Download or read book The Autumn of the Patriarch written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Download or read book Exclusive Babe in the Palace written by Ban Chailingyue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She had been in the palace for a year and hadn't even seen the emperor's face before she mysteriously jumped several levels and became the imperial concubine.After the ceremony, she thought that she would finally be able to experience the pleasures of water and fish, but she didn't think that the one inside the palace wouldn't be the emperor, but the empress.Legend has it that the Empress prefers martial arts, and likes to show off her manhood, giving off an extraordinary heroic air.Under her pressure, she knew that the queen, who was loved by her subjects, was a complete man.The corners of his mouth curled up into an evil smile. "You're the woman that the Emperor specially selected for me.""The Emperor has granted me ten years of life, and I will hold this country for him for ten years."However, when his front legs left, the Emperor forced her onto the dragon bed. "You are my concubine, so you must accept my fortune."
Download or read book Fox Fairy In Palace written by Bai JiuGui and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to repay the debt of gratitude he owed, the Thousand Year Fox Demon possessed the body of the Prime Minister's concubine, Jiang Qisha, who had died in injustice, to avenge her death. Fighting with his stepmother and bullying his direct sister, he could easily become the Crown Prince's concubine. The path to revenge was just around the corner. But what was going on with this man called Meng Hehui? Despite knowing her identity, she was still able to maintain a straight face and go against her at every turn!
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Download or read book The Fall of the Moghul Empire an Historical Essay Being a New Edition of the Moghul Empire from the Death of Aurungzeb with Corrections and Additions a Map Etc written by Henry George Keene and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fall of the Mogul Empire an Historical Essay Being a New Edition of the Mogul Empire from the Death of Aurungzeb with Many Corrections and Additions written by Henry George Keene and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The City Different and the Palace written by Rosemary Nusbaum and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year was 1909, and a youthful Jesse Nusbaum had resigned his teaching position at the Normal School at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and had ridden his “...four-horse-power, twin-cylinder, chain-belt-driven, two-speed Excelsior motorcycle over the rough and rocky Santa Fe Trail route, to enter on July 1 at the Old Palace of the Governors.” He was the first employee of the newly-formed Museum of New Mexico and School of American Archaeology. From that day, Jesse Nusbaum’s life was inextricably bound to Santa Fe: it was he who undertook the remodeling of the Palace of the Governors into a museum; from 1909-1913, it was he who supervised the razing of the old Army barracks at the corner of Palace and Lincoln Avenue I 1916 and also supervised the construction of the Fine Arts Museum on that site; and he was one of the organizers of the Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., and was its first director when the doors opened in 1930. Additionally, Jesse was one of the foremost Southwestern archeologists, and he was a first-rank photographer, as many of the illustrations in this volume (although reproduced here from less than excellent sources) will attest. For all his other accomplishments, however, Jesse Nusbaum is most closely associated with the Palace of the Governors. In this book, dedicated in memory of her husband, Rosemary Nusbaum has delineated the history of the “Old Palace.” Much has been written elsewhere about that historic structure, but only in this volume can the insight and experiences of Jesse Nusbaum be found. ROSEMARY L. NUSBAUM was born in Marquette, Michigan and graduated from the Baraga High School in that city. In 1929, she received the R.N. degree from the University Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and then worked as a Medical Pathologist for the Eight Corps Area of the Army stationed at Bruns General Hospital in Santa Fe in World War II. She studied sculpture with Eugenie Shonnard and ceramics with Warren Gilbertson in Santa Fe. She was also the author of numerous short stories and poems which appeared in many well-known publications. Ernest Thompson Seton said of her: “She possesses the virtue of intelligence.”
Download or read book Spin the Dawn written by Elizabeth Lim and published by Ember. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping fantasy about a teenage girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars. And don’t miss Elizabeth Lim’s new novel, the instant New York Times bestseller, Six Crimson Cranes! “All the cutthroat competition of a runway fashion reality show and the thrilling exploits of an epic quest." —The Washington Post Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia makes the ultimate sacrifice and poses as a boy to take his place. She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she'll take that risk to achieve her dream and save her family from ruin. There's just one catch: Maia is one of twelve tailors in a cutthroat competition for the job. Backstabbing and lies run rampant as the tailors compete in challenges to prove their artistry and skill. Maia's task is further complicated when she draws the attention of the court magician, Edan, whose piercing eyes seem to see straight through her disguise. And nothing could have prepared her for the unthinkable final challenge: to sew three magic gowns for the emperor's reluctant bride-to-be, from the sun, the moon, and the stars. With this impossible task before her, she embarks on a journey to the far reaches of the kingdom, seeking the sun, the moon, and the stars, and finding more than she ever could have imagined. Steeped in Chinese culture, sizzling with forbidden romance, and shimmering with magic, this fantasy novel is not to be missed. "This is a white-knuckle read." —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Tempests and Slaughter
Download or read book Schemes in Royal Palace written by Du ZiQingXian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was ten years old when she followed her sister into the palace. At the age of twenty, she witnessed her sister's tragic death and used the Empress to climb into the dragon bed. He had personally witnessed his sister being buried alive and had used tricks to topple Lin Caixia for her revenge. However, the culprit was someone else. Step by step, he had followed up on a shocking secret that had surfaced ... The Martial Imperial Concubine saw that the Emperor had been rendered speechless by Leng Qingyan's question. Her cold eyes were surging with dark emotions as she said in a weak voice, "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand the imperial concubine. I don't think that it was the imperial concubine who did this." "If she didn't make it, could it be that you poisoned yourself?" — This book is a bit abusive. The female lead is not limited to the palace. [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter]
Download or read book The History of Newmarket written by John Philip Hore and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Demon s Prison written by Gareth Lewis and published by Gareth Lewis. This book was released on 2023-05-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth and Faerie are at war. Kind of. Possibly a cold war, except in the vicinity of Aelik, where it’s often too exciting for comfort. When an increase in odd, and horrific, incidents on Earth suggests the enemy have weaponised stories in their campaign to Make Faerie Fearsome Again, Aelik must navigate the toxic waters of political intrigue in search of a way to end the cold war, and prevent a civil war in Faerie. At least espionage stories limit the casualties. War stories try to drag everyone in. Then it threatens to detour into horror, and in horror, the story always wins. Trapped in everyone else’s stories, Aelik must choose what type of story he wants to be. Ideally, one he can live with. Book 3 of the Border Guards trilogy
Download or read book The Strange History Buckingham Palace written by Patricia Wright and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckingham Palace is one of the most familiar buildings in the world, but who knows the real tales hidden behind its ceremonial gates? Who was the witch that once lived in the royal courtyard? How could courtesans once have plied their trade in front of the present royal windows? How dare a prime minister call the palace a monstrous insult to the nation? This text presents a detailed exploration of the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary people who owned or lived on the land now occupied by the Palace, and of the royal occupants who later inhabited it. The Strange History of Buckingham Palace reveals how Buckingham Palace came to be the place it is today, from the time when it probably formed the escape route from a Roman battle nearly 2000 years ago, to the establishment of the first gentleman's house there in the 17th century, and on into a chequered royal history, which includes an ambitious Saxon queen and James I's plan to found an English silk industry in the Palace gardens.
Download or read book The Palace Complex written by Michal Murawski and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the history and significance of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was “gifted” to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Framing the Palace’s visual, symbolic, and functional prominence in the everyday life of the Polish capital as a sort of obsession, locals joke that their city suffers from a “Palace of Culture complex.” Despite attempts to privatize it, the Palace remains municipally owned, and continues to play host to a variety of public institutions and services. The Parade Square, which surrounds the building, has resisted attempts to convert it into a money-making commercial center. Author Michal Murawski traces the skyscraper’s powerful impact on twenty-first century Warsaw; on its architectural and urban landscape; on its political, ideological, and cultural lives; and on the bodies and minds of its inhabitants. The Palace Complex explores the many factors that allow Warsaw’s Palace to endure as a still-socialist building in a post-socialist city. “The most brilliant book on a building in many years, making a case for Warsaw’s once-loathed Palace of Culture and Science as the most enduring and successful legacy of Polish state socialism.” —Owen Hatherley, The New Statesman’s“Books of the Year” list (UK) “An ambitious anthropological biography of Poland’s tallest and most infamous building, the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. . . . It is a truly fascinating story that challenges a tenacious stereotype, and Murawski tells it brilliantly, judiciously layering literatures from multiple disciplines, his own ethnographic work, and personal anecdotes.” —Patryk Babiracki, H-Net History
Download or read book Gay Emperor Too Prickly written by Xin Yue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emperor was like Long Yang, unapproachable. The preposterous Emperor gave an order, amongst all the imperial concubines in the imperial harem, any prince or teacher would be the empress.But the father of the prince had to be chosen by the emperor. As the saying goes, "fat water cannot fall into the hands of outsiders."The Emperor gave his imperial concubines to his brothers one by one.When the stubborn Imperial Concubine Chen An Bihan heard the imperial edict, she immediately chose to fight him with her life on the line.He never thought that Wan Qiu would actually look the same as the Imperial Concubine Chen. Furthermore, it was the dead of night for her to wear the same clothes in the Imperial Concubine Chen's palace.Unable to endure imperial maiden's begging, Wan Qiu actually agreed to replace the Imperial Concubine Chen.Mother, this emperor is actually as good as Long Yang, all the Goddess in the palace are actually in their proper clothes.But there was no need to give them all away, was there?
Download or read book Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society written by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Korea Branch, Seoul and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalogue of the Landis Library in v. 3, p. [41]-61.
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