Download or read book Lin and the Red Stranger written by Ken Catran and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant young adult novel set in the goldfields of Otago during the 1860s goldrush. The story by an award-wining YA writer follows the lives of two young people, both very different, drawn to the goldfields for the same reason - they all hope to strike it rich. One of the main characters is a young Chinese girl, and the other a European boy. As well as being a plot-driven story, this book examines the cultural differences between these two. This provides interesting discussion points for New Zealand society today, where we still grapple with many of these same cultural problems. It shows how people are shaped by struggle and adversity and how the goldfields shaped our society in the nineteenth century, changing people who then went on to change their world.
Download or read book Lin and the Red Stranger written by Ken Catran and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale about a young Chinese girl and an Irish lad who are drawn to the Otago goldfields in the 1860s in the hope of striking it rich. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Download or read book Strangers Among Us written by David C. Woodman and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995-09-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1868 American explorer Charles Francis Hall interviewed several Inuit hunters who spoke of strangers travelling through their land. Hall immediately jumped to the conclusion that the hunters were talking about survivors of the Franklin expedition and set off for the Melville Peninsula, the location of many of the sightings, to collect further stories and evidence to support his supposition. His theory, however, was roundly dismissed by historians of his day, who concluded that the Inuit had been referring to other white explorers, despite significant discrepancies between the Inuit evidence and the records of other expeditions. In Strangers Among Us Woodman re-examines the Inuit tales in light of modern scholarship and concludes that Hall's initial conclusions are supported by Inuit remembrances, remembrances that do not correlate with other expeditions but are consistent with Franklin's.
Download or read book The Stranger s Guide To Talliston written by John Tarrow and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stranger's Guide To Talliston is a YA fantasy adventure set in Britain's most extraordinary home: Talliston House & Gardens. Abandoned and alone, thirteen-year-old Joe’s world is shattered when he enters a deserted council house and becomes trapped within a labyrinth protecting the last magical places on earth. There, Joe discovers The Stranger’s Guide, a cryptic book charting this immense no-man’s land and his only map through its dark and dangerous puzzle of doors and rooms. Hunted by sinister forces, Joe is forced ever deeper into both the maze and the mystery of his missing parents. What lies at the labyrinth’s centre and will it reunite him with the family he so desperately needs? The novel is inspired by and set inside a unique and amazing house and gardens. Talliston was a 25-year project that took the UK’s most ordinary house and transformed it, room by room, by ordinary people on an ordinary budget, into Britain’s Most Extraordinary Home.
Download or read book Mogg s New Picture of London Or Stranger s Guide to the British Metropolis Etc written by Edward Mogg and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Born Red written by Yuan Gao and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1987-06-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born Red is an artistically wrought personal account, written very much from inside the experience, of the years 1966-1969, when the author was a young teenager at middle school. It was in the middle schools that much of the fury of the Cultural Revolution and Red Guard movement was spent, and Gao was caught up in very dramatic events, which he recounts as he understood them at the time. Gao's father was a county political official who was in and out of trouble during those years, and the intense interplay between father and son and the differing perceptions and impact of the Cultural Revolution for the two generations provide both an unusual perspective and some extraordinary moving moments. He also makes deft use of traditional mythology and proverbial wisdom to link, sometimes ironically, past and present. Gao relates in vivid fashion how students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies against 'capitalist roader' teachers and administrators, marching them through the streets to the accompaniment of chants and jeers and driving some of them to suicide. Eventually the students divided into two factions, and school and town became armed camps. Gao tells of the exhilaration that he and his comrades experienced at their initial victories, of their deepening disillusionment as they utter defeat as the tumultuous first phase of the Cultural Revolution came to a close. The portraits of the persons to whom Gao introduces us - classmates, teachers, family members - gain weight and density as the story unfolds, so that in the end we see how they all became victims of the dynamics of a mass movement out of control.
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Download or read book The Dream of the Red Chamber written by Cao Xueqin and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dream of the Red Chamber provides a detailed, episodic record of life in the two branches of the wealthy, aristocratic Jia clan—the Rongguo House and the Ningguo House—who reside in two large, adjacent family compounds in the capital. Their ancestors were made Dukes and given imperial titles, and as the novel begins the two houses are among the most illustrious families in the city. One of the clan's offspring is made a Royal Consort, and a lush landscaped garden is built to receive her visit. In the novel's frame story, a sentient Stone, abandoned by the goddess Nüwa when she mended the heavens aeons ago, begs a Taoist priest and a Buddhist monk to take it with them to see the world.
Download or read book The Little Stranger written by Sarah Waters and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the multi-award-winning and bestselling author of The Night Watch and Fingersmith comes an astonishing novel about love, loss, and the sometimes unbearable weight of the past. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to see a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the once grand house is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its garden choked with weeds. All around, the world is changing, and the family is struggling to adjust to a society with new values and rules. Roddie Ayres, who returned from World War II physically and emotionally wounded, is desperate to keep the house and what remains of the estate together for the sake of his mother and his sister, Caroline. Mrs. Ayres is doing her best to hold on to the gracious habits of a gentler era and Caroline seems cheerfully prepared to continue doing the work a team of servants once handled, even if it means having little chance for a life of her own beyond Hundreds. But as Dr. Faraday becomes increasingly entwined in the Ayreses’ lives, signs of a more disturbing nature start to emerge, both within the family and in Hundreds Hall itself. And Faraday begins to wonder if they are all threatened by something more sinister than a dying way of life, something that could subsume them completely. Both a nuanced evocation of 1940s England and the most chill-inducing novel of psychological suspense in years, The Little Stranger confirms Sarah Waters as one of the finest and most exciting novelists writing today.
Download or read book New Literacies written by Debbita Tan Ai Lin and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of change is central to this book. Across the globe, there exists a pressing need for transformation in the way teachers teach, in the manner by which learners learn, and in our approach towards defining literacy in the 21st century. Historically, the term ‘literacy’ has been used to primarily denote reading and writing abilities, a designation which is today largely considered both quintessential and overly simplistic. The field of literacy, like many others within the realm of education, has a tendency to evolve and shift from one paradigm to another, vacillating between the demands of globalisation and the implications brought forth by the advent of new technologies. Reading and writing – communication, in essence – is happening in very different ways and via varied avenues; blogs, podcasts, online news, and tablets coupled with countless applications. Such changes are increasingly borderless and rapidly accelerating, and are bound to influence the nature of literacy itself as well as how it is perceived in diverse contexts in different parts of the world. This calls for a reorientation with regard to how researchers, educators and stakeholders view literacy in today’s terms.
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Download or read book Dangerous Relation written by Lan YanLan and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-27 with total page 2649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She thought that they had a simple contractual relationship, but she didn't expect that the usually cold and detached man would tyrannically prop up a sunny day for her. She thought that she would have the best of blessings, but reality gave her a harsh slap on the face. Lu Xiangnan sneered coldly, "Lin Xiaowei, leave me and you will have nothing left to lose. If you leave, don't ever come back." "I know." Four years later, Hua Li returned with her own kingdom. At the business gathering, she saw the man who once branded himself in the marrow of his bones, bringing his lovely wife along with him. Just as she turned around, he pressed her against the wall. "Didn't you say that you won't be able to come back?" She smiled as she looked at him. "The current me has the qualifications to fight alongside you."
Download or read book My Wife is a Beautiful CEO written by Mei GanCaiShaoBing and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-10-27 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yang Chen, a peddler selling mutton kebabs in a vegetable market, is ordinary in appearance and lazy in character. But one day, Lin Ruoxi, the beautiful president of a multinational company, came to marry him. If there was a woman crying in front of Yang Chen more than half a year ago, Yang Chen would only think that she was deliberately disguise herself. But now, when this woman he once met cried, Yang Chen involuntarily felt a sense of guilt. Under Lin Ruoxi's threat of suicide, he finally agreed to her request. But Lin Ruoxi soon discovered that the man selling mutton kebabs was not only a master of marketing management from Harvard University, but also proficient in many foreign languages. His profile only showed that he was adopted at the age of 5 and returned to China at the age of 23. What mysterious past does Yang Chen have? ☆About the Author☆ Mei Gan Cai Shao Bing is a web novelist. He has written urban novel My Wife is a Beautiful CEO, The Female CEO's Divine Bodyguard and romantic fiction Red Makeup Dream. His new book My Cold And Beautiful Wife is in series.
Download or read book A Bright Red Ribbon written by Fern Michaels and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect Christmas gift from the pen of the beloved #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Santa Cruise. Being dumped by your boyfriend on Christmas Eve is not the kind of surprise Morgan Ames was hoping to unwrap. Still, that’s exactly what she found under the tree two years ago. What was even more surprising was that she promised she’d wait two Christmases for his return—tonight—and she always keeps her promises. But a sudden snowstorm has other ideas, including a romantic turn Morgan never imagined . . . Previously published in I’ll Be Home for Christmas Praise for the writing of Fern Michaels “Tirelessly inventive and entertaining.” —Booklist on Up Close and Personal “Fast-moving . . . Entertaining . . . A roller-coaster ride of serendipitous fun.” —Publishers Weekly on Mr. and Miss Anonymous “A page-turner and one of the author’s best romantic suspense tales to date.” —Fresh Fiction on Mr. and Miss Anonymous
Download or read book Delta Feature Film Script written by Tina Papados and published by AKAKIA Publications. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DELTA is a fictional screenplay that explores the lives of young film-directors who seek success in the entertainment industry. ‘The Director’ bar is where a lot of aspiring directors head to in hopes of creating great networks with key film industry players. Three male directors, Bradley Jones, John Michel and Anglo Floyd spend some time discussing with the bar’s bartender, who gives them a card with the details of a bar called “d” (Delta). The directors are informed that “d” is where the most successful filmmakers head to for networking and successful careers. Once they relocate themselves to a bar filled with the elite filmmakers, the three directors are finally introduced to a community where all the cinematic magic takes place. However, they are yet to learn about the exploitation, branding and identity crisis that the actors and filmmakers must endure for their art. After all, great passion also requires great sacrifice.
Download or read book The Stranger s Stratagem Or The Double Deceit written by Sarah Johnson Cogswell Whittlesey and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
