Author: Gu Hua
Publisher: Foreign Languages Pre
Keywords: hibiscus, called, town, small
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0835110745
ISBN-13: 9780835110747

A Small Town Called Hibiscus is one of the best Chinese novels to have appeared in 1981. Its author Gu Hua was brought up in the Wuling Mountains of south Hunan. He presents the ups and downs of some families in a small mountain town there during the hard years in the early sixties, the "cultural revolution," and after the downfall of the "gang of four." He shows the horrifying impact on decent, hard-working people of the gang’s ultra-Left line, and retains a sense of humor in describing the most harrowing incidents. In the end wrongs are righted, and readers are left with a deepened und

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Algonquin Book
Keywords: hibiscus, purple
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 2003-10-30
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 1565123875
ISBN-13: 9781565123878

Purple Hibiscus, Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s debut, begins like many novels set in regions considered exotic by the western reader: the politics, climate, social customs, and, above all, food of Nigeria (balls of fufu rolled between the fingers, okpa bought from roadside vendors) unfold like the purple hibiscus of the title, rare and fascinating. But within a few pages, these details, however vividly rendered, melt into the background of a larger, more compelling story of a joyless family. Fifteen-year-old Kambili is the dutiful and self-effacing daughter of a rich ma

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Anchor
Keywords: novel, hibiscus, purple
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 2004-09-14
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1400076943
ISBN-13: 9781400076949

Purple Hibiscus, Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s debut, begins like many novels set in regions considered exotic by the western reader: the politics, climate, social customs, and, above all, food of Nigeria (balls of fufu rolled between the fingers, okpa bought from roadside vendors) unfold like the purple hibiscus of the title, rare and fascinating. But within a few pages, these details, however vividly rendered, melt into the background of a larger, more compelling story of a joyless family. Fifteen-year-old Kambili is the dutiful and self-effacing daughter of a rich ma

Author: Wanda Marsh
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Keywords: patterns, ready, projects, reference, photos, glory, morning, flowers, realistic, wood, rose, hibiscus, carving
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1565231546
ISBN-13: 9781565231542

This beginning-to-advanced-level carving book provides three projects designed to teach the carving skills needed to recreate any flower. Starting with a morning glory, this guide offers step-by-step instructions on how to carve and texture the flower and ideas for creating a beautiful finish with paints. Also included are close-up photographs of real flowers showing the variations in bloom, petals, and leaf groupings, as is a detailed examination of the power tools a woodcarver needs to create realistic carvings, including the bits and burs, flexible shaft machines, handpieces, and dust colle