Author: Ann Bennett
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Juliet Crosby has lived a reclusive life on her Malayan rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of everyone she loved. However, the sudden appearance of a young woman from Indonesia disrupts her lonely existence and stirs up unsettling memories. Juliet is forced to recollect her prewar marriage, her wartime ordeals in Japanese-occupied Singapore and the loss of those she once held dear. Bamboo Island is part of a Southeast Asian WWII trilogy of historical fiction that can be read in any order and includes Bamboo Heart and Bamboo Road.
Bamboo Island
Author: Ann Bennett
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Juliet Crosby has lived a reclusive life on her Malayan rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of everyone she loved. However, the sudden appearance of a young woman from Indonesia disrupts her lonely existence and stirs up unsettling memories. Juliet is forced to recollect her prewar marriage, her wartime ordeals in Japanese-occupied Singapore and the loss of those she once held dear. Bamboo Island is part of a Southeast Asian WWII trilogy of historical fiction that can be read in any order and includes Bamboo Heart and Bamboo Road.
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814625183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Juliet Crosby has lived a reclusive life on her Malayan rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of everyone she loved. However, the sudden appearance of a young woman from Indonesia disrupts her lonely existence and stirs up unsettling memories. Juliet is forced to recollect her prewar marriage, her wartime ordeals in Japanese-occupied Singapore and the loss of those she once held dear. Bamboo Island is part of a Southeast Asian WWII trilogy of historical fiction that can be read in any order and includes Bamboo Heart and Bamboo Road.
On the Way to Bamboo Island
Author: Todd R. Nelson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304137767
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304137767
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Bamboo Heart
Author: Ann Bennett
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814423742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis, captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, is a prisoner-of-war on the Death Railway. In stifling heat he endures endless days of clearing jungle, breaking stone and lugging wood. He must stay alive, although he is struck down by disease and tortured by Japanese guards, and he must stay strong, although he is starving and exhausted. For Tom has made himself a promise: to return home. Not to the grey streets of London, where he once lived, but to Penang, where he found paradise and love. London, 1986: Laura Ellis, a successful City lawyer, turns her back on her yuppie existence and travels to Southeast Asia. In Thailand and Malaysia she retraces her father’s past and discovers the truths he has refused to tell her. And in the place where her father once suffered and survived, she will finally find out how he got his Bamboo Heart. In a blend of stirring fiction and heart-wrenching history, Ann Bennett narrates the story of a soldier’s strength and survival in the bleakest of times and a daughter’s journey of discovery about her father and herself. Bamboo Heart is volume one in a Southeast Asian WWII trilogy that includes Bamboo Island and Bamboo Road.
Publisher: Monsoon Books
ISBN: 9814423742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis, captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, is a prisoner-of-war on the Death Railway. In stifling heat he endures endless days of clearing jungle, breaking stone and lugging wood. He must stay alive, although he is struck down by disease and tortured by Japanese guards, and he must stay strong, although he is starving and exhausted. For Tom has made himself a promise: to return home. Not to the grey streets of London, where he once lived, but to Penang, where he found paradise and love. London, 1986: Laura Ellis, a successful City lawyer, turns her back on her yuppie existence and travels to Southeast Asia. In Thailand and Malaysia she retraces her father’s past and discovers the truths he has refused to tell her. And in the place where her father once suffered and survived, she will finally find out how he got his Bamboo Heart. In a blend of stirring fiction and heart-wrenching history, Ann Bennett narrates the story of a soldier’s strength and survival in the bleakest of times and a daughter’s journey of discovery about her father and herself. Bamboo Heart is volume one in a Southeast Asian WWII trilogy that includes Bamboo Island and Bamboo Road.
I of the Sun
Author: Richard Arthur
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1780888805
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A young man travels on a one-way ticket to South East Asia in search of freedom and everything that comes with it. That way he’ll really learn what makes him tick.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1780888805
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A young man travels on a one-way ticket to South East Asia in search of freedom and everything that comes with it. That way he’ll really learn what makes him tick.
The Japan Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Kyoto Samurai Story
Author: Kayoko Kuwahara
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434986926
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434986926
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Dokdo
Author: Seokwoo Lee
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004193383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Utilizing perspectives from international law, international relations, and history, this volume provides a balanced perspective on territorial disputes in Northeast Asia highlighting the issue of Dokdo which is disputed between Korea and Japan.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004193383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Utilizing perspectives from international law, international relations, and history, this volume provides a balanced perspective on territorial disputes in Northeast Asia highlighting the issue of Dokdo which is disputed between Korea and Japan.
Lonely Planet Thailand
Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 1837585466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 1837585466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Peerless God of War
Author: Zi CaiDanTang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649751710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
He pointed his finger at Qing Yun as he swallowed a mountain and river with his mouth. Tens of thousands of blood surged as his divine body connected to the heavens. The youth carried a picture of Yin and Yang; he had been reborn to kill his enemies! Red dust covered a distance of 10,000 feet, and blood dyed the heavens and earth. In the struggle for supremacy, who would be the main contender? The true essence of life and death was a secret of ten thousand years. It was to use the sea of blood to create heaven and earth, and it was to use dried up bones to become a war god of life and death. All is on the battle of life and death.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649751710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
He pointed his finger at Qing Yun as he swallowed a mountain and river with his mouth. Tens of thousands of blood surged as his divine body connected to the heavens. The youth carried a picture of Yin and Yang; he had been reborn to kill his enemies! Red dust covered a distance of 10,000 feet, and blood dyed the heavens and earth. In the struggle for supremacy, who would be the main contender? The true essence of life and death was a secret of ten thousand years. It was to use the sea of blood to create heaven and earth, and it was to use dried up bones to become a war god of life and death. All is on the battle of life and death.