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The Adventures of Wu
Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nursery rhymes, and education; flowers and foods; street entertainers, folk amusements, and acrobatics; religions; jokes and poems; and a great deal more. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Diplomatic List
Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.
Jade and Fire
Peking, winter 1948. Encircled by Mao's Communist armies, Nationalist warlord Fu Tsoyi seeks the solution to saving Peking in his Taoist concubine's lessons in calligraphy and passion. Chief Inspector Bei wrestles with a string of brutal courtesan murders, slowly realizing with horror that the solution to the murders is tied to saving his beloved Peking, and China's emergence into the modern world.
Grr Cooking
Astrid Keller, the brilliant daughter of a dysfunctional German-Swedish liason, spends her early life sheltered by her academic achievements and immersed in her studies of physics. The attractive young lady pays little attention to appearance and none to men. World War II sends her from Berlin to Stockholm where she completes her studies and is ensnared by her disturbed professor Erich Kialt. The phycicist couple is joined by a third scientist in a quixotc quest to develop an atomic bomb, or at least the blueprint for one. The private and seemingly secret project doesent remain so. Astrid, through bizzare circumstance, is the surviving member of the team. The Taiwan government uses GRR, its decidedly odd spy agency, to chase down the secrets developed in Sweden. The hansome woman has to make a choice about the bomb, her life and a fortune.
Oily Gasbag Goes a Dancing
Our so-called 'hero' Oily Gasbag is a large, clumsy, rather daft goblin with a firm belief that he is handsome and that all the young pretty faeries and elves are in awe of him. They ain’t! Very few females like him, apart from one: a youngish witch who hails from Vienna whose name is Frieda Hasbug. Her sniffy older sister, Hattie has little time for Oily; she has little time for anyone. Nevertheless, she agrees to help her sister conjure up a dark magic potion that will turn Oily’s dancing skills from that of a deranged hippopotamus into a champion ballroom performer. It all begins at the local fair in Smelly Welly, Nonsenseshire. He barges into a group of dancing faeries and elves and tries to dance with the beautiful elf, Su Fa Su Gut who pushes him away. When he is thrown out of the fair, he decides to learn to dance but unfortunately for him, the schools he tries do not want him! Luckily Frieda has a plan, a dancing contest where they will enter as a couple. Will they prove everyone wrong and win? Or is Oily destined to have two left feet forever?
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Owen Parker: Rhino Connection
A percentage of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to wildlife conservation dedicated to save the rhinos. On a warm African night, an adult rhino collapses in the grass and breathes its last. Minutes earlier, poachers had brutally hacked off its horn and fled with their treasure. It is a fact that myths, greed and corruption are behind the illegal trade of rhino horns. Owen Parker, a young conservationist, is sucked into a death-threatening journey crossing the path of this trafficking reckless organization which is ready to break all the rules to reach their precious prize. Owen possesses instinctive survival skills. Will it be sufficient to stay alive in this maze ful...
Hazardous Duty
From the front lines of World War II to behind the scenes in the Iran-Contra affair, Major General John K. Singlaub recounts 40 years in the military. Mixing personal anecdotes with well-researched history and previously classified documents, he provides a unique look at the military, including the early days of the CIA. Photographs.
