Beyond The Bamboo Forest

Author : Yung Lerner
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496900944
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Bamboo Forest written by Yung Lerner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970 Yung Yung arrives in New York City where it is rare to see a young Asian woman outside of Chinatown. Modern Dance icon Martha Graham has recruited Yung Yung while on a visit to Taipei where the brilliant young dancers journey begins. Yung Yung, who could not imagine life beyond the bamboo forest, is suddenly free of the political dictator Chiang Kai-shek and the backstage parents shed supported since early childhood. In this memoir, we experience the fall and resurrection of a professional dancer/choreographer who, with the help of Martha Graham and an unconventional psychotherapist Shepard Hoodwin, escapes outer and inner tyranny Mark Sackeroff (Temple University).

Author : Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006234711X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So Far from the Bamboo Grove written by Yoko Kawashima Watkins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final days of World War II, Koreans were determined to take back control of their country from the Japanese and end the suffering caused by the Japanese occupation. As an eleven-year-old girl living with her Japanese family in northern Korea, Yoko is suddenly fleeing for her life with her mother and older sister, Ko, trying to escape to Japan, a country Yoko hardly knows. Their journey is terrifying—and remarkable. It's a true story of courage and survival that highlights the plight of individual people in wartime. In the midst of suffering, acts of kindness, as exemplified by a family of Koreans who risk their own lives to help Yoko's brother, are inspiring reminders of the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

Author : Ying Zhu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319113194
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond written by Ying Zhu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents one of the first attempts by a multidisciplinary research team, encompassing the social sciences, business, architecture and planning, engineering, and finance and economics, to help rural communities discover sustainable and self-reliant paths to development and transformation. The opening chapter outlines the background of the research, its importance in the context of China and other countries, the rationale for choosing the case study communities in rural China, and the composition of the research team. Chapter 2 explores key issues in the role of social entrepreneurship and leadership in rural community development. Chapter 3 analyses a green platform for a pilot transaction of China forest carbon sinks led by the Huadong Forestry Exchange. The fourth chapter examines carbon trade, forestry land rights, and the livelihoods of farmers in rural Chinese communities. Chapter 5 explores alternative energy development in rural Chinese communities, where the poor are often disproportionately dependent on fuel wood and solid biomass, causing environmental degradation, reduced productivity and the decline of income generating opportunities. Chapter 6 examines and tests the proposition that stronger communities will result from ‘connected up’, holistic, synergistic and inclusive planning of services and supporting infrastructure. Chapter 7 analyzes information and communications technology (ICT) based service innovations for supporting rural community enterprises. Chapter 8 highlights key elements of stronger rural communities, drawing together the themes and proposals of preceding chapters and constructing an integrated model. The authors demonstrate that interconnected community enterprises based on clean forest products, forest carbon and ecotourism can be underpinned by local infrastructure enterprises such as renewable energy, water, waste management, ICT and transport, and financial mechanisms like carbon finance, all involving skills development, leadership and social entrepreneurship coupled with corporate and investment partnerships. Such interconnected approaches are expected to generate increased employment and prosperity, improve social livelihoods, and benefit the environment.

Author : Emily Swiers
Publisher : Emily Swiers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic Beyond the Mark written by Emily Swiers and published by Emily Swiers. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet eleven-year-old Dori Lowry, a fifth grader facing a major dilemma - she's the only one without a unique soul mark. While everyone around her has halos of flowers, crystals, and grass, Dori feels like the odd one out. Determined to uncover the truth about her markless status, she turns to the mysterious Silis Madden, a classmate with an extraordinary mark that's out of this world. But that's not all Dori has to deal with. Her home life takes a wild turn when her mom's new boyfriend, Benjamin, moves in. And when Benjamin's soul mark triggers a strange event, Dori discovers her newfound ability to see creatures from another world. As chaos grips the town and an unknown creature infects soul marks, Dori must learn about the mysterious Madden family and the otherworldly forces that threaten to control the town.

Author : Katie Zhao
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0593426673
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winnie Zeng Shatters the Universe written by Katie Zhao and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third book of this epic fantasy series, kids from around the world are summoned to compete at the magical Shaman Youth Tournament! But with all the young shamans away, who will defend the human realm from evil spirits? "A hilarious tussle between homework, family, and heroism." —Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author If awards were given for multitasking, then Winnie Zeng would come in first place. Between juggling evil spirits and middle school—boy, does she have her hands full. Ordinarily, winter break would be her chance to catch up on anime, but this year marks the return of the Shaman Youth Tournament, where shamans around the world duel for the title of champion! To prepare, Winnie and her archnemesis, David, train for their toughest battles yet. But when some of their competitors start acting a little stranger—and a lot stronger—than normal, they realize they might be in over their heads. Soon, it becomes clear that the spirit attacks in Winnie’s hometown were only the beginning of something more sinister than any one shaman can tackle. Now, it’s up to all shamans to take on this task and protect the human world. It just may be the last mission they ever receive. . . .

Author : Paudyal, K.
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Framework for assessing ecosystem services from bamboo forests written by Paudyal, K. and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bamboo is well known for supporting people’s livelihoods, and is widely used in landscape restoration programs while providing a wide range of ecosystem goods and services. However, while marketable goods from bamboo such as shoots for food and timber for construction, flooring and furniture are well known, the ecosystem services (ES) supply from bamboo is not, due to limited research. To date, very few studies highlight the role of bamboo forests in providing multiple ES that have local and global value. Lack of an appropriate framework and tools is considered a barrier to assessing the ES from bamboo forests. Therefore, this study attempts to develop an easy-to-apply framework to assess ES from bamboo and test them in three countries in Asia and Africa – Nepal, Indonesia and Ethiopia – in order to understand the relative supply capacity of the key ES from bamboo forests. The literature related to ES and assessment frameworks was reviewed so as to design an appropriate assessment framework for bamboo forests. This study offers an easy-to-apply framework that can be used widely. The research shows that the ES supply capacity of bamboo forests is higher than for industrial planted forest while it is lower than for the natural forests in all case study sites. The ES assessment from bamboo forests poses several challenges: defining and classifying ES, limited data, and complex relationships in trade-offs and synergies of ES that should be kept in mind while designing the framework.

Author : Edward Bliss, Jr.
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470232269
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Stone Arches written by Edward Bliss, Jr. and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The words of David Livingstone express my feelings better than any words of my own. ‘God had an only son, and He was a missionary and a physician.’ A poor, poor imitation of Him I am, or hope to be. In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die." —Edward Bliss, 1892 In 1892—during the latter days of the Qing Dynasty—a 26-year-old Massachusetts native embarked on a dramatic journey to an outpost in feudal China. The man’s name was Edward Bliss, and it was in the impoverished walled city of Shaowu that he fulfilled his dream of becoming a medical missionary and emerged as a true American hero. In this inspired and riveting read, distinguished journalist Edward Bliss Jr.—the son of this original Peace Corpsman—tells the remarkable story of a courageous pioneer who selflessly risked his life to serve others. With the refreshing intimacy of a memoir and based in large part on letters Bliss wrote home, Beyond the Stone Arches takes us back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which saw an outpouring of missionaries to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Filled with drama and exhilarating anecdotes, Beyond the Stone Arches imparts the complete story of an American missionary: from Bliss’s happy childhood in Newburyport, Massachusetts, to his rigorous days at Yale University, to the remote Chinese city where he battled malaria (which twice nearly killed him), plague, torrential floods, and, finally, the encroaching Communist armies to help make the world a better place in which to live. Bliss continued to heal the sick, toil as a farmer, deliver babies, and work to eradicate the rinderpest virus—all for the "glory of God and dignity of man"—until the early days of Mao Zedong when a Communist army descended on Shaowu. This intimate glimpse into the life of Edward Bliss also provides a rare impression of the obstacles faced by missionaries in the feudal Chinese culture. A rare tribute, Beyond the Stone Arches is a luminous portrait of an exemplary figure, a man whose extraordinary life story offers us insight into how to face adversity in our own time.

Author : Jamie Zeppa
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
ISBN 13 : 0385674155
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Sky and the Earth written by Jamie Zeppa and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Iron and Silk and Touch the Dragon, Jamie Zeppa’s memoir of her years in Bhutan is the story of a young woman’s self-discovery in a foreign land. It is also the exciting début of a new voice in travel writing. When she left for the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in 1988, Zeppa was committing herself to two years of teaching and a daunting new experience. A week on a Caribbean beach had been her only previous trip outside Canada; Bhutan was on the other side of the world, one of the most isolated countries in the world known as the last Shangri-La, where little had changed in centuries and visits by foreigners were restricted. Clinging to her bags full of chocolate, hair conditioner and Immodium, she began the biggest challenge of her life, with no idea she would fall in love with the country and with a Bhutanese man, end up spending nine years in Bhutan, and begin a literary career with her account of this transformative journey. At her first posting in a remote village of eastern Bhutan, she is plunged into an overwhelmingly different culture with squalid Third World conditions and an impossible language. Her house has rats and fleas and she refuses to eat the local food, fearing the rampant deadly infections her overly protective grandfather warned her about. Gradually, however, her fear vanishes. She adjusts, begins to laugh, and is captivated by the pristine mountain scenery and the kind students in her grade 2 class. She also begins to discover for herself the spiritual serenity of Buddhism. A transfer to the government college of Sherubtse, where the housing conditions are comparatively luxurious and the students closer to her own age, gives her a deeper awareness of Bhutan’s challenges: the lack of personal privacy, the pressure to conform, and the political tensions. However, her connection to Bhutan intensifies when she falls in love with a student, Tshewang, and finds herself pregnant. After a brief sojourn in Canada to give birth to her son, Pema Dorji, she marries Tshewang and makes Bhutan her home for another four years. Zeppa’s personal essay about her culture shock on arriving in Bhutan won the 1996 CBC/Saturday Night literary competition and appeared in the magazine. She flew home to accept the prize, where people encouraged her to pursue her writing. Her letters from Bhutan also featured on CBC’s Morningside. The book that grew out of this has been published in Canada and the United States to ecstatic reviews, followed by British, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish editions. Although cultural differences finally separated Jamie and Tshewang in 1997 while she was writing the book and she returned to Canada, she will always feel at home in Bhutan. Zeppa shares her compelling insights into this land and culture, but Beyond the Sky and the Earth is more than a travel book. With rich, spellbinding prose and bright humour, it describes a personal journey in which Zeppa acquires a deeper understanding of what it means to leave one’s home behind, and undergoes a spiritual transformation.

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1788685857
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lonely Planet USA's National Parks written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet's USA's National Parks is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Catch the country's 'first sunrise' from the top of Cadillac Mountain, take the drive of your life on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, and climb the otherworldly rocks of Joshua Tree -all with your trusted travel companion.

Author : Sree Varshini R
Publisher : Ink of Knowledge
ISBN 13 : 9358269103
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inspiring Tales written by Sree Varshini R and published by Ink of Knowledge. This book was released on with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to "Inspiring Tales," a captivating collection of 31 short stories that will take you on a journey of thought-provoking narratives, brimming with wisdom, and filled with fascinating morals. Within the pages of this book, you will find a multitude of enchanting stories, each one crafted with care and designed to ignite your imagination. From heartfelt encounters to extraordinary adventures, these tales will transport you to different realms and introduce you to a diverse cast of characters. Every story in this compilation is infused with a distinct moral, teaching us valuable life lessons and guiding us towards a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us. With themes ranging from kindness and empathy to bravery and perseverance, each tale presents a unique perspective and invites reflection. Prepare to be captivated by the rich storytelling that brings to life a variety of settings - from ancient lands to futuristic worlds, from bustling cities to treacherous wilderness. The tales will immerse you in a tapestry of emotions, making you laugh, cry, and ponder. Whether you are a young reader seeking excitement and inspiration or an adult looking for a dose of nostalgia and reflection, these stories will resonate with you. They will remind us of the power of storytelling and how it can shape our lives, instilling us with values that endure. So, immerse yourself in the enchanting world of "Inspiring Tales," and embark on a journey of discovery through the power of imagination. Prepare to be enlightened, uplifted, and entertained, as each story reveals a unique moral that will leave a lasting impression on your heart and mind.