Camel Xiangzi

Camel Xiangzi PDF Author: She Lao
Publisher: Midland Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
This novel marks the peak of Lao She's career as a professional writer and registers a new approach to the representation of China in its absurdist situation. It can be read as an "epic" of modern China.

Rickshaw Girl

Rickshaw Girl PDF Author: Mitali Perkins
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1607345072
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
New York Public Library’s “100 Best Children's Books of the Past 100 Years” Jane Addams Honor Book Maine Library Association Lupine Honor Book ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Award Book Bank Street Best Children's Books List (Starred) Association of Children's Booksellers Best Book The moving and critically acclaimed story of a young, artistic Bangladeshi girl who bravely defies tradition in order to support her family through hard times Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like her best friend, Saleem, does for his family. When Naima's rash effort to help puts her family deeper in debt, she draws on her resourceful nature and her talents to bravely save the day. Includes a glossary of Bangla words and an author's note about a changing Bangladesh and microfinance.

Tiger Boy

Tiger Boy PDF Author: Mitali Perkins
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1607345439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
When a tiger cub goes missing from the reserve, Neil is determined to find her before the greedy Gupta gets his hands on her to kill her and sell her body parts on the black market. Neil's parents, however, are counting on him to study hard and win a prestigious scholarship to study in Kolkata. Neil doesn't want to leave his family or his island home and he struggles with his familial duty and his desire to maintain the beauty and wildness of his island home in West Bengal's Sunderbans.

We Play a Game

We Play a Game PDF Author: Duy Doan
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300230877
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 103

Book Description
The 112th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets explores the Vietnamese-American experience

视角

视角 PDF Author:
Publisher: 清华大学出版社有限公司
ISBN: 9787302069430
Category : Translating and interpreting
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
本书由著名学术刊物《视角:翻译学研究》(Perspectives:Studies in Translatology)2002年卷的4期内容为主体合编而成。《视角:翻译学研究》为英语季刊,其特点是:观点新,视角新,跨文化跨学科,从不同的角度揭示翻译学的性质和任务。

Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s

Chinese American Literature Since the 1850s PDF Author: Xiao-huang Yin
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252025242
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
This volume, an introduction and guide to the field, traces the origins and development of a body of literature written in English and in Chinese.

Golden Boy

Golden Boy PDF Author: Martin Booth
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312426262
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
The last work of the internationally known, Booker-shortlisted writer is a memoir of growing up in 1950s Hong Kong.

Bamboo People

Bamboo People PDF Author: Mitali Perkins
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1607342278
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.

USS Unbecoming

USS Unbecoming PDF Author: Joe Miller
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412059534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
It's about "Follow the Fleet" antics leaning toward the military, especially sailors, their family, spouses, girlfriends, friends, and prostitutes. "To the next port O sail!"

Kenya Gazette

Kenya Gazette PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
The Kenya Gazette is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. It contains notices of new legislation, notices required to be published by law or policy as well as other announcements that are published for general public information. It is published every week, usually on Friday, with occasional releases of special or supplementary editions within the week.
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