The Island Of Bicycle Dancers

Author : Jiro Adachi
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312312466
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Island of Bicycle Dancers written by Jiro Adachi and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the coming-of-age story of twenty-year old Yurika Song, a Korean-Japanese woman who comes from Japan to New York City for a summer to work with her Korean relatives and improve her English. Yurika's friends back home have always joked that she is half-sushi/half kim-chi. But cross-Asian ethnicities turn out to be far less jarring than her entree into New York life in the guise of bicycle messengers and the street culture in which they thrive. On one level this is a tale of mistaken love--Yurika falls hard for an attractive, but dangerous, Puerto Rican bicycle messenger nicknamed "Bone." But on another, deeper level, our heroine finds freedom in this new language, which to her "is like a huge octopus, very clever and sometimes hard to catch."

Author : Seiwoong Oh
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 1438140584
Total Pages : 1292 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature written by Seiwoong Oh and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a reference on Asian-American literature providing profiles of Asian-American writers and their works.

Author : Maureen O'Connor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610691466
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Stories written by Maureen O'Connor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.

Author : Westina Matthews
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1640651594
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing from the Inside Out written by Westina Matthews and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relatable essays focused primarily on being at a "certain stage of life" from a renowned speaker and author. This collection of essays about ordinary events invites the reader to reflect on how God can be found throughout life. Matthews offers a personal and authentic voice that resonates with a wide audience—particularly women—in an easily accessible and understandable manner. These timely reflections are in keeping with the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry’s call to “live into being the Jesus Movement by committing to evangelism and the work of reconciliation— beginning with racial reconciliation . . . across the borders and boundaries that divide the human family of God.” Through thoughtful, poignant, humorous, and authentic reflections—shared from her journal and weekly email blogs—Matthews invites the reader to redefine themselves. This book is a wonderful resource for personal reflection, and a great gift for colleagues, friends, and family members.

Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
ISBN 13 : 9781566914123
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon Handbooks Tahiti written by David Stanley and published by David Stanley. This book was released on 2003-08-26 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the volcanic peaks of the Marquesas or shop in Papeete's vibrant marketplace. All the essentials to discovering this tropical paradise are presented in an easy-to-use format. Photos & illustrations. Maps.

Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
ISBN 13 : 9781566911726
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Pacific Handbook written by David Stanley and published by David Stanley. This book was released on 2000 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides historical and travel information for visitors to Polynesia and Melanesia, including Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji Islands, New Caledonia, and Solomon Islands

Author : Caroline Rody
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195377362
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Interethnic Imagination written by Caroline Rody and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rody proposes a new paradigm for understanding the changing terrain of contemporary fiction. She claims that what we have long read as ethnic literature is in the process of becoming 'interethnic'. Examining an extensive range of Asian American fictions, she offers readings of three especially compelling examples.

Author : Julian Treadaway
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820108134
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing, Dying, Crawling, Crying written by Julian Treadaway and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2007 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Largely by reason of its isolation, the tiny volcanic island of Tikopia in the South Pacific, has managed to retain its traditional Polynesian culture far more than most Pacific islands. Almost seventy years after the life of the island community was detailed by anthropology student Raymond (later Sir Raymond) Firth, the present author, Julian Treadaway, made several visits to Tikopia, sharing the life of his Tikopian host families for many months at a time, and noting remarkable continuity with the time of Firth's visits and even before. Comparing the present with the past observed by these earlier visitors, Treadaway's stories provide a fascinating account of this continuity and change. With a meticulously observant yet empathetic eye and an easy style, Treadaway records the day-to-day life of the community - detailing the distinctive marriage, funeral, circumcision and other ceremonies; everyday activities such as house-building and growing, catching and preparing food; and unique Tikopian customs of, amongst other things, crawling into houses and ritualistic crying. Through these stories he poses the question that hangs over Tikopia and all such communities: how best can traditional societies benefit from the modern world without completely losing their distinctive culture and identity?"--Cover.

Author : Wenying Xu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538157322
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater written by Wenying Xu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Library Journal Best Reference Book of 2022 This book represents the culmination of over 150 years of literary achievement by the most diverse ethnic group in the United States. Diverse because this group of ethnic Americans includes those whose ancestral roots branch out to East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Western Asia. Even within each of these regions, there exist vast differences in languages, cultures, religions, political systems, and colonial histories. From the earliest publication in 1887 to the latest in 2021, this dictionary celebrates the incredibly rich body of fiction, poetry, memoirs, plays, and children’s literature. Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 700 cross-referenced entries on genres, major terms, and authors. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this topic.

Author : Rosane Gibson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1420881221
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enlightenment Dance written by Rosane Gibson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains inspirational insights gleaned from Hozuhni's varied world experiences (she is an international Flight Attendant for American Airlines) about applying the powers of awareness and positive intention to the stress and challenges of modern life, along with practical instructions for using the ancient art of exotic belly dance for creative transformation of body, mind and spirit. It includes step-by-step instructions, enlightening interpretations, and many delightful illustrations. Particularly unique are the author's correlations of esoteric systems such as the energy charkas and the Chinese placement art of Feng Shui with expressive dance. Hozuhni succeeds in rendering such transcendent experiences as enlightenment, ecstasy, and bliss accessible through her deep understanding of the spiritual power of solo dance. Readers will undoubtedly appreciate the book's progressive synthesis of the personal and universal, old and new, and East and West in this ancient but evolving and increasingly popular moving art-form.