Eighteen Vats of Water

Eighteen Vats of Water
Author: Ji-Li Jiang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781954354067

As long as he can remember, Xian has wanted to be a great calligrapher, like his father. When he turns six, he's finally old enough to start studying. Calligraphy is more than writing--it's painting--and Xian learns how much work and creativity go into what look like effortless strokes. Based on stories still told about Xian and his father, famous calligraphers of the 17th century, Eighteen Vats of Water is about determination, creativity, and learning how to see, as well as the importance of family traditions.

The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart

The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart
Author: Chesil
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 164129230X

A Zainichi Korean teen comes of age in Japan in this groundbreaking debut novel about prejudice and diaspora. Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school—again. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out of school in Hawaii, isn’t upset; she only wants to know why. But Ginny has always been in-between. She can't bring herself to open up to anyone about her past, or about what prompted her to flee her native Japan. Then, Ginny finds a mysterious scrawl among Stephanie's scraps of paper and storybook drawings that changes everything: The sky is about to fall. Where do you go? Ginny sets off on the road in search of an answer, with only her journal as a confidante. In witty and brutally honest vignettes, and interspersed with old letters from her expatriated family in North Korea, Ginny recounts her adolescence growing up Zainichi, an ethnic Korean born in Japan, and the incident that forced her to leave years prior. Inspired by her own childhood, author Chesil creates a portrait of a girl who has been fighting alone against barriers of prejudice, nationality, and injustice all her life—all while searching for a place to belong.

My Violent Princess 2

My Violent Princess 2
Author: Tian Tian
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2020-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 164857436X

The strongest female lead in history — Gu Yunxi said: I am an honest man, if it is something I like, I will directly snatch it, and will not cheat and cheat; I have always been gentle, considerate, virtuous, and virtuous, on the premise that you, Husband, do not take liberties with women, if not I will throw a slap on your face. When Great Zhou Empire's number one beautiful cool man, Lv Ning, had no choice but to bring the good-for-nothing Gu Yunxi who was proficient in martial arts, to travel across mountains and rivers to restore the dragonpulse, her future was destined to be uncertain ...

Legitimate Daughter’s Transmigration

Legitimate Daughter’s Transmigration
Author: Da KeKe
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2020-06-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1649554125

The genius technology woman brought the system over the handsome brother comes to support me the king of assassins was used as a bodyguard destroying the marriage contract torturing the scum of a man and being so elegant and unrestrained.

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet
Author: Sarah Waters
Publisher: Virago Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780349018485

Daughter of the River

Daughter of the River
Author: Ying Hong
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780802136602

From her upbringing in the slums of Chongqing to her sexual and intellectual awakening to her search to unravel the mystery of her birth, a coming-of-age portrait by a renowned poet and novelist details her turbulent life against the backdrop of Communist China.

The Magical Monkey King

The Magical Monkey King
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781885008251

The mischievous Monkey King attempts to achieve immortality the easy way, gains god-like powers, and wreaks havoc in heaven.

Red Scarf Girl

Red Scarf Girl
Author: Ji-li Jiang
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2010-10-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0062035347

Publishers 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.

The History of the London Water Industry, 1580–1820

The History of the London Water Industry, 1580–1820
Author: Leslie Tomory
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1421422042

"Beginning in 1580, London companies sold water to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flourished throughout the 1600s, eventually expanding to serve tens of thousands of homes. By the late eighteenth century, more than 80 percent of the city's houses had water connections-making London the best-served metropolis in the world while demonstrating that it was legally, commercially, and technologically possible to run an infrastructure network within the largest city on earth. Leslie Tomory shows how new technologies imported from the Continent, including waterwheel-driven piston pumps, spurred the rapid growth of London's water industry. The business was further sustained by an explosion in consumer demand. Meanwhile, several key local innovations reshaped the industry by enlarging the size of the supply network. By 1800, the success of London's water industry made it a model for other cities in Europe and beyond as they began to build their own water networks, and it inspired builders of other large-scale urban projects, including gas and sewage supply networks."--Provided by the publisher.

Etiquette Guide to China

Etiquette Guide to China
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1462918808

This essential guide to Chinese etiquette will make embarrassing social blunders a thing of the past! Whether you're traveling to China for business or pleasure, whether your stay will be long or short, your visit will be more pleasurable and effective if you understand your host culture and how to work within it. This updated and expanded edition of the best-selling Chinese etiquette guide on the market addresses not just the puzzling protocols relating to name cards, bowing or shaking hands, bathrooms and public baths--but also what to do when entertaining Chinese dinner guests, attending a Chinese tea ceremony, taking the subway, and much more! It also provides the latest etiquette in mobile phone manners, texting, social media and other forms of digital communication. The glossary at the back of the book has been revised to include the latest technology-related words and expressions used in China today. Two new chapters address the changing role of foreigners in the workplace and the contemporary business style and etiquette used by the younger generation of China who are now increasingly cosmopolitan--but still very Chinese! Etiquette Guide to China includes everything you need to know to be a successful, courteous traveler: Hand gestures and body language How to address the Chinese Dining and restaurant manners Gift giving and celebration in China Entering into and understanding business relationships How to behave in professional situations Dealing with China's political culture The Chinese way of negotiating