Download or read book The Dragon Ridge Tombs written by Tianxia Bachang and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in Chinese and in paperback by Anhui Arts Publishing House, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China, in 2006"--Copyright page.
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Download or read book The Tombs of Atuan written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a new afterword from the author"--Jkt.
Download or read book Imperial Mausoleums and Tombs written by Boyang Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-08-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour of the different imperial mausoleums and tombs provides a unique opportunity to savour the artistic delights of ancient Chinese sculpture and painting. All of the various architectural and ceremonial developments and styles are examined and illustrated in detail.
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Download or read book High School Bites written by Liza Conrad and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Hellenberg is not your typical Pacific Cedar High student. Because in between hanging out with her friends, hating her hair and her math teacher, and trying to decide whether she should dump her on-again, off-again boyfriend, she has to deal with a father who refuses to go outside and a house that bears way too much resemblance to the set of The Munsters. And that’s not all. Lucy has just discovered that she’s a descendent of the lovely Lucy in Bram Stoker’s Dracula—and that vampires really do exist (right here at Pacific Cedar High!). Now she has to accessorize her homecoming dress with a necklace of garlic and learn how to drive while driving away vampires—without becoming their next victim.
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