China Room

Author: Sunjeev Sahota
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473548365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
A thrilling and heartbreaking story of love, family, survival and betrayal - from the prize-winning author of The Year of the Runaways. * A Book of the Year for The Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph * 'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie 'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily Mail Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk. Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home? Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize Longlisted for the 2022 Walter Scott Prize 'Amazing storytelling...gripping and very moving' BBC Radio 4, Open Book 'I'm blown away by it' Tessa Hadley 'The stuff of miracles' Bryan Washington 'Moving...fresh and nourishing' The Times

The Dragon in the Room

Author: Kevin Gallagher
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804771871
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
This book shows that China's rise may jeopardize the future of Latin American industrialization.

How I Survived a Chinese "Reeducation" Camp

Author: Gulbahar Haitiwaji
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1644213885
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The first memoir about the "reeducation" camps by a Uyghur woman, describing the insidious nature of oppression, the dehumanizing effects of torture and brainwashing, and the human drive to survive—and resist—under even the most horrific circumstances. This new paperback edition features a new introduction by the author. “I have written what I lived. The atrocious reality.” — Gulbahar Haitiwaji to Paris Match For three years Gulbahar Haitiwaji was held in Chinese detention centers and “reeducation” camps, enduring interrogations, torture, hunger, police violence, brainwashing, forced sterilization, freezing cold, rats, and nights under the blinding fluorescent lights of her prison cell. Her only crime? Being a Uyghur. China’s brutal repression of Uyghurs, a Turkish-speaking Muslim ethnic group, has been denounced as genocide and reported widely in media around the world. In 2019, the New York Times published the “Xinjiang Papers,” leaked documents exposing the forced detention of more than one million Uyghurs in Chinese “reeducation” camps. The Chinese government denies that these camps are concentration camps, seeking to legitimize their existence in the name of the “total fight against Islamic terrorism, infiltration and separatism” and calling them “schools.” But none of this is true. Gulbahar only escaped thanks to the relentless efforts of her daughter, with the help of the French diplomatic corps. Others have not been so fortunate. In How I Survived a Chinese “Reeducation” Camp, Gulbahar tells her story, describing the insidious nature of oppression, the dehumanizing effects of torture and brainwashing, and the human drive to survive—and resist—under even the most horrific circumstances. This new paperback edition includes a new introduction by the author.

China Room

Author: Sunjeev Sahota
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911215851
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A novel about two characters seeking to free themselves - one from the expectations placed on women in early twentieth-century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora

China Room

Author: Sunjeev Sahota
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593298217
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S CARNEGIE MEDAL NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY NPR, TIME, AND THE STAR-TRIBUNE “Sunjeev Sahota's new novel follows characters across generations and continents...Heart-wrenching.” —Entertainment Weekly “An intimate page-turner with a deeper resonance as a tale of oppression, independence and resilience.” —San Francisco Chronicle A transfixing, "powerfully imaged" (USA Today) novel about two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves—one from the expectations of women in early twentieth-century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family’s “china room,” sequestered from contact with the men—except when their domineering mother-in-law, Mai, summons them to a darkened chamber at night. Curious and strong willed, Mehar tries to piece together what Mai doesn’t want her to know. From beneath her veil, she studies the sounds of the men’s voices, the calluses on their fingers as she serves them tea. Soon she glimpses something that seems to confirm which of the brothers is her husband, and a series of events is set in motion that will put more than one life at risk. As the early stirrings of the Indian independence movement rise around her, Mehar must weigh her own desires against the reality—and danger—of her situation. Spiraling around Mehar’s story is that of a young man who arrives at his uncle’s house in Punjab in the summer of 1999, hoping to shake an addiction that has held him in its grip for more than two years. Growing up in small-town England as the son of an immigrant shopkeeper, his experiences of racism, violence, and estrangement from the culture of his birth led him to seek a dangerous form of escape. As he rides out his withdrawal at his family’s ancestral home—an abandoned farmstead, its china room mysteriously locked and barred—he begins to knit himself back together, gathering strength for the journey home. Partly inspired by award-winning author Sunjeev Sahota’s family history, China Room is both a deft exploration of how systems of power circumscribe individual lives and a deeply moving portrait of the unconquerable human capacity to resist them. At once sweeping and intimate, lush and propulsive, it is a stunning achievement from a contemporary master.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15, Commerce and Foreign Trade, PT. 300-799, Revised as of January 1, 2017

Author: Office Of The Federal Register (U S
Publisher: Office of the Federal Register
ISBN: 9780160936852
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1150

Book Description
The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the United States Federal Government. This print ISBN is the U.S. Federal Government official edition. 15CFR, Parts 300-799, includes rules, regulations, procedures and administrative procedures associated with Commerce and Foreign ™ regulations relating to Commerce and Foreign ™ International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; and miscellaneous regulations. Topics treated include: instruments and apparatus for educational and scientific institutions; watches, Watch Movements and Jewelry Program; determination of bone fide motor-vehicle manufacturer; imports of worsted wool fabric; Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Department of Commerce; Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce; national security industrial base regulations; Chemical Weapons Convention regulations; activities involving schedules 1, 2, and 3 chemicals; confidential business information; denial of export privileges; Export Administration Regulations (EAR); steps for using the EAR; commerce control list overview and the country chart; license exceptions; embargoes and other special controls, and much more. Related items: The Annual CFR Print 2017 Subscription can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/code-federal-regulations-subscription-service-2017-paperback-0 Preparing Your Business for Global E-Commerce: A Guide for U.S. Companies to Manage Operations, Inventory, and Payment Issues can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/preparing-your-business-e-commerce-2nd-edition Foreign Trade Zones Manual can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/072-000-00003-0 Basic Guide to Exporting, 11e -print paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/003-009-00741-1 Export Administration Regulations print subscription can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/921-023-00000-6 Harmonized Tariff Schedule print subscription can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/949-032-00000-1 Defense Acquisition Reform, 1960-2009: An Elusive Goal ePub format -is available from Apple iBookstore - Please use ISBN: 9780160918827 to search their platform for this product.

The Chinese Room

Author: Vivian Connell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258926892
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1942 edition.

Code of Federal Regulations

Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1012

Book Description
Special edition of the Federal register, containing a codification of document of general applicability and future effect as of April 1 ... with ancillaries.

Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper

Author: Louis H. Gibson
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
This book was intended to inspire and instruct both homeowners and housewives as to the perfect house with an emphasis on convenience and workability. He also talks about practical building tips and ways in which such a house could be paid for.

The White House

Author: Patrick Phillips-Schrock
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786493305
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
Formerly known as the President's House, then the Executive Mansion, and now for a long time the White House, this famous structure has a fascinating architectural history of ongoing change. The white painted facade of James Hoban's original structure has been added to and strengthened for more than 200 years, and its interior is a repository of some of America's greatest treasures. Artists such as Benjamin Latrobe, Pierre-Antoine Bellange, the Herter Brothers, Louis Tiffany, Charles McKim, Lorenzo Winslow, Stephane Boudin, Edward Vason Jones, and a host of others fashioned interiors that welcomed and inspired visitors both foreign and domestic. This meticulous history, featuring more than 325 photographs, diagrams and other illustrations, captures each stage of the White House's architectural and decorative evolution.