Download or read book Gilded Dragons written by Carol Michaelson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text brings to life a succession of fascinating golden ages in Chinese history, from the reign of the First Emperor, Qin Shi Hungdi, in the early 3rd Century BC through the Han to the Tang dynasties.
Download or read book Bulletin written by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum Department of Archaeology and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by University of Pennsylvania. University Museum and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Malice of Empire written by Ke Yao and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Yesterday and Forever written by Victoria Alexander and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Victoria Alexander, her first novel, the classic time-traveling romance is back... An innocent trip to London leads to a voyage through time...will it lead to a ‘forever after’ love? Find out in a charming, emotional, passionate novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Victoria Alexander. Searching for her life’s direction, artist Maggie Masterson takes a trip to England, where a seemingly ordinary carriage ride on a foggy night leads to an extraordinary destination—Regency London of Jane Austen, in all its splendor! Aristocratic Adam Coleridge is too busy trying to find a husband for his rebellious sister to spend time on his own love life...until Fate drops a dazed Maggie at his feet; and he discovers the woman who at first seems a nightmare may just be the woman of his dreams. But can they battle time itself to spend forever, together?!
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Ancient Oriental Imperial Treasures of Rare Artistic Distinction written by Yamanaka & Company and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Book of Dragons written by Jonathan Strahan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R.F. Kuang, Kate Elliott, Ken Liu, Todd McCaffrey, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and other modern masters of fantasy and science fiction put their unique spin on the greatest of mythical beasts—the dragon—in never-before-seen works written exclusively for this fantasy anthology compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan and with art by Rovina Cai! Here there be dragons . . . From China to Europe, Africa to North America, dragons have long captured our imagination in myth and legend. Whether they are rampaging beasts awaiting a brave hero to slay or benevolent sages who have much to teach humanity, dragons are intrinsically connected to stories of creation, adventure, and struggle beloved for generations. Bringing together nearly thirty stories and poems from some of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers working today— Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, R.F. Kuang, Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C. S. E Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-Mohtar, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Seanan Maguire, Patricia A McKillip, K. J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, and J. Y. Yang—and illustrated by award-nominated artist Rovina Cai with black-and-white line drawings specific to each entry throughout, this extraordinary collection vividly breathes fire and life into one of our most captivating and feared magical creatures as never before and is sure to become a treasured keepsake for fans of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy tales.
Download or read book Tennyson written by Christopher Ricks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 1095 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only fully annotated and comprehensive selection of Tennyson’s poetry. Acknowledged as a major achievement of editorial scholarship, it has established itself as the standard edition of Tennyson. The collection contains in full all four of Tennyson's long poems: The Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, and Idylls of the King. Other key works are included from Mariana, The Lady of Shallott, Morte d'Arthur, Ulysses, and Tithonus through Tennyson's middle life and the Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, to his last years and Crossing the Bar.
Download or read book Eighty Days written by Matthew Goodman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer’s World newspaper, left New York City by steamship on a quest to break the record for the fastest trip around the world. Also departing from New York that day—and heading in the opposite direction by train—was a young journalist from The Cosmopolitan magazine, Elizabeth Bisland. Each woman was determined to outdo Jules Verne’s fictional hero Phileas Fogg and circle the globe in less than eighty days. The dramatic race that ensued would span twenty-eight thousand miles, captivate the nation, and change both competitors’ lives forever. The two women were a study in contrasts. Nellie Bly was a scrappy, hard-driving, ambitious reporter from Pennsylvania coal country who sought out the most sensational news stories, often going undercover to expose social injustice. Genteel and elegant, Elizabeth Bisland had been born into an aristocratic Southern family, preferred novels and poetry to newspapers, and was widely referred to as the most beautiful woman in metropolitan journalism. Both women, though, were talented writers who had carved out successful careers in the hypercompetitive, male-dominated world of big-city newspapers. Eighty Days brings these trailblazing women to life as they race against time and each other, unaided and alone, ever aware that the slightest delay could mean the difference between victory and defeat. A vivid real-life re-creation of the race and its aftermath, from its frenzied start to the nail-biting dash at its finish, Eighty Days is history with the heart of a great adventure novel. Here’s the journey that takes us behind the walls of Jules Verne’s Amiens estate, into the back alleys of Hong Kong, onto the grounds of a Ceylon tea plantation, through storm-tossed ocean crossings and mountains blocked by snowdrifts twenty feet deep, and to many more unexpected and exotic locales from London to Yokohama. Along the way, we are treated to fascinating glimpses of everyday life in the late nineteenth century—an era of unprecedented technological advances, newly remade in the image of the steamship, the railroad, and the telegraph. For Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland—two women ahead of their time in every sense of the word—were not only racing around the world. They were also racing through the very heart of the Victorian age. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. “What a story! What an extraordinary historical adventure!”—Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire “A fun, fast, page-turning action-adventure . . . the exhilarating journey of two pioneering women, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland, as they race around the globe.”—Karen Abbott, author of American Rose “[A] marvelous tale of adventure . . . The story of these two pioneering women unfolds amid the excitement, setbacks, crises, missed opportunities and a global trek unlike any other in its time. . . . Why would you want to miss out on the incredible journey that takes you to the finish line page after nail-biting page?”—Chicago Sun-Times (Best Books of the Year) “In a stunning feat of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Goodman brings the nineteenth century to life, tracing the history of two intrepid journalists as they tackled two male-dominated fields—world travel and journalism—in an era of incredible momentum.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
Download or read book A Glossary of the Construction Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor written by George Cameron Stone and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIndispensable resource employs alphabetized, easy-to-use format. Arquebuses, flintlocks, and other antique guns appear here, along with German armor, Roman short swords, Turkish crossbows, much more. Over 4,500 individual photos and drawings, 875 detailed figures. /div
Download or read book Unbeaten Tracks in Japan written by Isabella L. Bird and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book American Foreign Service Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Land of Ten Thousand Willows Trilogy written by Kathryn Ptaceck and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PHOENIX BELLS Long ago and far away, there was a wondrous land... A land of everlasting spring where willow trees grew as blades of grass. A land where all the dragons of the world dwelt in peace, filling the fragrant air with their silver song. Then one day the wise men came to the emperor to warn him of a darkness that threatened the land and all within. He must leave his palace, they urged, and travel to strange and distant places to seek a bride. He must find an empress for the land, who can light the dragonleaf with her touch and hear the silvery music of the dragons. Or their song will cease forever. THE BLACK JADE ROAD Long ago, when it was always spring.… A road ran between what would someday be Europe and the Land of Ten Thousand Willows, where sleepy dragons stretched in the sun. It was in this age that two were bound together, first by fate, then by love: the young Emperor Ty-Sun, and the Puritan girl, Blessing Dunncaster. He from a cultured land where magic and manners were one. She from dark, brooding Britain, with the witch-power wild in her blood. Together, they must fight and find their way to the Black Jade Road, where each step counts as five — and each danger, ten. For the pearls that are days are running low. A darkness is falling over the land. And the dragons are singing a mournful song of Death.… THE WILLOW GARDEN LONG AGO, WHEN A SILENT SNOWFALL BLANKETED THE EASTERN LAND … The brave young Emperor Ty-Sun traveled the Black Jade Road with Blessing Dunncaster, the bewitched and beautiful Englishwoman who would be his empress. Together they made their way back to the Land of Ten Thousand Willows. Pursuing them was the evil Darkness that felled Ty-Sun's loyal followers one by one. Ahead, far beyond the Jade Mountains, the Wall of Living Stone, and the palaces of the god-judges from Hell, lay Ty-Sun's once-glorious kingdom, now ravaged by his enemies. Has time run out for the Dragons of the Earth? Now Ty-Sun and Blessing prepare for a final struggle of fearsome battle — and wondrous magic — to save the dragons, their love, and … the Willow Garden.
Download or read book Wide Awake written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
