Download or read book Curiosities of the Search room written by Mrs. Wm. Pitt Byrne and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byrne, Wm. Pitt, Mrs. [Julia C.], Compiler. Curiosities of theSearch-Room: A Collection of Serious, and Whimsical Wills. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. ix, 407 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-590-4. ISBN-10: 1-58477-590-4. Cloth. $95.* Byrne [1819-1894] describes this collection of colorful wills as "a series of romantic narratives." Some are so romantic, in fact, that "those who are at a loss for the plot of a new novel might dip into this collection for novel materials" (ii). Contents include "Excentric Wills," "Puzzling Wills," "Wills in Obsolete Language and and in Rime," "Vindictive Wills," "Bequests to Wives," "Wills in Favour of Dumb Animals," "Disputed Wills" and "Wills of Remarkable Persons."
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Download or read book Cultural Curiosity written by Josephine M.T. Khu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-07-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of autobiographical essays reveals the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born or raised outside of China, these moving pieces, full of the poignant details of everyday life, describe the experience of growing up as a visible minority and the subsequent journey each author made to China. The authors—whose diverse backgrounds in countries such as New Zealand, Denmark, Sri Lanka, England, Indonesia, and the United States mirror the complex global scope of the Chinese diaspora—describe in particular how their journey to the country of their ancestors transformed their sense of what it means to be Chinese. The collection as a whole provides important insights into what ethnic identity has come to mean in our transnational era. Among the pieces is Brad Wong's discussion of his visit to his grandfather's poverty-stricken village in China's southern Guangdong province. He describes working with a few of the peasants tilling vegetables and compares life in the village with his middle-class upbringing in a San Francisco suburb. In another essay, Milan Lin-Rodrigo tells of her life in Sri Lanka and of the trip she made to China as an adult. She describes the difficult and sometimes humorous cultural differences she experienced when she met her Chinese half-sister and her father's first wife. Josephine Khu's lively afterword provides background information on the Chinese diaspora and gives a theoretical framework for understanding the issues raised in the essays. This intimate and rich anthology will be compelling reading for all who are seeking answers to the increasingly complex issue of ethnic and personal identity.
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Download or read book Curiosities of street literature comprising cocks or catchpennies street drolleries c Ed by C Hindley on Fine French linear writing paper written by Curiosities and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club The old curiosity shop and other tales written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
