Download or read book 9Tail Fox written by Jon Courtenay Grimwood and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noir melding of ancient Chinese folklore, organised crime and cutting edge medical technology. A policeman is murdered in San Francisco. And spends the rest of the novel hunting down the man who did it. And trying to get the answer to some terrifying questions. Why is he in another man's body? Why is someone trying to kill him. Again. And why is he being haunted by a nine tailed Albino fox? From the shell-shattered streets of Stalingrad in 1942 to the back allys of San Francisco's chinatown, evocative of place, crystal clear in its depiction of character this is literary fantastic fiction at its most compelling from one of the most exciting writers working today.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction written by Barry Forshaw and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-16 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction takes the reader on a guided tour of the mean streets and blind corners that make up the world’s most popular literary genre. The insider’s book recommends over 200 classic crime novels from masterminds Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith to modern hotshots James Elroy and Patricia Cornwall. You’ll investigate gumshoes, spies, spooks, serial killers, forensic females, prying priests and patsies from the past, present, and future. Complete with extra information on what to read next, all movie adaptions, and illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams ...all the evidence that counts

Download or read book The Nine Tail Fox Crossing the World written by Hai Fan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the otaku, became a nine-tailed fox

Download or read book Stamping Butterflies written by Jon Courtenay Grimwood and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mystery, a thriller, and a cutting-edge sci-fi adventure all in one, Stamping Butterflies bends time, genre, and consciousness itself to tell the spellbinding story of two worlds, three lives, one future–and the question upon which everything depends: who is dreaming whom. . . . From Marrakech to China’s Forbidden City, from a doomed starship carrying a cryogenically preserved crew to an island prison camp, the fate of the world is being played out in the minds of two dreamers. One, a would-be assassin obsessed with enigmatic equations, has set out to kill the U.S. President. The other is a young Chinese emperor ruling thousands of years in the future. Each believes he is dreaming the other. One must change the future; one must change the past. And time is running out for both. Caught in the maelstrom is a motley cast of characters, each an unwitting key to the ultimate fate of both worlds: Moz, a resourceful young Marrakech street punk, and his half-German girlfriend, Malika; Jake Razor, a self-exiled rock star; and psychiatrist Katie Petrov, who finds herself racing against a looming death sentence to pry free the secret of her condemned patient–a secret with the power to restore hope to the future...or stamp it out forever.

Download or read book The Fallen Blade written by Jon Courtenay Grimwood and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the depths of night, customs officers board a galley in a harbor and overpower its guards. In the hold they find oil and silver, and a naked boy chained to the bulkhead. Stunningly beautiful but half-starved, the boy has no name. The officers break the boy's chains to rescue him, but he escapes. Venice is at the height of its power. Duke Marco commands the seas, taxes his colonies, and, like every duke before him, fears assassins better than his own. In a side chapel, Marco's thirteen-year old cousin prays for deliverance from her forced marriage. It is her bad fortune to be there when Moorish pirates break in to steal a chalice, but it is the Moors' good fortune -- they kidnap her and demand ransom from the Duke. As day dawns, Atilo, the Duke's chief assassin, prepares to kill the man who let in the pirates. Having cut the traitor's throat, he turns back, having heard a noise, and finds a stranger crouched over the dying man, drinking blood from the wound. The speed with which the boy dodges a dagger and scales a pillar stuns Atilo. And the assassin knows he has to find the boy. Not to kill him though -- because he's finally found what he thought he would never find. Someone fit to be his apprentice.

Download or read book The Outcast Blade written by Jon Courtenay Grimwood and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Byzantine and German emperors plot war against each other, Venice's future rests in the hands of three unwilling individuals: The newly knighted Sir Tycho. He defeated the Mamluk navy but he cannot make the woman he loves love him back. Tortured by secrets, afraid of the daylight, he sees no reason to save a city he hates. The grieving Lady Giulietta. Virgin. Mother. Widow. All she wants is to retire from the poisonous world of the Venetian court to mourn her husband in peace. But her duty is to Venice: both emperors want her hand in marriage and an alliance with Europe's richest city. She must choose, knowing that whichever suitor she rejects will become Venice's bitterest enemy. Lastly, a naked, mud-strewn girl who crawls from a paupers' grave on an island in the Venetian lagoon and begins by killing the men who buried her. Between them, they will set the course of history.

Download or read book Worlds So Strange and Diverse written by Grzegorz Trębicki and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents an analysis of contemporary fantasy (non-mimetic) literature in all its richness and diversity, and offers a preliminary definition of the major fields of taxonomical interest, in addition to marking some of the unmapped territories of “fantastic” fiction. In its first part, the book presents an overview of all major previous theoretical discussions of the issue, particularly those by Tzvetan Todorov, Rosemary Jackson, Darko Suvin, Brian Attebery, Marek Oziewicz and Farah Mendlesohn. The second part of the book provides an interesting comprehensive taxonomy of its own, based on the notion of supragenological types of literature, first introduced by Andrzej Zgorzelski.

Download or read book Nine Tail Fox written by Camille Picott and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fifth-grade Emma Chan-McDougal is ridiculed by her classmates for being part Chinese, she's devastated. To ease Emma's wounded self-esteem, her aunt, a Chinese immigrant, spins the mythical tale of a brave little Nine-Tail Fox named Ainu who lives in San Francisco.In a parallel animal world that comes to life when humans slumber, Ainu Nine-Tail and her mother face off against Chih Yu, an ancient demon who feeds on hatred. As the last of their clan, the Nine-Tails are honor-bound by a family oath to defend the Chinese animals from the demon. When Chih Yu kills her mother and leads an angry mob against Chinatown, Ainu is left to complete the task alone. Raw with grief and only partially trained for battle, Ainu must reach deep inside herself to find the wisdom and courage to save her people. Will the journey of Ainu Nine-Tail help Emma find the strength to confront the school bullies and win back her confidence?In this modern Chinese fable, Chinese-American author Camille Picott draws on her heritage to weave a story of courage, truth, and adventure.

Download or read book The Nine Tailed Fox written by Martin Limón and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three American GIs have gone missing in different South Korean cities. Sergeants George Sueno and Ernie Bascom, agents for the Army CID, link the disappearances to a woman locally rumoured to be a gumiho, a legendary nine-thousand-tailed fox disguised as a woman. George suspects that the woman is no mythical creature, but a wealthy kidnapper who's good at covering her tracks. Scrambling to stay one step ahead of a psychotic mastermind, George realises he will have to risk his life to discover the whereabouts of his fellow countrymen.

Download or read book Roaring Fierce Soldier written by Xiao Feng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the instructor of a mysterious troop and the number one soldier that all forces feared when he returned to the city and the dragons entered the sea he was also a prodigal who had fallen into the trap of millions of young ladies.

Download or read book Sideways In Crime written by Lou Anders and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features a range of alternative history crime stories, from Jacobean power-plays to far future empires, this new anthology expolores the darker side of the genre.

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Download or read book Ice Emperor s Back to School Next Book written by Three minutes Heat and published by Project Blue, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 949 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family's scum, the city's shame, the typical waste material. Whether it is the pride of outstanding achievements, or muddling through the fop, all look down on him, he is the complete and utter waste. A strange encounter, created the emperor of the cold, play around the city. The world gave me the cold, let me use the ice cold to send back ....

Download or read book Bead Embroidery Chinese Style written by Yu Han and published by Shanghai Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delicate craft that has been handed down for thousands of years, bead embroidery was popular among the aristocrats in China's imperial courts and is an important part of modern haute couture, wedding dresses, and other accessories.A step-by-step guide to 25 unique embroidery designs, Bead Embroidery Chinese Style incorporates traditional Chinese design elements, including landscape paintings, bird and flower motifs, and famous poems. Projects are both beautiful and useful, and are simple enough for embroidery beginners.Readers will learn about:•The different bead embroidery tools, techniques, and materials•Over a dozen embroidery stitches for single-bead, multi-bead, free stitches, layered stitches, and more•Small-scale embroidery projects, including jewelry, coasters, pouches, and silk scarves•More advanced projects, including makeup bags, lamp covers, and wall art.Author Han Yu is one of the world's leading experts on bead embroidery. She studied at the prestigious Ecole Lesage, part of Chanel's Metiers d'art, in Paris, and regularly produces pieces for Shanghai and Paris Fashion Weeks, state dignitaries, and celebrities.

Download or read book Gumiho written by Andrew Frinkle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 9 stories about a Gumiho, a creature from Asian folklore. A Gumiho is a 9-tailed fox, but this one was born without a tail and must earn each tail through a difficult lesson. When she collects all 9, a choice must be made that will decide her destiny. Journey with her as she changes from a nameless, tailless fox to become a Gumiho in her full powers, a shapeshifting fox-girl! This story is a great read-along or solo read for kids in higher elementary school and all middle school grades.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to World Mythology written by Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make no myth-take-this book is indispensable. The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology explores the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and angels of the myths from every corner of the globe. Additionally, it explores the parallels between every culture and the striking similarities in mythic figures and the structure, action, wording, and result of the stories themselves. * Covers Egyptian, Celtic, Teutonic, Norse, Japanese, Mexican, Native American, and other myths * Features information on The Hero's Journey-the cycle of myth according to Jung, Campbell, and others * Appendixes include a glossary of terms and both a general and a subject Index

Download or read book PIX written by Lynn Leonard and published by Lynn Leonard. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child pixie by the name of Pix, grows up in the province of Gaara and the village by the same name. All is well as she begins the first year of her scorn education. But as things go underway, a new conflict arises between the humans, mutants, and spell casters. Things get even more complicated as some of the spell casters of Gaara begin to betray one another by creating alliances with the humans and mutants. Join Pix, her friends and peers, and family as she navigates her way through this new world of conflict, battle, and war!