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Book 01 – The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-6)

Book 1. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Mark Nelson. Playlist for The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo – Books 1-11: www.youtube.com The Hunchback of Notre Dame free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Hunchback of Notre Dame free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com

Hoteloogle.com – Joyfull International Hotel Shanghai

www.Hoteloogle.com – The hotel is perfectly located in the center of Hongkou district, within walking distance to subway station Line 3rd and Line 8th. Hongkou football stadium and shopping areas – North Sichuan Road are also steps away from the hotel. It is a brand-new hotel which is highly recommended for both business and leisure travelers. It is a fashionable 28-storey building. The hotel has two restaurants with different styles. Fuyuan Chinese restaurant offers traditional Chinese cuisine, while Western restaurant offers exquisite buffet breakfast, French, Mediterranean and Asian foods. The hotel owns 166 well-designed rooms with fashion and elegance, including Joy Club suites and non-smoking floor. All rooms are equipped with comfortable and perfect facilities. Both bedrooms and bathrooms are kept in good conditions. The lobby is medium in size and nicely decorated with elegant elements. 2 kms to city centre, 20 kms to the airport (hongqiao (domestic)), 45 kms to the airport (pu dong (international)), 5 km to the nearest station (shanghai railway station).

History of China: The Roots of Madness – CIA Cold War Documentary Film (1967)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org China: The Roots of Madness is a 1967 Cold War era, made-for-TV documentary film produced by David L. Wolper, written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Theodore H. White with production cost funded by a donation from John and Paige Curran. It won an Emmy Award in the documentary category. The film attempts to analyze the Anti-Western sentiment in China from the official American’s perspective, covering 170 years of China’s political history, from Boxer Rebellion of the Qing Dynasty to Red Guards of Cultural Revolution. The film focuses on the power struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, amid heavy political intervention from Moscow, with Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong playing the pivotal role at the center stage. The documentary film was made for television in 1967 — during the Cold War era. It was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Theodore H. White, directed by Mel Stuart, edited by William T. Cartwright and produced by David L. Wolper. Production costs were funded by a donation from John and Paige Curran. The film has been released under Creative Commons license. White’s access to important political figures of the time allowed him to create some rare footage, which included the wedding of Chang Kai-shek and the funeral of Sun Yat-sen. The film won an Emmy Award in the documentary category. As evidenced by his commentary throughout the films, White, Time magazine’s China