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The house of Lim: a study of a Chinese farm family

The house of Lim: a study of a Chinese farm family

Margery Wolf

An account of the many aspects of village life in China.
A Thrice-told Tale: Feminism, Postmodernism, and ...

A Thrice-told Tale: Feminism, Postmodernism, and ...

Margery Wolf

The book concludes with a plea for ethnographic responsibility based on a less academic and more practical perspective.
The Orchards

The Orchards

Margery Wolf

The Thompsons and the Tanakas worked neighboring apple orchards for three generations before WWII disrupted their community. This story follows the history of the families during and after these troubling times.
Wolf Hunt

Wolf Hunt

Paige Tyler

SWAT (Special Wolf Alpha Team): Hungry Like the Wolf (Book 1) Wolf Trouble (Book 2) In the Company of Wolves (Book 3) To Love a Wolf (Book 4) Wolf Unleashed (Book 5) Wolf Hunt (Book 6) More praise for Paige Tyler's SWAT series: "SWAT is hot ...
Wilfred's Wolf

Wilfred's Wolf

Jenny Millward

Every day Wilfred took the wolf to work at The Plush. And every evening Shirley and the wolf would play together in Wilfred's back garden. Sometimes they all went for a midnight stroll on the common and if ever the wolf felt like howling at the ...
Revolution Postponed [sound Recording] : Women in ...

Revolution Postponed [sound Recording] : Women in ...

Margery Wolf

The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept.
What the Water Buffalo Wrought

What the Water Buffalo Wrought

Margery Wolf

A water buffalo wanders onto the landing field of the Taipei airport just as an airplane lands.Two of the survivors of the crash, a Chinese-born professor of Chinese Literature and an American graduate student going to Taiwan to do ...
The Wolf Wilder

The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell

Feodora's mother is a wolf wilder, and Feo is a wolf wilder in training. A wolf wilder is the opposite of an animal tamer: it is a person who teaches tamed animals to fend for themselves, and to fight and to run, and to be wary of humans.
Big Wolf and Little Wolf

Big Wolf and Little Wolf

Sharon Phillips Denslow

Grey wolf father and son sing to each other one night before being startled by noises in the bushes.
Big Wolf and Little Wolf

Big Wolf and Little Wolf

Sharon Phillips Denslow

Grey wolf father and son sing to each other one night before being startled by noises in the bushes.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Lee Wildish

Tom the shepherd's son plays a prank by falsely claiming a wolf is chasing his sheep, but when a real wolf attacks no one believes his claims.
Endangered Daughters: Discrimination and Development in Asia

Endangered Daughters: Discrimination and Development in Asia

Elizabeth Croll

327. Margery Wolf. op. cit. p. 1. Women ofChina, July 1997, p. 44. Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), 7 April 1983. Elisabeth Croll, 'The single-child family in Beijing: a first hand report', in E.Croll, D.Davin and P.Kane, op. cit. pp. 190–232. Ibid. p.
Women in Chinese Society

Women in Chinese Society

Margery Wolf

44; Jen Hsiao-wen Huang-hou, Nei-hsun, in Nii ssu- shu, pp. 91-92. 16. ewee, 1II .34a. 17. John Meskill, Ch'oe Pus Diary: A Record of Drifting Across the Sea ( Tucson, Ariz., 1965), p. 155. 18. On academies, see John Meskill, "Academies and ...
One Night with the Wolf

One Night with the Wolf

Anna Hackett

But Christian is a wolf who will demand to dominate her body, mind and soul. Now Jade must decide if she can afford to submit to his desire—and if one night with the wolf will really be enough.
White Wolf

White Wolf

Henrietta Branford

When a white wolf flees captivity by humans, he must learn to hunt and run with a pack and to discover what it truly means to be a wolf. By the author of Fire, Bed, and Bone. Reprint.
Wolf Revenge

Wolf Revenge

Dr Susan Cartwright

Ultimately, can he even save himself? The answer to those questions lies somewhere in the vast spaces between planets. And the Red Wolves of Opan may deliver the final verdict. Wolf Revenge is the sequel to Wolf Dawn.
Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland ...

Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland ...

Floyd, J.L., & Co., Chicago, pub

Mr. Wolf's first direct ancestor in this county was his great-grandfather, Nicholas Wolf, but there is earlier record of those of the name here, one_John Wolf, who lived in Mahanoy township, having made his last will and testament March 7, 178 -1 ...
Wolf Hollow

Wolf Hollow

Lauren Wolk

As Wolf Hollow turns against him, and tensions quickly mount, Annabelle must do everything in her power to protect Toby - and to find Betty, before it is too late. Powerful, poignant and lyrical, Wolf Hollow is an unforgettable story.
Tadpoles Tales: Aesop's Fables: The Boy Who Cried Wolf: ...

Tadpoles Tales: Aesop's Fables: The Boy Who Cried Wolf: ...

Elizabeth Adams

A simple retelling of a favourite Aesop fable. Whenever the shepherd boy gets bored, he shouts, 'Wolf!' and everybody runs to help. But, one day, a real wolf comes ...
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of ...

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of ...

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Pollerd, William Willett, and John Monke, touching the speeches of which Nicholas Wolf was accused of having uttered against Her Majesty. Inclosing, 86. I . The information of Edward Wolf of Ashington, in Sussex, against Nicholas Wolf,  ...
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of ...

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of ...

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Pollerd, William Willett, and John Monke, touching the speeches of which Nicholas Wolf was accused of having uttered against Her Majesty. Inclosing, 86. I . The information of Edward Wolf of Ashington, in Sussex, against Nicholas Wolf,  ...
Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

Margery Blair Perkins

Local historian Margery Blair Perkins (1907-1981) provides a detailed narrative charting the growth and development of the North Shore city of Evanston, Illinois, a place boasting a rich and multi-layered history.
At Wolf Ranch: A Montana Men Novel

At Wolf Ranch: A Montana Men Novel

Jennifer Ryan

Ella Wolf rushes to her family's abandoned Montana ranch after her twin sister is murdered. She knows she's next…unless she can uncover a secret hidden somewhere at Wolf Ranch.
Calendar of State Papers: Preserved in the State Paper ...

Calendar of State Papers: Preserved in the State Paper ...

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Pollerd, William Willett, and John Monke, touching the speeches of which Nicholas Wolf was accused of having uttered against Her Majesty. Inclosing, 86. I . The information of Edward Wolf of Ashington, in Sussex, against Nicholas Wolf,  ...
The Boy who Cried Wolf

The Boy who Cried Wolf

Nigel Croser

A boy was looking after the sheep. He cried, “Wolf!” so people in the town ran to help. But is there really a wolf?
IBEW Journal

IBEW Journal

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Jeff Wolf Mourned L.U. 16 (i), EVANSVTLLE, IN— It is with great sorrow that we report the passing of Bro. Jeff Wolf. Bro. Wolf was 42 years old and a 22-year IBEW member. The accident occurred on August 23, when he was working in a low ...
The boy who cried wolf: sincerity

The boy who cried wolf: sincerity

Aesop

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call. Focuses on the meaning of sincerity.

who called from an unknown number?