Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Author: Guo Jian
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2015-07-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442251727

As the world’s only English-language historical dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), this book offers a comprehensive coverage of major historical figures, events, political terms, and other matters relevant to this unique period of modern Chinese history that had profound influence on social and cultural movements of the world in the 1960s and 1970s. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this important period in Chinese history.

The Ancient Zombie Emperor

The Ancient Zombie Emperor
Author: Tang XiaoMi
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 2019-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1647670403

The good-for-nothing son of the outer elder of the Flowing Moon Sect, Xiao Feng Lin, had his dantian sea broken by his fellow sect members and died. He was thrown into the forbidden mountain to obtain the remnant soul of the ancient corpse ancestor, and was then reborn into the current world as the sole zombie.

My Violent Princess 2

My Violent Princess 2
Author: Tian Tian
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 664
Release: 2020-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 164814697X

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 ...

China During the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976

China During the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Author: Tony H. Chang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1999-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0313032505

One of the most tumultuous periods in modern Chinese history, the Cultural Revolution affected virtually all Chinese people and all aspects of Chinese life, including art, music and drama, education, factory management, economic planning, and medical care. Studies of the Cultural Revolution, in both Chinese and Western languages, have burgeoned over the past three decades. This comprehensive, easy-to-use bibliography provides a guide to published English-language sources on the Cultural Revolution. With over a thousand entries, it includes books, monographs, dissertations, and audio-visual materials on a broad range of topics from the military, education, religion, and economics to foreign relations, population, art, literature, and drama. Including titles published through the end of 1997 and a few in 1998, the book provides a general overview of the literature on the Chinese Cultural Revolution and its impact on China. Its scope and coverage make it a useful resource for any library whose readers have an interest in modern Chinese history.

Martial Emperor of Couching Phoenix

Martial Emperor of Couching Phoenix
Author: Miao NianYiTian
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 2019-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1647676517

A new book, Star Martial Emperor had been published. Interested friends could search for the name of the book.) Drug police officer, Zhao Mingzhe, had met with an accident while carrying out an undercover mission. He had been reborn into a foreign world and had discovered that as a man, he had become a concubine engaged to a woman.Fortunately, Zhao Mingzhe had inherited the legacy of the War God, Zhao Zilong. After countless conspiracies, he had stepped onto a section ...

Rain on the Wind

Rain on the Wind
Author: Walter Macken
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1447269217

From boyhood to manhood big, gentle Mico had but two passions in life - the sea, and a young girl so terrible lovely-lookin' it raised your heart to heaven just to see her smile. But with a hideous birthmark on his cheek, a Jonah to those he loved, and only the simple life of a fisherman to offer, how could he hope to win Maeve? The white-capped waves and a great old black bitch of a boat brought the answer . . .

Nine Faces Of Kenya

Nine Faces Of Kenya
Author: Elspeth Huxley
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 575
Release: 2011-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1446484041

In this marvelous anthology, Elspeth Huxley, our best and most popular writer on Africa, has drawn on her unparalleled knowledge of Kenya and its literature to present a fully rounded portrait of one of the most fascinating countries in the world. In nine sections focusing on exploration, travel, settlement, war, hunting, wildlife, environment, life-styles, and legend and poetry, using only first-hand accounts, she guides the reader through the story of Kenya from AD100 to the present with her characteristic candour and directness.