Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels, Hardcover - Isabel Sun Chao

Reducere. WINNER OF OVER 20 LITERARY AND DESIGN AWARDS True stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from t...

WINNER OF OVER 20 LITERARY AND DESIGN AWARDS True stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from t...

Reducere. Outstanding Memoir winner and Book of the Year, second place, awarded by the Independent Author NetworkA high position bestowed by China's empress ...

Reducere. On the rainy afternoon of November 28, 1938, a slight 18-year-old Austrian man took in his first impressions of Shanghai. Paul Hoffmann had left hi...

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A moving literary memoir about a son's quest for the truth behind his father's colonial pastPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Bart Moore-GilbertNumb...

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The next book in John Lithgow's New York Times bestselling series Following the success of New York Times bestsellers Dumpty and Trumpty Dumpty Wan...

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DescriptionNewbery Honor recipient Margi Preus tells the incredible true story of a group of French teenagers who helped save refugees in WWII Base...

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Reducere. An artfully-wrought memoir of an orphan boy who became a world-famous acrobat under the thumb of China's Communist regime. In 1949, when much of Ch...

DescriptionLuke S. May played a significant role in the development of scientific methods of crime investigation. Although basically self-taught in...

Englishwoman Mary McAuley first arrived in Leningrad in the early 1960s, eager to study labor relations for her thesis. Staying at a hostel, she me...

In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That st...

Reducere. Through this lyrical and richly textured memoir we experience both the beauty and the struggles of Darryl Babe Wilson's journey through childhood. ...

A survivor of a Japanese internment camp, the first person to cross the Atlantic in a kayak, and para-glider that jumped off of Mt. Everest in a ma...

Vow. A Memoir of Marriage - Elizabeth Gilbert

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"Fascinating and useful . . . The distinguished memory researcher Scott A. Small explains why forgetfulness is not only normal but also beneficial....

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes "a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and ...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Hung-chao TaiIllustration(s): 1 frontisp., figs., mapsNumber of pages: 588Publication date: 202...

A little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American society On the night of June 1, 17...

This book shares advice, how-to's, validations, and cautionary tales based on minoritized students' recent experiences in doctoral studies. Providi...

It explores how the texts from classical Greece and Rome have survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to preserv...

After planting a seed, the blue bird returns to find a full-grown tree, admiring how it changes through every season of the year. At first, she is ...

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Reducere. - The stunning second book in the Remembering Wildlife charity series- The aim of the creators is to make the most beautiful photographic book ever...

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A moving reflection on motherhood, friendship, and women making their mark on the world of food from the author of Feast.Food writer Hannah Howard ...

Reducere. Who hasn't sometimes wanted to change their life and start over?When Robyn Flemming left Australia to wander the world as a nomadic freelance edito...

Reducere. Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was the first Japanese composer to receive international recognition in the field of classical music, and is now widely ...

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"Reading Scratched gave me the feeling of standing very close to a blazing fire. It is that brilliant, that intense, and one of the finest explorat...

Reducere. Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was the first Japanese composer to receive international recognition in the field of classical music, and is now widely ...

It is November 12, 1941, and the world is at war. In Shanghai, just weeks before Pearl Harbor, thousands celebrate the birthday of China's founding...

Tasha loves her grandfather, and she knows that PaPa loves her. But lately, PaPa has begun to forget things. He's often confused and upset. Sometim...

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From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live When Chief Joe ...

Publisher: Lantern Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Robyn FlemmingNumber of pages: 314Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 232 x 20Cover type: Paperback...

This captivating and deeply emotional memoir pulls back the curtain on the complex relationship women have between their bodies, love, and the way ...