Beyond The Dragonhead
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Beyond The Dragonhead
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Author : Kelly Nichols
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10
Beyond The Dragonhead written by Kelly Nichols and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10 with categories.
A compelling adventure across the eastern Viking world.After the destruction of their village by a tyrannical king, Thyra and her father flee their homeland with a small band of survivors including severely wounded kinsman, Bjorn. Pursued by the king's best warriors, time is running out as Thyra's feelings for Bjorn deepen, and she realizes the broken arrowhead in his torso is more serious than her healing skills can handle. In a race to find refuge, the villagers seek help from a Sami tribe, Magyar fighters, and even a pod of dolphins. Deep in the Russian wilderness Thyra's father becomes ensnared by their enemies, and Thyra must do the unthinkable in a desperate attempt to save him and her people.
Beyond The Northlands
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Author : Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-19
Beyond The Northlands written by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-19 with History categories.
In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story. Throughout the Middle Ages, long-ships transported hairy northern voyagers far and wide, where they not only raided but also traded, explored and settled new lands, encountered unfamiliar races, and embarked on pilgrimages and crusades. The Norsemen travelled to all corners of the medieval world and beyond; north to the wastelands of arctic Scandinavia, south to the politically turbulent heartlands of medieval Christendom, west across the wild seas to Greenland and the fringes of the North American continent, and east down the Russian waterways trading silver, skins, and slaves. Beyond the Northlands explores this world through the stories that the Vikings told about themselves in their sagas. But the depiction of the Viking world in the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas goes far beyond historical facts. What emerges from these tales is a mixture of realism and fantasy, quasi-historical adventures, and exotic wonder-tales that rocket far beyond the horizon of reality. On the crackling brown pages of saga manuscripts, trolls, dragons, and outlandish tribes jostle for position with explorers, traders, and kings. To explore the sagas and the world that produced them, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough now takes her own trip through the dramatic landscapes that they describe. Along the way, she illuminates the rich but often confusing saga accounts with a range of other evidence: archaeological finds, rune-stones, medieval world maps, encyclopaedic manuscripts, and texts from as far away as Byzantium and Baghdad. As her journey across the Old Norse world shows, by situating the sagas against the revealing background of this other evidence, we can begin at least to understand just how the world was experienced, remembered, and imagined by this unique culture from the outermost edge of Europe so many centuries ago.
Dragon S Head 2
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
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Dragon S Head 2 written by and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Dragon Head Of Hong Kong
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Author : Ian Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: House of Anansi
Release Date : 2013-12-17
The Dragon Head Of Hong Kong written by Ian Hamilton and has been published by House of Anansi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-17 with Fiction categories.
The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series. Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer named Johnny Kung. Desperate, Lo persuades Ava to find and retrieve the monies owed. Ava goes to Hong Kong, where she plunges into the dangerous underground collection business and meets a man who will forever change her life ...
A Dragon S Head And A Serpent S Tail
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Author : Kenneth M. Swope
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-04-29
A Dragon S Head And A Serpent S Tail written by Kenneth M. Swope and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-29 with History categories.
The invasion of Korea by Japanese troops in May of 1592 was no ordinary military expedition: it was one of the decisive events in Asian history and the most tragic for the Korean peninsula until the mid-twentieth century. Japanese overlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi envisioned conquering Korea, Ming China, and eventually all of Asia; but Korea’s appeal to China’s Emperor Wanli for assistance triggered a six-year war involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and encompassing the whole region. For Japan, the war was “a dragon’s head followed by a serpent’s tail”: an impressive beginning with no real ending. Kenneth M. Swope has undertaken the first full-length scholarly study in English of this important conflict. Drawing on Korean, Japanese, and especially Chinese sources, he corrects the Japan-centered perspective of previous accounts and depicts Wanli not as the self-indulgent ruler of received interpretations but rather one actively engaged in military affairs—and concerned especially with rescuing China’s client state of Korea. He puts the Ming in a more vigorous light, detailing Chinese siege warfare, the development and deployment of innovative military technologies, and the naval battles that marked the climax of the war. He also explains the war’s repercussions outside the military sphere—particularly the dynamics of intraregional diplomacy within the shadow of the Chinese tributary system. What Swope calls the First Great East Asian War marked both the emergence of Japan’s desire to extend its sphere of influence to the Chinese mainland and a military revival of China’s commitment to defending its interests in Northeast Asia. Swope’s account offers new insight not only into the history of warfare in Asia but also into a conflict that reverberates in international relations to this day.
Outside The Wire
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Author : Jim Ross
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2013
Outside The Wire written by Jim Ross and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Thoughtful, action-packed memoir of one American soldier's combat tour in Vietnam in 1970
Night Of The Dragon
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Author : Julie Kagawa
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Night Of The Dragon written by Julie Kagawa and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In the epic finale to New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Shadow of the Fox trilogy, the scroll has been taken, and no one is safe. To save everyone she loves from imminent death, kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko gave up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must make one desperate final effort to stop the Master of Demons from using the scroll to call the Great Kami Dragon and make the wish that will plunge the empire into chaos. Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with the devil—the demon inside him, Hakaimono. They will share his body and work with Yumeko to stop a madman, and to separate Hakaimono from Tatsumi and the cursed sword that trapped the demon for nearly a millennium. But even with their combined skills and powers, this unlikely team of heroes knows the forces of evil may be impossible to overcome. And there is another player in the battle for the scroll, a player who has been watching, waiting for the right moment to pull strings that no one even realized existed…until now. Books in the Shadow of the Fox trilogy: Shadow of the Fox Soul of the Sword Night of the Dragon
We Have To Leave The Earth
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Author : Carolyn Jess-Cooke
language : en
Publisher: Seren
Release Date : 2021-10-18
We Have To Leave The Earth written by Carolyn Jess-Cooke and has been published by Seren this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-18 with Poetry categories.
"Jess-Cooke conjures (and there is a sense of enchantment or spellcasting present in the sensual figurative language utilised) precise, evocative imagery to discuss wide-ranging subjects, such as disability, feminism, the environment and motherhood, and creates a sense of travelling through experiences and environments" – Ruth Stacey"The blend of heavenly and prosaic is glorious and terrifying." – Judy Darley"Poems that are strong, yet empathic; steely, but compassionate. It's an extremely powerful admixture and I urge you to read it." Buzz Magazine. A brutal and pressing collection, We Have To Leave The Earth tackles gruesome yet important topics throughout her collection. The first collection playfully examines the Viking culture, with a strong temporal focus on ice in the arctic landscape. Jess-Cooke dedicates her next section to the erased voice of early feminist pioneer Josephine Butler, creating a rich history through a first person narrative. The theme of motherhood echoes from this section into the final beautiful collection as Jess-Cooke describes her own tale of motherhood and the perceptions of her autistic daughter.
Beyond The Open Door
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Author : Abigail Grace
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Beyond The Open Door written by Abigail Grace and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Fiction categories.
Jamie Sage has quite an overactive imagination, and it causes problems. When daydreaming becomes a habit and nothing seems real anymore, her father has no choice but to call in a professional--a professional, one might add, that doesnt specialize in the psychological area that her father had thought. When Jamie is poisoned by the specialist and sent into an induced coma, her brain becomes more active than ever before. Dreams become reality and she cant tell one from the other. When she encounters Aaron Jameson and Emily Violeta, she joins them on an adventure that exceeds any that she could imagine. Ridden with incredulity she fights her way through her comatose state, asleep on the outside but alive on the inside. As her strength saps and her bravery is tried, she turns to the one hope that can get her through the dreams--that she will wake up eventually, alive and well.
The Dragonhead
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Author : John Sack
language : en
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Release Date : 2001
The Dragonhead written by John Sack and has been published by Crown Publishing Group (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Chinese American criminals categories.
Distinguished journalist John Sack spent twelve years fearlessly shadowing and befriending the most powerful crime lord in the Chinese Mafia. Now he tells the true, unfictionalized story of mob legend Johnny Kon–“the Dragonhead.” The Chinese Mafia has always been a mystery to both law enforcement and the media–part of an unapproachable and unfathomable conglomeration of secret societies operating worldwide. To this day, though, police and prosecutors insist that Johnny Kon’s own secret organization–the Big Circle–is public enemy number one. Now, in a triumph of literary journalism, John Sack introduces us to this secret world and its top criminal mastermind, reporting from the homes, hotel rooms, crime scenes, and jail cells of Johnny and his gang, all reported with their full cooperation. It is a journalistic coup. From Kon’s escape from poverty in China and his golden years as a smuggler during the Vietnam War,The Dragonheadtraces Johnny’s rapid rise to power and chronicles the growth of his heroin cartel, as it smuggles a billion dollars worth of drugs into the United States. With astonishing savvy, Sack reveals the humanity behind the previously impenetrable wall of the Chinese and American underworlds, rife with shocking crimes, bound by unforgiving codes of honor. At once a loyal husband and father and a ruthless crime boss, Johnny Kon is by turns fascinating and repellent, but ultimately unforgettable.