The Wingman`s Handbook: A Guide to Teenage Romance by a Teenage Romantic, Kwok Michelle Y.
Автор: Kwok, Jean Название: Girl in Translation ISBN: 1594485151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781594485152 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From the author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, the iconic, New York Times-bestselling debut novel that introduced an important Chinese-American voice with an inspiring story of an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life--like the staggering degree of her poverty, the weight of her family's future resting on her shoulders, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition--Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles. Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about. Written in an indelible voice that dramatizes the tensions of an immigrant girl growing up between two cultures, surrounded by a language and world only half understood, Girl in Translation is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant-a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation.
Автор: Chan Kwok shing Название: Localized Culture of Welfare ISBN: 0739166875 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739166871 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 14553.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents an ethnographic account of the significance of kinship in welfare matters in Chinese society. It will be a useful reference book and secondary text for anthropologists, sociologists and university students who are interested in Chinese kinship and welfare issues, the relationship between welfare and culture, and the cultures underlying systems of welfare.
Автор: Rieger Joerg, Pui-Lan Kwok Название: Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude ISBN: 1442217928 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442217928 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Occupy Religion introduces readers to the growing role of religion in the Occupy Movement and asks provocative questions about how people of faith can work for social justice. From the temperance movement to the Civil Rights movement, churches have played key roles in important social movements, and Occupy Religion shows this role is no less critical today.
Автор: Kwok Ashling Название: Lola and Grandpa ISBN: 0648652807 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780648652809 Издательство: Hachette UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Every Sunday Lola visits her Grandpa. They spend the day exploring the universe and teaching each other about the world. But then one day everything changes. Grandpa isn't there anymore. Lola struggles to deal with the loss. But as time goes by Lola realizes that her Grandpa will always be with her - in her heart and in the memories they made. Lola and Grandpa is a beautiful and reassuring story of love, loss, and the value of memories.
Автор: Kwok, Jean Название: Searching for Sylvie Lee ISBN: 1529398282 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529398281 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: от 451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women in one Chinese immigrant family
Автор: Kwok Jean Название: Searching for Sylvie Lee ISBN: 0062834320 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062834324 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 1775.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A READ WITH JENNA - TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times- Time - Marie Claire- Elle- Buzzfeed- Huffington Post- Good Housekeeping - The Week- Goodreads- New York Post - Publishers Weekly and many more
"This is a true beach read You can't put it down " - Jenna Bush Hager, Today Show Book Club Pick
"Powerful . . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets." -- Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water
A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women--two sisters and their mother--in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation
It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother--and then vanishes.
Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn't rejoin her family in America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.
But what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always looked out for them. Now, it's Amy's turn to help. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister's movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will reveal more about Amy's complicated family--and herself--than she ever could have imagined.
A deeply moving story of family, secrets, identity, and longing, Searching for Sylvie Lee is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive portrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration of the many ways culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of ever truly knowing someone--especially those we love.
--Town & Country
Автор: Chan, Kwok-bun Chan, Wai-wan Vivien Название: Return migrants in hong kong, singapore and israel ISBN: 3030409627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030409623 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Chapter 1
Introduction - Cost-and-Benefit Analysis: Decision-Making in Migration
1.1 Globalization, Public Policy and Assimilation of Return Migration
1.2 Public Policy Implications of International Migration for Global Governance
1.3 Migrant Transnationalism and Family-based Migration
1.4 Globalized Economic Space, Transnationalism and Translocality
1.5 Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
1.6 On a National Level and Public Policy
1.7 Migrant's Coping Strategies as Responses to Policies
1.8 Ritual Process, Community Development and De-alienation in Chinese Diasporic Communities
1.9 Chinese Ritual Performance as De-alienation
1.10 Ethnic Chinese Community Development as De-alienation
1.11 Return Migration, Social Action and Public Policy
1.12 Analytic Procedure and Aims of Study
Chapter 2
The Hong Kong Study
2.1 Research Methods and Demographic Characteristics of Returnee Respondents in Hong Kong
2.2 Vignettes of Four Returnees
2.3 Factors Associated with Return Migration
2.4 Plight and Blight of the Mobile Migrants: Hidden Injuries of Global Mobility
2.5 Adjustment to Local Environment
2.6 Migrant Coping Strategies as Responses to Immigration Policies: Migrant's Cost-and-Benefit Analysis
2.7 Suggestions to Other Returnees: Looking Beyond the Horizons of Costs and Benefits
2.8 What Will the Future Hold?
2.9 Some Reflections
2.10 Policy Recommendations to the Hong Kong Government
Chapter 3
The Singapore Study
3.1 Research Methods and Demographic Characteristics of Returnee Respondents in Singapore
3.2 Evolution of Government Policies and Programs: Cost-and-Benefit Calculation in Historical Perspective
3.3 Government Programs and Initiatives
Автор: Kwok Bea Название: The Best Gift Ever ISBN: 1098061187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098061180 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1924.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание:
Have you been looking for a Christian book that tells the stories of the Bible in a fun and imaginative way? At last it\'s here The Best Gift Ever is a modern-day Christian book that appeals to our young audiences. Not only will this book capture the attention of every child, but it will also make a lasting impression. The Best Gift Ever is the first of a collection of adventures with TiTi Bee as she travels back into Biblical times in her HoneyComb Time Machine
In this book, you will join TiTi Bee as she buzzes around in her HoneyComb Time Machine and arrives just in time to witness the first Christmas In The Best Gift Ever, TiTi Bee takes a young girl, named Mandee, on an amazing journey to help her understand that Christmas is more than just receiving material gifts. Christmas is a way of celebrating Jesus\'s birthday
The Best Gift Ever offers a unique way of helping children understand the true meaning of Christmas. Buzzing back into time in the HoneyComb Time Machine is a creative way of not only keeping children engaged, but also encouraging them to remember one of the most important stories of the Bible.
Автор: Li Chenyang, Kwok Sai Hang, Dьring Dascha Название: Harmony in Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Introduction ISBN: 1538147009 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538147009 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 23443.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The volume explores the various meanings and implications of harmony so as to consider its relevance as a value and virtue in the modern world.
Автор: Pui-lan, Kwok Название: Postcolonial imagination and feminist theology ISBN: 0664228836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780664228835 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5242.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The burgeoning field of postcolonial studies argues that most theology has been formed in dominant cultures, laden intrinsically with imperializing structures. An essential task facing theology is thus to "decolonize" the mind and free Christianity from colonizing bias and structures. Here, in this truly groundbreaking study, highly respected...
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