Asian Memoir

Mao Zedong has had a tremendous impact on the Chinese nation. During his Great Leap Forward, he was responsible for more deaths than both Hitler and Stalin, making him the biggest mass murderer in history. Mao Zedong, typically called Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who functioned as the starting dad of Peoples's Republic of China (PRC), judgment as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 till his death in 1976. Maoism is a Marxist-Leninist dogma that includes his theories, army operations, and political programs.

भारतीय कविता की एक महान परम्परा है जो समय, इतिहास, भूगोल और विभिन्न भाषाओं के आर-पार फैली है. सुप्रसिद्ध हिंदी कवि और हिंदी भाषा के नये आत्मविश्वास के अग्रणी नायक कुमार विश्वास अपनी पहली ऑडियो ओरिजिनल सीरीज़ में हमें इस महान परम्परा की कश्मीर से कन्याकुमारी तक की यात्रा करवा रहे हैं और आग्रह कर रहे हैं कि हम भक्ति, प्रेम और विद्रोह की इस विलक्षण विरासत को संजो कर रखें.

Part memoir, part business book, part brazen showboating, theCoderBros Go to White Castle is the enlightening story of Hansel and Wayne, two best friends who transformed their passion for coding into a thriving lifestyle business. Growing up as Asian-Americans in white America, they each navigated cultural challenges before eventually meeting in San Francisco. There, they began their up-and-down adventures that culminated in theCoderSchool, a national franchise business that teaches kids to code.

This is a delightful short biography of an eccentric Hungarian scholar who became one of the fathers of Western studies of the Tibetan language and culture. Educated at an austere Calvinist school until aged 31 where he demonstrated exceptional skills as a linguist, Csoma de Kőrös (1784-1842) finally set out alone on a pilgrimage to the East. His personal mission was to discover the roots of the Hungarian people, whom he and others of the time theorized to be descended from Attila the Hun.

في كتاب "المرأة التي تجلب المطر" للكاتبة إلينيد جراميش، الحائزة على جائزة الكتابة الويلزية، تأخذنا إلينيد في رحلتها لاكتشاف أرض غريبة، جزيرة هوكايدو في شمال الأرخبيل الياباني. تعايش الكاتبة اليابانيين خطوة بعد خطوة، وتتعلم لغتهم، كما تتنقل بنا بين طبيعة جزيرة هوكايدو وتاريخها وثقافتها. يبدأ الكتاب بتعرف إلينيد على عائلتها المضيفة، حيث تتكيف تدريجياً مع طرقهم في العيش، ويزداد تمكنها من اللغة اليابانية.

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be transported back in time to the world of 20th-century China, where the fate of a nation was shaped by the rise and fall of a charismatic and controversial leader. Join us on a journey of discovery as we explore the life and legacy of Mao Zedong, a revolutionary figure whose impact on Chinese history is still felt to this day.

కాశీయాత్ర చరిత్ర ఏనుగుల వీరాస్వామయ్య రచించిన కాశీ యాత్ర చరిత్ర విశేషాల మీద సమగ్రమైన రచన. తెలుగులో యాత్రాసాహిత్యానికి ఈ పుస్తకమే ఆద్యమని భావిస్తారు. eతని యాత్ర 18 మే, 1830 నుండి 3 సెప్టెంబరు, 1831 వరకు అనగా "15 నెలల 15 రోజుల కాలం" నడిచింది. వెళ్ళేటప్పుడు మద్రాసు, హైదరాబాద్‌, నాగపూర్‌, అలహాబాదుల మీదుగా వీరాస్వామిగారు కాశీ చేరారు.

"ஜாம்ஷெட்ஜி டாடா" இவரின் வாழ்க்கையில் நடந்த திருப்புமுனையைப் பற்றி விறுவிறுப்பாக விவரிக்கும் ஒலிநூல் இது. திரைப்படங்களில் மட்டும் அல்ல நிஜ வாழ்க்கையிலும் எதிர்பாராத "டர்னிங் பாயிண்ட்"

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or Mahatma Gandhi as he is more popularly known, is widely considered the father of India, the preeminent leader of the Indian struggle against British imperialism, and one of the most influential minds of the 20th century, Gandhi emerged to become one of the greatest advocates of peace and nonviolent resistance that the world has known. Gandhi became one of those rare leaders who preached through his own practices, motivating millions of people to follow his principles of freedom and peace.

Genghis Khan was the Mongol emperor who has expanded his region to the biggest empire on the face of the Earth ever. His empire stretched from East Asia all the way to various European countries, the Middle East, and beyond. You will learn more about his early life, his relationships, marriage, families and children, his attacks, his unification of the Mongolian Federations, his death, succession, and the continuing of the Mongolian Empire after his death.

With China’s history unfolding around her, this is the true story of how Frances channeled her unique talents and connections to unite people in our shared humanity.

Asian Americans have often been described as the "model minority", a stereotype that unfairly characterizes a diverse group of people's experiences as one monolithic experience. In this book, I describe my own transformation from a self-hating Asian to one who takes pride in his background. It is my hope that listeners of this book will find it to be relatable.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito is one of history’s most enigmatic figures. He led the Japanese during the darkest point of their history as they joined forces with the fascist of Nazi Germany and Italy. Upon Japan’s defeat most believed that Emperor Hirohito would stand trial for the war crimes he was accused of presiding over.

Never Cheat a Holy Man is my memoir about the three enlightening adventure-filled years in the mid-60s when my family and I lived in East Pakistan. As "memsahib", my job was to supervise a Muslim all-male household workforce. When the cook warmed the toast in his armpits and chilled the chicken in the refrigerator - still alive, I realized I was not communicating adequately. I acquired new skills mediating between cook and laundryman who were at constant odds.

Subhas Chandra Bose was a revolutionary who sought Indian independence, but as many would contend, he ended up on the wrong side of history. In order to shake off the British yoke, Bose enlisted aid from Germany and Japan during World War II. This has led some to roundly condemn Bose as nothing more than a fascist cast in the same mold as Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, and Benito Mussolini. But is there more to this complicated figure than meets the eye?

¡La mujer más odiada en la historia de China! Viaje en el tiempo más de mil años y conozca al primer y único emperador femenino de China. Nacida Wǔ Zhào , recibió el título de su reinado como "Zétiān" pocas semanas antes de su muerte en el año 705 de nuestra era. Fue la hija no deseada del Canciller Wǔ Shì Huo: demasiado brillante, demasiado educada, y demasiado políticamente centrada para fungir como una buena esposa según las contemporáneas interpretaciones de las Analectas de Confucio.

प्रधानमंत्रियों की सफलताओं और विफलताओं की रौशनी में यह किताब भारतीय लोकतंत्र की विकास-यात्रा को रेखांकित करती है जिसमें उसकी उपलब्धियाँ और चुनौतियाँ, दोनों दर्ज हैं। देश जब स्वतंत्रता का अमृत महोत्सव मना रहा है, तब 'भारत के प्रधानमंत्री' किताब एक जरूरी उपहार की तरह है। इसे हर भारतीय नागरिक को पढ़ना चाहिए। सोशल मीडिया के दौर में भ्रामक सूचनाओं का प्रसार चरम पर है। ऐसे में यह किताब स्वतंत्र भारत के क्रमिक नेतृत्व और विकास का वास्तविक लेखाजोखा पेश करती है। तकनीक और संचार के अभूतपूर्व विस्तार तथा राजनीति में लोगों की बेहिसाब दिलचस्पी के मेल से हैरतअंगेज नतीजे सामने आए हैं।

With chapters covering sexual and cultural identity, body hair, colourism and mental health, and a particular focus on the suffocating beauty standards South Asian women are expected to adhere to, Sharan Dhaliwal speaks openly about her journey toward loving herself, offering advice, support and comfort to people that are encountering the same issues.

May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of Apache AH Mk1. It's the first operational tour for the deadly, difficult machines and confidence in the cripplingly expensive attack helicopter is low. It doesn't help that for their first month 'in action', Ed and his mates see little more than the back-end of a Chinook.

Forced Out: A Nikkei Woman’s Search for a Home in America offers insight into “voluntary evacuation,” a little-known Japanese American experience during World War II, and the lasting effects of cultural trauma. Of the roughly 120,000 people forced from their homes by Executive Order 9066, around 5,000 were able to escape incarceration beforehand by fleeing inland.