First Pass Under Heaven

Author : Nathan Hoturoa Gray
Publisher : Penguin Global
ISBN 13 : 9780143020677
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Pass Under Heaven written by Nathan Hoturoa Gray and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made structure ever built, stretching for over 4,000 kilometres from central Asia, across the Gobi Desert, through the remote, cold mountains of northern China to end on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Nathan Gray, a young New Zealand lawyer, wanted to be the first person in history to walk the entire length of the Great Wall. In October 2000 he set off with four fellow travellers – a Buddhist monk from Singapore, a Jewish photojournalist from Argentina, a Catholic recording artist from Italy and a Mormon golfer.Conceived as an idealistic trek to mark the millennium in cultural, racial and religious harmony, one month in reality bit. Blizzards, lightning strikes, thirst, starvation, snakes and police detention all took their toll. After 3,000 kilometres, having witnessed the fatal stabbing of a Chinese friend and being chased at gunpoint by soldiers, Nathan succumbed to physical and mental fatigue and returned to New Zealand. Unable to accept defeat, he returned three months later to complete the challenge; the final 1,000 kilometres.

Author : Guy Gavriel Kay
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110118700X
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under Heaven written by Guy Gavriel Kay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China in an masterful story of honor and power. It begins simply. Shen Tai, son of an illustrious general serving the Emperor of Kitai, has spent two years honoring the memory of his late father by burying the bones of the dead from both armies at the site of one of his father's last great battles. In recognition of his labors and his filial piety, an unlikely source has sent him a dangerous gift: 250 Sardian horses. You give a man one of the famed Sardian horses to reward him greatly. You give him four or five to exalt him above his fellows, propel him towards rank, and earn him jealousy, possibly mortal jealousy. Two hundred and fifty is an unthinkable gift, a gift to overwhelm an emperor. Wisely, the gift comes with the stipulation that Tai must claim the horses in person. Otherwise he would probably be dead already...

Author : Carolyn Phillips
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1607749831
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Under Heaven written by Carolyn Phillips and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, contemporary portrait of China's culinary landscape and the geography and history that has shaped it, with more than 300 recipes. Vaulting from ancient taverns near the Yangtze River to banquet halls in modern Taipei, All Under Heaven is the first cookbook in English to examine all 35 cuisines of China. Drawing on centuries' worth of culinary texts, as well as her own years working, eating, and cooking in Taiwan, Carolyn Phillips has written a spirited, symphonic love letter to the flavors and textures of Chinese cuisine. With hundreds of recipes--from simple Fried Green Onion Noodles to Lotus-Wrapped Spicy Rice Crumb Pork--written with clear, step-by-step instructions, All Under Heaven serves as both a handbook for the novice and a source of inspiration for the veteran chef. — Los Angeles Times: Favorite Cookbooks of 2016

Author : Nathan Hoturoa Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Pass Under Heaven written by Nathan Hoturoa Gray and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Let's Go Inc.
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312320058
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Go China 5th Edition written by Let's Go Inc. and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: China is your comprehensive guide to Asia's most exciting destination. Let's Go's forty-five years of travel savvy deliver must-have practical information. This edition boasts more outdoors activities, expanded must-see historical sights, and brand-new coverage of trekking, ethnic villages, and daytrips. An extensive chapter on alternatives to tourism helps you find ways to extend your stay and make a difference, while a phrasebook in Mandarin, Cantonese, Tibetan, and Uighur will help you get there, get around, and get busy, no matter where you may be. So, whether you'd rather chat it up with monks or trek to alpine lakes and glacier-capped peaks, Let's Go's intrepid researchers can lead the way.

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Publisher : LONG RIVER PRESS
ISBN 13 : 1592650600
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlas of World Heritage written by and published by LONG RIVER PRESS. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a photographic journey to these fantastic natural and cultural sites of China. Full-color photographs and highly detailed maps and background information make this an excellent gift book or reference volume.

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0871407701
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny written by Michael Wallis and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award A Publishers Weekly Holiday Guide History Pick “A book so gripping it can scarcely be put down.... Superb.” —New York Times Book Review "WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!" In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the "American dream," this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following months, their jingoistic excitement would be replaced by desperate cries for help that would fall silent in the deadly snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada. We know these early pioneers as the Donner Party, a name that has elicited horror since the late 1840s. With The Best Land Under Heaven, Wallis has penned what critics agree is “destined to become the standard account” (Washington Post) of the notorious saga. Cutting through 160 years of myth-making, the “expert storyteller” (True West) compellingly recounts how the unlikely band of early pioneers met their fate. Interweaving information from hundreds of newly uncovered documents, Wallis illuminates how a combination of greed and recklessness led to one of America’s most calamitous and sensationalized catastrophes. The result is a “fascinating, horrifying, and inspiring” (Oklahoman) examination of the darkest side of Manifest Destiny.

Author : William Lindesay
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
ISBN 13 : 9787508510323
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall Revisited written by William Lindesay and published by 五洲传播出版社. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Damian Harper
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809316212
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China written by Damian Harper and published by SIU Press. This book was released on with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Cook
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786964014
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horselords written by David Cook and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the valiant kingdoms of the western Realms and the exotic eastern lands of Kara-Tur lies a vast, unexplored kingdom. For centuries, the "civilized" peoples of the Forgotten Realms have given little notice to these barbarians. Now, a powerful leader has united the wild horsemen into a mighty force--an army powerful enough to challenge the world. The Empires Trilogy: Book One.