Download or read book The Chrysanthemum Palace written by Bruce Wagner and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2006-03-27 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bertie Krohn, only child of Perry Krohn -- creator of TV's longest running space opera, Starwatch: The Navigators -- recounts the story of the last months in the lives of his two friends: Thad Michelet, author, actor, and son of a literary titan; and Clea Freemantle, emotionally fragile daughter of a legendary movie star. Scions of entertainment greatness, they call themselves the Three Musketeers. As the incestuous clique attempts to scale the peaks claimed by their sacred yet monstrous parents during the filming of a Starwatch episode, Bertie scrupulously chronicles their futile struggles against the ravenous, narcissistic, and addicted Hollywood that claims them.
Download or read book The Chrysanthemum Palace written by Bruce Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Book Review has compared Bruce Wagner's prose to 'some unholy combination of Rick Moody, Anthony Lane, and the gossip columnist Richard Johnson.' Now, this quintessential L.A. storyteller spins his most ambitious and moving novel to date: a philosophical, heartbreaking tale of three friends lost in a California dream gone mad. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM PALACE introduces one Bertie Krohn, the only child of Perry Krohn, creator of TV's longest running space opera, Starwatch. Bertie recounts the story of the last months in the lives of his two friends: Thad Michelet, author, actor, and son of a literary titan; and Clea Freemantle, emotionally fragile daughter of a legendary film star. Scions of entertainment greatness, they call themselves the Three Musketeers. As they attempt to scale the peaks claimed by their sacred yet monstrous parents, Bertie chronicles their peculiar predicaments - as well as their futile struggle against the ravenous, narcissistic and addicted Hollywood that claims them. Convulsive and poignant, THE CHRYSANTHEMUM PALACE is a tragic tale of friendship and fate writ large - a tour de force by a brilliant writer whose storytelling delivers devastating emotional impact.
Download or read book Chrysanthemum Palace written by Morgana Sinclayr and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After receiving a mysterious letter signed by an unlikely figure from her past, California teen Eleanor Aurora is shocked to discover she's a princess! Her life is about to change forever as she prepares to move to the Kingdom of Narea in the Far East. Equipped with only the guidance of a family friend and a renowned etiquette coach, the high school senior is abruptly thrust into the fascinating yet strict world of Narean high society. There, she must navigate the struggles of fitting in where she's not welcome-in a new country, a new school, and a new family. As Eleanor journeys toward the Chrysanthemum Throne, she'll experience drama, culture shock, betrayal, and heartbreak. Unlike the childhood fairytales she was raised on, the road to happily ever after has more twists and turns than she could have ever imagined. Chrysanthemum Palace is the first book of the Princess Eleanor Chronicles series by Morgana Sinclayr. Perfect for fans of The Princess Diaries and the Selection series, this coming-of-age tale filled with drama will compel readers to follow Eleanor's journey of fulfilling her true purpose in life.
Download or read book The Chrysanthemum Throne written by Peter Martin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first general study of the Japanese imperial institution throughout its history, Peter Martin brings together inaccessible material, much of it available only in Japanese. He surveys the history and political and religious status of the monarchy of Japan from its mythological origins to our own times.
Download or read book The Chrysanthemum Trilogy written by Marshall E Gass and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Manners is magnetised by the power, wealth and wisdom can bring. A descendant of poor immigrants, he works hard to build an empire that spans twenty countries. Power corrupts him with infidelity, arrogance, greed, and recklessness. Angelique, his wife, conquers loneliness and frustration with illicit affairs and an illegitimate child. Their only son, Mikhail, inherits paranoia and suspicion and is intent on erasing his father's fortitude and resilience with his own brand of impotent management. the conflict that follows disintegrates the family in different directions and brings the company Chrysanthemum Coronet Inc., the company his father founded into disrepute. Who emerges from an unexpected quarter to take over the Company? Read the gripping story of wasted fortunes and follow Carol Markham as she discovers how the mantle of maturity finally comes to rest on her shoulders. Every page promises to keep you on this journey, right down to the last page. the Chrysanthemum Trilogy: Transition is the first part of a race from construction to destruction to reconstruction. from tragedy comes triumph. or does it?
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Download or read book Princess Masako written by Ben Hills and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of Princess Masako and the Chrysanthemum Throne draws on research in Tokyo and rural Japan, at Oxford and Harvard, and from more than sixty interviews with Japanese, American, British, and Australian sources-many of whom have never spoken publicly before-shedding light on the royal family's darkest secrets, secrets that can never be openly discussed in Japan because of the reverence in which the emperor and his family are held. But most of all, this is a story about a love affair that went tragically wrong. The paperback edition will contain a new afterword by the author, discussing the impact this book had in Japan, where it was banned.
Download or read book Red Chrysanthemum written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Joh Rowland draws on the tradition of the classic film Rashomon to bring us a masterful tale of intrigue and treachery, in Red Chrysanthemum. July 1698. Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to become the shogun's second-in-command, is investigating rumors of a plot to overthrow the ruling regime. When the investigation brings Sano's deputy Hirata to Lord Mori's estate, he is shocked to find Lord Mori murdered and grotesquely mutilated in his own bed, and Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him. The only solid clue is a chrysanthemum soaked in blood. Reiko's account of her actions is anything but solid. She insists that she went undercover to Lord Mori's estate in order to investigate claims that he molested and murdered young boys. But when Sano inspects the crime scene, he finds no trace of what Reiko described. And every other witness tells a different story: Lady Mori alleges that Reiko was Lord Mori's scorned mistress and murdered him for revenge. And Lord Mori himself, speaking through a medium, claims his murder was part of Sano's plot to overthrow the shogun! Unless Sano can prove his wife's unlikely claims, both he and Reiko—and their unborn child—face execution for treason. Sano fights desperately to save his family and his honor.
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Download or read book Emperor s Sweetheart written by Di Meiliuguang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pitiful girl had transmigrated to become a commoner without a backer or power. Her fate allowed her to meet someone who was in love with her, but a powerful monarch had appeared in the middle of her path. He had tyrannically taken her into the palace, making her the king's favorite pet.
Download or read book Still Holding written by Bruce Wagner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there's an even darker side to Hollywood than the one America is familiar with, Bruce Wagner has found it. A twenty-first-century Nathanael West, he has been hailed for his powerful prose, his Swiftian satire, and the scalpel-sharp wit that has, in each of his novels, dissected and sometimes disemboweled Hollywood excess. Now, in his most ambitious book to date, Still Holding, the third in the Cellular Trilogy that began with I'm Losing You and I'll Let You Go, Wagner immerses readers in post-September 11 Hollywood, revealing as much rabid ambition, rampant narcissism, and unchecked mental illness as ever. It is a scabrous, epiphanic, sometimes horrifying portrait of an entangled community of legitimate stars, delusional wanna-bes, and psychosociopaths. Wagner infiltrates the gilded life of a superstar actor/sex symbol/practicing Buddhist, the compromised world of a young actress whose big break comes when she's hired to play a corpse on Six Feet Under, and the strange parallel universe of look-alikes -- an entire industry in which struggling actors are hired out for parties and conventions to play their famous counterparts. Alternately hilarious and heartfelt, ferocious and empathetic, Still Holding is Bruce Wagner's most expertly calibrated work.
Download or read book Princess Masako written by Ben Hills and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of Princess Masako, the Harvard- and Oxford-educated woman who sacrificed her career as a diplomat to marry Crown Prince Naruhito, offers a look into the mysterious world of Japan's imperial family.
Download or read book Travel Guide of Anhui China written by Ni Hao and published by DeepLogic. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the volume of Anhui among a series of travel guides ("Travelling in China"). Its content is detailed and vivid.
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