Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833592262
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities.
The Seven Chinese Brothers
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780712720
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Authentic retelling of the classic Chinese folktale of the seven brothers and their supernatural gifts.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780712720
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Authentic retelling of the classic Chinese folktale of the seven brothers and their supernatural gifts.
The Five Chinese Brothers
Author: Claire Huchet Bishop
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780685362419
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Five brothers who look just alike outwit the executioner by using their extraordinary individual qualities.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780685362419
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Five brothers who look just alike outwit the executioner by using their extraordinary individual qualities.
Six Chinese Brothers
Author: Hou-Tien Cheng
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Six look-alike Chinese brothers, each with a special talent, manage to outwit the king's executioner.
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Six look-alike Chinese brothers, each with a special talent, manage to outwit the king's executioner.
Brothers
Author: Yu Hua
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307386066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A bestseller in China, Brothers is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok. Here is China as we've never seen it before, in a sweeping, Rabelaisian panorama of forty years of rough-and-rumble Chinese history, from the madness of the Cultural Revolution to the equally rabid madness of extreme materialism. Yu Hua, award-winning author of To Live, gives us a surreal tale of two comically mismatched stepbrothers, Baldy Li, a sex-obsessed ne'er-do-well, and the bookish, sensitive Song Gang, who vow that they will always be brothers—a bond they will struggle to maintain over the years as they weather the ups and downs of rivalry in love and making and losing millions in the new China. Both tragic and absurd by turns, Brothers is a fascinating vision of an extraordinary place and time.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307386066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A bestseller in China, Brothers is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok. Here is China as we've never seen it before, in a sweeping, Rabelaisian panorama of forty years of rough-and-rumble Chinese history, from the madness of the Cultural Revolution to the equally rabid madness of extreme materialism. Yu Hua, award-winning author of To Live, gives us a surreal tale of two comically mismatched stepbrothers, Baldy Li, a sex-obsessed ne'er-do-well, and the bookish, sensitive Song Gang, who vow that they will always be brothers—a bond they will struggle to maintain over the years as they weather the ups and downs of rivalry in love and making and losing millions in the new China. Both tragic and absurd by turns, Brothers is a fascinating vision of an extraordinary place and time.
The Accidental Asian
Author: Eric Liu
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307428109
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience. It is here that Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton and noted political commentator, invites us to explore. In these compellingly candid essays, Liu reflects on his life as a second-generation Chinese American and reveals the shifting frames of ethnic identity. Finding himself unable to read a Chinese memorial book about his father's life, he looks critically at the cost of his own assimilation. But he casts an equally questioning eye on the effort to sustain vast racial categories like “Asian American.” And as he surveys the rising anxiety about China's influence, Liu illuminates the space that Asians have always occupied in the American imagination. Reminiscent of the work of James Baldwin and its unwavering honesty, The Accidental Asian introduces a powerful and elegant voice into the discussion of what it means to be an American.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307428109
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience. It is here that Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton and noted political commentator, invites us to explore. In these compellingly candid essays, Liu reflects on his life as a second-generation Chinese American and reveals the shifting frames of ethnic identity. Finding himself unable to read a Chinese memorial book about his father's life, he looks critically at the cost of his own assimilation. But he casts an equally questioning eye on the effort to sustain vast racial categories like “Asian American.” And as he surveys the rising anxiety about China's influence, Liu illuminates the space that Asians have always occupied in the American imagination. Reminiscent of the work of James Baldwin and its unwavering honesty, The Accidental Asian introduces a powerful and elegant voice into the discussion of what it means to be an American.
Wild Swans
Author: Jung Chang
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439106495
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord’s concubine; her mother’s struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents’ experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures in gripping, moving—and ultimately uplifting—detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439106495
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord’s concubine; her mother’s struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents’ experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures in gripping, moving—and ultimately uplifting—detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.
Seven Magic Brothers
Author: Guangcai Hao
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789573221722
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Seven brothers were born, looking exactly the same as one another, and each had a unique capability.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789573221722
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Seven brothers were born, looking exactly the same as one another, and each had a unique capability.
Chinese Cinderella
Author: Adeline Yen Mah
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307482804
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Includes an Author's Note, a 6-page photo insert, a historical note, and the Chinese text of the original Chinese Cinderella. A PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.” –The Guardian
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0307482804
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Includes an Author's Note, a 6-page photo insert, a historical note, and the Chinese text of the original Chinese Cinderella. A PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.” –The Guardian
Seven Brothers
Author: Garth Ennis
Publisher: Virgin Comics Llc
ISBN: 9781934413029
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The first graphic novel from filmmaker John Woo. Six hundred years ago, mighty Chinese treasure fleets set sail to reach every continent. These voyages left behind an evil plot by a powerful Chinese sorcerer to dominate the world. Now in modern-day Los Angeles. an ancient Chinese prophecy must be fulfilled. Older teens.
Publisher: Virgin Comics Llc
ISBN: 9781934413029
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The first graphic novel from filmmaker John Woo. Six hundred years ago, mighty Chinese treasure fleets set sail to reach every continent. These voyages left behind an evil plot by a powerful Chinese sorcerer to dominate the world. Now in modern-day Los Angeles. an ancient Chinese prophecy must be fulfilled. Older teens.
A Lion In The Meadow
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444010298
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1444010298
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.