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Book Asia Express

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  • Author : Marion Grasby
  • Publisher : Plum
  • Release : 2014-05-01
  • ISBN : 1743531168
  • Pages : 227 pages

Download or read book Asia Express written by Marion Grasby and published by Plum. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's so very easy to create quick, brilliant Asian dishes at home. These are the recipes I come back to, time and time again." Marion Grasby knows Asian food. Better yet, she knows how to whip up quick, delicious, no-fuss versions of all the Asian classics we know and love - from Nasi Goreng and Thai Beef Salad to Lemongrass Chicken and Indian Lamb Kofta. As one of Australia's most popular food identities and the brains behind the hugely successful Marion's Kitchen range of Thai meal kits sold in supermarkets around the country, Marion is no stranger to requests for fast Asian recipe ideas for busy families. In Asia Express she shares her wealth of knowledge of Asian cuisine in a fun and fresh way, providing quick versions of ALL your Asian favourites without scrimping on flavour. These are the recipes she comes back to time and time again. They are her treasured possessions collected during a childhood spent in her Thai mother's kitchen and through a lifetime of travelling and living in Asia. Asia Express is for the busy home cook who wants to create fresh, Asian-inspired dishes but doesn't have a lot of time to do it. Collected from Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, China, India, Burma, Malaysia and more, recipes include: Crumbed Coriander Fish Fingers *Thai Beef Salad * Prawn Mee Goreng * Char Kway Teow * Express Hainanese Chicken Rice * Indian Fish Curry * Thai Sweet & Sour Chicken * Panang Chicken Curry * Asian Pork Burgers * Tandoori Lamb Cutlets * Beef Pho * Kaffir Lime Strawberry Tarts * Almond & Ginger Wonton Crisps * Macadamia, Mango & Ginger Cups. This is a specially formatted fixed layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

Book Dream Super Express

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  • Author : Jessamyn Abel
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2022-01-11
  • ISBN : 1503629953
  • Pages : 393 pages

Download or read book Dream Super Express written by Jessamyn Abel and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A symbol of the "new Japan" displayed at World's Fairs, depicted in travel posters, and celebrated as the product of a national spirit of innovation, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen—the first bullet train, dubbed the "dream super-express"—represents the bold aspirations of a nation rebranding itself after military defeat, but also the deep problems caused by the unbridled postwar drive for economic growth. At the dawn of the space age, how could a train become such an important symbol? In Dream Super-Express, Jessamyn Abel contends that understanding the various, often contradictory, images of the bullet train reveals how infrastructure operates beyond its intended use as a means of transportation to perform cultural and sociological functions. The multi-layered dreams surrounding this high-speed railway tell a history not only of nation-building but of resistance and disruption. Though it constituted neither a major technological leap nor a new infrastructural connection, the train enchanted, enthralled, and enraged government officials, media pundits, community activists, novelists, and filmmakers. This history of imaginations around the monumental rail system resists the commonplace story of progress to consider the tug-of-war over the significance of the new line. Is it a vision of the future or a reminder of the past, an object of international admiration or a formidable threat? Does it enable new relationships and identities or reify existing social hierarchies? Tracing the meanings assigned to high-speed rail shows how it prompted a reimagination of identity on the levels of individual, metropolis, and nation in a changing Japan.

Book The Development of Railway Technology in East Asia in Comparative Perspective

Download or read book The Development of Railway Technology in East Asia in Comparative Perspective written by Minoru Sawai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-09 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine the process of railway development in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China from historical and comparative perspectives. Moreover, it discusses and compares the East Asian experiences of railway development with cases in Germany, which was a mainstay of railway development in Europe. After the opening of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, the country achieved import substitution of locomotives in half a century. This book explores the social capability of Meiji Japan to overtake the advanced countries in railway technology. Parallel with the expansion of the Japanese empire, a large team of engineers constructed and operated the colonial government railways of Taiwan and Korea and the South Manchuria Railway. The book clearly outlines the education and training of these engineers. The management capabilities of the colonial railways and South Manchuria Railway were transferred to the postwar period, and such expertise supported the economic development of each country and region. These dramatic East Asian experiences of railway development are compared with European cases, mainly German railways.

Book Japan s Total Empire

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  • Author : Louise Young
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780520219342
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book Japan s Total Empire written by Louise Young and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of the empire Japan won and then lost in the Pacific War was Manchukuo, a puppet state created in Northeast China in 1932. Not unlike India for the British, Manchukuo was the crucible and symbol of empire for the Japanese. In this book, the first social and cultural history of Japan's construction of Manchuria, Louise Young studies how people at home imagined, experienced, and built the empire that so threatened the world.

Book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia

Download or read book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia written by Japan. Tetsudōin and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia  Manchuria   Ch  sen

Download or read book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia Manchuria Ch sen written by Japan. Tetsudōin and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia  Manchuria   Chosen

Download or read book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia Manchuria Chosen written by Japan. Teikoku Tetsudōchō and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia  Manchuria   Ch  sen

Download or read book An Official Guide to Eastern Asia Manchuria Ch sen written by Imperial Japanese Government Railways and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia

Download or read book Confucianism and Democratization in East Asia written by Doh Chull Shin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, scholars and politicians have vigorously debated whether Confucianism is compatible with democracy, yet little is known about how it affects the process of democratization in East Asia. In this book, Doh Chull Shin examines the prevalence of core Confucian legacies and their impacts on civic and political orientations in six Confucian countries: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Analyses of the Asian Barometer and World Values surveys reveal that popular attachment to Confucian legacies has mixed results on democratic demand. While Confucian political legacies encourage demand for a non-liberal democratic government that prioritizes the economic welfare of the community over the freedom of individual citizens, its social legacies promote interpersonal trust and tolerance, which are critical components of democratic civic life. Thus, the author argues that citizens of historically Confucian Asia have an opportunity to combine the best of Confucian ideals and democratic principles in a novel, particularly East Asian brand of democracy.

Book A New Modern History of East Asia

Download or read book A New Modern History of East Asia written by Eckhardt Fuchs and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, historians and societal forces have campaigned for rapprochement, reconciliation and dialogue between East Asian nations. This book is a result of these efforts. Debates regarding the interpretation of the modern history of East Asia continue to affect bilateral relations between the states of the region. History education has become a particularly controversial issue in this context. This book’s main message is that a common understanding regarding the history of East Asia is possible, even though some differences remain. It is not only a major contribution to reconciliation in the region, but as the first textbook on the history of East Asia written collaboratively by scholars from three East Asian countries, it is also highly recommended for use in an anglophone teaching environment. The authors are a group of historians, teachers and concerned citizens from China, Japan and South Korea.

Book Congressional Record

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on with total page 2146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Operation Pineapple Express

Download or read book Operation Pineapple Express written by Scott Mann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Berets who come together to save a former comrade—and 500 other Afghans—being targeted by the Taliban in the chaos of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. In April 2021, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas. The message was clear: Get Nezam out of Afghanistan now. Nezam was part of the Afghan National Army’s first group of American-trained commandos; he passed through Fort Bragg’s legendary Q course and served alongside the US Special Forces for over a decade. But Afghanistan’s government and army were on the edge of collapse, and Nezam was receiving threatening texts from the Taliban. The message reached Nezam’s former commanding officer, retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann, who couldn’t face the idea of losing another soldier in the long War on Terror. Immediately, he sends out an SOS to a group of Afghan vets (Navy SEALs, Green Berets, CIA officers, USAID advisors). They all answer the call for one last mission. Operating out of basements and garages, Task Force Pineapple organizes an escape route for Nezam and gets him into hiding in Taliban-controlled Kabul. After many tense days, he braves the enemy checkpoints and the crowds of thousands blocking the airport gates. He finally makes it through the wire and into the American-held airport thanks to the frantic efforts of the Pineapple express, a relentless Congressional aide, and a US embassy official. Nezam is safe, but calls are coming in from all directions requesting help for other Afghan soldiers, interpreters, and at-risk women and children. Task Force Pineapple widens its scope—and ends up rescuing 500 more Afghans from Kabul in the three chaotic days before the ISIS-K suicide bombing. Operation Pineapple Express is a thrilling, suspenseful tale of service and loyalty amidst the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Book History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys

Download or read book History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys written by Sarah Baxter and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is everywhere, and is never as complete as when it can be accessed on a part of history itself. The locomotive is one of the great steps in progress of civilisation that undoubtably connects us to land and history that was shaped by the machine itself. Although a basic form of railway, or rutway, did exist in Ancient Greek and Roman times – notably the ship trackway between Diolkos and the Isthmus of Corinth around 600 BC – it would take several thousand years before the first fare-paying passenger service was launched in the early nineteenth century. Some two hundred years on, it is possible to travel by train to some of the world's most remote and remarkable destinations, and track the many wonderful legacies of the Earth's extensive history – man-made and otherwise. From prehistoric rock formations to skyscraper cities, slow steam engines to high-speed bullet trains, let A History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys be your guide. Through its beautifully illustrated pages, and 500 awe-inspiring railway journeys, you can chart your own transcontinental itinerary through time. Chug through canyons, steam past ancient monuments, speed through cities, luxuriate in the railcars of presidents and queens, or make express connections between key historical moments or epic eras, A History of the World in 500 Railway Journeys has it all. A must-read for travellers, railfans and history buffs alike, offering inspiration and information in equal measure.

Book China Foreign Enterprise Directory 2nd Edition   2006

Download or read book China Foreign Enterprise Directory 2nd Edition 2006 written by and published by China Economic Review Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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  • Publisher : Information Gatekeepers Inc
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 15 pages

Download or read book written by and published by Information Gatekeepers Inc. This book was released on with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Railway Bazaar

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  • Author : Paul Theroux
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2006-06-01
  • ISBN : 054752515X
  • Pages : 406 pages

Download or read book The Great Railway Bazaar written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author recounts his epic journey across Europe and Asia in this international bestselling classic of travel literature: “Compulsive reading” (Graham Greene). In 1973, Paul Theroux embarked on a four-month journey by train from the United Kingdom through Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. In The Great Railway Bazaar, he records in vivid detail and penetrating insight the many fascinating incidents, adventures, and encounters of his grand, intercontinental tour. Asia's fabled trains—the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Express—are the stars of a journey that takes Theroux on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humor and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.