A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner.
A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner.
DIVThe second installment in Pearl S. Buck’s acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruin/divDIV Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: Revolution is sweeping ...
The family’s story continues in Sons and A House Divided, when the Revolution sweeping through China further unsettles Wang Lung’s family in this rich and unforgettable portrait of a family and a country in the throes of widespread ...
Pearl Buck tells the heart-seaching and tender story of a young Chinese girl's troubled acceptance of an alien way of life, with all its sorrows and rewards.
One of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary Americans, Pearl Buck was the first person to make China accessible to the West.
The authors emphasize three scientific themes: scientific literacy, Earth science and the human experience and the science of global change.
Neither could have foreseen the transformation of the little American girl embarrassed by her blonde hair into the Nobel Prize-winning writer and one of China's modern heroines, Pearl S. Buck.
With them were Brand, the Rockefeller Foundation scholar Gottfried Pfeifer, and Pfeifer's wife, Ruth.20 Mazatlán became their base camp from which archaeological forays were made by hired car or local bus. True to form, Sauer rejected ...
Minette Walters fans will be pleased." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and Hannah Kent's Burial Rites, this taut psychological thriller offers a delicious take on deviant and defiant ...
The print edition is printed with high production standards on recycled, FSC-certified paper.