books by Blacksmith Books     books:       CHINA: Portrait of a People72 reviews Tom Carter Blacksmith Books, 2010 China: The Story You've Never been Told Upon reading and viewing the images of Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone's "Esprit Nomad" on Le Figaro, a photo exhibition in Jardin du Luxembourg earlier this year in Paris, one name came immediately to my mind--Tom Carter. It's neither your highly publicized new Modern China of concrete jungle, the new wave of gold (money) rush and the 2nd world economic power, nor it is your romanticized China ...             Dragon Bones: Two Years Beneath the Skin of a Himalayan Kingdom Murray Gunn Blacksmith Books, 2011 Wedged deep in the Himalaya between India and China, the secretive kingdom of Bhutan guards its independence while its neighbors have been swallowed by the giants. Bhutan markets itself as the last Shangri-La, but a closer look shows crime, discrimination and religious manipulation. Murray Gunn and his French wife came to understand Bhutan better while living there for two years - but risked their marriage in the process. A travel memoir of ...             Some Glad Morning6 reviews Irene J. Steele Blacksmith Books, LLC, 2007 A deftly woven, original, and debut novel by accomplished author Irene J. Steele When her parents were killed during a civil rights protest over voting rights that turned violent in the American South of the 1950s, Mildred Johnson became orphaned and appropriated by her aunt Rose Johnson who fled with the child to the West Side of Chicago so that Mildred could live in safety with a relative. Many years later Mildred and her aunt Rose would join a campaign to elect Chicago's ...             Guildworks: Writings by the West Side Writers Guild Blacksmith Books, 1996             Lama of the Gobi: How Mongolia's Mystic Monk Spread Tibetan Buddhism in the World's Harshest Desert3 reviews Michael Kohn Blacksmith Books, 2010 An important book about an important historical figure The life and the work of Danzan Ravjaa is widely known among the nomads of the Gobi desert in Mongolia, but virtually unknown anywhere else. There are so many sides from which you can look at this historical figure: He was a Living Buddha, a social reformer (if not revolutionary), a healer, a poet, a politician and much more. He built schools for the nomads' children, fought for womens' rights, ...             King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong2 reviews Jonathan Chamberlain Blacksmith Books, 2010 How Much Is Truth and How Much Is Fiction? The nagging question I was left with after reading Jonathan Chamberlain's King Hui: The Man Who Owned All The Opium In Hong Kong was how much was truth and how much was a figment of one man's vivid imagination. I noticed that even the publisher cautions us stating: "This book reflects the memories of the man known as Peter Hui, or Hui Shen-kei. These memories may not be accurate." While ...             Wordjazz for Stevie: How a Profoundly Handicapped Girl Gave Her Father the Gifts of Pain and Love Jonathan Chamberlain Blacksmith Books, 2010 How could a girl born with a genetic defect - who later suffered brain damage leaving her blind, epileptic and physically handicapped, and who lived only eight years - change the world? Wordjazz for Stevie is a letter written to Stevie by her father after she had died to try to explain to her (and the world) the meaning of her life. This is a book that everyone should read. It could change your life too.             Hong Kong On Air3 reviews Muhammad Cohen Blacksmith Books, 2010 Victoria's Secret Peak Jeff Golden leads an unexamined life. Everything is a surprise to Jeff, not because unusual things happen to him, but because he doesn't think ahead. Living on Long Island, Jeff seems destined for a life of uncomprehending mild misery. But moved to Hong Kong in 1997 where (as the book jacket pants) "handover boom fizzles into Asian economic bust," he is energized by history. While other ...             Apologies Forthcoming: Stories Not About Mao Xujun Eberlein Blacksmith Books, Hong Kong, 2009             Chinese Gods: An Introduction to Chinese Folk Religion Jonathan Chamberlain Blacksmith Books, 2010 Chinese gods: Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they do? Chinese folk religion is the underlying belief system of more than a billion Chinese people. Go into any Chinese home, office or restaurant and you will see altars, statues or paper `good luck' images. And wherever there is a Chinese community there are temples and Earth God shrines. But what is the religion that makes sense of all these expressions of belief? How do these ...             The Dragon's Back Thea Whittington Blacksmith Books, 2010 When a family hike into the hills and witness a forest fire, they become worried about the fate of the friendly dragon which lives there - because in Chinese culture, there is a hidden dragon in every green valley, protective of the mountains and its route to the sea. Firefighters arrive to put out the flames, but can they succeed without the dragon's help? This illustrated story teaches the need to treat nature with respect.             Dim Sum: A Survival Guide6 reviews Liza Chu Blacksmith Books, 2010 Dim Sum: A Survival Guide Having lived in Hong Kong for over 35 years I am still not an expert when it comes to ordering dim sum! This little guide is a perfect way to learn more about the food we 'locals' eat at least once a week and should persuade you to order some new things! It also makes a great welcome to town gift for friends new to cities with great dim sum on offer. Concierges in Asian cities take note, this ...             The Great Walk of China: Travels on Foot from Shanghai to Tibet1 review Graham Earnshaw Blacksmith Books, 2010 A rambling good read Earnshaw's writing passes through characters and commentaries in much the same rambling fashion as the vehicle for his tale. We join him on a walk due west from Shanghai to Tibet, reliving his encounters with energetic youth, old men who reminisce about the times of Chairman Mao and police who still think that it's illegal for foreigners to be in China. The strength of the book is not in the ...             Sleeping Chinese Bernd Hagemann Blacksmith Books, 2010 In a country of a billion people, it can be hard to find a quiet spot to rest your head. But the Chinese are skilled at the art of extreme napping. Bernd Hagemann has spent six years taking photographs of Chinese people sleeping in seemingly impossible situations, and his website has gained a global following of people who wonder ?How is that possible?? This book portrays the less threatening side of China?s economic rise.             The Eurasian Face Kirsteen Zimmern Blacksmith Books, 2010 Eurasians - those individuals with a mix of Caucasian and Asian heritage - are ubiquitous in today's media as models and actors, and are uniquely placed to take advantage of the growing commercial and cultural exchanges between East and West. This book of interviews and black-and-white portraits asks what it is to be Eurasian, and reveals how Eurasians see their place in the world.             Wing Chun Warrior: The True Tales of Wing Chun Kung Fu Master Duncan Leung, Bruce Lee's Fighting Companion5 reviews Ken Ing Blacksmith Books, 2010 Exploits of a True Wing Chun Master "Wing Chun Warrior: The True Tales of Wing Chun Kung Fu Master" is the paperback version of the large hard cover version bearing the same name. I found this book to be a excellent read, due to the fact that it contains so many stories of Sifu Duncan Leung's life while growing up in Hong Kong. Sifu Leung trained in the Wing Chun System of Kung Fu with his boyhood friend the late Bruce Lee. It ...             Diamond Hill: Memories of Growing Up in a Hong Kong Squatter Village Feng Chi-shun Blacksmith Books, 2010 Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward. Feng Chi-shun moved there in 1956, at the age of nine, as a refugee from China. As he grew up and saw friends become gamblers, triad gangsters and drug peddlers, he realized that self-improvement was the only way out of poverty. A warm memoir of a hard time and place.             Business Republic of China: Tales from the Front Line of China's New Revolution1 review Jack Leblanc Blacksmith Books, 2010 Useful and entertaining guide to China's chaotic business environment Each chapter of this book is written in story form and covers a different situation that foreign investors in China are likely to find themselves embroiled in: disputes over intellectual property, staffing issues, or localized corruption, for example. These are based on real experiences, and Jack Leblanc explains how the problems are often created with the unwitting help of foreign investors ...             Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry3 reviews Yeeshan Yang Blacksmith Books, 2010 Honest portrayal This book is a very honest portrayal of the lives of people involved in the sex trade in Hong Kong, primarily in the low-rent districts of Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po, based on extensive interviews. The author went to great lengths to befriend sex workers but she remains unsentimental and doesn't shy away from expressing exasperation with the way they run their lives: frittering their earnings away ...             With Bare Hands: The True Story of Alain Robert, the Real-life Spiderman2 reviews Alain Robert Blacksmith Books, 2010 GRIPPING. In an increasingly politically-correct world, one that threatens to turn us all into either mice or robots, Alain Robert stands out, as someone determined to go his own way & do his own thing - in spectacular fashion: by climbing urban skyscrapers - up to 500 metres tall - without gloves, suction pads, ropes, safety equipment - or (generally) permission. To him, life is a game, a challenge, and ...              search for books apologies, buddhism, business, companion, eurasian, fighting, forthcoming, guildworks, handicapped, harshest, himalayan, industry, interviews, introduction, memories, mongolia, portrait, profoundly, real-life, religion, republic, revolution, shanghai, sleeping, spiderman, squatter, survival, whispers, wordjazz, writings books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Mythlore; Summer 1984, A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis & Charles ... home  impressum - about us