Books tagged: cultural revolution

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Steal This Hero: An Abbie Hoffman Love Song In Two Verses, One Chorus and a Coda    by Jack Preston King
Price: $0.99 USD. 4440 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 17, 2010. .

Really?, I thought. Abbie Hoffman? The guy too dangerous to read? I remind you of him? By comparing me to Abbie, Mom had meant to insult me, to label me a full-fledged traitorous Anarcho-Communist freak.For me, what she'd done was hand me the keys to full membership in the Great Subversive WE. If I was to accept that membership, I reasoned, I'd better find out exactly who WE are. I stole the book.
Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War    by Jack Preston King
Price: $0.99 USD. 4100 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 17, 2010. .

Of this I was certain: To meet the violent hysteria of war with an equally hysterical peace movement could only create an irreconcilable "Us-Them" situation. As with the war, there would have to be winners and losers. But to meet a hysterical world with an open heart might bring a lasting peace, an "Us-Us" situation in which everybody won. And to be so idealistic, so Utopian, was embarrassing...
Memories of an Eastern Sky    by Andy Zhang
Price: $6.99 USD. 76350 words. Published by Aberdeen Bay on April 5, 2010. .

Memories of an Eastern Sky is a fiction based on the true story of a boy born into a loving family in the freezing, lawless, and foreboding confines of China. The main character quickly learns that the government wields crushing power. When officials accuse his father of being counterrevolutionary, his family makes the courageous decision not to succumb to the Cultural Revolution.
Harvey Wasserman's History of the United States    by Harvey Wasserman
Price: $3.60 USD. 74510 words. Published on February 16, 2011. .

Howard Zinn calls HARVEY WASSERMAN'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES "a beautiful example of a people's history." This best-selling cult favorite is a fast-moving romp that Rolling Stone has called "a pleasure to read." Built around the hidden history of the farmers, workers and "hippie" Bohemians who made our country great, there is no more memorable book about those who made America great.
The Same Moon    by Junying Kirk
Price: $2.99 USD. 155290 words. Published on June 20, 2011. .

Pearl Zhang was born in China, and grew up during the Cultural Revolution. She was raised in a typically Chinese manner, went to school, got a job, got married, then she went to the United Kingdom, and stayed. Follow Pearl's Journey, from the East to the West, and discover a New World through her eyes.
How to Catch an African Chicken - A Canadian Woman’s Outrageous but True Story of Marriage Fraud    by Lainie Towell
Price: $9.99 USD. 103200 words. Published on March 16, 2012. .

Dancer Lainie Towell traveled to Guinea and fell in love with a drummer named Akra. After several trips to Conakry, Lainie and Akra got married. Twenty-nine days after he arrived in Canada, Akra disappeared. He had gotten what he wanted – his permanent residency status. Refusing to remain a victim, Lainie takes action and draws international attention to the issue of marriage fraud in Canada.