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Book The Teahouse of the August Moon

Download or read book The Teahouse of the August Moon written by VERN. SNEIDER and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This immensely likeable satire of the American civilizing mission in Okinawa was a phenomenon when it was published in 1951. The many-layered novel retains its charm and power today; beneath the comical mayhem that engulfs the village Tobiki we see the pitfalls and possibilities of cultural exchange and nation-building.

Book Street Culture in Chengdu

Download or read book Street Culture in Chengdu written by Di Wang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the lively street culture in Chengdu from 1870 to 1930, this book explores the relationship between urban commoners and public space, the role of community and neighborhood in public life, and how the reform movement and Republican revolution transformed everyday life in this inland city.

Book The Teahouse Fire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ellis Avery
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007-12-04
  • ISBN : 9781594482731
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book The Teahouse Fire written by Ellis Avery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong Kingston The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan’s most mysterious rite—the tea ceremony—became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.

Book The Japanese Teahouse

Download or read book The Japanese Teahouse written by Wolfgang Fehrer and published by Niggli. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All about the architecture and design principles of a very private place to communicate and meditate from its origins until today.

Book The Teahouse Under Socialism

Download or read book The Teahouse Under Socialism written by Di Wang and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores urban public life through the microcosm of the Chengdu teahouse. Like most public spaces, the teahouse was and still is an enduring symbol of Chinese popular culture, stemming back centuries and prevailing through political transformations, modernization, and globalization. The time period covered begins basically with the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949-50, goes through the end of the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao reform era.

Book Teahouse of the Almighty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Smith
  • Publisher : Coffee House Press
  • Release : 2013-11-18
  • ISBN : 1566893666
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Teahouse of the Almighty written by Patricia Smith and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Poetry Series winner, chosen by Edward Sanders. “What power. Smith’s poetry is all poetry. And visceral. Her poems get under the skin of their subjects. Their passion and empathy, their real worldliness, are blockbuster.”—Marvin Bell “I was weeping for the beauty of poetry when I reached the end of the final poem.”—Edward Sanders, National Poetry Series judge From Lollapalooza to Carnegie Hall, Patricia Smith has taken the stage as this nation’s premier performance poet. Featured in the film Slamnation and on the HBO series Def Poetry Jam, Smith is back with her first book in over a decade—a National Poetry Series winner weaving passionate, bluesy narratives into an empowering, finely tuned cele-bration of poetry’s liberating power.

Book Tales of the Teahouse Retold

Download or read book Tales of the Teahouse Retold written by Katherine Liang Chew and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Teahouse Retold is based on the author's original translation of Feng Shen Yan Yi, an important volume of Chinese mythology first published during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is the story of the overthrow the Shang Dynasty (circa 1766-1122 BC) and the founding of the Chou Dynasty (1122-249 BC). Combining historical facts, folklore, mythology, and legends, these tales describe a time when gods and men, beasts and monsters, and spirits and specters mingled with each other in peace and war. The saga begins when King Zhou of Shang offends the Snail Goddess, who sends three specters to bewitch the king in retribution. The kingdom falls into chaos and civil war ensues, with gods and other supernatural beings taking sides. In the end, many of the slain heroes are invested as gods. For centuries, the tale was told in successive story-telling sessions as teahouse entertainment. The author has faithfully kept to the original style and ambience in retelling these tales. Tales of the Teahouse Retold will be of interest to fans of oriental mythology, philosophy, and literature. It is suitable for recreational reading as well as supplemental reading for students of Chinese history and culture.

Book The Teahouse

    Book Details:
  • Author : Di Wang
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 0804758433
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book The Teahouse written by Di Wang and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century.

Book The Demon in the Teahouse

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dorothy Hoobler
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2013-07-29
  • ISBN : 9781490901121
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Demon in the Teahouse written by Dorothy Hoobler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. Originally published: New York: Philomel Books, A2001.

Book The Teahouse of the August Moon

Download or read book The Teahouse of the August Moon written by John Patrick and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: As told by McClain in the New York Journal-American: ...pursues the career of an Army of Occupation officer stationed in a remote town in Okinawa. His duty is to teach Democracy to the natives, and there is a stern and stupid Colonel brea

Book The Meaning of the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse

Download or read book The Meaning of the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse written by George Peknik and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Tea House on Mulberry Street

Download or read book The Tea House on Mulberry Street written by Sharon Owens and published by Blue Hen Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Owens is a well-reviewed, bestselling author in Ireland- First time in paperback- Published to coincide with the release of her new Putnam hardcover, The Ballroom on Magnolia Street- For fans of Maeve Binchy and Joanna Trollope

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    Book Details:
  • Author : 老舍
  • Publisher : Chinese University Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9789629961251
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book written by 老舍 and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This play portrays the life of the owner of a Beijing teahouse and his customers through 50 years of upheaval in China. Spanning from 1898 to the late 1940s, scenes change from late Qing dynasty to the early days of the Republic, then after to post-1945 when Guomindang soldiers take over the city.

Book Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn

Download or read book Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn written by Jan Whitaker and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gypsy Tea Kettle. Polly's Cheerio Tea Room. The Mad Hatter. The Blue Lantern Inn. These are just a few of the many tea rooms - most owned and operated by women -- that popped up across America at the turn of the last century, and exploded into a full-blown craze by the 1920s. Colorful, cozy, festive, and inviting, these new-fangled eateries offered women a way to celebrate their independence and creativity. Sparked by the Suffragist movement, Prohibition, and the rise of the automobile, tea rooms forever changed the way America eats out, and laid the groundwork for the modern small restaurant and coffee bar. In this lively, well-researched book, Jan Whitaker brings us back to the exciting days when countless American women dreamed of opening their own tea room - and many did. From the Bohemian streets of New York's Greenwich Village to the high-society tea rooms of Chicago's poshest hotels, from the Colonial roadside tea houses of New England to the welcoming bungalows of California, the book traces the social, artistic, and culinary changes the tea room helped bring about. Anyone interested in women's history, the early days of the automobile, the Bohemian lives of artists in Greenwich Village, and the history of food and drink will revel in this spirited, stylish, and intimate slice of America's past.

Book The Drink and Dream Teahouse

Download or read book The Drink and Dream Teahouse written by Justin Hill and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a brilliant new literary voice with a tender love story set against the backdrop of modern China

Book Queen Mob s Teahouse  Teh Book

Download or read book Queen Mob s Teahouse Teh Book written by Russell Bennetts and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Mob's Teahouse is an online literary magazine. Queen Mob's Teahouse: Teh Book is this volume. All new, no doubts.

Book The Case of Miss Elliott  The Teahouse Detective

Download or read book The Case of Miss Elliott The Teahouse Detective written by Baroness Orczy and published by Pushkin Vertigo. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic collection of mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Mysteries! There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation. So says a rather down-at-heel elderly gentleman to young Polly Burton of the Evening Observer, in the corner of the ABC teashop on Norfolk Street one afternoon. Once she has forgiven him for distracting her from her newspaper and luncheon, Miss Burton discovers that her interlocutor is as brilliantly gifted as he is eccentric—able to solve mysteries that have made headlines and baffled the finest minds of the police without once leaving his seat in the teahouse. The Case of Miss Elliott is a classic collection of mysteries featuring the Teahouse Detective—a contemporary of Sherlock Holmes, with a brilliant mind and waspish temperament to match that of Conan Doyle's creation.