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  • Emily Hahn on China

    Chiang Kai-Shek and China Only Yesterday, 1850–1950

    par Emily Hahn ...
    Chinese history is brought to vivid life by the "quintessential New Yorker narrator" and author of The Soong Sisters, who lived in China from 1935 to 1941 ( The New York Times).Chiang Kai-Shek: As the head of the Nationalist Party, Chiang led the Republic of China for over two decades from 1927 through the Japanese invasion, World War II, and the civil war that ended with a Communist victory in ... En savoir plus

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  • China to Me

    A Partial Autobiography

    par Emily Hahn ...
    A candid, rollicking literary travelogue from a pioneering New Yorker writer, an intrepid heroine who documented China in the years before World War II.Deemed scandalous at the time of its publication in 1944, Emily Hahn's now classic memoir of her years in China remains remarkable for her insights into a tumultuous period and her frankness about her personal exploits. A proud feminist and ... En savoir plus

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  • No Hurry to Get Home

    A Memoir

    par Emily Hahn ...
    A fascinating memoir by a free-spirited New Yorker writer, whose wanderlust led her from the Belgian Congo to Shanghai and beyond.Originally published in 1970, under the title Times and Places, this book is a collection of twenty-three of her articles from the New Yorker, published between 1937 and 1970. Well reviewed upon first publication, the book was re-published under the current title in ... En savoir plus

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  • Hong Kong Holiday

    par Emily Hahn ...
    Author of such celebrated and acclaimed works as The Soong Sisters, China to Me, and Fractured Emerald: Ireland, Emily Hahn has been called by the New Yorker "a forgotten American literary treasure." Now Hahn is reintroduced to a new generation of readers, bringing to light her richly textured voice and unique perspective on a world that continues to exist through both history and fiction.In a ... En savoir plus

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  • The Soong Sisters

    par Emily Hahn ...
    "If the story of the Soong family were told as fiction, people would say it was fascinating but too improbable. . . . A dramatic human chronicle . . . engrossing." — The New York Times Book ReviewIn the early twentieth century, few women in China were to prove so important to the rise of Chinese nationalism and liberation from tradition as the three extraordinary Soong sisters—Eling, Chingling and ... En savoir plus

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  • Chiang Kai-Shek

    An Unauthorized Biography

    par Emily Hahn ...
    An in-depth biography of the towering 20th-century Chinese military and political figure who led the government, first on the mainland and then in exile in Taiwan, from the acclaimed New Yorker correspondent who lived in China when he was head of stateIn 1911, 24-year-old Chiang Kai-shek was an obscure Chinese student completing his military training in Japan, the only country in the Far East with ... En savoir plus

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  • Seduction Ad Absurdum

    par Emily Hahn ...
    "Seduction Ad Absurdum" by Emily Hahn is a captivating exploration of the complexities of love and desire. Hahn, known for her sharp wit and keen observations, delves into the absurdities that often accompany romantic pursuits. Through a series of engaging narratives, she examines the lengths to which individuals will go to attain affection, often leading to humorous and poignant situations. The ... En savoir plus

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  • Once Upon a Pedestal

    par Emily Hahn ...
    A revolutionary woman for her time and an enormously creative writer, Emily Hahn broke all of the rules of the nineteen-twenties including traveling the country dressed as a boy, working for the Red Cross in Belgium, being the concubine to a Shanghai poet, using opium, and having an illegitimate child. Hahn kept on fighting against the stereotype of female docility that characterized the Victorian ... En savoir plus

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  • The Early Years

    China to Me, Hong Kong Holiday, and England to Me

    par Emily Hahn ...
    Memoirs of an exotic, unconventional life in Asia and Great Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, from a colorful, prolific New Yorker writer ahead of her time.China to Me: A proud feminist and fearless traveler, Emily Hahn set out for China in 1935 and stayed through the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War, wandering, carousing, living, loving—and writing. During her travels from Nanjing to ... En savoir plus

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  • Mr. Pan

    par Emily Hahn ...
    Mr. Pan is no highly-placed official. Mr. Pan is the Mr. Smith of China—an ordinary man with extraordinary reach—and China, like America, depends as much on its Mr. Pans as on its powerful and world famous officials. Here, in a series of linked vignettes, you'll get a glimpse into a new way of life—Mr. Pan at work, Mr. Pan with his father, Mr. Pan with his docile wife, Pei-yu. It is a rare glimpse ... En savoir plus

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  • Love Conquers Nothing

    A Glandular History of Civilization

    par Emily Hahn ...
    If you look at history through Emily Hahn's jaundiced eyes, you'll realize that romance just ain't what romantics crack it up to be. Using such notorious affairs as those of Caesar and Cleopatra or Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Hahn reminds us that love is far less of a factor in the fates of nations than greed, wrath, and some of humanity's other, less attractive character traits. Love doesn't ... En savoir plus

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  • England to Me

    A Memoir

    par Emily Hahn ...
    Author of such celebrated and acclaimed works as The Soong Sisters, China to Me, and Fractured Emerald: Ireland, Emily Hahn has been called by the New Yorker "a forgotten American literary treasure." Now Hahn is reintroduced to a new generation of readers, bringing to light her richly textured voice and unique perspective on a world that continues to exist through both history and fiction.It was ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus