At once a coming-of-age tale and a heart-rending love story, Wild Ginger explores the devastating experience of the Cultural Revolution, which defined Anchee Min"s youth. The beautiful, iron-willed Wild Ginger is only in elementary school when...
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A fictional portrait of Jiang Ching follows her life from her youth as the unwanted daughter of a concubine, to her search for fame as an actress in Shanghai, to her marriage to revolutionary Mao Zedong, to her role in the turbulent Communist...
"[A] richly engaging portrait of the life and times of one of history's most appealing characters!" – Diana Gabaldon
A thrilling debut novel starring one of history's most famous and beloved courtesans.
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The Man Booker Prize
The 1993 Booker Prize-winner. Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less...
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Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Автор: Cook Jane Hampton , Green Jocelyn
Серия: Battlefields and Blessings
Язык: английский
Год: 2009
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In this newest installment of the Battlefields & Blessings series, Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan is a 365 day collection of inspiring stories of courage perseverance and faith based on first-hand accounts...
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