Download or read book Dragon Ladies written by Sonia Shah and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Explores the emergence of a distinct Asian-American feminist movement through the perspectives of well-known Asian-American activists, writers and artists.' Ms. Magazine

Download or read book Dragon Lady in Action written by Marco A. V. Bitetto and published by . This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Revenge of the Dragon Lady written by Kate McMullan and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After accidentally killing a dragon, Wiglaf hopes his friends at Dragon Slayers' Academy will be able to help him prove himself a hero when he faces that dragon's mother, Seetha, the Beast from the East. Follow Wiglaf's adventures at Dragon Slayers' Academy as he discovers more about his past and what the future holds for him.

Download or read book Dragon Lady written by Sterling Seagrave and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1992 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The last empress of China--Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi (1835-1908)--is remembered as one of history's monsters, an iron-willed concubine who, after usurping power in 1861, ruled from the Dragon Throne for half a century. Her reign, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars and through the Boxer Rebellion until the collapse of the 2,000-year-old empire, has traditionally been seen as one of murder, poison, and intrigue. But the wicked image is false." "In 1974, to the dismay of scholars, Sir Edmund Backhouse--the biographer most responsible for the widespread vision of Tzu Hsi as monster--was revealed to be a con man. And now the author of the celebrated best-seller The Soong Dynasty has undertaken the first complete reappraisal of the empress--exposing Backhouse's writings about her as a major hoax and forgery, and establishing that the most important Western correspondent in Peking during her reign--Dr. George Morrison of the London Times--kept a secret diary contradicting his own dispatches about Tzu Hsi." "Drawing on many unpublished or long-overlooked contemporary sources, Sterling Seagrave shows us Tzu Hsi as a complex woman whose desperate--though often misguided--efforts to hold her country together take on a different coloration in the context of unrelenting foreign attempts to colonize and tear it apart. Far from being all-powerful, she was actually a hostage of vengeful Manchu princes who were using her in a power struggle against both Chinese reformers and foreign interference." "Here at last is an authentic portrait of this fascinating historical figure, as well as insight into the Western craving to believe in a sinister, dragon-haunted Orient. Dragon Lady is at once a compelling biography and the equally compelling story of how a myth was contrived, how it endured, and how, ultimately, the truth has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book Female Action Heroes written by Gladys L. Knight and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers 25 profiles of some of the most popular female action heroes throughout the history of film, television, comic books, and video games. Female action heroes, like other fictional characters, not only reveal a lot about society, but greatly influence individuals in society. It is no surprise that the gradual development and increase in the number of female action heroes coincides with societal changes and social movements, such as feminism. Nor is it a surprise that characteristics of female action heroes echo the progressive toughening of women and young girls in the media. Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film, and Television brings to the forefront the historical representation of women and girls in film, television, comic books, and video games. The book includes profiles of 25 of the most popular female action heroes, arranged in alphabetical order for easy reference. Each chapter includes sections on the hero's origins, her power suit, weapons, abilities, and the villains with whom she grapples. Most significantly, each profile offers an analysis of the hero's story—and her impact on popular culture.

Download or read book Dragon Lady written by Alyson Belle and published by Alyson Belle Productions. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As time runs down for the players trapped by the evil Lich-Lord in the hyper-realistic MMORPG Fantasy Realms Online, Kromgorn the Barbarian is still stuck playing as the gorgeous, pleasure-fueled Lacey the Courtesan, a character designed to level fastest when she’s getting busy with every NPC in sight. It’s a humiliating way to have to play the game, but at least he—er, she’s getting better at it! But now that Lacey has leveled her character up to an unprecedented level for a Courtesan and unlocked some of the secret, high-level perks of her class—like access to the spell trees of the Charisma-fueled Sorceress class—she finally isn’t quite so helpless as she once was. Thanks to her unique skills, she might end up being the most powerful magic-user on the server, and she has more than one way to make her enemies hot! Riding high from her clever victories over the Lich-Lord’s lieutenants, she takes to the skies with her guildmate Topper the Paladin to track down their lost friend Jazzus and confront the traitorous Haxor, before they pin down the location of the Lich-Lord and end his evil schemes once and for all. The only problem is that there are still a few nagging, unanswered questions… Why haven’t they been attacked directly yet? Why has it been so easy for Lacey to gain more power? And exactly how many more NPCs will she need to seduce before this is over? Lacey’s victories have all been a little too perfect… and the only person who has the answers to her questions is the Lich-Lord himself. The action is hot, the stakes are high, and Lacey will need to pull out every skill she can muster if she wants to win the day. Can she and her friends beat the Lich-Lord at his own game, or are they playing right into his hands? With numerous pages of humorous, gender-swapped fantasy action and some VERY steamy scenes, this book is intended for mature audiences who enjoy FF and MF encounters with lots of gender-bending fun.

Download or read book The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady written by Sharon J. Mondragon and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Action Chicks written by S. Inness and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-01-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xena, Buffy, Lara Croft. WWF, The Sopranos, Witchblade, La Femme Nikita. The women of pop culture are center stage and as tough as ever. Action Chicks is a groundbreaking collection highlighting the heroines we've grown to worship. What can they tell us about women in the Twent-first-century? What can they tell us about how popular culture depicts women? Do the characters escape traditional gender role expectations? Or do they adhere to sexual, racial, ethnic, and class stereotypes? The essays in Action Chicks provide fans with a new look at their favourite icons and their relationship to the popular media machine. A fascinating collection that's bound to stir up some excitement.

Download or read book April Kane and the Dragon Lady written by Milton Caniff and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the popular comic strip "Terry and the Pirates," here is Milton Caniff's 1942 novel, "April Kane and the Dragon Lady."

Download or read book The Dragon s Lady written by Kristin Stecklein and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seyda Yorkson is a is a daughter of a wealthy, noble line, brought up in society and trained to be a proper lady. Though she has been raised with expectations clearly laid out in front of her, she has always admired Lady Kaylyn Madara, the Heroine of Centralia who saved their country years ago. Now there are more Dragonriders and a new clutch of dragon eggs, and a call is sent out for the country's next generation of guardians. When Seyda defies her past and becomes a Dragonrider, there are plenty of hurdles to overcome. None of the Dragonriders think she has what it takes, but Seyda is determined to prove them wrong. In order to do that, she and her dragon must learn how to become a team and stand together in the face of political pressure, society's expectations, and secrets. While Seyda has her own secrets, a dark secret the older Dragonriders have been hiding is not as easily forgotten as they want. For a small country with larger enemies searching for a weakness, failure could mean this time Centralia won't win the war. If Seyda doesn't learn what it means to be a Dragonrider, it could spell disaster for them all, and the alliance between humans and dragons could be at an end.

Download or read book Dragon Lady Vs Lady Destiny written by B. A. Beers and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the series of the Isle of the Four Kingdoms continues, Princess Toosweet Filly journeys to fulfill her destiny as sorceress and Guardian of the Blue Dragons, the Dragon Lady. Secluded on Dragon Mountain, she advances her sorcery knowledge and skills, having limited contact with her family and her fellow adventurers. Toosweet's best friend from their days at the Sorcery Academy, Sandy, has betrayed her, and Sandy's subsequent actions have split the two former friends, with Toosweet seeking justice for Sandy's action. But, Sandy has disappeared. Or, has she? Thinking that she has killed three of the four kings of the isle, Sandy seeks asylum in the remaining king's territory, the Kingdom of Stonebridge. Here she meets the man whom she sees as her destiny, Donald. Assuming the title of Lady Destiny, Sandy collaborates with Donald to achieve their goal of wealth and power through illegal means. Their methods, greed, and obsession garner them unwanted attention and bring them face-to-face with Toosweet and her fellow adventurers. What will decide the outcome of the duel between Dragon Lady vs Lady Destiny? Will it be the power of the dragons or the restricted items taken from the academy?

Download or read book U 2 Spyplane in Action written by Larry Davis and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows and describes the characteristics of the U.S. spyplane, looks at its special features, and discusses the plane's mission

Download or read book Warrior Women written by Lisa Funnell and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the significance of Chinese female action stars in national and transnational contexts. Warrior Women considers the significance of Chinese female action stars in martial arts films produced across a range of national and transnational contexts. Lisa Funnell examines the impact of the 1997 transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule on the representation of Chinese identities—Hong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Canadian—in action films produced domestically in Hong Kong and, increasingly, in cooperation with mainland China and Hollywood. Hong Kong cinema has offered space for the development of transnational Chinese screen identities that challenge the racial stereotypes historically associated with the Asian female body in the West. The ethnic/national differentiation of transnational Chinese female stars—such as Pei Pei Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gong Li, Lucy Liu, Shu Qi, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi—is considered part of the ongoing negotiation of social, cultural, and geopolitical identities in the Chinese-speaking world.

Download or read book Women in Action written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Highland Dragon s Lady written by Cooper Isabel and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regina Talbot-Jones has always known her rambling family home was haunted. She also knows her brother has invited one of his friends to attend an ill-conceived seance. She didn't count on that friend being so handsome ... and she certainly didn't expect him to be a dragon. Scottish Highlander Colin MacAlasdair has hidden his true nature for his entire life, but the moment he sets eyes on Regina, he knows he has to have her. In his hundreds of years, he's never met a woman who could understand him so thoroughly ... or touch him so deeply. Bound by their mutual loneliness, drawn by the fire awakening inside of them, Colin and Regina must work together to defeat a vengeful spirit-and discover whether their growing love is powerful enough to defy convention.

Download or read book The Highland Dragon s Lady written by Isabel Cooper and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's Out of the Highlands and on the Prowl... Regina Talbot-Jones has always known her rambling family home was haunted. She's also aware her brother has invited one of his friends to attend an ill-conceived séance. She didn't count on that friend being so handsome...and she certainly didn't expect him to be a dragon. Younger son of a family of shapeshifting dragons, Highlander Colin MacAlasdair has lived a life free of both family duty and mortal cares. Moving in and out of human society as he wishes, he takes very little seriously—until Regina drops onto his balcony one midnight, catching his attention and his interest. She's like no mortal he's ever met, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to get her out of his head. Bound by circumstance, drawn by the fire awakening inside of them, Colin and Regina must work together to defeat a vengeful spirit—and discover whether their growing love is powerful enough to defy convention. Praise for Legend of the Highland Dragon, a Barnes and Noble Best Romance "The mix of hard-headed realism and fantasy in this novel is enchanting..."—Barnes and Noble Reviews "An outstanding read! ...fast-paced, smartly written...impossible to put down."—RT Book Reviews, 4 1⁄2 Stars, Top Pick!

Download or read book Missing in Manila I an Action Adventure written by Kwame Shauku and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Spencer on his Journey into Manhood, has joined the Navy. His first assignment out of Boot Camp is to photograph the Army/Navy Football game. In a panoramic series of shots, Simon inadvertently captures a drug deal going down. The dealers send two henchmen down to get Simon's film and dispense with him. The henchmen are foiled and incriminate their bosses who are busted, sent to prison swearing revenge against Simon. Simon is spirited away on various assignments selected to keep him out of harms way. He is sent to photograph the Philippines where he finds new adventures. Simon has to be rescued yet again from a secret guerrilla training base. An adventure filled with twists.