Author: Maria Langlois D'Antoni
Publisher: Maria L. d'Antoni (Bowker)
ISBN: 9781735721316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Love, faith and rice, core ingredients of Louisiana culture, thicken the gumbo of survival for strikingly handsome LT. WHITNEY LANGLOIS, a south Louisiana French and Castilian Creole. This is a riveting story of survival of the Bataan Death March, three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war and three Japanese "hell" ships, two sunk by American bombs. Simultaneously Whitney's young wife Flo and family fight their own emotional and spiritual demons. They refuse to surrender to the darker forces; they refuse to give up.Based on a true story and filled with romance, reality and a few miracles, this is a story of passion, determination, and grit. It is Americana at its best as it blends cultures. The regional foods of south Louisiana bayou country and the tobacco country of South Carolina enrich the senses of the reader and the backgrounds of the characters. Rice, the staple of prisoners of war is the epicurean glue and a key to survival.
Seven Bowls of Rice
Author: Maria Langlois D'Antoni
Publisher: Maria L. d'Antoni (Bowker)
ISBN: 9781735721316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Love, faith and rice, core ingredients of Louisiana culture, thicken the gumbo of survival for strikingly handsome LT. WHITNEY LANGLOIS, a south Louisiana French and Castilian Creole. This is a riveting story of survival of the Bataan Death March, three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war and three Japanese "hell" ships, two sunk by American bombs. Simultaneously Whitney's young wife Flo and family fight their own emotional and spiritual demons. They refuse to surrender to the darker forces; they refuse to give up.Based on a true story and filled with romance, reality and a few miracles, this is a story of passion, determination, and grit. It is Americana at its best as it blends cultures. The regional foods of south Louisiana bayou country and the tobacco country of South Carolina enrich the senses of the reader and the backgrounds of the characters. Rice, the staple of prisoners of war is the epicurean glue and a key to survival.
Publisher: Maria L. d'Antoni (Bowker)
ISBN: 9781735721316
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Love, faith and rice, core ingredients of Louisiana culture, thicken the gumbo of survival for strikingly handsome LT. WHITNEY LANGLOIS, a south Louisiana French and Castilian Creole. This is a riveting story of survival of the Bataan Death March, three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war and three Japanese "hell" ships, two sunk by American bombs. Simultaneously Whitney's young wife Flo and family fight their own emotional and spiritual demons. They refuse to surrender to the darker forces; they refuse to give up.Based on a true story and filled with romance, reality and a few miracles, this is a story of passion, determination, and grit. It is Americana at its best as it blends cultures. The regional foods of south Louisiana bayou country and the tobacco country of South Carolina enrich the senses of the reader and the backgrounds of the characters. Rice, the staple of prisoners of war is the epicurean glue and a key to survival.
The Forum
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Current political, social, scientific, education, and literary news written about by many famous authors and reform movements.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Current political, social, scientific, education, and literary news written about by many famous authors and reform movements.
Kuruntogai
Author:
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1445737167
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Kuruntogai is a collection of 401 Classical Tamil love poems which date from around 2,000 years ago. They have a freshness and universality which is rare in 'ancient' classical literature and this translation attempts to reflect that quality. Rather than simply translating them, it endeavours to recreate them in modern, idiomatic English. The extensive notes include literal Tamil-English translations of all or part of every poem, identifications and descriptions of the flora and fauna of the Tamil landscape, explanations of cultural and historical references and notes on Classical Tamil grammar where it differs from Standard Literary Tamil.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1445737167
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Kuruntogai is a collection of 401 Classical Tamil love poems which date from around 2,000 years ago. They have a freshness and universality which is rare in 'ancient' classical literature and this translation attempts to reflect that quality. Rather than simply translating them, it endeavours to recreate them in modern, idiomatic English. The extensive notes include literal Tamil-English translations of all or part of every poem, identifications and descriptions of the flora and fauna of the Tamil landscape, explanations of cultural and historical references and notes on Classical Tamil grammar where it differs from Standard Literary Tamil.
Ancient Salt Roads of China
Author: Kui Zhao
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819776953
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819776953
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China
Author: James L. Watson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520060814
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional differences at least as great as those prevailing in Europe, enjoyed a remarkable solidarity. What held Chinese society together for so many centuries? Some scholars have pointed to the institutional control over the written word as instrumental in promoting cultural homogenization; others, the manipulation of the performing arts. This volume, comprised of essays by both anthropologists and historians, furthers this important discussion by examining the role of death rituals in the unification of Chinese culture.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520060814
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional differences at least as great as those prevailing in Europe, enjoyed a remarkable solidarity. What held Chinese society together for so many centuries? Some scholars have pointed to the institutional control over the written word as instrumental in promoting cultural homogenization; others, the manipulation of the performing arts. This volume, comprised of essays by both anthropologists and historians, furthers this important discussion by examining the role of death rituals in the unification of Chinese culture.
New Age Purohit Darpan: Hindu Marriage
Author: Kanai Mukherjee
Publisher: Association of Grandparents of Indian Immigrants
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This book is compiled with the goal of explaining the hidden history, significance, and meaning of the mantras used in common Hindu puja rituals performed by the Bengalis to the Bengali immigrants.
Publisher: Association of Grandparents of Indian Immigrants
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This book is compiled with the goal of explaining the hidden history, significance, and meaning of the mantras used in common Hindu puja rituals performed by the Bengalis to the Bengali immigrants.
Social life of the Chinese
Author: Justus Doolitlle
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
" Before describing the principal annual customs and festivals observed at this place and vicinity, a few preliminary observations will be made relating to the yearly periods, which among the Chinese are regarded of very great importance. The customs noticed are performed at the same time every year on the recurrence of the period or term used to denote certain epochs in the season, or on fixed days of the month. The Chinese year contains thirteen or twelve months, according as it has or has not an intercalary month. Consequently the great annual periods, as the winter solstice or vernal equinox, do not fall in successive years on the same day of the same month. Generally, in five successive years there are two intercalary months ; or, more exactly, in nineteen successive years there are seven intercalary months. There are no intercalary days. The months are spoken of as the first month, the second month, etc., no distinct name for each month being in common use. The month which is intercalary is known as such in common conversation and in legal documents. For example : if the sixth month is intercalaried, there are two six months in that year, viz., the sixth month, and the intercalary sixth month."
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
" Before describing the principal annual customs and festivals observed at this place and vicinity, a few preliminary observations will be made relating to the yearly periods, which among the Chinese are regarded of very great importance. The customs noticed are performed at the same time every year on the recurrence of the period or term used to denote certain epochs in the season, or on fixed days of the month. The Chinese year contains thirteen or twelve months, according as it has or has not an intercalary month. Consequently the great annual periods, as the winter solstice or vernal equinox, do not fall in successive years on the same day of the same month. Generally, in five successive years there are two intercalary months ; or, more exactly, in nineteen successive years there are seven intercalary months. There are no intercalary days. The months are spoken of as the first month, the second month, etc., no distinct name for each month being in common use. The month which is intercalary is known as such in common conversation and in legal documents. For example : if the sixth month is intercalaried, there are two six months in that year, viz., the sixth month, and the intercalary sixth month."
The Complete Works of Sangharakshita
Author: Sangharakshita
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
ISBN: 1911407376
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
In this volume Sangharakshita approaches communicating Buddhism in the West from two very different, but equally illuminating, angles. In the first part, in talks given in the early years of his teaching in England, he introduces the apparently exotic worlds of Tibetan Buddhism (1965) and its creative symbols (1972) and Zen Buddhism (1965), clarifying their mysteries while also somehow allowing them to work their magic.
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
ISBN: 1911407376
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
In this volume Sangharakshita approaches communicating Buddhism in the West from two very different, but equally illuminating, angles. In the first part, in talks given in the early years of his teaching in England, he introduces the apparently exotic worlds of Tibetan Buddhism (1965) and its creative symbols (1972) and Zen Buddhism (1965), clarifying their mysteries while also somehow allowing them to work their magic.
Path of Three Hundred
Author: Greg Frucci
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504332083
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Have you ever reached a point in your life where you just wanted to take off? Have you ever wanted to simply take off from your life and leave everything behind? You knowthe moment when you say to yourself, Thats it! Im done! Im outta here and Im going to go live my own life for once! Some will call you selfish Some will call you crazy and reckless Some will say that you are going through menopause or a mid-life crisis or whatever and many will throw so much negativity your way that the urge will get even stronger. We go where the winds of Life take us... changes in course are inevitable... Perhaps do not fight that which takes us with Love to our Destiny.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504332083
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Have you ever reached a point in your life where you just wanted to take off? Have you ever wanted to simply take off from your life and leave everything behind? You knowthe moment when you say to yourself, Thats it! Im done! Im outta here and Im going to go live my own life for once! Some will call you selfish Some will call you crazy and reckless Some will say that you are going through menopause or a mid-life crisis or whatever and many will throw so much negativity your way that the urge will get even stronger. We go where the winds of Life take us... changes in course are inevitable... Perhaps do not fight that which takes us with Love to our Destiny.
Beautiful Boss Falls in Love with Me
Author: Cang QiongShuangYing
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648573975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
A Vietnamese blind date group composed of a clothing designer, a contractor, an engineer, a hawker, and a Peasant Workers. As soon as they entered Viet Nam, they were immediately chased and mistakenly entered the forest by the local gangs. How could the top quality handsome Tang Zixuan be turned into an extraordinary Martial Arts Master by a refined clothing designer in a month? The petite and beautiful girlfriend whom he had loved for many years suddenly threw herself into the arms of a rich second generation; the beautiful woman, who was filled with love, was being forced into the forest of a foreign country; the beautiful woman, who was passionate and wise, was being pursued relentlessly; the beautiful woman, who was also beautiful, where was she to go? Was it a fortuitous encounter or a calamity? The plot was thrilling and confusing.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648573975
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
A Vietnamese blind date group composed of a clothing designer, a contractor, an engineer, a hawker, and a Peasant Workers. As soon as they entered Viet Nam, they were immediately chased and mistakenly entered the forest by the local gangs. How could the top quality handsome Tang Zixuan be turned into an extraordinary Martial Arts Master by a refined clothing designer in a month? The petite and beautiful girlfriend whom he had loved for many years suddenly threw herself into the arms of a rich second generation; the beautiful woman, who was filled with love, was being forced into the forest of a foreign country; the beautiful woman, who was passionate and wise, was being pursued relentlessly; the beautiful woman, who was also beautiful, where was she to go? Was it a fortuitous encounter or a calamity? The plot was thrilling and confusing.