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Michael Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who makes himself up as a woman to get a job. When his girlfriend, Sandy, fails an audition for a soap opera, Michael dresses up as "Dorothy Michaels" and lands the part. All goes well until "Dorothy" falls in love with beautiful co-star, Julie, and Julie's father, Les, falls for "Dorothy."

Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the "real" America. And find it.

Tells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods.

Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.

Research on Chinese ceramics has progressed steadily in the twentieth century. There has been constant international interest in the subject, intensified by excavations in China since the 1950s. This book is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the history of Chinese ceramics from prehistory through the eighteenth century. That there are some differences between East and West in scholarly approach and methodology cannot be denied. This...

Historically, the traditional extended family has been China's built-in social security system. Today, under the pressures of family size limits, rapid urbanization, and Western cultural influences, China's social stability is being stressed to the breaking point. This program captures a transitional phase of Chinese history in which many parents are struggling to instill Confucian values and their own received wisdom about life into their children...

This book explores the history of the English language in China from the arrival of the first English-speaking traders in the early seventeenth century to the present. Kingsley Bolton brings together and examines a substantial body of historical, linguistic, and sociolinguistic research on the description and analysis of English in Hong Kong and China. He uses early word-lists, satirical cartoons and data from journals and memoirs, as well as more...

"Entire text of the Analects of Confucius in large, readable characters, and beneath this Legge's full translation, which has been accepted and the definitive, standard English version." --Publisher's description.

Drawing upon 12 short works that are essential to literary culture throughout the Chinese-speaking world and through carefully developed discussion topics, exercises, and special sections on writing-related topics, the author invites students to be thoughtful and creative in responding to the readings, and challenges them to use the readings as models to improve their own composition skills. For self-study and developing reading, writing, and vocabulary...