Download or read book The Warlord s Puppeteers written by and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While traveling back to their warlord's palace in ancient China, Chuan and the artist to whom he is apprenticed join a troupe of puppeteers and Chuan learns about puppet proportions. Includes instructions for making a simple sock puppet.
Download or read book The Warlord s Messengers written by and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient China, Chuan and Jing Jing invent a cart that sails on land in order to quickly reach the warlord with an important message from the emperor.
Download or read book The Warlord s Kites written by Pilegard, Virginia Walton and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a hostile army attacks the warlord's palace in ancient China, Chuan and his friend, Jing Jing, find an ingenious way to scare them off using simple kites.
Download or read book The Warlord s Puzzle written by Virginia Walton Pilegard and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoping to avoid punishment for breaking a beautiful tile that was his gift to a Chinese warlord, an artist suggests that the warlord hold a contest to see if anyone can mend it.
Download or read book The Warlord s Alarm written by Virginia Walton Pilegard and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While traveling to an important feast in ancient China, Chuan and his friend Jing Jing devise a water "alarm" clock to make sure their party reaches the emperor's palace before rival warlords. Includes a brief history of water clocks and instructions for making one.
Download or read book The Anime Encyclopedia 3rd Revised Edition written by Jonathan Clements and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive—The Anime Encyclopedia is an astonishing piece of work."—Neil Gaiman Over one thousand new entries . . . over four thousand updates . . . over one million words. . . This third edition of the landmark reference work has six additional years of information on Japanese animation, its practitioners and products, plus incisive thematic entries on anime history and culture. With credits, links, cross-references, and content advisories for parents and libraries. Jonathan Clements has been an editor of Manga Max and a contributing editor of Newtype USA. Helen McCarthy was founding editor of Anime UK and editor of Manga Mania.
Download or read book Lost Chance in China written by John Stewart Service and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1974 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Note on sources": p. [xxv]-xxvi.
Download or read book The Warlord s Beads written by Virginia Walton Pilegard and published by Warlord's. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clever young Chuan comes to the rescue of his father and in the process invents the abacus. Illustrations.
Download or read book The Last Archide written by Chad R. Odom and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The warrior breathed in again, letting the bitterly cold air enter and then leave in a slow, controlled mist from his lips. He crouched low to the ground, removing his helmet from under his arm and placing it in the already fallen snow. With a glance over his shoulder, he observed the life that existed only before a battle. Oryan, son of Armay, was always destined for greatness. After spending his childhood as a slave, he finds himself thrust into a life of competitive fighting, where he realizes his potential as an unconquerable competitor. When his exploits in the arena draw the attention of a high-ranking military officer, he is forced to serve the very Empire his father fought against. Played on the strings of cruel puppeteers, he fights for a future on the brink of chaos. Can one man change the world? If a hero falls, can the heart of another bring him back? Can a life lived in darkness and death ultimately end in forgiveness and redemption? The answers to these questions are at the heart and soul of the man called The Last Archide. 'Chad has created a vivid and incredible world with The Last Archide, and has only begun to tell a tale that can easily be described as epic...this masterful tale enthralls readers.' —C. Trebus, Service Coordinator & Technical Writer
Download or read book Using Paired Text to Meet the Common Core written by William Bintz and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning. This practical guide explains how to select and teach a wide range of picture books as paired text--two books related by topic, theme, or genre--in grades K-8. The author provides mini-lessons across the content areas, along with hundreds of recommendations for paired text, each linked to specific Common Core standards for reading literature and informational texts. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible graphic organizers and other useful tools. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
Download or read book The Complete Poppy War Trilogy written by R. F. Kuang and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 2037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Babel, this collection features the novels in her historical military fantasy trilogy—The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God—a complete epic inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. The Poppy War A war orphan, Rin earned her place in Nikan’s most elite military school. There, she discovers her lethal, unearthly power of shamanism—and learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive. When an inevitable conflict arises between longtime enemies the Nikara Empire and the Federation of Mugen, Rin realizes her shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity. . . The Dragon Republic After committing an atrocity in battle, shamanic warrior Rin is consumed with guilt, an opium addiction, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix god. Channeling her anger against the Empress who betrayed Rin’s homeland, she chooses to join forces with the Empress’s enemy, the Dragon Warlord. But as Rin discovers the true natures of the Empress and the Dragon Warlord, the temptation to unleash the Phoenix’s fearsome power grows—and so does her vengeance. . . The Burning God After saving Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress in a brutal civil war, Rin realizes that her homeland’s real power lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation. Vowing to defeat all who threaten the shamanic arts, Rin’s power and influence grows—but so does the Phoenix’s intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it. . . “Mixing historical parallels of Chinese history, the themes of war, politics, and colonialism are balanced with terrific, flawed characters and amazing worldbuilding.”—Library Journal (starred review)
Download or read book The Remnants of War written by John Mueller and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "War... is merely an idea, an institution, like dueling or slavery, that has been grafted onto human existence. It is not a trick of fate, a thunderbolt from hell, a natural calamity, or a desperate plot contrivance dreamed up by some sadistic puppeteer on high. And it seems to me that the institution is in pronounced decline, abandoned as attitudes toward it have changed, roughly following the pattern by which the ancient and formidable institution of slavery became discredited and then mostly obsolete."—from the Introduction War is one of the great themes of human history and now, John Mueller believes, it is clearly declining. Developed nations have generally abandoned it as a way for conducting their relations with other countries, and most current warfare (though not all) is opportunistic predation waged by packs—often remarkably small ones—of criminals and bullies. Thus, argues Mueller, war has been substantially reduced to its remnants—or dregs—and thugs are the residual combatants. Mueller is sensitive to the policy implications of this view. When developed states commit disciplined troops to peacekeeping, the result is usually a rapid cessation of murderous disorder. The Remnants of War thus reinvigorates our sense of the moral responsibility bound up in peacekeeping. In Mueller's view, capable domestic policing and military forces can also be effective in reestablishing civic order, and the building of competent governments is key to eliminating most of what remains of warfare.
Download or read book Children s Book Review Index written by Gary C. Tarbert and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dorama Encyclopedia written by Jonathan Clements and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deeply connected to Japanese anime, manga, music, and film is . . . Japanese TV. This encyclopedic survey of the next cultural tsunami to hit America has over one thousand entries—including production data, synopses, and commentaries—on everything from rubber-monster shows to samurai drama, from crime to horror, unlocking an entire culture’s pop history as never before. Over one hundred fifty of these shows have been broadcast on American TV, and more will follow, perhaps even such oddball fare as a Japanese "The Practice" and "Geisha Detective." Indexed, with resources for fans, couch potatoes, and researchers. Jonathan Clements is contributing editor to Newtype USA Magazine and coauthor of The Anime Encyclopedia. Motoko Tamamuro is an art historian and contributor to Manga Max.
Download or read book The Strongest Man in the World written by Nicolas Debon and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life and accomplishments of Louis Cyr, a weight lifer who astounded audiences throughout North America and Europe with his amazing feats and mammoth proportions.
Download or read book The Emperor s Army written by Virginia Pilegard and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second century, B.C., a scholar and his son are forced to flee the palace of China's first emperor, and while living in exile the boy discovers that a great terra-cotta army is being built.
