Download or read book Kung Fu written by Jim Ollhoff and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores kung fu, weaving together history, culture, geography and politics.
Download or read book Kung Fu Cult Masters written by Leon Hunt and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese Martial Arts films have captured audiences' imaginations around the world. In this wide-ranging study, Hunt looks at the mythic allure of the Shaolin Temple, the 'Clones' of Bruce Lee, gender-bending swordswomen, and the knockabout comedy of Sammo Hung, bringing new insights to a hugely popular and yet critically neglected genre. 12 photos.
Download or read book Du Fu s Laments from the South written by David McCraw and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1992-11-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "McCraw enables the reader of English to approximate the experience of encountering the peerless lyricist's poems in Chinese." --Sino-Platonic Papers "This is a remarkable labor of love from an enthusiastic admirer of Du Fu, and should be recommended to all lovers of Chinese poetry." --China Review International, Spring 1996
Download or read book A Kung Fu Master s Journey written by Allen Chinn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing 45 years of martial arts experience and the influences that helped shape him, Kung-Fu Grandmaster Allen J. Chinn tells his story. In a time when little was known about the secret art of Kung-Fu, an eight year old searched to find life's lessons in the Chinese martial arts. This book gives insight into his experiences as a martial artist, but also describes what it was like growing up as an Asian American in South Seattle's Beacon Hill. His life experiences and personal thoughts provide the reader an understanding of what makes a 21st century Kung-Fu Grandmaster. Finally, this book demonstrates that if you desire something enough, you can achieve it. The seemingly impossible can become possible.
Download or read book Mi Fu written by Peter Charles Sturman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mi Fu was a prominent calligrapher in 11th-century China. This analysis of his work considers content and style, and examines his calligraphy within the framework of the artist's life, the Northern Song culture in which he lived and the literati theory of art he helped to formulate.
Download or read book Fu Manchu s Bride written by Sax Rohmer and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange epidemic is sweeping the Riviera. In desperation the French authorities call upon Dr Petrie to find an answer. During this crisis, a mysterious siren on the beach captivates Alan Sterling. She tells him her name only—Fleurette—and flees. When Petrie’s lab cultures show up sleeping sickness and plague, they call in Sir Denis Nayland Smith. It is not long before their investigations lead them to Fleurette—and to Dr Fu Manchu...
Download or read book Master Of Kung Fu Epic Collection written by Doug Moench and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Master of Kung Fu (1974) #29-53 and Annual #1. MASTER OF KUNG FU easily ranks as one of the most iconic series in Marvel history. Doug Moench and Paul Gulacys blend of kung fu action and globetrotting espionage reached beyond the already high standard for the title and pushed it to new horizons of action and adventure! Experience the thriller Crystal Connection; the debuts of the whip-cracking Pavane, the savage Razor-Fist and the lovely Leiko Wu; the showdown on Mordillos Island; the cinematic Hong Kong fight against the Cat; the tense intrigue of Oriental Expediters; the mystery of MI-6s mole; and the sweeping scale of The Return of Fu Manchu! Each adventure will have you on the edge of your seat, so dont hold back! Enter the world of Shang-Chi!
Download or read book Kung Fu written by Henry Wouk and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will explore the history and culture behind various martial arts. Each book covers the basic terminology and distinctive moves associated with each sport, while stressing safety and responsibility.
Download or read book Fu Xi Code written by Lagerstroemia Min Huang and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fu Xi is the most important figure in Chinese culture, who lived six thousand years ago and invented the mysterious wordless book Fu Xi Code. Fu Xi Code actually passed two fundamental concepts, yin and yang, from nature God to human beings. In parallel, nature God also passed new knowledge to prophets in the West to promote Western civilization during the same time period. It is fair to say that Fu Xi represents a pair of philosophical concepts of yin and yang of Chinese culture. Fu Xi represents yin-and-yang philosophy. Fu Xi has established yin-and-yang philosophy as the foundation of Chinese culture. Fu Xi is well deserved as the founder of Chinese culture. Although a human's life may be unsatisfactory with a lot of sufferings and hardships, every human deserves a bosom friend of nature God. Where there is life, there is hope. The universe generates itself in a closed circle fashion following the laws of nature God. The earth generates itself in a tunnel spiral fashion with and without breaks. Human beings generate themselves in a straight-line fashion, going back and forth. Universe, earth, and human are all share destiny with nature. Fu Xi 64 Hexagrams Circle Square Chart will guide mankind following the laws of nature God.
Download or read book The Fu Manchu Series Volume One written by Sax Rohmer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventure-filled novels that introduced the world to the classic supervillain and his criminal organization. The most brilliant criminal the world has ever seen, Fu-Manchu is an expert polyglot and master chemist, adept in the manipulation of the rarest and deadliest poisons. An agent of a secret society bent on controlling the world, his mere gaze is enough to dull the sharpest minds of Great Britain. It is up to police commissioner Nayland Smith and his loyal friend Dr. Petrie to track the devil doctor from the opium dens of the East End to the deserts of Egypt and put an end to his fiendish plans . . . This series, originally written nearly a century ago, has become not only a pop-culture phenomenon—with the character Fu-Manchu appearing in films, on television, on the radio, and in comics—but also the subject of controversies and conversations about attitudes toward Asians at the time, as well as the historical relationship between East and West. This volume includes the first three novels in this wild adventure series: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu, and The Hand of Fu-Manchu.
Download or read book God s Double Agent written by Bob Fu and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tens of millions of Christians live in China today, many of them leading double lives or in hiding from a government that relentlessly persecutes them. Bob Fu, whom the Wall Street Journal called "The pastor of China's underground railroad," is fighting to protect his fellow believers from persecution, imprisonment, and even death. God's Double Agent is his fascinating and riveting story. Bob Fu is indeed God's double agent. By day Fu worked as a full-time lecturer in a communist school; by night he pastored a house church and led an underground Bible school. This can't-put-it-down book chronicles Fu's conversion to Christianity, his arrest and imprisonment for starting an illegal house church, his harrowing escape, and his subsequent rise to prominence in the United States as an advocate for his brethren. God's Double Agent will inspire readers even as it challenges them to boldly proclaim and live out their faith in a world that is at times indifferent, and at other times murderously hostile, to those who spread the gospel.
Download or read book Young Master Fu s Unexpected Cute Wife written by Gu ZiYu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was forced to help her sister get married for a conspiracy. The groom was the Fu family's third young master from the top wealthy family. It was rumored that Third Young Master Fu was frail and sickly, with an ugly face. However, who was this infuriatingly handsome man with a physique comparable to a male model? A subordinate reported, "Young Master Fu, Madam has been set up by the investors." Young Master Fu said, "Chase after the money and return!" The subordinate then reported, "Young Master Fu, the netizens are gathering together a lady and a man...
Download or read book Tu Fu Remembered written by Jean Elizabeth, Poet Laureate Ward and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Du Fu: Remembered, is illustrated, with both Chinese and English translations, and poetry inspired by and given homage to by American, Poet Laureate, Jean Elizabeth Ward, who has not attempted to be perfectly concise, or figure out what Du Fu is saying. She writes whatever comes into her mind when she read Du Fu's poetry. For the reader who is searching for something different...you will find it a joy to delight your soul, no matter your nationality; alphabetized for an easy read. Not a Translation Manual.
Download or read book Fu Manchu The Hand of Fu Manchu written by Sax Rohmer and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Fu-Manchu is back once again! His very existence seemingly proves him immune from natural laws, a deathless incarnation of evil! Brand new editions of the world-famous novels featuring one of the most iconic characters of the 20th Century, standing alongside Sherlock Holmes and James Bond. And this time the Devil Doctor is not alone. Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associates learn of a deadly organization that stalks the shadows. Their goal is to undermine the balance of global power, and they allow no one to stand in their way. They are the terrorist assassins known as the Si-Fan. "The hand that held my arm was bony and clawish; I could detect the presence of incredibly long finger nails--nails long as those of some buried vampire of the black ages! Choking down a cry of horror, I opened my eyes... and looked into the face of my guide. It was Dr. Fu-Manchu!"
Download or read book Young Master Fu s Hot Wife written by Xiao XiaoCha and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the banquet site, Shen Zhiwei was tricked by her elder sister. She had no choice but to tug on Fu Sinian's sleeve and beg in a low voice, "Help me, if you want ..." "I don't lack anything, just a wife!" In front of everyone, he wrapped his arms around her waist and deliberately blew hot air into her cochlea. What happened to not being close to a woman? You liar!
Download or read book The Remarkable Adventure of Princess Fu Xiao written by Ronald Combs and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fu Xiao was adopted from China as a baby. One afternoon, on a trip to the zoo, she is confronted by a stranger who tells her that he is her older brother. He explains that she is actually a princess in a mysterious kingdom called Le Yuan and that she has a twin sister. The kingdom is in terrible trouble, and only she can save it. She agrees to try, and this results in a wild ride to China on the back of a dragon and a series of thrilling confrontations with an evil witch and a scheming courtier. To save the kingdom, she must free her sister and overcome the magical powers of the witch. The result is a delightful adventure that will keep you turning pages until the very end.
Download or read book Fu Manchu The Return of Dr Fu Manchu written by Sax Rohmer and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1913—the era of Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, and the Invisible Man. A time of shadows, secret societies, and dens filled with opium addicts. Into this world comes the most fantastic emissary of evil society has ever known... Dr. Fu-Manchu. The insidious doctor returns to Great Britain with his league of assassins, the dreaded Si-Fan. He seeks to subvert the realm at the highest levels, but Fu-Manchu has his own secrets—which he will protect by any means.
