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24 produkter
Chinese Encounters with America
Journeys That Shaped the Future of China
Av Deborah Davis, Deborah Davis m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
271 kr
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Chinese Encounters with America tells the stories of twelve women and men whose American experiences transformed their lives and influenced China’s trajectory, with a particular focus on the period after Beijing and Washington established full diplomatic relations in 1979. Each chapter recounts how …
Chinese Encounters with America
Journeys That Shaped the Future of China
Inbunden, 2025
1061 kr
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Chinese Encounters with America tells the stories of twelve women and men whose American experiences transformed their lives and influenced China’s trajectory, with a particular focus on the period after Beijing and Washington established full diplomatic relations in 1979. Each chapter recounts how …
Secret of the Seal
E-bok, 2013
63 kr
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While hunting, a 10-year-old Eskimo boy befriends a seal pup. "When Kyo learns that his uncle is hunting for a seal to take to the zoo, he must use every bit of resourcefulness he can muster to save his vulnerable playmate. Readers are not hit over the head with the theme of animals being best left …
Sars
Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities
Av Deborah Davis, Helen F. Siu
Häftad, 2014
915 kr
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SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high …
Sars
Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities
Av Deborah Davis, Helen F. Siu
Inbunden, 2006
2525 kr
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SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high …
Party of the Century
The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball
Häftad, 2007
201 kr
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Gilded
How Newport Became America''s Richest Resort
E-bok, 2009
155 kr
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A beautifully written history of high society in Newport, Rhode Island, from the acclaimed author of Party of the Century Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the sheltered super-rich. Many of the country''s most famous blueblood families?the closest thing we have …
Party of the Century
The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball
Inbunden, 2006
348 kr
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Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era
Av Deborah Davis, Stevan Harrell
Häftad, 1993
500 kr
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How have the momentous policy shifts that followed the death of Mao Zedong changed families in China? What are the effects of the decollectivization of agriculture, the encouragement of limited private enterprise, and the world's strictest birth-control policy? Eleven sociologists and …
Consumer Revolution in Urban China
Häftad, 2000
457 kr
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After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are surrounded by a level of material comfort and commercial hype unimaginable just ten years ago. In this first in-depth treatment of the consumer revolution in China, fourteen leading scholars of Chinese culture and …
Women's Qigong for Health and Longevity
A Practical Guide for Women Forty and Older
E-bok, 2008
282 kr
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Here is a detailed, easy-to-use guidebook for women forty and older on how to use gentle but powerful traditional Chinese exercises, breathing techniques, massage, meditation, and vocalizations to promote health, fitness, relaxation, and mental clarity; improve stamina; and even treat specific …
Guest of Honor
Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
Häftad, 2013
201 kr
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In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner shines a powerful light on race, politics, and the lives and legacies of Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which to examine race, …
Guest of Honor
Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
E-bok, 2012
156 kr
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In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which to examine race, politics, and the lives and legacies of two of America’s most iconic figures. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive mansion …
Strapless
E-bok, 2004
145 kr
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The subject of John Singer Sargent''s most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each …
The Trip
Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure
Häftad, 2016
295 kr
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"From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a book about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took from New York to LA in 1963, and how that journey - and the numerous artists and celebrities he encountered - profoundly affected his life and art"--
Trip
Andy Warhol''s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure
E-bok, 2015
213 kr
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From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor , a “jaunty romp through American pop-art history” ( The Washington Post ) about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took in 1963, and how that journey profoundly influenced his life and art. In 1963, up-and-coming artist Andy Warhol, along with a …
Katharine the Great
Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire
E-bok, 2017
124 kr
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In the early 1970s, Katharine Graham was one of the most powerful women on earth. The publisher of the Washington Post, she published the Pentagon Papers, which shed light on the darkest corners of the war in Vietnam, and she oversaw the investigation into Watergate that would bring down President …
Art of Southern Charm
Av Deborah Davis, Patricia Altschul
E-bok, 2017
235 kr
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T he surprise breakout star of Bravo’s hit reality show, Southern Charm , introduces an essential lifestyle guide as refreshing and fun as a gin martini. “Patricia on #SouthernCharm, like lookin’ in the damn mirror. Cheers queen.”—Lady Gaga Fan-favorite Bravolebrity Patricia Altschul from the …
Art of Southern Charm
Av Patricia Altschul, Deborah Davis
Häftad, 2019
237 kr
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From Patricia Altschul, breakout star of Bravo’s hit reality show Southern Charm, comes a lifestyle guide as refreshing and fun as a gin martini.“Patricia on #SouthernCharm, like lookin’ in the damn mirror. Cheers queen.” —Lady GagaFan-favorite Bravolebrity Patricia Altschul presents fans her …
Paradise to Regain
Post-Obama Insights from Women Educators of the Black Diaspora
Av Immaculee Harushimana, Mary Alfred m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1757 kr
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A Paradise to Regain: Post-Obama Insights from Women Educators of the Black Diaspora seeks to avert the likelihood of erasure of President Barack Obama’s legacy of hope and possibility that every child, regardless of race, faith, and gender affiliation, can dream big and live to see his/her dream …
Paradise to Regain
Post-Obama Insights from Women Educators of the Black Diaspora
Av Immaculee Harushimana, Mary Alfred m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
526 kr
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A Paradise to Regain: Post-Obama Insights from Women Educators of the Black Diaspora seeks to avert the likelihood of erasure of President Barack Obama’s legacy of hope and possibility that every child, regardless of race, faith, and gender affiliation, can dream big and live to see his/her dream …
