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ISBN: 9780692884188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Sky Is My Ceiling: Biking China's Border is Yu Juanjuan's personal account of her bike journey around China's border from 1987 to 1989 and in the process changed Chinese women's history. It took her two years to travel over 40,000 kilometers, (25,000 miles) to complete this trip, the distance being equivalent to the circumference of the earth. Starting from Beijing with four team members, three dropped out early, leaving her with only one-team member. For the majority of the 22 month trip she faced most of the diverse challenges ? the demanding terrain, the reaction from natives of cities and villages she visited, the wildly fluctuating weather, the need for funding, and those arising from the fact that she was a young woman ? alone. Since then, nobody has been able to duplicate her feat, man or woman. The strength of this remarkable woman's story? a product of the intersection of Communist and modern China ? result in a compelling richly illustrated book documenting the enormity of her success. Richly illustrated with over 150 images.
The Sky Is My Ceiling
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692884188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Sky Is My Ceiling: Biking China's Border is Yu Juanjuan's personal account of her bike journey around China's border from 1987 to 1989 and in the process changed Chinese women's history. It took her two years to travel over 40,000 kilometers, (25,000 miles) to complete this trip, the distance being equivalent to the circumference of the earth. Starting from Beijing with four team members, three dropped out early, leaving her with only one-team member. For the majority of the 22 month trip she faced most of the diverse challenges ? the demanding terrain, the reaction from natives of cities and villages she visited, the wildly fluctuating weather, the need for funding, and those arising from the fact that she was a young woman ? alone. Since then, nobody has been able to duplicate her feat, man or woman. The strength of this remarkable woman's story? a product of the intersection of Communist and modern China ? result in a compelling richly illustrated book documenting the enormity of her success. Richly illustrated with over 150 images.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692884188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Sky Is My Ceiling: Biking China's Border is Yu Juanjuan's personal account of her bike journey around China's border from 1987 to 1989 and in the process changed Chinese women's history. It took her two years to travel over 40,000 kilometers, (25,000 miles) to complete this trip, the distance being equivalent to the circumference of the earth. Starting from Beijing with four team members, three dropped out early, leaving her with only one-team member. For the majority of the 22 month trip she faced most of the diverse challenges ? the demanding terrain, the reaction from natives of cities and villages she visited, the wildly fluctuating weather, the need for funding, and those arising from the fact that she was a young woman ? alone. Since then, nobody has been able to duplicate her feat, man or woman. The strength of this remarkable woman's story? a product of the intersection of Communist and modern China ? result in a compelling richly illustrated book documenting the enormity of her success. Richly illustrated with over 150 images.
I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Author: June Jordan
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Best known as a political activist and an essayist, and hailed by Library Journal as "one of the most important poets today," Jordan has now written the libretto and the lyrics for an American opera. The music is composed by John Adams." "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky mixes the drama of poetry and song to construct a brilliant earthquake/romance. In the context of the timeless issues of love, the opera, set in South Central Los Angeles, explores such contemporary questions as immigration, birth control, and criminal law. A white cop, a black Baptist minister, and an El Salvadoran mother are among the young Americans cast in this heartfelt portrayal of a day in the life of an LA neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
"Best known as a political activist and an essayist, and hailed by Library Journal as "one of the most important poets today," Jordan has now written the libretto and the lyrics for an American opera. The music is composed by John Adams." "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky mixes the drama of poetry and song to construct a brilliant earthquake/romance. In the context of the timeless issues of love, the opera, set in South Central Los Angeles, explores such contemporary questions as immigration, birth control, and criminal law. A white cop, a black Baptist minister, and an El Salvadoran mother are among the young Americans cast in this heartfelt portrayal of a day in the life of an LA neighborhood."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Circular
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ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Manual NGB.
Author: United States. National Guard Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Aviation Series. No. 1-18
Author: United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology in aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology in aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Weather Station Handbook for the Observer
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorological stations
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Weather station handbook for the observer is a manual intended for a weather observer of the Army Air Forces Weather Service. At its creation in 1945, the manual was under restricted access as the War Department technical manual 1-235. The handbook includes maps, illustrations, an index, and a bibliography.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorological stations
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Weather station handbook for the observer is a manual intended for a weather observer of the Army Air Forces Weather Service. At its creation in 1945, the manual was under restricted access as the War Department technical manual 1-235. The handbook includes maps, illustrations, an index, and a bibliography.
Aerographer's Mate 3 & 2
Author: United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Airway Traffic Control
Author: United States. Army Air Forces War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Theory of Instrument Flying
Author: United States. Department of the Air Force
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Instrument flying
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Instrument flying
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher: Jeppesen Sanderson
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher: Jeppesen Sanderson
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description