Download or read book Mahjong Parlor of Love written by Meteo Hoshiduki and published by Kobunsha Co., Ltd.. This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honjo, a popular professional mahjong player, has been taking a part-time job under manager Shiga, who runs a small mahjong parlor. However, his true intention is to become the manager's "woman"... Not wanting to miss out on a popular professional mahjong player, the manager accepts Honjo's offer of a live-in position and inadvertently begins to live with him...? Other unique BL stories include a glasses-sporting subordinate at a major mahjong chain and a tsundere president, as well as a comic set in the pachinko industry!
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Play in Today s Society written by Rodney P. Carlisle and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 1033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010 The Encyclopedia of Play: A Social History explores the concept of play in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. Its scope encompasses leisure and recreation activities of children as well as adults throughout the ages, from dice games in the Roman empire to video games today. As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of several curricular disciplines, from sociology to child psychology, from lifestyle history to social epidemiology. This two-volume set will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students in education and human development, health and sports psychology, leisure and recreation studies and kinesiology, history, and other social sciences to understand the importance of play as it has developed globally throughout history and to appreciate the affects of play on child and adult development, particularly on health, creativity, and imagination.
Download or read book Mahjong written by Annelise Heinz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has a game brought together Americans and defined separate ethnic communities? This book tells the first history of mahjong and its meaning in American culture. Click-click-click. The sound of mahjong tiles connects American expatriates in Shanghai, Jazz Age white Americans, urban Chinese Americans in the 1930s, incarcerated Japanese Americans in wartime, Jewish American suburban mothers, and Air Force officers' wives in the postwar era. Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture illustrates how the spaces between tiles and the moments between games have fostered distinct social cultures in the United States. This mass-produced game crossed the Pacific, creating waves of popularity over the twentieth century. Annelise Heinz narrates the history of this game to show how it has created a variety of meanings, among them American modernity, Chinese American heritage, and Jewish American women's culture. As it traveled from China to the United States and caught on with Hollywood starlets, high society, middle-class housewives, and immigrants alike, mahjong became a quintessentially American game. Heinz also reveals the ways in which women leveraged a game to gain access to respectable leisure. The result was the forging of friendships that lasted decades and the creation of organizations that raised funds for the war effort and philanthropy. No other game has signified both belonging and standing apart in American culture. Drawing on photographs, advertising, popular media, and dozens of oral histories, Heinz's rich and colorful account offers the first history of the wildly popular game of mahjong.
Download or read book Love Of Warm Marriage written by Sheng Sheng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never in her wildest dreams would Xiao Mu Qing imagine that the first thing he would do after carefully taking care of her vegetable husband for three years would be to push her into another man's bed ... "Xiao Mu Qing, you slut! Divorce! " Xiao Mu Qing lifted her long hair as she smiled charmingly, "Mr Gu, are you sure that if you leave me, your body will definitely have feelings for other women?"
Download or read book Eating Bitterness written by Michelle Loyalka and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year over 200 million peasants flock to China’s urban centers, providing a profusion of cheap labor that helps fuel the country’s staggering economic growth. Award-winning journalist Michelle Dammon Loyalka follows the trials and triumphs of eight such migrants—including a vegetable vendor, an itinerant knife sharpener, a free-spirited recycler, and a cash-strapped mother—offering an inside look at the pain, self-sacrifice, and uncertainty underlying China’s dramatic national transformation. At the heart of the book lies each person’s ability to "eat bitterness"—a term that roughly means to endure hardships, overcome difficulties, and forge ahead. These stories illustrate why China continues to advance, even as the rest of the world remains embroiled in financial turmoil. At the same time, Eating Bitterness demonstrates how dealing with the issues facing this class of people constitutes China’s most pressing domestic challenge.
Download or read book The Love Of Shadow Hinata written by Chinami Akio and published by FUNGUILD. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which is the real me?The 18 years old heroine, Hinata Yuuki, lost her memories in an accident. Despite this, she lives an energetic life, until one day, strange things start happening to her: a diary that doesn't belong to her, a handsome guy who she has never met before suddenly talks to her, and an abnormal constitution that makes her fall asleep at a certain time.The mystery deepens, and love begins. This is a romance x mystery unlike no other!
Download or read book The Opium Queen written by Gabrielle Paluch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-04-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishers Weekly calls the book "a jaw dropping study of a lesser-known yet larger-than-life figure.” Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. Olive Yang was a widely mythologized genderqueer lesbian opium-pioneer in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. After escaping an arranged marriage with a noble cousin, Olive felt that she had no choice but to lead a life of banditry with an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA. As her smuggling empire grew, she became so powerful and infamous, novelists were inspired to write about her evil ruthlessness and beauty. Yet, Olive’s real life and identity remained a mystery to many. To the Kokang people whom the Yang family once ruled, Olive was both folk-hero and villain. To the communists Olive’s men harassed, she was the saboteur of the historic Sino-Burmese border agreement. To the generals who jailed her at the dawn of the Burmese military era, she was a national security threat. And to at least one man at the CIA, she was “Miss Hairy Legs.” Opium Queen is a journey to uncover the true story behind the propaganda and legends. Declassified intelligence documents portray Olive as a critical operator in one of the most important fronts of the clandestine Cold War against China. Through extensive interviews with the Yang family, Olive emerges as a complex anti-hero, searching for a way to live as an open homosexual, in an era when such a lifestyle was considered deeply shameful in Burma. The great military alliances that facilitate narcotics traffic in Myanmar today are Olive’s lasting legacy in the Golden Triangle, as is the disenfranchisement of the people of Kokang. Through the story of Olive’s formidable life, Opium Queen examines historic events that underpinned critical diplomatic relationships between the U.S., Myanmar, and China; and were at the root of Myanmar’s current political crisis.
Download or read book Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature Art and Human Development ICLAHD 2022 written by Bootheina Majoul and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 1614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book.The 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022) was successfully held on October 28th-30th, 2022 in Xi’an, China (virtual conference). ICLAHD 2022 brought together academics and experts in the field of Literature, Art and Human Development research to a common forum, promoting research and developmental activities in related fields as well as scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, and engineers working all around the world.We were honored to have Assoc. Prof. Chew Fong Peng from University of Malaya, Malaysia to serve as our Conference Chair. The conference covered keynote speeches, oral presentations, and online Q&A discussion, attracting over 300 individuals. Firstly, keynote speakers were each allocated 30-45 minutes to hold their speeches. Then in the oral presentations, the excellent papers selected were presented by their authors in sequence.
Download or read book Saki Vol 22 written by Ritz Kobayashi and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The team finals of the National High School Mahjong Tournament roll on! How will Kiyosumi High’s Mako do when up against precision sharpshooting, an unorthodox Chinese-influenced playing style, and the warmth of red tiles?
Download or read book Jinsei Annai written by John A. McKinstry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.
Download or read book Chinese Documentaries written by Yingchi Chu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-20 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China, unlike in Western cinema, documentary film, rather than fiction film, has been the dominant mode since 1949. In recent years, documentary TV programmes have experienced a meteoric rise. Arguing that there is a gradual process of 'democratization' in the media, in which documentaries play a significant role, this book discusses various types of Chinese documentaries, under both the planned and the market economy. It especially explores the relationship between documentaries and society, showing how, under the market economy, although the government continues to use the genre as propaganda to promote its ideologies and policies, documentaries are being used as a medium where public concerns and alternative voices can be heard.
Download or read book Jinsei Annai life s Guide written by John A. McKinstry and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1991 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions, with answers, from a popular advice column that appears daily in the morning edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan's big three national newspapers.
Download or read book A Far Corner written by Scott Ezell and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, after living ten years in Asia, American poet and musician Scott Ezell used his advance from a local record company to move to Dulan, on Taiwan’s remote Pacific coast. He fell in with the Open Circle Tribe, a loose confederation of aboriginal woodcarvers, painters, and musicians who lived on the beach and cultivated a living connection with their indigenous heritage. Most members of the Open Circle Tribe belong to the Amis tribe, which is descended from Austronesian peoples that migrated from China thousands of years ago. As a “nonstate” people navigating the fraught politics of contemporary Taiwan, the Amis of the Open Circle Tribe exhibit, for Ezell, the best characteristics of life at the margins, striving to create art and to live autonomous, unorthodox lives. In Dulan, Ezell joined song circles and was invited on an extended hunting expedition; he weathered typhoons, had love affairs, and lost close friends. In A Far Corner Ezell draws on these experiences to explore issues on a more global scale, including the multiethnic nature of modern society, the geopolitical relationship between the United States, Taiwan, and China, and the impact of environmental degradation on indigenous populations. The result is a beautifully crafted and personal evocation of a sophisticated culture that is almost entirely unknown to Western readers.
Download or read book Secret of a Thousand Beauties written by Mingmei Yip and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordered to become a ghost bride in 1930s China, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow flees to Soochow where she joins a community of embroiderers and engages in a dangerous love affair with a young revolutionary.
Download or read book Ann Sothern written by Margie Schultz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1990-03-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Sothern was often quoted as saying she had played every venue in show business except fairs. For over 60 years, she has captivated audiences from the stage, on radio and television, in film, and as a recording artist. This book is the first full-length examination of Miss Sothern's life and career. In addition to individual chapters on each facet of her life, the book features an extensive annotated bibliography of articles by and about Miss Sothern. The book includes a filmography and discography, as well as comprehensive lists of Miss Sothern's stage, radio, and television appearances. Schultz has done a magnificent job of documenting Ann Sothern's career. Classic Images Ann Sothern was often quoted as saying she had played every venue in show business except fairs. Ann Sothern: A Bio-Bibliography is proof that her statement was not far from wrong. For over 60 years, she has captivated audiences from the stage, on radio and television, in film, and as a recording artist. This book is the first full-length examination of Miss Sothern's life and career. In addition to individual chapters on each facet of her life, the book features an extensive annotated bibliography of articles by and about Miss Sothern. The book includes a filmography and discography, as well as comprehensive lists of Miss Sothern's stage, radio, and television appearances. Ann Sothern: A Bio-Bibliography is the first full-length examination of Miss Sothern's life and career. In addition to individual chapters on each facet of her career, the book features an extensive annotated bibliography of articles by and about Miss Sothern. The book includes a filmography and discography, as well as comprehensive lists of Miss Sothern's stage, radio, and television appearances. It is the first source to include a complete episode guide for Miss Sothern's television series, Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show, The Lucy Show, and My Mother the Car. An appendix lists products which were endorsed by Miss Sothern or which used her likeness in promotion. The book utilizes sixteen photographs, including four from Miss Sothern's personal collection, which she donated to the Ketchum Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho. A great library reference source, this book will be of interest to film scholars and fans of Miss Sothern.
Download or read book Crazy Rich Asians Ultimate Trivia Book Trivia Curious Facts And Behind The Scenes Secrets Of The Film Directed By Jon M Chu written by Filmic Universe and published by Filmic Universe. This book was released on 2024-03-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRAZY RICH ASIANS - ULTIMATE TRIVIA BOOK: TRIVIA, CURIOUS FACTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES SECRETS OF THE FILM DIRECTED BY JON M. CHUCREATED BY: FILMIC UNIVERSE-Do you think you know everything about CRAZY RICH ASIANS?Do you want to know more than 100 curious facts and secrets of Jon M. Chu's film?This eBook is full of information about one of the best movies of 2018. You will find and REALLY LOVE abundant behind the scenes secrets. You can test your knowledge about this movie here.-HERE SOME EXAMPLES:- Most of Awkwafina's lines as Peik Lin Goh were improvised.- A sequel is confirmed and it is based on the second book of the trilogy, "China Rich Girlfriend."- As of October 2018, the film had grossed over $235 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing romantic comedy in a decade.- In the book, one of Goh's three dogs is named after Donald Trump. In the film, the name is changed to Rockefeller.- Henry Golding had to cut his honeymoon short after the studio required him and Constance Wu to fly out for a screen test.- Astrid is wearing the appropriate blue & white horizontal stripes for a funeral as she helps Rachel bury the fish.- Singapore Airlines was invited to participate, but the company declined. Instead, the flight took place on board a fictional Pacific Asean Airlines.AND MUCH MORE!-So, if you want to relive the memories of this great movie or just want to be entertained and learn more about it, do not hesitate to READ this Book!
Download or read book Ozu International written by Wayne Stein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Japan and much of Europe, Ozu is widely considered to be one of the finest film directors who ever lived. While Ozu has a strong reputation in the West, his films are not as well-known or widely appreciated in the U.S. as they are elsewhere. A notable exception to this trend is film critic Roger Ebert, who recently wrote that Ozu is one of his ?three or four? favorite directors. Also, moving beyond the view that Tokyo Story is a masterful exception in the Ozu canon, Ebert sees Ozu's films as ?nearly always of the same high quality.? Ozu International will reflect on Ebert's view of Ozu by arguing that this director deserves broader recognition in the U.S., and that his entire canon is worthy of serious study. With the recent release of more than 15 Ozu DVDs in the Criterion Collection, covering every phase of his career at least in part (including silent films, black-and-white talkies, and color films), Ozu International helps to fill a lingering gap in English-language scholarship on Ozu by giving this new generation of scholars a book-length forum to explore new critical perspectives on an unfairly neglected director. Contributions include specialists in Japanese culture, academics from a range of disciplines, and professional films critics.
