Download or read book Barbarian s Concubine written by Lisa Cach and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestselling author Lisa Cach’s erotic, passionate story continues in Part Two of the series about Nimia—the Roman Empire slave girl whose prophetic gift is unloosed by sexual encounters. Reunited with Clovis, now king of his barbarian tribe, Nimia and he “celebrate” sexually. Frequently. But sometimes he takes it too far, subjecting her to erotic activities that make her wonder if she’d be better off with her former master, Sygarius. She’s in love with Clovis, though, and he says he loves her, too… But there’s a coldness in his eyes that makes her wonder if he really does—or if he’s just using her prophetic gift for his own gain. King Sygarius, meanwhile, wants Nimia back. When he captures her and sexually enslaves her again, she discovers a crystal chalice inscribed with a design that echoes those tattooed on her body. And when Clovis rescues her from Sygarius, she steals the chalice to take with her. A Christian priest suspects it’s the Holy Grail, but Nimia has a strong feeling it’s a remnant of her lost tribe, the Phanne. But even the chalice cannot tell her if the child she carries belongs to Clovis… or to his greatest enemy: Sygarius.

Download or read book The Concubine s Daughter written by Pai Kit Fai and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic, heart-wrenching story of a mother and daughter's journey to their destiny. Lotus Feet. He would give his daughter the dainty feet of a courtesan. This would enhance her beauty and her price, making her future shine like a new coin. He smiled to himself, pouring fresh tea. And it would stop her from running away... When the young concubine of an old farmer in rural China gives birth to a daughter called Li-Xia, or "Beautiful One," the child seems destined to become a concubine herself. Li refuses to submit to her fate, outwitting her father's orders to bind her feet and escaping the silk farm with an English sea captain. Li takes her first steps toward fulfilling her mother's dreams of becoming a scholar—but her final triumph must be left to her daughter, Su Sing, "Little Star," in a journey that will take her from remote mountain refuges to the perils of Hong Kong on the eve of World War II.

Download or read book Spoiled Wife written by An Lianbianhua and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imperial edict bestowed upon the young lady of the Shang Dynasty the marriage of an imperial concubine. It would be a great favor to have the daughter of an imperial concubine become the official wife of the Emperor; however, the entire Shang clan and even the entire capital felt sympathy for this unheard-of young lady.There was no other reason. It was said that Duanren Emperor was fierce and merciless, that he could stop children from crying at night, and that was even worse. He had a strange fetish, which was to suck the blood of young girls and scare to death a few of Duanren Wangfei's candidates.This wasn't the worst part of it, the most important part was that King Duanren had been in bed for three months, his life and death was uncertain, and he desperately needed a bride.This person was Shen Qi.She felt that she must be the most tragic woman in the world. There was no free lunch in this world, so she had to pay a price for her whole life.

Download or read book My Fair Concubine written by Jeannie Lin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The USA Today–bestselling author of The Dragon and the Pearl “combines wit, seduction, skill, and intelligence in a tantalizing take on ‘My Fair Lady’” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Yan Ling tries hard to be servile—it’s what’s expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle. Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit—until he realizes she’s the answer to his problems. He has to deliver the emperor a “princess.” In two months can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman? Yet it’s hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own . . . “Lin has a gift for bringing the wondrous and colorful world of ancient China to readers. The history and culture of the era are beautifully bound together with a classic romance theme. Those yearning for new worlds and age-old adventures will savor Lin’s novel.” —Romantic Times

Download or read book A Concubine For The Family written by Amy S. Kwei and published by Tatspublishing. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a wife giving her husband a younger woman as a birthday present! A Concubine for the Family is a fictionalized account based on a true-life event: my Chinese grandmother's selfless gift to my grandfather to ensure a male heir for the family. It is also a story of feminine solidarity and heroism. Full of vivid descriptions, the book tells of dramatic events in an opium den, the traditions of raising silkworms as pets, acupuncture, medicines and techniques used in healing, foot binding, and behavior protocols between husbands and wives, masters and servants, children and parents, as well as the plight of a family fleeing war. It is also the heart-rending saga of a “book-fragrant” family and their harrowing experiences from 1937 until the fall of Hong Kong in 1941. Reviewing the book, the best-selling author Lisa See was moved to write: “You did a terrific job . . . I really enjoyed the story.” And the Kirkus Review wrote: “Purple Jade has broader concerns: There is the unsettling influence of American and European ‘West Ocean Devils,’ internal strife between the Nationalists and Communists, and an impending Japanese invasion . . . the author details Chinese traditions and the fascinating but evanescent world as only someone steeped in the old ways could. An adept stylist and storyteller, the author weaves with simplicity this tale of upper-class China in upheaval . . . An engaging family saga by a talented storyteller.” Using Tang poetry, colloquialisms, terms of endearment, and other vernacular, the books give the reader an immediate and deep understanding of Chinese culture and how it differs from our own. This compelling, heartfelt story of feminine and family solidarity is lovingly drawn. It will find emotional and intellectual resonance with most families in Diaspora.

Download or read book The Sinitic Civilization Book II written by Hong Yuan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sinitic Civilization A Factual History through the Lens of Archaeology, Bronzeware, Astronomy, Divination, Calendar and the Annals The book covered the time span of history of the Sinitic civilization from antiquity, to the 3rd millennium B.C. to A.D. 85. A comprehensive review of history related to the Sinitic cosmological, astronomical, astrological, historical, divinatory, and geographical developments was given. All ancient Chinese calendars had been examined, with the ancient thearchs' dates examined from the perspective how they were forged or made up. The book provides the indisputable evidence regarding the fingerprint of the forger for the 3rd century A.D. book Shang-shu (remotely ancient history), and close to 50 fingerprints of the forger of the contemporary version of The Bamboo Annals. Using the watershed line of Qin Emperor Shihuangdi's book burning of 213 B.C., the book rectified what was the original history before the book burning, filtered out what was forged after the book burning, sorted out the sophistry and fables that were rampant just prior to the book burning, and validated the history against the records in the oracle bones, bronzeware, and bamboo slips. The book covers 95-98% and more of the contents in the two ancient history annals of The Spring Autumn Annals and The Bamboo Annals. There are dedicated chapters devoted to interpreting Qu Yuan's poem Asking Heaven (Tian Wen), the mythical book The Legends of Mountains & Seas (Shan Hai Jing), geography book Lord Yu's Tributes (Yu Gong), and Zhou King Muwang's Travelogue (Mu-tian-zi Zhuan). The book has appendices of two calendars: the first anterior quarter remainder calendar (247 B.C.-104 B.C./247 B.C.-85 A.D.) of the Qin Empire, as well as a conversion table of the sexagenary years of the virtual Yin-li (Shang dynasty) quarter remainder calendar versus the Gregorian calendar, that covers the years 2698 B.C. to 2018 A.D. Book I stops about the midpoint of the 242 years covered in Confucius' abridged book The Spring & Autumn Annals (722-481 B.C.). Book II stops at Han Emperor Zhangdi (Liu Da, reign A.D. 76-88; actual reign Aug of A.D. 75-Feb of A.D. 88), with the A.D. 85 adoption of the Sifen-li posterior quarter remainder calendar premised on reverting to the sexagenary years of the virtual Yin-li (Shang dynasty) quarter remainder calendar, a calendar disconnected from the Jupiter's chronogram, that was purportedly invented by the Confucians on basis of Confucius' identifying the 'qi-lin' divine giraffe animal and wrapping up the masterpiece The Spring & Autumn Annals two years prior to death.

Download or read book Rebirth of the Vicious Consort written by Yun Moweiran and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Bei Yunyi was originally a smart and agile girl, but at the age of thirteen, he accidentally fell off the cliff and became a retard.The cruel and ruthless Prince Jin named her as Lady Yun.Everyone thought that she was just a plaything of the Jin Emperor and would not live for more than half a year. However, one month later, the Jin Emperor changed from his usual personality and actually spoilt her, a foolish child, into the heavens.She became the most envied woman in all of Beijing.It all ended in October, when she was about to have a baby.It turned out that all of this was just an elaborate scheme designed by Prince Jin to use her child's placenta to treat his beloved's infertility.Back then, only two years had passed, back to the day of her marriage, was she still that naive, gullible, ignorant girl that she had allowed herself to be played with?

Download or read book The Last Concubine written by Lesley Downer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan, 1865, the women's palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, is chosen to be his concubine. But Japan is changing, and as civil war erupts, Sachi flees for her life. Rescued by a rebel warrior, she finds unknown feelings stirring within her; but this is a world in which private passions have no place and there is not even a word for 'love'. Before she dare dream of a life with him, Sachi must uncover the secret of her own origins - a secret that encompasses a wrong so terrible that it threatens to destroy her ....

Download or read book An Imperial Concubine s Tale written by G. G. Rowley and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watching kabuki dancing in the presence of the emperor's principal consort. Among these noblewomen was an imperial concubine named Nakanoin Nakako, who in 1609 became embroiled in a sex scandal involving both courtiers and young women in the emperor's service. As punishment, Nakako was banished to an island in the Pacific Ocean, but she never reached her destination. Instead, she was shipwrecked and spent fourteen years in a remote village on the Izu Peninsula before she was finally allowed to return to Kyoto. In 1641, Nakako began a new adventure: she entered a convent and became a Buddhist nun. Recounting the remarkable story of this resilient woman and her war-torn world, G. G. Rowley investigates aristocratic family archives, village storehouses, and the records of imperial convents. She follows the banished concubine as she endures rural exile, receives an unexpected reprieve, and rediscovers herself as the abbess of a nunnery. While unraveling Nakako's unusual tale, Rowley also reveals the little-known lives of samurai women who sacrificed themselves on the fringes of the great battles that brought an end to more than a century of civil war. Written with keen insight and genuine affection, An Imperial Concubine's Tale tells the true story of a woman's extraordinary life in seventeenth-century Japan.

Download or read book The Kolbrin Bible written by Janice Manning and published by Your Own World, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Kolbrin Bible is a 2-part, 11-book secular anthology. The first six books are called the "Egyptian texts" and were penned by Egyptian academicians following the Hebrew Exodus. The last five books are called the "Celtic texts" and were penned by Celtic priests following the death of Jesus. Several accounts describe an object in orbit around our sun sun called the "Destroyer," which the Celtic authors call the "Frightener." According to recently translated Sumerian texts, this object (also known as Nibiru or Planet X) is in a 3600-year orbit around our sun, and The Kolbrin Bible warns us of its imminent return and of yet another Biblical tribulation." -- Amazon.com.

Download or read book The Exclusive loved Imperial Consort written by Ruo Yousuoshi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: , the modern girl, had her necklace stolen by two Man in Black s after a nightmare.In the Amethyst Nation where Six Realms were crystallized, Princess Ling Ruo encountered the Amethyst prince Zi Ye Yu. After being attacked by the Amethyst with a bow and arrow, she had fainted, regained consciousness, and was then taken advantage of by words, causing her to feel disgust towards him. After that, on the way out of the Amethyst Palace, Ling Ruo met the Priestess Summoning Wings, who was in the midst of a sacrificial ceremony.The Goddess indicated to Ling Ruo that she was a descendant from the legends of the Six Realms, and that they needed to find the six Priests who protected the Six Realms in order to return to their original world. Therefore, Ling Ruo and, along with Zi Ye Yu and Qi Yi, began their journey together.On the other hand, Qi Yi was skilled in magic, and she had taught Ling Ruo the simple art of defense. The two of them had different talents, making Ling Ruo feel extremely inferior, and realizing her own incompetence, she went to the south of the Xuan Ming Realm to cultivate, at the same time, bringing Qi Yi, who had been injured by a bat, along to recuperate. Zi Ye Yu, who had thought that Qi Yi and Ling Ruo had escaped together with his wife, led his army and gave chase, and cracks appeared in the master-subordinate relationship between Qi Yi and Zi Ye Yu.Ling Ruo's concubine was forced to become He Lian's concubine, the strong and arrogant He Lian who was the overlord of the Yun Barbarian Realm. Because of her status as a Heavenly Girl, she was respected by He Lian, but she also received jealousy from the other concubines.After escaping from He Lian Qin's hands, Ling Ruo had set up her own Heavenly Girl Army, attempting to unify the entire Six Realms. The Heavenly Girl Army had reclaimed all the nations in the Yun Barbarian Realm that were not convinced by He Lian's rule, but in the end, they still lost to Zi Ye Yu.However, she remembered from her previous life that she was the favorite concubine of the of the Six Realms God Realm. She had died in battle in the era of myths against the God Realm God of Heaven, the one with the highest Six Realms, Extreme Gods. And the Night Emperor who received divine punishment after his defeat was, in this life, none other than Zi Ye Yu.Ling Ruo, who had recovered her memories from his previous life, reunited with the heavily injured Zi Ye Yu, bringing him to his current life to recuperate from his injuries. The two of them decided to return to the Six Realms after recovering from their injuries. They wanted to save the last Holy Priest imprisoned by the extreme gods and rebuild the destroyed Night Heaven Palace."

Download or read book The Barbarians of Ancient Europe written by Larissa Bonfante and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the reality of the indigenous peoples of Europe - Thracians, Scythians, Celts, Germans, Etruscans, and other peoples of Italy, the Alps, and beyond.

Download or read book Prince Don t Come Over written by Qing XiangXi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-11 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing through missions was difficult, so they thought it was a good opportunity for regeneration. Who would have thought that they would somehow become puppets in the hands of others? Stealing the Imperial Jade Seal? Stealing the information? His carelessness had provoked the prince who had an esteemed status that was as cold as ice and frost. With each blow, he would leap upwards, and the mouse would play with the kitten, smoothly placing the handsome guy into his bag. Love enemies, have fun all the way, love and hate, but life is just a hundred.

Download or read book Become Cruel Gay Prince s Concubine written by Mei MeiMeiMeiMei and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the changes in the court, Su Jinruo, who disguised herself as a man, left the official scene as the 'son' of a sinful official. However, it had only been half a month, yet she was forced to return to the capital. Looking at the bright red bridal dress before her, she frowned. "Prince, you said you would let me go." "Leave?" Shen Hancheng narrowed his eyes and leaned forward, "You still have the guts to leave after lying to me?" Liar, little liar! He had cheated her to such an extent. If he didn't marry her back home, he would never let her go!

Download or read book Flashman and the Dragon written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Flashman strikes again… Wonderful… hilarious.”—USA Today Lusting after a clergyman’s wife, smuggling opium to Hong Kong, coupling with an Amazonian woman river pirate, groveling before a ruthless warlord, and becoming the sexual plaything of the most beautiful and evil woman in the world, Harry Flashman, the supreme antihero of the Victorian era, is ready to rise to the occasion to matter what depths of dishonor he must plumb. In this uninhibited and uproarious adventure, Flashman is once again at his irascible best.

Download or read book The Great Wall written by John Man and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Wall of China is a wonder of the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists take the five-mile journey from Beijing to climb its battlements. While myriad photographs have made this extraordinary landmark familiar to millions more, its story remains mysterious and steeped in myth. In this riveting account, John Man travels the entire length of the Great Wall and across two millennia to find the truth behind the legends. Along the way, he delves into the remarkable and complex history of China -- from the country's tribal past, through the war with the Mongols, right up to the modern day when the Great Wall is once more a commanding emblem of China, the resurgent superpower.

Download or read book China under the Empress Dowager Being the history of the life and times of Tz Hsi written by J. O. P. Bland and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-07-29 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzŭ Hsi by J. O. P. Bland and Sir E. Backhouse offers a comprehensive and detailed account of one of the most influential figures in late Qing Dynasty China. Published in 1911, this historical work provides an in-depth look at the life and reign of Empress Dowager Cixi, a key player in China's political and social landscape during a period of profound transformation. The book meticulously chronicles Cixi’s rise to power, her role in governing China, and her impact on both domestic and foreign affairs. Through extensive research and firsthand accounts, Bland and Backhouse paint a vivid portrait of Cixi, exploring her political maneuvers, reforms, and the challenges she faced in managing a nation on the brink of modernity. China Under the Empress Dowager is notable for its detailed narrative and critical analysis of Cixi’s leadership. It examines her influence on the Qing Dynasty, her interactions with foreign powers, and the internal strife that characterized her era. The authors’ insights into Cixi’s personal and political life provide readers with a nuanced understanding of her legacy and the complexities of her reign. This book is an essential resource for those interested in Chinese history, particularly the late Qing period, and for readers seeking to understand the significant role of Empress Dowager Cixi in shaping modern China. China Under the Empress Dowager stands out for its historical depth and its contribution to the study of one of China’s most powerful and enigmatic figures.