hurley
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-09-25
The Blessed written by Tonya Hurley and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"Three girls who have lost their way are brought together by a mysterious young man"--
The Most Precious Substance On Earth
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Author : Shashi Bhat
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-06-28
The Most Precious Substance On Earth written by Shashi Bhat and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-28 with Fiction categories.
Journey Prize winner Shashi Bhat’s "powerful, surprising and terrifying" (Rufi Thorpe) story about a high school student's traumatic experience and how it irrevocably alters her life, for fans of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Girlhood, and Pen15. Bright, hilarious, and sensitive fourteen-year-old Nina spends her spare time reading Beowulf and flirting with an internet predator. She has a vicious crush on her English teacher, and her best friend Amy is slowly drifting away. Meanwhile, Nina’s mother tries to match her up with local Indian boys unfamiliar with her Saved by the Bell references, and Nina’s worried father has started reciting Hindu prayers outside her bedroom door. Beginning with a disturbing incident at her high school, The Most Precious Substance on Earth tells stories of Nina’s life from the ‘90s to present day, when she returns to the classroom as a high school teacher with a haunting secret and discovers that the past is never far behind her. Darkly funny, deeply affecting, unsettling, and at times even shocking, Shashi Bhat’s irresistible novel-in-stories examines the relationships between those who take and those who have something taken. The Most Precious Substance on Earth is a sharp-edged and devastating look at how women are conditioned to hide their trauma and suppress their fear, loneliness, and anger, and an unforgettable portrait of how silence can shape a life.
Precious And The Monkeys
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Author : Alexander McCall Smith
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2011-07-01
Precious And The Monkeys written by Alexander McCall Smith and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we find out just who has been stealing her schoolfriends' snacks and how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know and love!
The Kid
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Author : Sapphire
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-08-25
The Kid written by Sapphire and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-25 with Fiction categories.
In Push Sapphire told the story of Precious Jones and in 2009 her book was adapted into the Oscar-winning film Precious. The Kid is Sapphire's heartbreaking sequel to Push. Abdul is nine years old when his mother dies. Parentless, he is sent to a foster home and then to a Catholic orphanage. But the priests charged to care for him abuse his trust terribly. Abdul reacts in the most frightening way imaginable. Soon he is trapped in a dark cycle of sexual violence and betrayal. Yet through dance, in controlling his body, he discovers a way he might somehow break free and become himself . . . A harrowing and powerful novel set in New York, The Kid is a portrait of a boy growing up in a cruel world. 'Prepare to be harrowed; I was sobbing by the end of the first chapter . . . [Sapphire] writes with a burning anger that gives this novel an explosive power' The Times 'Hardcore. Brave, bold, uncompromising. The breathtaking velocity and visceral power of Sapphire's prose soars off the page' Observer 'Captures the gruelling heartbreak of trying to love anything when the world doesn't love you enough' New York Herald Tribune 'A dark and punishing tale' Big Issue 'A fearless writer and thinker of enormous talent, insight and skill. Abdul's story is frighteningly realistic. A consummate work of art, style and brains. Full of the energy of pain, rage, grief and doubt' List 'Devastating. An accomplished work of art . . . hard to forget' Los Angeles Times 'Urgent, troubling, harrowing, masterfully narrated, powerful' Diva Sapphire is the author of two poetry collections, Black Wings and Blind Angels and American Dreams and the bestselling novel Push. The film adaptation of her novel, Precious, received the Academy Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, in addition to the Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance. In 2009 she was a recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship. She lives in New York City.
Precious
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Author : Sapphire
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010
Precious written by Sapphire and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with African Americans categories.
Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.