Just before the Year of the Boar begins in China, a 10-year-old girl learns that she and her mother will be leaving their home in that country and joining her father in America. Excited but nervous about starting this new life, this girl changes her name to the most American one she can think of--and so Sixth Cousin (a.k.a. "Bandit") becomes ...
In this historical novel set in the 1930s, Lord follows the House of Chang, a dynasty of scholars and landowners, from the end of the Manchu Empire, through two Sino-Japanese wars, and the Communist takeover. As China changes, the members of the House of Chang must question their previously traditional roles; as the society based on family and ...
Bette Bao Lord, a consultant for CBS News, interviews Chinese citizens at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and provides first-hand reports, as well as reminiscences and family histories. Taken together, these elements present a great deal of context to the political and social problems of China.
In this historical novel set in 1932, during the Japanese conquest of Manchuria, three young people form a friendship: a Young Master from a once-great clan, a "bookmate" who keeps him out of trouble in school, and a prank-loving street kid who is actually a girl in disguise. The three become "blood brothers", and form a lifelong friendship that, ...
The American Family Album series tells the often heroic stories of American immigrant groups, largely through their own words and pictures. Like any family album, the pages contain period photographs, memorabilia, selections from diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspapers. Each book is a pictorial and written record of the country left behind, the ...
Even at first glance Shirley recognizes America as a land of wonders with engines that do and undo. with kids that come in endless varieties. Later, what does matteris friends. She has none at P.S. 8. Then a miracle happens. She plays baseball and feels like she is part of the American dream.
In this historical novel set in the 1930s, Lord follows the House of Chang, a dynasty of scholars and landowners, from the end of the Manchu Empire, through two Sino-Japanese wars, and the Communist takeover. As China changes, the members of the House of Chang must question their previously traditional roles; as the society based on family and ...
Bette Bao Lord, a consultant for CBS News, interviews Chinese citizens at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and provides first-hand reports, as well as reminiscences and family histories. Taken together, these elements present a great deal of context to the political and social problems of China.
Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary was abandoned for more than twenty years after closing its doors in 1971. Perrott's photographs capture the spirit of this awesome building in haunting black and white.
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