Download or read book The Dragon s Underbelly written by Nhu Truong and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows why Vietnam has not become the dragon it is often touted to be. The team of authors include both long-time observers and junior scholars who present cutting-edge research on the latest trends as well as major challenges facing the country’s economy and political system. As Vietnam seeks to escape from poverty and the legacies of mistaken socialist policies, its economy has become fully integrated into the global economy. Yet, without an effective and far-sighted leadership, it is still occupying a low position in the global value chains and becoming increasingly dependent on China. Politically, after three decades of reform, the Vietnamese Communist Party’s grip on power has well adapted to the market economy, but is confronting deep vulnerabilities as observed in its eroding ability to control workers, the media, public universities, and state-owned enterprises. The book also includes a section that applies formal and statistical methods to compare Vietnam with China in two critical areas of political accountability and anti-corruption policy.
Download or read book The Dragons of Noor written by Janet Lee Carey and published by Egmontusa. This book was released on 2010 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven hundred years after the days of the dragon wars, magic again is stirring and three teenagers join forces to help bind the broken kingdoms of Noor and Otherworld.
Download or read book The Dragon Spheree written by Abel Gallardo and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At fifteen, Landon Brown learns he's a dragonoid, half-human and half-dragon. He's sent to learn about his dragon heritage and his abilities that will prepare him to uncover the secrets of the Dragon Sphere. Overwhelmed by his new-found powers, Landon unexpectedly unleashes massive devastation during a fight against a powerful dragon. Things don't get much better for Landon as he accidentally releases the power within the Dragon Sphere, which puts the whole world in peril. Landon, must now rely on his dragon inherited instincts for survival and hope to make right all of his wrongs any way that he can, even if that means challenging the demons, dragonoids, and powerful dragons that are in his way.
Download or read book Eleanor the Dragons of Death written by Adnam Arekab and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun, humour, battles, sentient dragons, betrayal, heroism, a little romance, more dragons - what more could you ask for? Eleanor is a serious, intelligent teenager with a slightly bonkers mother. She is also a Time Strider and a Dragon Slayer. When the time tracks align, Catherine - the Time Interpreter shows Eleanor the route to her destiny where she must leave childhood and comforts behind and fight for the survival of strangers who exist in a time loop. The Man Betrayer has taught the higher dragons to speak. No longer individual menaces, the creatures communicate, plot and join with more sadistic allies. When the she-devil - Maligna Satana, teams up with Brute Festeral - giant bull dragon and Doom Bringer of the Cold Lands, it seems that the Dragon Slayers who have so far protected Moreth will be defeated. Eleanor has unreliable help from the mathmagicians - otherwise known as Enquates - creatures who exist in each other's mind spaces. In the course of her heroic adventure, Eleanor finds a clue to her own identity, past and future.
Download or read book Giants Monsters and Dragons written by Carol Rose and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-12-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe the imaginary creatures found in legends, religions, folklore, oral history, and theologies around the world.
Download or read book Dragons written by Kris Hirschmann and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huge lizard--like creatures that fly and breathe fire--dragons have terrified and fascinated people for centuries. Stories of dragons have been told in almost every culture around the world. From ancient myths to modern films, no real or imaginary animal has sparked the human imagination as much as the dragon.
Download or read book The Dragons of Darmoore written by Michaela Foley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred years ago, the war began. The war that drove dragon kind from the surface of Darmoore. It is now up to three young dragons, hatched and raised in the caves, to save their hidden kingdom from discovery. Their task is simple, but when a mysterious prophecy emerges, alongside a ruby-eyed dragon with devious intent, things get complicated, and the dragonets question everything they thought they knew...
Download or read book City of Thieves Battle Dragons 1 written by Alex London and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. Once, dragons nearly drove themselves to extinction. But in the city of Drakopolis, humans domesticated them centuries ago. Now dragons haul the city’s cargo, taxi its bustling people between skyscrapers, and advertise its wares in bright, neon displays. Most famously of all, the dragons battle. Different breeds take to the skies in nighttime bouts between the infamous kins—criminal gangs who rule through violence and intimidation. Abel has always loved dragons, but after a disastrous showing in his dragon rider’s exam, he's destined never to fly one himself. All that changes the night his sister appears at his window, entrusting him with a secret...and a stolen dragon. Turns out, his big sister is a dragon thief! Too bad his older brother is a rising star in Drakopolis law enforcement... To protect his friends and his family, Abel must partner with the stolen beast, riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales. When everyone wants him fighting on their side, can Abel figure out what’s worth fighting for?
Download or read book City of Secrets Battle Dragons 3 written by Alex London and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart. Banished from Drakopolis to the desolate frontier town of Glassblower’s Gulch, Abel and his family must face a harsh new reality: life without dragons. Far from the lights and lizards of the megacity, Abel's new home effectively bans the great beasts. Anyone caught smuggling dragons is hauled away by the ruthless sheriff and her fearsome deputies. They have the only dragons in town, and they run the dreaded dragon rodeo, which pits those who fall afoul of the sheriff’s “justice” against a wild dragon in a competition for their freedom. It's dragon versus human and only one can win. Cut off from his friends and desperate to keep his fractious family together, Abel is determined not to break a single rule, even though the sheriff has it out for him. He's going to be a model citizen. Then he discovers the baby wyvern. It’s a tiny, defenseless thing—and it definitely won’t survive without his help. Abel has made it his mission to aid any dragon that needs him. But what is he willing to risk for a baby wyvern in a town without mercy?
Download or read book The Dragons of the Mist written by Stephanie Flint and published by Infinitas Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped in a hidden realm of dragons... Zynia would do anything for her god, a patron of travel. But she never expected his latest request would bring her to the lost home of the dragons— Real dragons. The kind who breathe fire and mist, have wings, and can shapeshift into human form at will. When she gets tossed into their realm by a dragon intent on diversifying his daughter’s clan, at least she knows her missing traveler is somewhere in the mists and the rolling moors. But even if she finds the traveler, can she reason with the dragons to let them return? Explore the rolling mists of the Immortal Realm... Read The Dragons of the Mist today! ~ Each of these Legends of Cirena stories can be read stand-alone: ~ * The Wind Mage of Maijev (Livena) * The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear (Nuaka) * The Restless Sands of Neel (Ro'nor) * The Cursed Halls of Kalecen (Hahven) * The Scars of Her Past (Alia) * The Dragons of the Mist (Zynia) ~ Crossovers (It will help to have read the previous stories involving the featured characters): ~ * The Wind Mage and the Wolf - Features Livena (The Wind Mage of Maijev) and Nuaka (The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear) * The Trial of Bells and Blood - Features Hahven (The Cursed Halls of Kalecen) and Alia (The Scars of Her Past) KEYWORDS: fantasy, epic fantasy, fantasy novella, mages, magical quest, magical journey, fantasy mage adventure, gods and goddesses, pantheon, fantasy deities, mission, journey, unknown magic, dragons, mythical creatures, mystical creatures, mage life, fantasy adventure, dragon legends, dragon shapeshifters, portal mage, priestess, fantasy pantheon, deity devotion, fantasy monsters, unknown magic
Download or read book J R R Tolkien Encyclopedia written by Michael D. C. Drout and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field. Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J.R.R. Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Tolkien's fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements - including his translations of medieval texts - teaching posts, linguistic works, and the languages he created. The 550 alphabetically arranged entries fall within the following categories of topics: adaptations art and illustrations characters in Tolkien's work critical history and scholarship influence of Tolkien languages biography literary sources literature creatures and peoples of Middle-earth objects in Tolkien's work places in Tolkien's work reception of Tolkien medieval scholars scholarship by Tolkien medieval literature stylistic elements themes in Tolkien's works theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers Tolkien's contemporary history and culture works of literature
Download or read book Flight of the Dragon Kyn written by Susan Fletcher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Kara is summoned by King Orrik, who believes she has the power to call down the dragons that have been plundering his realm, and she is caught up in the fierce rivalry between Orrik and his jealous brother Rog.
Download or read book Dragons Don t Cry written by Tamera Zerby and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragons Don’t Cry By: Tamera Zerby Kiearah, the last changeling, lived in an isolated village in Dracasos. She had never seen a dragon until the night her parents were murdered on the orders of Dreven. Dreven learned how to harness the mystical tear of the dragon to enslave many and wreak havoc throughout the land. Now, Kiearah must trust a dragon to help her to retrieve the tear, defeat Dreven, and free the land from his tyrannical rule. But how can one small woman fight an enemy so strong all the forces of Dracasos could not defeat him? As she journeys to the dragons' lair, she finds friends to help her along the way, but it is up to her to fulfill an old prophecy and free Dracasos from Dreven’s evil reign.
Download or read book Second World written by Eddy Shah and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lured from his birthday celebrations by a Marilyn Monroe avatar, the US president finds himself abducted into cyberspace by a mysterious presence called ‘The Voice’. With only twenty-four hours before it will become impossible to return his consciousness to his body, the secret services are thrown into panic. The one called in to solve the mystery of his disappearance is Conor Smith, a disillusioned GameMaster, who enlists the help of Andi and Tebor, two young people who are permanently ‘missing in the Web’. Soon they are investigating every corner of the overcrowded area of WebWorld known as the Brick. Meanwhile a couple of mysterious murders escalates the tension, both in VR and Reality, and paranoia reigns as the hero gradually tracks down the mysterious forces that always seem a couple of steps ahead.
Download or read book Twilight of the Dragons written by Andy Remic and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a recent dwarf civil-war deep under the Karamakkos Mountains, the magick-enslaved dragonlords have broken free from centuries of imprisonment and slaughtered tens of thousands throughout the Five Havens before exploding from the mountain and heading in fire and vengeance for the lands of Vagandrak. Two once-noble war heroes of Vagandrak – Dakeroth and his wife Jonti Tal, an archer and scholar, the Axeman, the White Witch and a Kaalesh combat expert find themselves in a unique position: for they have discovered the ancient dragon city of Wyrmblood, and a thousand unhatched dragon eggs. Dakeroth and his companions must work with their enemies, Skalg and the Church of Hate, in order to bring down the dragonlords and save the world of men and dwarves. But there is no bartering with these ancient dragons; for they seek to hatch their eggs and rebuild the cruel Wyrmblood Empire of legend. File Under: Fantasy [ Hatchlings and Hatchets | Chop-chop! | Give Love a Chance | Dragons vs Wolves ]
Download or read book Dragons Lore written by Patty Jansen and published by Patty Jansen. This book was released on with total page 2182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of nine novels featuring dragons. The Bastard Prince - Patty Jansen The Black Egg - James E. Wisher Dragon Storm - Lindsay Buroker Embellish - Demelza Carlton The Blue Dragon - Salvador Mercer Dragon’s Future - Kandi J. Wyatt Blood of Requiem - Daniel Arenson Dragonia: Rise of the Wyverns - Craig A. Price Jr. Shatterwing - Donna Maree Hanson
Download or read book DRAGONSTOEN written by Phillip J. Boucher and published by Phillip J. Boucher. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In the land of Husanta, there are kings, and there are villains. There are friends, and there are foes. There are Dragos, and there are Majji. There are dragons, and there are girls. And for one young Dragontend, an attack on the castle and the accidental journey on a fleeing dragon will propel him on a reluctant search for the missing symbol of rightful royal rule. Then, there will be a hero.” An attack on the castle by renegade Majji led by the king’s evil brother-in-law, and an accidental journey on a fleeing dragon, propels young Dragontend Addler Berrington on a reluctant search for the Dragonstoen, the missing symbol of rightful royal rule. Torn between his love for the king’s granddaughter Alnya, and his lust for Genelie Coverton, daughter of the king’s brother-in-law, he is lured into accompanying Genelie on her obsessive search for the Dragonstoen amulet. But when Alnya, searching for the missing Addler and Nesra the dragon, finally meets up with them, she is forced to fight Genelie. Who will win Addler's heart and will the Dragonstoen amulet ever be found?
