Download or read book Mistress Rain written by Victoria West and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Barbara Taylor and her journey to becoming a professional dominatrix. By day she plays the part of the prim and proper, highly educated psychology intern. By night she is the whip wielding, leather clad femme fatale who brings men their knees. Events throughout her life including unintentionally discovering that her father submitted to her mother plant the seeds that begin to grow in her later years allowing her to grow into a sexually dominant woman.
Download or read book A Daughter of the Samurai written by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 1925 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The customs of all countries are strange to untrained eyes, and one of the most interesting mysteries of my life here is my own gradual but inevitable mental evolution." -Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, A Daughter of the Samurai (1926) A Daughter of the Samurai (1926) by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto is the insightful account of the author's drastic change of culture from feudal Japan to an arranged marriage in the United States. The story reveals her assimilation to life as a merchant's wife and her return to Japan as a widow and mother to two daughters. Sugimoto's keen observations of the American way of life and its sharp contrast to her native Japan provide a rich reading experience for anyone interested in gaining or deepening their understanding of living in two different cultures.
Download or read book A Daughter of the Samurai written by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West." --Janice P. Nimura, from the foreword. This is the story of one woman's remarkable life successfully navigating two very different cultures--the first memoir of an Asian-American woman. Beautifully told, this immigrant's account of an unforgettable journey is the story of a headstrong and empowered woman--a loyal wife, a widowed mother and a bilingual breadwinner--finding her way and finding her voice in a strange new world. Follow in her footsteps and trace the remarkable trajectory of her life as she: Witnesses her father prepare and perform the ritual seppuku and her mother burn down the family home Bids an emotional farewell and sails across the ocean to marry a wealthy merchant in a new land Returns to Tokyo with her two daughters and mother-in-law, only to find her homeland just as alien as America, forcing her to reinvent herself again in order to provide for her family Returns to America with her children following the death of her mother-in-law An international bestseller when it was first published a century ago, A Daughter of the Samurai emerges as a rare testament to a singular woman's resolve, strength and endurance. This edition features a new foreword by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Janice P. Nimura.
Download or read book A Daughter of the Samurai written by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Japanese woman leaves the only home she’s ever known for married life in nineteenth-century Ohio in this delightful, charming memoir, a tribute to the struggles of the first generation of Japanese immigrants—with an introduction by Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi The youngest daughter of a high-ranking samurai in late-nineteenth-century Japan, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto is originally destined to be a Buddhist priestess. She grows up a curly haired tomboy in snowy Echigo, certain of her future role in her community. But as a young teenager, she is instead engaged to a Japanese merchant in Ohio—and Etsu realizes she will eventually have to leave the only world she has ever known for the United States. Etsu arrives in Cincinnati as a bright-eyed and observant twenty-four-year-old, puzzled by the differences between the two cultures and alive to the contradictions, ironies, and beauties of both. Her memoir, reprinted for the first time in decades, is an unforgettable story of a strong and determined woman. The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.
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Download or read book A Daughter of the Samurai written by Etsuko Sugimoto and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a daughter of feudal Japan, living hundreds of years in one generation, became a modern American.
Download or read book Oracles of Delphi Keep written by Victoria Laurie and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Wigby is about to find out that he is a very special boy. Along the southern coast of England, atop the White Cliffs of Dover, stands a castle. And at that castle’s old keep is an orphanage. Delphi Keep has seen many youngsters come and go through its gates, and Ian Wigby and his sister, Theodosia, are happy to call it home. Life has always been simple at the Keep, and the orphanage safe, until one day, Ian and Theo find a silver treasure box. And within the box, a prophesy. Three thousand years ago a great Greek oracle wrote of a quest. A quest on which the fate of the world depends. A quest that names two children—Ian and Theodosia. Suddenly Delphi Keep is no longer safe. And Ian and Theo, along with a very special group of friends, realize they must unravel the meaning behind the scroll of Dover cavern before darkness falls on the world. And before an unfathomable evil catches up with them.
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Download or read book The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a woman and events forgotten by history, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott weaves together carefully researched fact and fiction to tell the story of Mary Emmons, and the place she held in the life—and the heart—of the notorious Aaron Burr. He was a hero of the Revolution, a brilliant politician, lawyer, and very nearly president; a skillful survivor in a raw new country filled with constantly shifting loyalties. Today Aaron Burr is remembered more for the fatal duel that killed rival Alexander Hamilton. But long before that single shot destroyed Burr’s political career, there were other dark whispers about him: that he was untrustworthy, a libertine, a man unafraid of claiming whatever he believed should be his. Sold into slavery as a child in India, Mary Emmons was brought to an America torn by war. Toughened by the experiences of her young life, Mary is intelligent, resourceful, and strong. She quickly gains the trust of her new mistress, Theodosia Prevost, and becomes indispensable in a complicated household filled with intrigue—especially when the now-widowed Theodosia marries Colonel Aaron Burr. As Theodosia sickens with the fatal disease that will finally kill her, Mary and Burr are drawn together into a private world of power and passion, and a secret, tangled union that would have shocked the nation . . . Praise for I, Eliza Hamilton “Scott’s devotion to research is evident . . . a rewarding take on a fascinating historical couple.” —Library Journal “Readers will be captivated.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Packed with political and historical as well as domestic details.” —Booklist
Download or read book The Other Girls written by Lola Pridemore and published by Artrum Media. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, you're just chosen... After their father passes away, Adele and her younger sisters, Eliza and Cecelia, are sent to prestigious Bancroft House. However, once they get over the impressive appearance of the school, they soon realize that the house is divided between the rich girls and "the other girls." And they belong with "the other girls." This means that they're not there to study but to work. This requires long hours in the flower factory with little to eat. After a while, Adele realizes that she and her sisters must find a way out of Bancroft House. However, she's too young to leave on her own and soon gives up hope. That is, until Jolene turns up. Jolene is a ghost who was a once a powerful young witch. She offers Adele a solution to her problem-magic. With no other alternative, Adele concedes and soon starts on her path to becoming a witch. But what Adele doesn't realize is that Jolene is using her to gain power so that she can seek revenge on the person who murdered her. The Other Girls is a young adult paranormal novel about a witch, a ghost and a mystery.
Download or read book The Realm written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph East is an elusive saboteur who stifles a queen’s malevolent efforts to further dominate her subjects. Joseph uses his skills in the art of deception to initiate the queen’s downfall. Overthrowing the queen is complicated by her elaborate security network. Any attack upon the queen will unleash automated punitive defense systems against inhabitants throughout the solar system. Joseph and his sympathizers frantically work to dismantle the defense systems as the queen becomes more maniacal.
Download or read book The Green Universe Trilogy written by Jay Lake and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discounted ebundle of The Green Universe Trilogy includes: Green, Endurance, Kalimpura "Lake has configured his world-dominating empires, one British, the other Chinese, with huge and devoted attention to the last detail." --John Clute, Washington Post Book World She was sold to the Undying Duke when she was only four years old, and raised to be the jewel of his possessions: courtesan, scholar, assassin. But Green had other plans, and with the aid of a Goddess and her own skill with weapons she took control of her destiny. Green’s world encompasses cities and dusty equatorial villages, steam-powered ships and firearms, and the ever-present meddling of the gods and their parents, the titanics. Green’s service is claimed by the Lily Goddess of Kalimpura, the Black God of Copper Downs, her own personal god Endurance, and the titanic known as Desire; she wants only to be left alone to find her past and make her future. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Last Druid Standing written by Dr. Larry S. Mellen and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six thousand years ago, in the time before the first megaliths and stone circles, Druids appeared in small numbers throughout Europe. They began an inexplicable migration toward the Western Isles of Scotland. Among these was a Druid prophet, Lazwin. Lazwin predicted the coming of the Beltane child. The child would reunite the rune casters, gather the Druid faithful, and set in motion a series of events that would alter the history of Druid healing magic. Sadly, Lazwin's prophecies were lost to time. In 1820 a Druid child named Finn was playing near the Faerie Pools on Skye. He found a small opening behind a waterfall. Stored within this hollow were the perfectly preserved scrolls containing the prophecies of the elder Lazwin. This is the story of his prophesied Beltane child and his effect on Scottish culture. The pages describe the Beltane child's quest to many of Scotland's sacred sites and his travels around the world, meeting shamans and healers. They share his journey along the eightfold path and his understanding of herbal medicines and essential oils. You will learn of the child's discoveries on a bus trip from Kathmandu to London. In these pages, Dr. Mellen helps you realize there should be some reason for the things that have gone into making you you. If you have ever wondered, "Why am I here?" "Where am I going?" and "How am I going to get there?" Dr. Mellen provides you with a fresh perspective and some rather surprising answers.
Download or read book By Promise Made written by Susan Leigh Furlong and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Cullane, accused of murder and sentenced to hang, is forced to deliver a message of betrothal to four-year-old Queen Mary of Scotland. He faces death yet again when, in rejecting the proposal, the queen's guardian orders his severed head sent back to England in a jar. Trained to protect her queen at all costs, Katherine Payne can show no mercy to the handsome messenger, despite the way his stolen kiss unsettles her single-minded sense of duty. Trapped between the English and Scottish armies, she must escape with Mary. Hugh joins her as they are chased by men determined to murder the young queen in their own quest for power.
Download or read book Give Me Again All That Was There written by Rosemary Sturge and published by Rosemary Sturge. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1745: Betty, a penniless Irish girl, abandoned on the streets of Edinburgh, is in despair until she meets a young woman from 'the islands', Miss Flora Macdonald, who needs a maid 'for propriety' as she explores the city. Soon however, events convince them to depart for Flora's island home. But the busy, peaceful life on the family farm is soon shattered. Bonny Prince Charlie arrives in the Outer Hebrides to try to claim the British throne, and Betty finds herself part of the greatest adventure of all.
Download or read book A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto with an Introduction by Christopher Morley How a Daughter of Feudal Japan Living Hundreds of Years in One Generation Became a Modern American Illustrations by Tekisui Ishii written by Etsu (Inagaki) Sugimoto and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
