A classic board game with high-quality solid wood parts will provide many fun-filled & challenging moments for the whole family Strategy Game Ideal gift Quality wooden game ...

Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography for children based on the bestselling Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah Jung-ling&s family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her They discriminate against her & make her feel unwanted yet she yearns & continuously strives for her parents& love Her stepmother is vindictive & cruel & her father dismissive Jung-ling grows up to be an academic child with a natural ability for writing Only her aunt & grandfather offer her any love & kindness The story is of survival in the light of the mental & physical cruelty of her stepmother & the disloyalty of her siblings Jung-ling blossoms in spite of everything & the story ends as her father agrees to let her study in England This is a reissue in the &A Puffin Book& series of Puffin children&s modern classics ...

During her lonely childhood in Shanghai Adeline Yen Mah wrote adventure stories to escape from her terrible step-mother & cruel siblings The characters she created often became more real to her than her own family In Chinese Cinderella & the Secret Dragon Society Adeline tells the story of Chinese Cinderella a young girl who after being thrown out of her home has no choice but to go out & seek her own destiny Soon she meets up with a group of children all orphaned but each from a different background who live with an old lady called Grandma Wu Chinese Cinderella or CC for short decides her future after consulting an ancient book which helps to show her the way forward & her choice takes her on a mission to save the lives of others Based on a true-life incident during World War II CC & the others bravely rescue a group of American pilots whose plane crashed after a bombing raid on Japan Although her father is looking for her CC knows that she can never go back to live with her cruel stepmother & now there is no turning back ...

Simple knotted necklaces look elegant & stylish when combined with beautiful ceramic metal or wooden beads Just one knot with several semi-precious beads is stunning Matching bracelets catch the eye & can be worn on any occasion Once the techniques are mastered designs can be as extravagent or as simple as you want
- no specialist equipment is required & no special skills The techniques are explained clearly with many detailed step-by-step photographs accompanying diagrams & helpful advice & inspirational projects are included to develop skills & inspire creativity
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Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China & China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present focusing on the key role literary culture played in supporting social & political concerns Embracing traditional Chinese understandings of literature as encompassing history & philosophy as well as poetry & poetics storytelling drama & the novel Sabina Knight discusses the philosophical foundations of literary culture as well as literature's power to address historical trauma & cultivate moral & sensual passions From ancient historical records through the modernization & globalization of Chinese literature Knight draws on lively examples to underscore the close relationship between ethics & aesthetics as well as the diversity of Chinese thought Knight also illuminates the role of elite patronage; the ways literature has served the interests of specific groups; & questions of canonization language nationalism & cross-cultural understanding The book

Includes:: Chinese characters for names titles & key terms ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable

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Celebration Lion Dance Happiness New Year Is Coming Feng Yang Drums Steps High Fireworks Tea Picking Girls & Butterfly Dance Guo Xin Nian Ying Chun Flowers Happy Man Spring Festival Birds Over The Southern River Jubilation ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Two documentaries on key aspects of Chinese culture Chinese paper-cuts & Chinese kites ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Xavier’s life is turned upside down when his wife Wendy announces she’s moving to New York & taking the kids A few months later he’s on a transatlantic flight as well From fathering a child to a lesbian couple to marrying a Chinese-American to obtain citizenship to reigniting a flame with his first love who comes to visit Xavier & his world really do seem like a Chinese Puzzle Directed by Cedric Klapisch (Paris) CHINESE PUZZLE is a romantic comedy starring Romain Duris (Heartbreaker) Audrey Tautou (Amelie) Cecile de France (Hereafter) & Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes) ...

In this brisk & accessible history sinologist Thomas O Hollmann explains the development of the Chinese writing system & its importance in literature religion art & other aspects of culture Spanning the earliest epigraphs & oracle bones to writing & texting on computers & mobile phones today Chinese Script is a wide-ranging & versatile introduction to the complexity & beauty of written text & calligraphy in the Chinese world Hollmann delves into the origins of Chinese script & its social & political meanings across millennia of history He recounts the social history of the writing system; written & printed texts; & the use of writing materials such as paper silk ink brush & printing techniques The book sheds light on the changing role of literacy & education; the politics of orthographic reform; & the relationship of Chinese writing to non-Han Chinese languages & cultures Hollmann explains the inherent complexity of Chinese script demonstrating why written Chinese expresses meaning differently than oral language & the subtleties of the relationship between spoken word & written text He explores calligraphy as an art the early letter press & other ways of visually representing Chinese languages Chinese Script also provides handy illustrations of the concepts discussed showing how ideographs function & ways to decipher them visually ...

Put your skills to the test with this double sided novelty jigsaw puzzle The design features a tasty chow mein dish & comes packed in a fun & quirky noodle box ...