Anno's China

Anno's China
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ISBN-10 : 1893103641
ISBN-13 : 9781893103641
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

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"Allow Anno to be your guide to China. Through delightfully detailed watercolors, readers will explore this vast and varied land where calligraphers bestow good fortune, birds fish for men, and dragons dance. Stand with Anno on the Great Wall, visit bustling villages where the streets are waterways and everyone, even horses and bulls, travel by boat. Learn how flocks of ducks are herded on rivers and witness the discovery of thousands of clay soldiers guarding the ancient tomb of China's first emperor."--Amazon.com

Anno's Journey

Anno's Journey
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Publisher : Turtleback Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0808529862
ISBN-13 : 9780808529866
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Anno's Journey by : Mitsumasa Anno

A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises.

Anno's U.S.A.

Anno's U.S.A.
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ISBN-10 : 0399209743
ISBN-13 : 9780399209741
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Anno's U.S.A. by : Mitsumasa Anno

In wordless panoramas a lone traveler approaches the New World from the West in the present day and journeys the width of the country backward through time, departing the east coast as the Santa Maria appears over the horizon.

Anno's Denmark

Anno's Denmark
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ISBN-10 : 1893103757
ISBN-13 : 9781893103757
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Anno's Denmark by :

A wordless collection of scenes from daily life in Denmark including sand dunes, Viking ruins, colorful seaports, and fairy tale characters from Hans Christian Andersen. Includes a description of each scene and informatino about Anno.

Anno's Alphabet

Anno's Alphabet
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Publisher : Harpercollins
Total Pages : 64
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ISBN-10 : 0690005415
ISBN-13 : 9780690005417
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Anno's Alphabet by : Mitsumasa Anno

Each letter of the alphabet accompanies a full-page picture puzzle of an object whose name begins with that letter: anvil, bicycle, etc.

The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition

The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition
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Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9781942952909
ISBN-13 : 1942952902
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition by : T. Colin Campbell

The revised and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet. More than 30 years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the China Study, the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease. What they found when combined with findings in Colin's laboratory, opened their eyes to the dangers of a diet high in animal protein and the unparalleled health benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. In 2005, Colin and his son Tom, now a physician, shared those findings with the world in The China Study, hailed as one of the most important books about diet and health ever written. Featuring brand new content, this heavily expanded edition of Colin and Tom's groundbreaking book includes the latest undeniable evidence of the power of a plant-based diet, plus updated information about the changing medical system and how patients stand to benefit from a surging interest in plant-based nutrition. The China Study—Revised and Expanded Edition presents a clear and concise message of hope as it dispels a multitude of health myths and misinformation. The basic message is clear. The key to a long, healthy life lies in three things: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Piercing the Structure of Tradition

Piercing the Structure of Tradition
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9781501755804
ISBN-13 : 1501755803
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Piercing the Structure of Tradition by : Mariko Anno

What does freedom sound like in the context of traditional Japanese theater? Where is the space for innovation, and where can this kind of innovation be located in the rigid instrumentation of the Noh drama? In Piercing the Structure of Tradition, Mariko Anno investigates flute performance as a space to explore the relationship between tradition and innovation. This first English-language monograph traces the characteristics of the Noh flute (nohkan), its music, and transmission methods and considers the instrument's potential for development in the modern world. Anno examines the musical structure and nohkan melodic patterns of five traditional Noh plays and assesses the degree to which Issō School nohkan players maintain to this day the continuity of their musical traditions in three contemporary Noh plays influenced by Yeats. Her ethnographic approach draws on interviews with performers and case studies, as well as her personal reflection as a nohkan performer and disciple under the tutelage of Noh masters. She argues that traditions of musical style and usage remain influential in shaping contemporary Noh composition and performance practice, and the existing freedom within fixed patterns can be understood through a firm foundation in Noh tradition.

Factory Girls

Factory Girls
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 450
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ISBN-10 : 9780385520188
ISBN-13 : 0385520182
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Factory Girls by : Leslie T. Chang

An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China. China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history. In Factory Girls, Leslie T. Chang, a former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Beijing, tells the story of these workers primarily through the lives of two young women, whom she follows over the course of three years as they attempt to rise from the assembly lines of Dongguan, an industrial city in China’s Pearl River Delta. As she tracks their lives, Chang paints a never-before-seen picture of migrant life—a world where nearly everyone is under thirty; where you can lose your boyfriend and your friends with the loss of a mobile phone; where a few computer or English lessons can catapult you into a completely different social class. Chang takes us inside a sneaker factory so large that it has its own hospital, movie theater, and fire department; to posh karaoke bars that are fronts for prostitution; to makeshift English classes where students shave their heads in monklike devotion and sit day after day in front of machines watching English words flash by; and back to a farming village for the Chinese New Year, revealing the poverty and idleness of rural life that drive young girls to leave home in the first place. Throughout this riveting portrait, Chang also interweaves the story of her own family’s migrations, within China and to the West, providing historical and personal frames of reference for her investigation. A book of global significance that provides new insight into China, Factory Girls demonstrates how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society, much as immigration to America’s shores remade our own country a century ago.

The World of William Penn

The World of William Penn
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9781512801965
ISBN-13 : 1512801968
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The World of William Penn by : Richard S. Dunn

A collection of 20 essays, by a distinguished panel of specialists in British and American history, that explores the complex political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social environment in which William Penn lived and worked.

Narrating China

Narrating China
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781134357956
ISBN-13 : 1134357958
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Narrating China by : Yiyan Wang

Jia Pingwa's novels have caused both fame and controversy throughout the Chinese speaking world. This pioneering study examines the corpus of Pingwa's writings, emphasizing his importance, prominence and relevance to modern Chinese society.