Download or read book Pearl Buck in China written by Hilary Spurling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary Americans, Pearl Buck was the first person to make China accessible to the West. She recreated the lives of ordinary Chinese people in The Good Earth, an overnight worldwide bestseller in 1932, later a blockbuster movie. Buck went on to become the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Long before anyone else, she foresaw China’s future as a superpower, and she recognized the crucial importance for both countries of China’s building a relationship with the United States. As a teenager she had witnessed the first stirrings of Chinese revolution, and as a young woman she narrowly escaped being killed in the deadly struggle between Chinese Nationalists and the newly formed Communist Party. Pearl grew up in an imperial China unchanged for thousands of years. She was the child of American missionaries, but she spoke Chinese before she learned English, and her friends were the children of Chinese farmers. She took it for granted that she was Chinese herself until she was eight years old, when the terrorist uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion forced her family to flee for their lives. It was the first of many desperate flights. Flood, famine, drought, bandits, and war formed the background of Pearl’s life in China. "Asia was the real, the actual world," she said, "and my own country became the dreamworld." Pearl wrote about the realities of the only world she knew in The Good Earth. It was one of the last things she did before being finally forced out of China to settle for the first time in the United States. She was unknown and penniless with a failed marriage behind her, a disabled child to support, no prospects, and no way of telling that The Good Earth would sell tens of millions of copies. It transfixed a whole generation of readers just as Jung Chang’s Wild Swans would do more than half a century later. No Westerner had ever written anything like this before, and no Chinese had either. Buck was the forerunner of a wave of Chinese Americans from Maxine Hong Kingston to Amy Tan. Until their books began coming out in the last few decades, her novels were unique in that they spoke for ordinary Asian people— "translating my parents to me," said Hong Kingston, "and giving me our ancestry and our habitation." As a phenomenally successful writer and civil-rights campaigner, Buck did more than anyone else in her lifetime to change Western perceptions of China. In a world with its eyes trained on China today, she has much to tell us about what lies behind its astonishing reawakening.

Download or read book Journey of the Pearl written by A. E. Smith and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centurion Longinus was the soldier assigned to execute Jesus of Nazareth. Longinus had no idea that the task would catapult him into a whirlwind of events that would change the course of his life and history. As he struggles to forgive himself for executing Jesus, he must deal with his commanding officer's mysterious and deadly vendetta. Longinus also fears for those he loves, including Dulcibella, the daughter of his former commanding officer, Cornelius. He protects a unique blue pearl, the highest prized object of the ancient world, given to him by a dying man in gratitude for the centurion's act of courage and kindness. A fictional tale based on people and events in the New Testament of the Bible, this is a storyteller's tapestry woven with threads of history and colored with hues of imagination to portray the dramatic struggle of good against evil.

Download or read book Journey to the Pearl written by Shizzer Bada and published by Ministry in Art. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kora, the evil one and ruler of the Darkeen kingdom threatened the existence of the earth and its inhabitants the Earthteens, subjecting them to his evil power stopping at nothing to achieve his ultimate desire to overthrow the Lighteen leader, the Greatest One and ruler over all the kingdoms.The only hope for the Earthteens is Jake Pearce who has been predestined by the Greatest One to stop Kora's evil plans with the Firesword and the pearl but can he conquer his own enemy...fear

Download or read book Pearl the Raindrop written by Rana Boulos and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Pearl, a simple drop of water from the sea, who embarks on an exciting journey to find the answers to the water cycle process.

Download or read book A Pearl in the Storm written by Tori Murden McClure and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the end," writes Tori McClure, "I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing." During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore, but nevertheless she decided to keep going. Not only did she lose the sound of a friendly voice, she lost updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and on the weather. Unfortunately for Tori, 1998 is still on record as the worst hurricane season in the North Atlantic. In deep solitude and perilous conditions, she was nonetheless determined to prove what one person with a mission can do. When she was finally brought to her knees by a series of violent storms that nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace. Back in Kentucky, however, Tori's life began to change in unexpected ways. She fell in love. At the age of thirty-five, she embarked on a serious relationship for the first time, making her feel even more vulnerable than sitting alone in a tiny boat in the middle of the Atlantic. She went to work for Muhammad Ali, who told her that she did not want to be known as the woman who "almost" rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. And she knew that he was right. In this thrilling story of high adventure and romantic quest, Tori McClure discovers through her favorite way—the hard way—that the most important thing in life is not to prove you are superhuman but to fully to embrace your own humanity. With a wry sense of humor and a strong voice, she gives us a true memoir of an explorer who maps her world with rare emotional honesty.

Download or read book Pearls of Life written by Martin Lonnebo and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pearls of Life are used by thousands of people today as a contemporary aid to prayer. This book, featuring full-colour photos, describes the meaning of the pearls and how to use them.

Download or read book A Single Pearl written by Donna Jo Napoli and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a vast ocean, a single grain of sand seems hopelessly small and unimportant. But over time, the sand begins to change. Layer by layer, it grows and transforms. Its beauty starts to shine. Exquisitely crafted by an award-winning author-illustrator team, this luminous, uplifting story reminds us of the amazing capacity for change within us all.

Download or read book A Pearl in the Brain The Cancer Journey of a Scientist in His Search for the Seat of the Soul written by H. Bruce Rinker Ph. D. and published by Koehler Books. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a scientist and man of faith, Bruce agonized over his nightmarish diagnosis of a terminal brain tumor. He wrote his book to address this dearth of detail about a killer disease with rising incidence. He tells his story with light humor, hope-filled wonderment, and soul-driven resolve despite the odds of survival.

Download or read book Road Tripping with Pearl Nash written by Poppy Nwosu and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer is finally here, and Pearl Nash is on a mission to save her slowly disintegrating friendship with a whirlwind end-of-year road trip that is definitely, absolutely, most positively going to solve all her problems. Except, instead of her best friend Daisy's feet on her dash, suddenly Pearl ends up stuck in the middle of the desert beside Obi Okocha, a boy with a mega-watt smile and an endlessly irritating attitude. Tasked with delivering him to the most epic end-of-year party ever, located in a beach shack in literal middle-of-nowhere woop woop, Pearl Nash is certain that nothing could be worse than this. She's wrong. Add in a breakdown, multiple arguments, an AWOL nana and a kiss that was most definitely a huge mistake, and suddenly Pearl has the perfect ingredients for the perfect disaster. Road Tripping with Pearl Nash is a story about home and family, about breaking apart and fusing together, and, of course, about love.

Download or read book Journey of the Pearl written by Adam Bushnell and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey of the Pearl is an exciting story set in the Middle East. It features characters and creatures from the Saga of Gilgamesh and the tales of the Thousand and One Nights.

Download or read book The Life Story of a Caribbean Pearl and Her Journey to America written by Brenda V. Peek and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child is born in the West Indies. She is sweet, inquisitive, bright, sensitive and caring all qualities that she will maintain for many, many years to come. The sister islands of Trinidad and Tobago are among her earliest homes. She lives and learns in the most beautiful and popular areas of all the Caribbean, where rich legacies and history precede her: Once ruled by both Spain and Britain, today Trinidad and Tobago are governed by their own proud people, whove kept the traditions and culture of their ancestors since long before the islands found independence in 1962. Located just off the coast of South America, these small territories have developed an identity throughout the years that is completely their own. Dr. Eric Williams, the legendary Caribbean scholar, became the first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, which is one of the most diversely populated ethnic regions in the world. People of African, Native West Indian, Asian, and European descent live, love and mingle together on these lovely islands in the sunshine. English is mainly spoken among residents, but one will often hear traces of Creole, African and other language dialects in the colorful words and rhythmic accents of those who reside there. And when it comes to rhythm its hard to mention the islands without mentioning the lively calypso sounds that have entertained countless music lovers throughout the western world. Hearing them, the child one day becomes a woman who is told she naturally walks to a calypso beat. As far back as 1498, explorer Christopher Columbus named Trinidad in honor of the Holy Trinity, and it remains a place where worshipers, many of whom are Catholic, give praise and thanks to the Creator. With more than one million people on both islands, the majority of inhabitants live in Trinidad, while about four percent of the population calls Tobago home. Trinidads major event is the Carnival, a week-long festival of live music, costumes and parades through the street. The event attracts people from throughout the world. In fact, both islands are visited by travelers from around the globe, who enjoy pleasant weather, beaches more beautiful than postcards, tropical trees and delicious home-grown fruits. With generations of people tracing roots to the area, Trinidad and Tobago have become not only a visitors destination, but a cradle to which great scholars, entertainers and athletes in America and elsewhere often return. This cradle in the Caribbean has given birth to the Gittens family. It has provided the earliest sights, sounds and sensibilities that influenced that special little child born into the family, a daughter who will become known as Black Pearl.

Download or read book Cultivating Pearls written by Christina Dimari and published by Tyndale Momentum. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique coloring pages and journaling prompts will create a safe and open place for believers to meet God, then express and formulate their feelings in a creative concrete way. Through this process they will discover the rhythm of walking with God and knowing how to stay connected to Him.

Download or read book The dragon s pearl written by Flavia Vivacqua and published by Bambual Editora LTDA. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep journey through the origins of the Dragon Dreaming method and philosophy and other contributions in Regenerative Education and co-learning processes In A Pérola do Dragão, we travel with Flávia Vivacqua through her sabbatical experience in which she walked her own learning path, while conducting research on innovative methodologies and philosophies that support Regenerative Education, which transforms and motivates the potential of each person. The author, since her first professional training, is dedicated to knowing and researching new approaches in Education and Learning, especially those that evoke collaboration, art and the connection with the ecosystem in which we live. In this book, she brings research on innovations in education in some parts of the world, as she found in the method and philosophy of co-creation of Dragon Dreaming projects, in the holistic learning of the Green School, in the reconnection provided by the deep ecology and the rites of passage, in creativity journeys and in the travel experience, possible paths for co-learning processes to take place.

Download or read book A Pearl of Great Value written by Linda M. Holub and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you longing for more in your life but dont know where to begin? Do you question your value? A Pearl Of Great Value Women In Search Of A Purposeful Life gives you the opportunity to explore your values, strengths and passions. Learn how you can take specific action to improve the level of satisfaction in your life. The exercises provide an opportunity to peel back the layers of your life to discover your life purpose that was planted in your DNA at your creation by God. Learn how you can take control of the negative self-talk that defeats your ambitions before you get started. Create a perennial garden by weeding out worry, negative self-talk, fear and plant positive thoughts, kindness, and helping others. Live empowered by the Holy Spirit to live your God-given life purpose. Overcome self-sabotaging behavior. Explore how to live authentically! Join me in your journey to a purposeful life! God has ordained a purpose for your life and wants to help you get there! The life God has ordained in not one of mediocrity. Our Sovereign Lord cares about the details of your life and pauses to meet your needs. If you have been living a directionless life, it can change if you decide to take this journey. You will never be the same person again! Invite your friends to join you on this journey to enable you to encourage one another on your path.

Download or read book Pearl written by Emma May Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pearl written by Fiona Lindsay Shen and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls’ dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process as we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal’s sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and laborers. While the shimmer of the pearl has enticed Roman noblewomen, Mughal princes, Hollywood royalty, mavericks, and renegades, encoded in its surface is a history of human endeavor, abuse, and aspiration—pain locked in the layers of a gleaming gem.

Download or read book Journey written by Charles V. McAvoy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-09 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story describes many incidents in the life of Charles McAvoyhis upbringing in small-town America,his experiences in World War II and the Korean War, his love of flying, and his rise in the ranks of one of the largest and most successful enterprises in American corporate history and the triumphs and tragedies within his family. It is the story of one life that epitomizes what is now being referred to as "The Greatest Generation."