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Author
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
John DeFrancis (1911–2009) was a legendary sinologist, linguist, and educator. His many works – the landmark ABC Chinese–English Dictionary and his myth-busting The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy among them – changed perceptions of Mandarin and the way it was taught.
DeFrancis overcame a poor childhood – his Italian immigrant father was a laborer who died when DeFrancis was very young and his mother was illiterate – to attend Yale,...
Series
Publisher
Questar
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shanghai dazzles with fantastic skyscrapers, non-stop shopping, and delicious dining. From traditional Tai Chi in the parks and teahouses to tumbling acrobats and teeming markets, Rudy Maxa explores how tradition and modernity co-exist in the burgeoning city. In ever-changing Hong Kong, Rudy savors one of the most majestic skylines on Earth aboard the famous Star Ferry." --
Author
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE 2009 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD
WINNER OF THE 2009 IACP BEST INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD
A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.
In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tibet,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince
A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only...
A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
[1961, 1935]
Language
English
Description
On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922. It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920. And although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or adapt to the cultural differences they encounter, which are...
16) Lost in Tibet: the untold story of five American airmen, a doomed plane, and the will to survive
Author
Publisher
Lyon's Press
Language
English
18) The Yangtze
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Traces the course of the third longest river in the world, the Yangtze in China, and describes its physical features, history, importance as a source of food and for transportation, and more.
