Visiting Your Ancestral Town

Visiting Your Ancestral Town

Author: Carolyn Schott

Publisher:

Published: 2019-02

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781732038202

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A how-to guide for researching your ancestors, discovering your ancestral towns, and planning a meaningful trip to explore your ancestral homeland.


A Map Is Only One Story

A Map Is Only One Story

Author: Nicole Chung

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2020-02-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1948226790

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From rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the search for belonging crosses borders and generations. Selected from the archives of Catapult magazine, the essays in A Map Is Only One Story highlight the human side of immigration policies and polarized rhetoric, as twenty writers share provocative personal stories of existing between languages and cultures. Victoria Blanco relates how those with family in both El Paso and Ciudad Juárez experience life on the border. Nina Li Coomes recalls the heroines of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki and what they taught her about her bicultural identity. Nur Nasreen Ibrahim details her grandfather’s crossing of the India-Pakistan border sixty years after Partition. Krystal A. Sital writes of how undocumented status in the United States can impact love and relationships. Porochista Khakpour describes the challenges in writing (and rewriting) Iranian America. Through the power of personal narratives, as told by both emerging and established writers, A Map Is Only One Story offers a new definition of home in the twenty-first century.


Narasimha the Lion Man

Narasimha the Lion Man

Author: R. Suryanarayanan

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1514462060

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Dharma is an immigrant in France from Mauritius with heavy roots in India. He meets Ram, a scientist, also an immigrant from India, in a supermarket. Dharma pretends that this meeting was arranged by God. He needs Rama's help to locate a temple in India. They seek the help of an African medium to talk to the spirit of Dharma's grandfather. The answer is given on a paper but needs to be decrypted. Surprisingly, Ram's wife finds the name of the temple. Ram feels that these two families are quantum entangled. Strange things happen during their visit to this temple in India. Ram, the scientist, is obliged to accept interconnection exists between people, and Dharma's intuitive power wins.


Mission Save Mars

Mission Save Mars

Author: Vidyasagar Mundroy

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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NOTHING TRAVELS FASTER THAN MSK10A IN THE UNIVERSE. STOPPING IN SPACE FOR REPAIR IS NOT AN OPTION. THE TIME IT TAKES TO SEARCH FOR A PERFECT PLANET IS UNKNOWABLE. Halik’s dream of visiting Earth comes true through an opportunity to save Mars and its people from the danger of collision with Earth or its moon. He and his team take a long, arduous journey from Sulok of the Triangulum galaxy to Earth to save Mars. Half of a problem is said to be solved if you know the root cause of the problem. Halik’s team works hard to find the cause of the danger to Mars. Does the team find it? Saving a planet from such danger is not an easy but a mammoth task. The team believes that nothing is impossible for humans. But does the team succeed in saving Mars? The icing on the cake would be the restoration of uninhabitable Earth. Does the team transform the planet into an inhabitable Earth?


Global Hakka

Global Hakka

Author: Jessieca Leo

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-08-25

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9004300279

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In Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking Jessieca Leo offers a needed update on Hakka history and a reassessment of Hakka identity in the global and transnational contexts. Leo gives fresh insights into concepts such as ethnicity, identity, Han, Chineseness, overseas Chinese, and migration in relation to Hakka identity. Globalization, transnationalism, deterritorialization and migration drive the rapid transformation and reformation of Hakka identity to the point of no return. Dehakkalization through cultural adaptation or genetic transfer has created an elastic identity in the global Hakka and different kinds of Hakka communities around the world. Jessieca Leo convincingly shows that the concept of ‘being Hakka’ in the twenty-first century is better referred to as Hakkaness – a quality determined by lifestyle and personal choices. "Among the Chinese, tradition long resisted the idea of migration. In practice, however, there were many layers of adaptation to different circumstances. The Hakka have been exceptional in having always been conscious of their migratory successes. This book explores with great sensitivity how Hakka history outside China influences the way they respond to the new global environment. Combining careful scholarship with self-discovery, Jessieca Leo captures the processes by which one group of Chinese became migrants who consider migration as normal. Her fascinating and original work takes the study of the Hakka to a higher level and offers fresh insights for understanding how other migratory Chinese are transforming tradition today." Professor Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore


…and

…and

Author: Radha jagan

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2023-08-31

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13:

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Picking up the book of a first time author is like ordering an item on the menu about which you know nothing! ...and is a collection of fictional and nostalgic short stories. The book is written by a traveller, seeker and teacher of Yoga. The stories take you to different places in India - Bombay, Mangalore, Trichy and more. The timelines go as far as the 1970s. As you read, you can witness the characters come alive. She has kept the plot simple; woven the situations and emotions that awaken a sense of familiarity.


NIGHT DREAMS OF PASSING MEMORIES

NIGHT DREAMS OF PASSING MEMORIES

Author: John Kadiba

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-06-17

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1462849121

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In this autobiography John kadiba narrates the story of his unique life’s history. The book brings together various elements of his experiences in his symbolic journey from his traditional village in Papua New Guinea, through other destinations and his settlement in North Australia. The book is a rich tapestry of Kadiba’s story. It records the momentous events in his life, various places he has travelled through, signifi cant people in his life, his spiritual life and thought, and his cultural roots which have shaped him as an individual. The book tells of his childhood, his schooling and his education. Kadiba sees his schooling and search for education as a decisive thread in his symbolic journey which eventually takes him to settle in North Australia away from his people and culture. Growing up in the colonial era, the book traces his journey through many changes in PNG during the colonial and post-colonial times. The story also recounts his long and at times, troubled association with religious institutions both in PNG and Australia. In many ways the book portrays a very personal story. It tells of Kadiba’s family life, his courtship and marriage, death in the family, and his children growing up in contemporary multicultural Australia.


A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors

A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors

Author: Linda Jonas

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-05-10

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 144032431X

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Start discovering your Scottish ancestors today! Turn your research into results with the help of genealogists Linda Jonas and Paul Milner! Their invaluable instructions and problem-solving advice makes tracing your Scottish family history easier and more efficient.You'll learn how to: • Discover who your family was, where they came from, and how they lived. • Maximize your research results by using the Internet, visiting local libraries and Family History Centers - even traveling to Scotland. • Master the differences between Scottish and U.S. research, including geographic and political terms, names and naming patterns, clans and tartans, religion, record keeping and languages. • Use the most important resources for tracing one's Scottish family history. Most of these records are readily available outside of Scotland. Your research opportunities are virtually unlimited.


The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes]

The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes]

Author: Gary Y. Okihiro

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 1985

ISBN-13: 1610696131

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Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way—by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events. This invaluable, four-volume compilation is a comprehensive source of documents that give voice to those who comprise the American mosaic, illustrating the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Each volume focuses on a major racial/ethnic group: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Latinos. Documents chosen by the editors for their utility and relevance to popular areas of study are organized into chronological periods from historical to contemporary. The collection includes eyewitness accounts, legislation, speeches, and interviews. Together, they tell the story of America's diverse population and enable readers to explore historical concepts and contexts from multiple viewpoints. Introductions for each volume and primary document provide background and history that help students understand and critique the material. The work also features a useful primary document guide, bibliographies, and indices to aid teachers, librarians, and students in class work and research.