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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Audiobook

In Wild Swans Jung Chang recounts the evocative, unsettling, and insistently gripping story of how three generations of women in her family fared in the political maelstrom of China during the 20th century. Chang's grandmother was a warlord's concubine. Her gently raised mother struggled with hardships in the early days of Mao's revolution and rose, like her husband, to a prominent position in the Communist Party before being denounced during the Cultural Revolution. Chang herself marched, worked, and breathed for Mao until doubt crept in over the excesses of his policies and purges. Born just a few decades apart, their lives overlap with the end of the warlords' regime and overthrow of the Japanese occupation, violent struggles between the Kuomintang and the Communists to carve up China, and, most poignant for the author, the vicious cycle of purges orchestrated by Chairman Mao that discredited and crushed millions of people, including her parents.

Jung Chang (Author), Joy Omanski, Joy Osmanski (Narrator)

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Wild Mushrooms

David Kudler (Author), David Kudler, Mandy Abrazarro (Narrator)

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White as Milk and Rice: Stories of India's Isolated Tribes

The Maria girls from Bastar practise sex as an institution before marriage, but with rules-one may not sleep with a partner more than three times; the Hallaki women from the Konkan coast sing throughout the day-in forests, fields, the market and at protests; the Kanjars have plundered, looted and killed generation after generation, and will show you how to roast a lizard when hungry. The original inhabitants of India, these Adivasis still live in forests and hills, with religious beliefs, traditions and rituals so far removed from the rest of the country that they represent an anthropological wealth of our heritage. This book weaves together prose, oral narratives and Adivasi history to tell the stories of six remarkable tribes of India-reckoning with radical changes over the last century-as they were pulled apart and thrown together in ways none of them fathomed.

Nidhi Dugar Kundalia (Author), Avantika Akerkar (Narrator)

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Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945

Barrett Tillman (Author), Mel Foster (Narrator)

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Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia

The United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, David Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. The United States and China constantly vie for position and influence across this enormously significant area-and the outcome of this contest will do much to determine whether Asia leaves the American orbit after seven decades and falls into a new Chinese sphere of influence. Just as importantly, to the extent that there is a global 'power transition' occurring from the US to China, the fate of Southeast Asia will be a good indicator. Presently, both powers bring important assets to bear in their competition. The United States continues to possess a depth and breadth of security ties, soft power, and direct investment across the region that empirically outweigh China's. For its part, China has more diplomatic influence, much greater trade, and geographic proximity. In assessing the likelihood of a regional power transition, Shambaugh examines how ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its member states maneuver and the degree to which they align with one or the other power.

David Shambaugh (Author), Eric Jason Martin (Narrator)

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When the Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China's Reawakening

A Riveting Memoir of Cross-Cultural Romance at a Pivotal Moment in History When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first American journalists to cover China under Deng Xiaoping, who dared to defy Maoist doctrine as he rushed to catch up with richer nations. Fluent in Mandarin, she got to know ordinary Chinese people―who were embracing opportunities that had once been unimaginable in China. This deeply personal story follows her rise from rookie reporter to experienced journalist. Her cross-cultural romance gave her deeper insights into how Deng’s reforms led to hopes for better lives. This euphoria―shared by American businesses and Chinese citizens alike―reached its peak in 1989, when peaceful protestors filled Tiananmen Square, demanding democracy. On the ground in Beijing, Dori lived that hope, as well as the despair that followed. You’ll be inspired by this book of empowerment about a young woman from Ohio who pushed aside barriers to become a foreign correspondent and then persevered despite setbacks. Written in a time when China’s rapid rise is setting off fears in Washington, this book offers insight into the daring policies that started it all.

Dori Jones Yang (Author), Dori Jones Yang (Narrator)

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When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches

While European intellectual, cultural, and commercial life stagnated during the early medieval period, Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of religious, commercial, and intellectual connections, the different regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with commerce, international diplomacy, and the brisk exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a fascinating and unique look at Asia from A.D. 700 to 1500, a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers-the merchants who traded spices along the Silk Road, the apothecaries who exchanged medicine and knowledge from China to the Middle East, and the philosophers and holy men who crossed continents to explore and exchange ideas, books, science, and culture.

Stewart Gordon (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator)

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Westmoreland's War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam

General William C. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of "attrition" in the Vietnam War. Historians have argued that Westmoreland's strategy placed a premium on high "body counts" through a "big unit war" that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Many believe the U.S. Army failed in Vietnam because of Westmoreland's misguided and narrow strategy. In a groundbreaking reassessment of American military strategy in Vietnam, Gregory Daddis overturns conventional wisdom and shows how Westmoreland did indeed develop a comprehensive campaign which included counterinsurgency, civic action, and the importance of gaining political support from the South Vietnamese population. Exploring the realities of a large, yet not wholly unconventional environment, Daddis reinterprets the complex political and military battlefields of Vietnam. Without searching for blame, he analyzes how American civil and military leaders developed strategy and how Westmoreland attempted to implement a sweeping strategic vision. Westmoreland's War is a landmark reinterpretation of one of America's most divisive wars, outlining the multiple, interconnected aspects of American military strategy in Vietnam-combat operations, pacification, nation building, and the training of the South Vietnamese armed forces. Daddis offers a critical reassessment of one of the defining moments in American history.

Gregory Daddis (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator)

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Weight Loss Diets: Ketogenic Diet, Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Thyroid Diet, and GAPS Diet

Book 1: Ketogenic Diet - Welcome to one of the absolute best decisions you have ever made in your entire life. This concise publication will open up your mind to the realm of nutritious fats and the risks of an excess of carbohydrates, the last of which is one thing most of us deal with every single day. A brand new time has commenced, a time in which you say no to too much weight, to the problems of heart disease, or some other degenerative health problems. Book 2: Anti-Inflammatory Diet - Become acquainted with the ins and out of the anti-inflammatory diet. This diet has been popular with many people because of its effectiveness and durability. The renowned practices included in this program are especially designed to prevent inflammation, which has become more and more common with the current eatings habits of the 21st Century. Book 3: Thyroid Diet - Are you having some issues and you are thinking the thyroid diet might be a good option for you? Well, things aren't as simple as they seem. It would be better to get all the knowledge you can about this topic, instead of diving in without knowing what you're doing. Book 4: GAPS Diet - When our gut is killing us, we need to understand what is related to it. Personality disorders and anxiety influence a person's digestion. Nutrition matters, and to detoxify and get involved in eating clean, you need to know what you're doing. Just see it this way: What would you give to feel better and to stop the diseases from a leaky gut, arthritis, or eczema?

Bernard Hayes, Jason Knights, John Cook (Author), Belinda Smith, C F Sherratt, Jason Blakely, Sheena Aireen Weill-Aguilar (Narrator)

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We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks

The words of China's most famous political prisoner In Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps. One of the incarcerated-whose sentence, unlike most others, has no end date-is Ilham Tohti, an intellectual and economist, a prolific writer, and formerly the host of a website, Uyghur Online. In 2014, Tohti was arrested; accused of advocating separatism, violence, and the overthrow of the Chinese government; subjected to a two-day trial; and sentenced to life. Nothing has been heard from him since. Here are Tohti's own words, a collection of his plain-spoken calls for justice, scholarly explanations of the history of Xinjiang, and poignant personal reflections. While his courage and outspokenness about the plight of China's Muslim minorities is extraordinary, these essays sound a measured insistence on peace and just treatment for the Uyghurs. Winner of the PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought while imprisoned, this book is the only way to hear from a man who has been called 'a Uyghur Mandela.'

Ilham Tohti (Author), David Lee Huynh (Narrator)

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Washoku: Dalla cucina orientale, il metodo giapponese per trovare la felicità e scoprire i segreti d

Scopri l’armonia dell’arte culinaria giapponese con Washoku e apprendi i segreti orientali per una vita longeva e felice! Ti piacerebbe conoscere meglio la cucina tradizionale giapponese? Vorresti scoprire quali sono le peculiarità e i piatti tipici del Washoku? Vuoi migliorare la tua vita apprendendo e applicando il metodo giapponese Ikigai? Il Washoku rappresenta la cucina tradizionale nipponica per eccellenza. I suoi colori e la sua estetica danno vita ad un’armonia del cibo che lo contraddistinguono e lo rendono originale. Definito patrimonio dell’Unesco nel 2013, il Washoku è famoso per essere indicato come la cucina più salutare e bilanciata al mondo. Rispecchia le tradizioni tipiche del Sol Levante, e grazie ad un’alimentazione sana e corretta garantisce una maggiore longevità ai giapponesi. Grazie a questo libro apprenderai, nel dettaglio, che cos’è il Washoku e ti addentrerai nel suo mondo, scoprendo le caratteristiche dei piatti tipici della cucina giapponese per eccellenza. Vedrai come sia importante creare un senso di armonia e di equilibrio nei piatti, abbinando i giusti colori, offrendo un servizio di qualità, e presentando un impiattamento piacevole delle portate. Capitolo per capitolo, conoscerai anche il metodo giapponese Ikigai, fondamentale per vivere bene ed essere felici, e analizzerai gli sport, gli hobby, le meditazioni, e tutte le altre attività o usanze che rendono il Sol Levante un Paese unico. Ecco che cosa otterrai da questo libro: • Che cos’è il Washoku. • Cenni storici. • Gli ingredienti principali del Washoku. • I principi estetici dell’impiattamento. • Analisi e descrizione dei piatti tipici. • Che cos’è l’Ikigai. • Come trovare il proprio Ikigai. • L’alimentazione sana della cucina nipponica. • Gli sport, gli hobby e le attività di meditazione nel Sol Levante. • Le usanze giapponesi. ....e molto di più! Scorri verso l’alto e fai clic su “Acquista ora”!

Lily Ume (Author), Janine Menocchio (Narrator)

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Warriors of Ancient Japan: The History of Ninjas and Samurai in the Ancient Orient

This is a combo of 2 topics: Topic 1: The ancient Ninjas in Japan have fueled stories, movies, books and other media to go on and on about the sneaky assassins that terrorized their country. Today, you and I will go in-depth into this topic and find out more about the truth. Some of the stories sound accurate, others have more to it, or are completely false. In a nutshell, this brief book will cover the following topics and more: The most important facts about the Japanese ninjas. Shaolin monks and Japanese pirates. Feudalism compared with European knights. The 7 most famous ninjas. The biggest ninja fight ever in history that took place in 1581. False concepts about ninjas. Daimyo lords in Japan. Ninja training, schools, weapons, and disguises. Educate yourself and figure out where the stories came from, and then connect the dots. This guide will help you along the way. Topic 2: What did the samurai in Japan do? How did they begin? And what was so typical or different about them? These and many other questions will be answered in this quick guide that will cover all the basics of the famous samurai warriors in ancient Japan. You will learn about shoguns, bushido, the Meiji time period, ronin warriors, the Genpei war in 1180, the Kamakura period, the infamous suicide methods for honor (hara-kiri), and much, much more.

Kelly Mass (Author), Doug Greene (Narrator)

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