The Shadow Book of Ji Yun
Author: Ji Yun
Publisher: Empress Wu Books
Published: 2021-06-05
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781953124012
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Censored by Confucius
Author: Yuan Mei
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-09-16
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1315285711
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society". -- Reference & Research Book News.
Out of Mao's Shadow
Author: Philip P. Pan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1416537058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn inside analysis of modern cultural and political upheavals in China by a fluent Beijing correspondent describes the power struggles currently taking place between the party elite and supporters of democracy, the outcome of which the author predicts will significantly affect China's rise to a world super-power. 125,000 first printing.
Japanese Ghost Stories
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2019-07-25
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0241381282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray
Jen and Jang
Author: Arthur Reyes
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08-03
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJEN AND JANG is a romantic-comedy, which follows two estranged lovers, who need a streak of luck to stay together. Jen is a beautiful free spirit, that believes if it was not for bad luck she would have none, and certain incidents around her support this point. Even her rocky relationship with her boyfriend Jang is affected by hardship. He is unemployed, unmotivated, unsuccessful as a gambler, and is in debt to the entire town. Jen's luck changes when she randomly picks a $398 million-dollar lottery ticket. But, as fate would have it, Jang has the ticket unknowingly and takes off for the golden coast of California in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jen and her flamboyant father give chase and get into trouble on the way. However, pursuing them are mobsters, a biker Gang, and various freeloaders looking to get Jang and the lottery ticket before Jen. JEN AND JANG is an entertaining look at a couple that is torn apart by the severity of their financial situation, but then reunited by the validity of their love. JEN AND JANG takes the audience on a romantic comedy adventure that at the end will prove that opposites in fact do attract.
Some Chinese Ghosts
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher: Somerset Publishers Incorporated
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it. In preparing the legends I sought especially for "weird beauty"; and I could not forget this striking observation in Sir Walter Scott's "Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad" "The supernatural, though appealing to certain powerful emotions very widely and deeply sown amongst the human race, is, nevertheless, a "spring which is peculiarly apt to lose its elasticity by being too much pressed upon."" -- Lafcadio Hearn
A Chinese Bestiary
Author: Richard E. Strassberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-11-03
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0520922786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Chinese Bestiary presents a fascinating pageant of mythical creatures from a unique and enduring cosmography written in ancient China. The Guideways through Mountains and Seas, compiled between the fourth and first centuries b.c.e., contains descriptions of hundreds of fantastic denizens of mountains, rivers, islands, and seas, along with minerals, flora, and medicine. The text also represents a wide range of beliefs held by the ancient Chinese. Richard Strassberg brings the Guideways to life for modern readers by weaving together translations from the work itself with information from other texts and recent archaeological finds to create a lavishly illustrated guide to the imaginative world of early China. Unlike the bestiaries of the late medieval period in Europe, the Guideways was not interpreted allegorically; the strange creatures described in it were regarded as actual entities found throughout the landscape. The work was originally used as a sacred geography, as a guidebook for travelers, and as a book of omens. Today, it is regarded as the richest repository of ancient Chinese mythology and shamanistic wisdom. The Guideways may have been illustrated from the start, but the earliest surviving illustrations are woodblock engravings from a rare 1597 edition. Seventy-six of those plates are reproduced here for the first time, and they provide a fine example of the Chinese engraver's art during the late Ming dynasty. This beautiful volume, compiled by a well-known specialist in the field, provides a fascinating window on the thoughts and beliefs of an ancient people, and will delight specialists and general readers alike.
In the Shadow of the Sun
Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2017-06-27
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 0545905761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHatchet in North Korea: A sister and brother go on the run with explosive forbidden photographs in this gripping and timely survival adventure. North Korea is known as the most repressive country on Earth, with a dictatorial leader, a starving population, and harsh punishment for rebellion.Not the best place for a family vacation.Yet that's exactly where Mia Andrews finds herself, on a tour with her aid-worker father and fractious older brother, Simon. Mia was adopted from South Korea as a baby, and the trip raises tough questions about where she really belongs. Then her dad is arrested for spying, just as forbidden photographs of North Korean slave-labor camps fall into Mia's hands. The only way to save Dad: get the pictures out of the country. Thus Mia and Simon set off on a harrowing journey to the border, without food, money, or shelter, in a land where anyone who sees them might turn them in, and getting caught could mean prison -- or worse.An exciting adventure that offers a rare glimpse into a compelling, complicated nation, In the Shadow of the Sun is an unforgettable novel of courage and survival.
White Shadow
Author: Roy Jacobsen
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1771964049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe highly anticipated sequel to International Booker and Dublin Impac Award-shortlisted The Unseen No-one can be alone on an island . . . But Ingrid is alone on Barrøy, the island that bears her name, and the war of her childhood has been replaced by a new, more terrible present: the Nazi occupation of Norway. When the bodies from a bombed vessel carrying Russian prisoners of war begin to wash up on the shore, Ingrid can’t know that one will not only be alive, but could be the answer to a lifetime of loneliness—nor can she imagine what suffering she will endure in hiding her lover from the German authorities, or the journey she will face, after being wrenched from her island as consequence for protecting him, to return home. Or especially that, surrounded by the horrors of battle, among refugees fleeing famine and scorched earth, she will receive a gift, the value of which is beyond measure. The highly anticipated follow-up to Roy Jacobsen’s International Booker and Dublin Impac Award-shortlisted The Unseen, a New York Times New and Noteworthy book, White Shadow is a vividly observed exploration of conflict, love, and human endurance.
Red Scarf Girl
Author: Ji-li Jiang
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2010-10-26
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0062035347
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Moving, honest, and deeply personal, Red Scarf Girl is the incredible true story of one girl’s courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century. It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, popularity, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's also the year that China's leader, Mao Ze-dong, launches the Cultural Revolution—and Ji-li's world begins to fall apart. Over the next few years, people who were once her friends and neighbors turn on her and her family, forcing them to live in constant terror of arrest. And when Ji-li's father is finally imprisoned, she faces the most difficult dilemma of her life. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this page-turning autobiography will appeal to readers of all ages, and it includes a detailed glossary and a pronunciation guide.
