Windjamming To China A Memoir
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Windjamming To China A Memoir
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Author : Gustav Tjgaard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Windjamming To China A Memoir written by Gustav Tjgaard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Adolescence categories.
A memoir of Melville Ishmael, 16 years old, and his sailing adventures on the North Pacific.
Windjamming To China
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Author : Gustav Tjgaard
language : en
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Release Date : 2011-12
Windjamming To China written by Gustav Tjgaard and has been published by Strategic Book Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A memoir of Melville Ishmael, 16 years old, and his sailing adventures on the North Pacific.
Windjamming To China
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Author : Gustav Tjgaard
language : en
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Windjamming To China written by Gustav Tjgaard and has been published by Strategic Book Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sailing is a proud American tradition and 'Windjamming to China' evokes that tradition in a way that it will never be forgotten. 'Windjamming to China' sails on the fringes of history. It covers the first half of the twentieth century, a time when almost all wind-driven vessels of the sailing age had been replaced by steam and diesel.In the larger sense, the book is about the American sailor, a folk character and even a hero, who speaks through the mists of 200 years of history, shouting for recognition. The American sailor was born on the icy shores of Plymouth, he was rocked by the waves.
China High
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Author : ZZ
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2009-03-31
China High written by ZZ and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A swaggering true tale of sex, drugs and money in the new young professional class in China ZZ's parents got him out of Communist China—but now that he's got his American education (including a law degree), under his belt, and now that China loves a go-getting capitalist like ZZ, what better time to return? America was never the "Wild East" like this one: Beijing is the perfect place to start a business, live large, and get a piece of every lissome girl, hash cigarette and bottle of Cristal China has to offer. ZZ taps into China's unreliable but plentiful workforce of "spit-‘n-squatters" to start his brainchild, Goodiez, which delivers food all over Beijing. ZZ is the perfect guide to the real new Beijing: he's got insider's cred but an outsider's eye for the strange mores and daily annoyances of Chinese life. In China High, he offers a rare glimpse into the world of guan xi (a network of favors), the insidious importance of "face", and into the clubs and cafes— with all their above-ground and below-ground pleasures— frequented by the new young professional class in China. But ZZ's glam urban life comes to a crashing halt when he's picked up by the police for smoking an opium-laced pot "Zigarette." None of ZZ's connections do more than get him a few extra dumplings at chow-time in Sunshine Prison, where unable to bribe his way out, he is forced to take a serious look at the life he has been leading.
A Leaf In The Bitter Wind
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Author : Ting-Xing Ye
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2012-07-31
A Leaf In The Bitter Wind written by Ting-Xing Ye and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of the best ways to understand history is through eye-witness accounts. Ting-Xing Ye’s riveting first book, A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, is a memoir of growing up in Maoist China. It was an astonishing coming of age through the turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1974). In the wave of revolutionary fervour, peasants neglected their crops, exacerbating the widespread hunger. While Ting-Xing was a young girl in Shanghai, her father’s rubber factory was expropriated by the state, and he was demoted to a labourer. A botched operation left him paralyzed from the waist down, and his health deteriorated rapidly since a capitalist’s well-being was not a priority. He died soon after, and then Ting-Xing watched her mother’s struggle with poverty end in stomach cancer. By the time she was thirteen, Ting-Xing Ye was an orphan, entrusted with her brothers and sisters to her Great-Aunt, and on welfare. Still, the Red Guards punished the children for being born into the capitalist class. Schools were being closed; suicide was rampant; factories were abandoned for ideology; distrust of friends and neighbours flourished. Ting-Xing was sent to work on a distant northern prison farm at sixteen, and survived six years of backbreaking labour and severe conditions. She was mentally tortured for weeks until she agreed to sign a false statement accusing friends of anti-state activities. Somehow finding the time to teach herself English, often by listening to the radio, she finally made it to Beijing University in 1974 as the Revolution was on the wane — though the acquisition of knowledge was still frowned upon as a bourgeois desire and study was discouraged. Readers have been stunned and moved by this simply narrated personal account of a 1984-style ideology-gone-mad, where any behaviour deemed to be bourgeois was persecuted with the ferocity and illogic of a witch trial, and where a change in politics could switch right to wrong in a moment. The story of both a nation and an individual, the book spans a heady 35 years of Ye’s life in China, until her eventual defection to Canada in 1987 — and the wonderful beginning of a romance with Canadian author William Bell. The book was published in 1997. The 1990s saw the publication of several memoirs by Chinese now settled in North America. Ye’s was not the first, yet earned a distinguished place as one of the most powerful, and the only such memoir written from Canada. It is the inspiring story of a woman refusing to “drift with the stream” and fighting her way through an impossible, unjust system. This compelling, heart-wrenching story has been published in Germany, Japan, the US, UK and Australia, where it went straight to #1 on the bestseller list and has been reprinted several times; Dutch, French and Turkish editions will appear in 2001.
When The Red Gates Opened
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Author : Dori Jones Yang
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2020-09-22
When The Red Gates Opened written by Dori Jones Yang 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 2020-09-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Riveting Memoir of Cross-Cultural Romance at a Pivotal Moment in History When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first American journalists to cover China under Deng Xiaoping, who dared to defy Maoist doctrine as he rushed to catch up with richer nations. Fluent in Mandarin, she got to know ordinary Chinese people—who were embracing opportunities that had once been unimaginable in China. This deeply personal story follows her rise from rookie reporter to experienced journalist. Her cross-cultural romance gave her deeper insights into how Deng’s reforms led to hopes for better lives. This euphoria—shared by American businesses and Chinese citizens alike—reached its peak in 1989, when peaceful protestors filled Tiananmen Square, demanding democracy. On the ground in Beijing, Dori lived that hope, as well as the despair that followed. You’ll be inspired by this book of empowerment about a young woman from Ohio who pushed aside barriers to become a foreign correspondent and then persevered despite setbacks. Written in a time when China’s rapid rise is setting off fears in Washington, this book offers insight into the daring policies that started it all.
Wind In My Sleeve
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Author : Suyin Han
language : en
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Release Date : 1992
Wind In My Sleeve written by Suyin Han and has been published by Random House (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Authors categories.
Pursuing China
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Author : Brian L. Evans
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 2012-02-29
Pursuing China written by Brian L. Evans and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Crucial events in late 20th-century Canada-China cultural relations are revealed in this historian-diplomat's engrossing memoir.
Heavy Storm And Gentle Breeze
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Author : Tang JiaXuan
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-04-12
Heavy Storm And Gentle Breeze written by Tang JiaXuan and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-12 with Political Science categories.
As China’s policy decisions become increasingly significant as a bellwether of global economics, one of the nation’s most prominent and long-serving diplomats comes forward to illuminate the powerful country’s stance during some of the most important events of recent history. Tang Jiaxuan, born in 1938, served as a Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China from 1998 to 2003, and as the State councilor from 2003 to 2008. Tang Jiaxuan uses his experience at the forefront of China’s policies to make Heavy Storm and Gentle Breeze an indispensible guide for anyone interested the past—and future—of China’s relationship with the world.
Memoir Concerning The Passages To And From China
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Author : Alexander Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1782
Memoir Concerning The Passages To And From China written by Alexander Dalrymple and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1782 with Navigation categories.