Where The Dragon Meets The Angry River
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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
Author | : R. Edward Grumbine |
Publsiher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2012-06-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781597268110 |
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China’s meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories—every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang’s raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? Ed Grumbine traveled to the far corners of China’s Yunnan province to find out. He was driven by a single question: could this last fragment of wild nature withstand China’s unrelenting development? But as he hiked through deep-cut emerald mountains, backcountry villages, and burgeoning tourist towns, talking with trekking guides, schoolchildren, and rural farmers, he discovered that the problem wasn’t as simple as growth versus conservation. In its struggle to "build a well-off society in an all-round way," Beijing juggles a host of competing priorities: health care for impoverished villagers; habitat for threatened tigers; cars for a growing middle class; clean air for all citizens; energy to power new cities; rubber for the global marketplace. Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River is an incisive look at the possible fates of China and the planet. Will the Angry River continue to flow? Will Tibetan girls from subsistence farming families learn to read and write? Can China and the United States come together to lead action on climate change? Far-reaching in its history and scope, this unique book shows us the real-world consequences of conservation and development decisions now being made in Beijing and beyond.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Newbery Honor Book
Author | : Grace Lin |
Publsiher | : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780316052603 |
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A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection! A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.
China Review International
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : MINN:31951P011627365 |
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ANGRY RIVER
Author | : Ruskin Bond |
Publsiher | : Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2014-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8129119846 |
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It was a small island in the middle of a big river, and just large enough for Sita and her grandparents to live with their three goats, the hens, a vegetable patch and a peepul tree. But one day, the river fl ooded and took everything with it, including Sita. How will Sita survive when the angry river sweeps her away? Find out in this classic story of courage and friendship, now in a brand new look.
Mapping Shangrila
Author | : Emily T. Yeh |
Publsiher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0295993588 |
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Mapping Shangrila advances a view of landscapes as media of governance, representation, and resistance, examining how they are reshaping cultural economies, political ecologies of resource use, subjectivities, and inter-ethnic relations.
English Alive Lr 8 18 19
Author | : No Author |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2020-10-07 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9789390279135 |
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English Alive is a multi-skill course in English that uses innovative teaching and learning methods. The series teaches communicative English through interactive exchanges using a cross-curricular approach. It
My Father s Dragon
Author | : Ruth Stiles Gannett |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2014-01-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780486492834 |
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A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.
Through the Dragon s Mouth
Author | : Ben Thomson Cowles |
Publsiher | : Daniel & Daniel Publishers |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : UOM:39015048779899 |
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As a young man, Cowles was spellbound by tales of danger and daring from those who had ventured into the famed "Dragon's Mouth." In 1946, just prior to the Communist takeover, Cowles, along with a Chinese professor and an Army pilot-engineer, set out to experience the gorges firsthand. For 19 days they immersed themselves in the life of the river, along side 65 crewmen aboard a 95-foot junk.