wyszukanych pozycji: 14
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
ISBN: 9781451610949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Now in paperback one of the most stirring accounts of the lives of Chinese women since Wild Swans "full of heart-rending tales....shocking, simply told...a very powerful polemic" (The New York Times Book Review). Following her internationally bestselling book The Good Women of China, Xinran has written one of the most powerful accounts of the lives of Chinese women. She has gained entrance to the most pained, secret chambers in the hearts of Chinese mothers--students, successful businesswomen, midwives, peasants--who, whether as a consequence of the single-child...
Now in paperback one of the most stirring accounts of the lives of Chinese women since Wild Swans "full of heart-rending tales....shocking, ...
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79,96 zł |
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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
ISBN: 9781400030804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Deng Xiaoping s efforts to open up China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show, she barely anticipated the enthusiasm it would quickly generate. Operating within the constraints imposed by government censors, Words on the Night Breeze sparked a tremendous outpouring, and the hours of tape on her answering machines were soon filled every night. Whether angry or muted, posing questions or...
When Deng Xiaoping s efforts to open up China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state r...
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84,21 zł |
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The Promise : Love and Loss in Modern China
ISBN: 9781788313629 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Xinran describes the lives and loves of an extraordinary family over four generations
Xinran describes the lives and loves of an extraordinary family over four generations
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178,41 zł |
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China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation
ISBN: 9780307388537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. China Witness is a remarkable work of oral history that lets us see the cultural upheavals of the past century through the eyes of the Chinese who lived through them.
Xinran, acclaimed author of The Good Women of China, traveled across China seeking out the nation s grandparents and great-grandparents, the men and women who experienced firsthand the tremendous changes of the modern era. Although many of them feared repercussions, they spoke with stunning candor about their hopes, fears, and struggles, and about what they witnessed: from the Long March to land reform, from... China Witness is a remarkable work of oral history that lets us see the cultural upheavals of the past century through the eyes of the Chinese ...
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84,21 zł |
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The Good Women Of China: Hidden Voices
ISBN: 9780099440789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is the story of how Xinran negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the country. Through the intimacy of her writing, the women's voices confide in the reader, sharing their secrets.
This is the story of how Xinran negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the country. Thro...
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56,22 zł |
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Sky Burial
ISBN: 9780099461937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In March 1958, a Chinese woman learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happened to him, she sets off to join his regiment. To her horror, she walks into a bloody conflict, with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas.
In March 1958, a Chinese woman learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happe...
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51,10 zł |
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The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China
ISBN: 9781399406680 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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127,87 zł |
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A Poetics of Minds and Madness
ISBN: 9789819952489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This monograph aims to explore the mind-narrative nexus by conducting a cognitive narratological study on the mad minds in fictional narratives. Set on the interface of narrative and cognitive science (cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology), it adopts an indirect empirical approach to the fictional representation of madness. The American writer Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is chosen as the primary text of investigation, whereas due consideration is also given to other madness narratives when necessary. This... This monograph aims to explore the mind-narrative nexus by conducting a cognitive narratological study on the mad minds in fictional narratives.... |
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425,06 zł |
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Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers: Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Signal and Information Processing, Netwo
ISBN: 9781138028814 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The First International Conference on Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers (ICSINC) focuses on the key technologies and challenges of signal and information processing schemes, network application, computer theory and application, etc. Topics in this conference include: The First International Conference on Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers (ICSINC) focuses on the key technologies and chal... |
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917,50 zł |
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Family, Children, and Tourism in China
ISBN: 9781032153964 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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688,13 zł |
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The Promise: Love and Loss in Modern China
ISBN: 9781448217892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A spellbinding story of love and the history of modern China.
A spellbinding story of love and the history of modern China.
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50,93 zł |
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Proceedings of the American Society for Composites: Thirtieth Technical Conference on Composite Materials
ISBN: 9781605952253 / Angielski / CD-ROM / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Contains original research on composite materials in the following areas: aircraft, automotive, armor, crashworthiness, damage tolerance, micromechanics, molecular modeling, multifunctionality, structural health, textile composites and processing, as well as special presentations on aircraft, naval research, multiscale modeling and lightweight composites for cars. Some of the highlights of the book include: Research reports covering design, manufacturing and testing of advanced composite materials with military, civil engineering and transport applications.
Contains original research on composite materials in the following areas: aircraft, automotive, armor, crashworthiness, damage tolerance, micromechani...
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1225,91 zł |
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Wide-Area Oscillation Identification and Damping Control in Power Systems
ISBN: 9781680834789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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282,94 zł |
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Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
ISBN: 9781400095643 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It was 1994 when Xinran, a journalist and the internationally acclaimed author of The Good Women of China, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet into China.
Xinran made the trip and met the woman, called Shu Wen, who recounted the story of her thirty-year odyssey in the vast landscape of Tibet. In Sky Burial, Xinran has re-created Shu Wen s journey, painting an extraordinary portrait of a woman and a land, each at the mercy of fate and politics. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of... It was 1994 when Xinran, a journalist and the internationally acclaimed author of The Good Women of China, received a telephone call asking her...
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75,79 zł |