Scarlet Memorial

Scarlet Memorial
Author: Yi Zheng
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429972776

This book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the south-western province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution. Zheng Yi paints a disturbing picture of official compliance in the systematic killing and cannibalization of individuals.

The Mouth that Begs

The Mouth that Begs
Author: Gang Yue
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780822323419

Drawing on narrative works acoss a century and across Chinese and Chinese-American cultural lines, Yue examines Chinese cultural politics of the twentieth century as an "alimentary discourse," where the roles of food and "eating" wi

Scarlet Fields

Scarlet Fields
Author: John Lewis Barkley
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0700620192

The train was packed with men. Men lying as still as if they were already dead. Men shaking with pain. One man raving, jabbering, yelling, in delirium. Everywhere bandages . . . bandages . . . bandages . . . and blood. Those words describe the moment when Private John Lewis Barkley first grasped the grim reality of the war he had entered. The rest of Barkley's memoir, first published in 1930 as No Hard Feelings and long out of print, provides a vivid ground-level look at World War I through the eyes of a soldier whose exploits rivaled those of Sergeant York. A reconnaissance man and sniper, Barkley served in Company K of the 4th Infantry Regiment, a unit that participated in almost every major American battle. The York-like episode that earned Barkley his Congressional Medal of Honor occurred on October 7, 1918, when he climbed into an abandoned French tank and singlehandedly held off an advancing German force, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers. But Barkley's memoir abounds with other memorable moments and vignettes, all in the words of a soldier who witnessed war's dangers and degradations but was not at all fazed by them. Unlike other writers identified with the "Lost Generation," he relished combat and made no apology for having dispatched scores of enemy soldiers; yet he was as much an innocent abroad as a killing machine, as witnessed by second thoughts over his sniper's role, or by his determination to protect a youthful German prisoner from American soldiers eager for retribution. This Missouri backwoodsman and sharpshooter was also a bit of a troublemaker who smuggled liquor into camp, avoided promotions like the plague, and had a soft heart for mademoiselles and fruleins alike. In his valuable introduction to this stirring memoir, Steven Trout helps readers to better grasp the historical context and significance of this singular hero's tale from one of our most courageous doughboys. Both haunting and heartfelt, inspiring and entertaining, Scarlet Fields is a long overlooked gem that opens a new window on our nation's experience in World War I and brings back to life a bygone era.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Author: Stephanie Fitzgerald
Publisher: Children's Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019
Genre: Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
ISBN: 9781544428468

Young readers will love learning about the man behind this important monument and seeing his story woven into the design of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park. Theyll also explore The Civil Rights Movement, one of the most important periods in American historyall in the pages of this fun and fascinating book.

Dear Scarlet

Dear Scarlet
Author: Teresa Wong
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1551527669

In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet perfectly captures the quiet desperation of those suffering from PPD and the profound feelings of inadequacy and loss. As Teresa grapples with her fears and anxieties and grasps at potential remedies, coping mechanisms, and her mother’s Chinese elixirs, we come to understand one woman's battle against the cruel dynamics of postpartum depression. Dear Scarlet is a poignant and deeply personal journey through the complexities of new motherhood, offering hope to those affected by PPD, as well as reassurance that they are not alone.

Chinese Communist Espionage

Chinese Communist Espionage
Author: Peter Mattis
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2019-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 168247304X

This is the first book of its kind to employ hundreds of Chinese sources to explain the history and current state of Chinese Communist intelligence operations. It profiles the leaders, top spies, and important operations in the history of China's espionage organs, and links to an extensive online glossary of Chinese language intelligence and security terms. Peter Mattis and Matthew Brazil present an unprecedented look into the murky world of Chinese espionage both past and present, enabling a better understanding of how pervasive and important its influence is, both in China and abroad.

Peter Pan in Scarlet

Peter Pan in Scarlet
Author: Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416958169

The first-ever authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan! In August 2004 the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, who hold the copyright in Peter Pan, launched a worldwide search for a writer to create a sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece. Renowned and multi award-winning English author Geraldine McCaughrean won the honor to write this official sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet. Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer and set in the 1930s, Peter Pan in Scarlet takes readers flying back to Neverland in an adventure filled with tension, danger, and swashbuckling derring-do!

Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter
Author: Leland Ryken
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1433526085

Guides readers through the signature book of American literature, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and unpacks its universal themes of sin, knowledge, and the human condition. Part of the Christian Guides to the Classics series.

Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning

Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning
Author: Catherine Gines Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Art, Early Christian
ISBN: 9789004346758

In Late Antique Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning: allotting the scarlet and the purple, Catherine Gines Taylor traces the iconography and assimilation of the spinning motif from antiquity into early Christian representation of the Annunciation.