A Foreigner's Tale

A Foreigner's Tale
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Publisher : Rocket 88
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 1910978167
ISBN-13 : 9781910978160
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis A Foreigner's Tale by : Mick Jones

Mick Jones, the founder of Foreigner and composer of their greatest hits, has written the story of Foreigner & the story of his life. Illustrated throughout with classic and previously unseen photos from Mick's own collection, this lavish book is published as Foreigner celebrate their 40th anniversary.

Unsavory Elements

Unsavory Elements
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Publisher : Earnshaw Books Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9881616409
ISBN-13 : 9789881616401
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Unsavory Elements by : Tom Carter

Featuring entirely original writings written exclusively for this work, this anthology is filled with 28 essays from foreigners who live or have lived in China for a significant period of time. The book contains beautiful and enlightening stories about China from such noteworthy writers as Simon Winchester, Peter Hessler, Susan Conley, and Alan Paul, among others. Through their personal stories, they illustrate the many sides of Chinese life--the weird, the fascinating, and the appalling--and share what it's like to live, learn, and love as an outsider in a land unlike any other in the world.

Tales from the Expat Harem

Tales from the Expat Harem
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Publisher : Seal Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 1580051553
ISBN-13 : 9781580051552
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Tales from the Expat Harem by : Anastasia M. Ashman

An anthology of personal writings in which twenty-nine women who have lived in Turkey over the last forty years chronicle their experiences and share their impressions of the country.

Bloody Foreigners

Bloody Foreigners
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 034913880X
ISBN-13 : 9780349138800
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis Bloody Foreigners by : Robert Winder

The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old as the land itself. In this text Robert Winder tells of the remarkable migrations that have founded and defined a nation.

Story of A Foreign Investor

Story of A Foreign Investor
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Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-10 : 9788184302721
ISBN-13 : 818430272X
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Story of A Foreign Investor by : S.K. Uppal

Foreign investment is enthusiastically looked forward to in India and other developing countries. But foreign investors face innumerable problems despite promises initially. In this novel, a Japanese company setting up a plant in Haryana in the north recruits a retired senior government official to help resolve various factors quickly—without bribes. He contacts numerous retired civil servants associated with the state that he could recollect. The people are polite and ready to talk at length but neither inclined nor capable to help. However, he strikes a give-and-take arrangement with a former colleague who hopefully might assist in some political help in exchange for arranging a suitable match for his daughter. The book takes the reader through a journey the official takes in obtaining and executing foreign investment, throwing light on the intricacies involved in it. Though people generally hear about problems pertaining to this they are unaware of the details of the process. This book enlightens them. It also covers North India’s religious and cultural places that the official travels. Seen from his angle it provides a different image which is unique in itself. Besides the family life of the retired government official and his wife is brought alive, replete with their intimate moments which sheds light on a new aspect of life at home with advancing age.

Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories

Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9789004251304
ISBN-13 : 9004251308
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories by : Camilla Di Biase-Dyson

In Foreigners and Egyptians in the Late Egyptian Stories Camilla Di Biase-Dyson applies systemic functional linguistics, literary theory and New Historicist approaches to four of the Late Egyptian Stories and shows how language was exploited to establish the narrative roles of literary protagonists. The analysis reveals the shifting power dynamics between the Doomed Prince and his foreign wife and the parody in the depiction of the Hyksos ruler Apophis and his Theban counterpart Seqenenre. It also sheds light on the weight of history in the sketch of the Rebel of Joppa and the general Djehuty and explains the interplay of social expectations in the encounters between the envoy Wenamun and the Levantine princes with whom he seeks to trade. "Overall, Di Biase-Dyson’s monograph is an original interdisciplinary examination of an exciting corpus of ancient literary texts." Nikolaos Lazaridis, Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Russian as a foreign language. Stories for translation into Russian. Book 1 (levels B2–C2)

Russian as a foreign language. Stories for translation into Russian. Book 1 (levels B2–C2)
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Publisher : Litres
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 9785042170423
ISBN-13 : 5042170421
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Russian as a foreign language. Stories for translation into Russian. Book 1 (levels B2–C2) by : Tatiana Oliva Morales

The book consists of 6 non-adapted stories for translation into Russian. For translating, it is necessary to know tenses, conditional sentences, passive voice, participles, adverbial participles, etc. There are keys for all the stories. The book contains 4276 words, idioms and slang words. It is recommended for students, as well as for a wide range of people studying Russian.

Bloody Foreigners

Bloody Foreigners
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Publisher : Muswell Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 9781916207745
ISBN-13 : 191620774X
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Bloody Foreigners by : Neil Humphreys

London is angry, divided, and obsessed with foreigners. A murdered Asian and some racist graffiti in Chinatown threaten to trigger the race war that the white supremacists of Make England Great Again have been hoping for. They just need a tipping point. He arrives in the shape of Detective Inspector Stanley Low. Brilliant and bipolar. He hates everyone almost as much as he hates himself. Singapore doesn't want him, and he doesn't want to be in London. There are too many bad memories. Low is plunged into a polarised city, where xenophobia and intolerance feed screaming echo chambers. His desperate race to find a far-right serial killer will lead him to charismatic Neo-Nazi leaders, incendiary radio hosts and Met Police officers who don't appreciate the foreigner's interference. As Low confronts the darkest corners of a racist soul, the Chinese detective is the the wrong face in the wrong place. But he's the right copper for the job. London is about to meet the bloody foreigner who won't walk away.

The Merchant's Tale

The Merchant's Tale
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9780231544467
ISBN-13 : 0231544464
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Merchant's Tale by : Simon Partner

In April 1859, at age fifty, Shinohara Chūemon left his old life behind. Chūemon, a well-off farmer in his home village, departed for the new port city of Yokohama, where he remained for the next fourteen years. There, as a merchant trading with foreigners in the aftermath of Japan’s 1853 “opening” to the West, he witnessed the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, the civil war that followed, and the Meiji Restoration’s reforms. The Merchant’s Tale looks through Chūemon’s eyes at the upheavals of this period. In a narrative history rich in colorful detail, Simon Partner uses the story of an ordinary merchant farmer and its Yokohama setting as a vantage point onto sweeping social transformation and its unwitting agents. Chūemon, like most newcomers to Yokohama, came in search of economic opportunity. His story sheds light on vital issues in Japan’s modern history, including the legacies of the Meiji Restoration; the East Asian treaty port system; and the importance of everyday life—food, clothing, medicine, and hygiene—for national identity. Centered on an individual, The Merchant’s Tale is also the story of a place. Created under pressure from aggressive foreign powers, Yokohama was the scene of gunboat diplomacy, a connection to global markets, the birthplace of new lifestyles, and the beachhead of Japan’s modernization. Partner’s history of a vibrant meeting place humanizes the story of Japan’s revolutionary 1860s and their profound consequences for Japanese society and culture.