Climbing The Dragon Gate
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Climbing The Dragon Gate
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Author : India Millar
language : en
Publisher: Red Empress Publishing
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Climbing The Dragon Gate written by India Millar and has been published by Red Empress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
Amidst the echoes of history, Mi's quest for redemption unfolds in this unexpected conclusion to this historical epic. As Japan stands on the precipice of transformation under the new emperor's decree to bury the past, Mi finds herself torn between the relentless march of progress and her loyalty to an old friend. When a trusted confidant arrives severely wounded after participating in a rebellion against the emerging order, Mi's world is thrown into turmoil. Determined to heal her friend, Mi deploys all her formidable skills, but her impulsive decision to join him in his quest to overturn the new order unravels the life she had so carefully built. As the weight of her actions bears down upon her, she finds herself falsely imprisoned, facing the ominous specter of death. In the midst of her darkest hours, Mi comes to realize the profound wisdom of an ancient proverb—that the past is the future of the present. The echoes of history reverberate through her captivity, revealing the intricate tapestry of consequences woven by her choices and those of the society she once called home. In this gripping culmination of the series, Mi's resilience is put to the ultimate test. Join her as she navigates a landscape fraught with danger, betrayal, and political upheaval. As she confronts the consequences of her impetuous choices, the line between the past and present blurs, leaving her to grapple with the true price of redemption in a rapidly evolving Japan. Keywords: Japanese historical fiction, pachinko, Min Jin Lee, Musashi, Julie Otsuka, Gail Tsukiyama, Jamie Ford, James Clavell, Shogun, geisha, japanese historical fiction books, historical fiction, historical fiction best sellers, historical fiction authors, historical fiction asian, historical fiction books, historical romance, historical fiction novels, historical fiction romance series
Dragon S Gate
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Author : Vivian Bi
language : en
Publisher: Hybrid Publishers
Release Date : 2020-02-01
Dragon S Gate written by Vivian Bi and has been published by Hybrid Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-01 with Fiction categories.
"Dragon's Gate is a superb book, a fascinating story written from the heart and woven into a complex cultural and historical tapestry - a modern classic in the making." - Robert Macklin, author of Dragon and Kangaroo Shi Ding is seventeen. In an attempt to impress a girl, he joins a local Red Guard unit and succeeds in having a nine-year-old boy arrested and a widowed professor of foreign literature driven to a shameful suicide. But when his father's death is also revealed as suicide, Shi Ding is expelled from the gang. He suspects there was more to the relationship between his father and the professor than friendship and he moves into her empty house. There he discovers a library of translations of forbidden Western classics. Himself a born storyteller, he is transfixed by the stories in these books by the likes of Dostoevsky, Stendhal, Hugo, Dickens, and Dumas … Set in China in the mid-60s, Dragon's Gate is about the power of storytelling. Within its overarching narrative, there are stories of little-known worlds: river logging in remote mountains, armed fighting between Red Guard factions, fortune telling on long train journeys, community life in the courtyards of Beijing hutong. Memorable characters abound in this rich and varied tale - characters like Sun Lanfen, the nosy, tough but decent residential compound leader; the blind singer who was struck dumb when he had to sing songs set to Chairman Mao's quotations; and the Buffalo Boy who was reputed to have fathered a hundred children in a Tibetan village. "The unique interweaving of fascinating tales set in exotic places with familiar and much loved western classics makes this book a page turner from beginning to end." - Jane Sydenham-Kwiet, German teacher and translator
Dragongate
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Author : Sam Venstone
language : en
Publisher: Venstone Books
Release Date : 2017-05-31
Dragongate written by Sam Venstone and has been published by Venstone Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-31 with Fiction categories.
The last of the elder dragons was slain long ago, and ever since his death, the world has been beset by violence, poverty and the many other evils that vex humankind. After Wyc the minstrel relates the tale of Sir Ulryc and the Last Dragon to the court of the warmongering King Adryc, the king decides to recover the dragon's treasure from Mount Dragonheart. However, the secret of how to reach the inaccessible mountain is known only to the monks of Elyon. When the king’s soldiers invade High Dragon monastery looking for the secret way, young Tercyn and four squabbling monks escape into the mysterious Land of Dragons carrying the monastery’s most sacred relic, the Eye of the Dragon. To save the monastery, all five must overcome their own personal dragons and somehow find a way to defeat the king’s soldiers. Dragongate is both an imaginative tour de force and an exploration of the causes of human suffering and how to overcome them.
The Dragon S Gate
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Author : Barry Wolverton
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2016-11-01
The Dragon S Gate written by Barry Wolverton and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An engrossing fantasy, a high-seas adventure, an alternate history epic—this is the richly imagined and gorgeously realized second book in acclaimed author Barry Wolverton’s Chronicles of the Black Tulip, perfect for fans of The Glass Sentence and the Books of Beginning series. A magical white jade stone and a map inscribed in bone that may be the key to an even greater mystery—this is the treasure Bren and Mouse have found buried on the Vanishing Island. Mouse is determined to follow the map to a place called the Dragon’s Gate, convinced it will explain who she really is and the powers she possesses. Bren has had enough adventure for one lifetime and would like nothing more than to return to his father in Map. But nothing goes according to plan when the survivors of the Albatross are rescued by Lady Jean Barrett, a charismatic archaeologist with a sense of destiny. Barrett is on a quest for the Eight Immortals, ancient artifacts she believes are buried in the tomb of China’s first emperor—the location of which has been hidden for nearly two thousand years. The only way for Bren, Mouse, and Barrett to all get what they want is to work together on a dangerous journey into the heart of China, a kingdom long closed to outsiders, where the greatest secrets about Mouse and Bren are waiting to be unveiled.
The Thunder Dragon Gate
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Author : Talbot Mundy
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-11-09
The Thunder Dragon Gate written by Talbot Mundy and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Fiction categories.
This thriller novel revolves around Tom Grayne, an American secret agent, and his wife Elsa. "The Thunder Dragon Gate" is the name of a Tibetan monastery that is thought to be the gateway to Shambala and is thus idolized as a symbol for the passage to higher levels of mystical perception. Tom and Elsa are attempting to smuggle the keeper of the gate, Thö-pa-ga, back into Tibet to resume his ordained duty and learn everything they can about the path to Shambala. Only a power-hungry rajah named Dowlah, a slew of Chinese and Japanese agents, and a massive man-eating spider known as Shang-Shang stand in their way. The gate itself is said to be guarded by a Shang-Shang. Will Tom Grayne and his wife Elsa succeed in smuggling Thö-pa-ga back into Tibet?
The Chronicles Of The Exile
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Author : Marc Turner
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 2018-01-09
The Chronicles Of The Exile written by Marc Turner and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-09 with Fiction categories.
This discounted ebundle of The Chronicles of the Exile includes: When the Heavens Fall, Dragon Hunters, and Red Tide “Marc Turner is what the fanatsy genre has been looking for.” —Starburst The swords & sorcery epic is reborn in this debut fantasy trilogy teeming with renegade guardians, dark mages, undead armies, Storm Lords, sea dragons, scheming priests, troublesome gods...and so much more. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Zen Sand
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Author : Victor Sogen Hori
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2003-02-28
Zen Sand written by Victor Sogen Hori and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-28 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Zen Sand is a classic collection of verses aimed at aiding practitioners of kôan meditation to negotiate the difficult relationship between insight and language. As such it represents a major contribution to both Western Zen practice and English-language Zen scholarship. In Japan the traditional Rinzai Zen kôan curriculum includes the use of jakugo, or "capping phrases." Once a monk has successfully replied to a kôan, the Zen master orders the search for a classical verse to express the monk’s insight into the kôan. Special collections of these jakugo were compiled as handbooks to aid in that search. Until now, Zen students in the West, lacking this important resource, have been severely limited in carrying out this practice. Zen Sand combines and translates two standard jakugo handbooks and opens the way for incorporating this important tradition fully into Western Zen practice. For the scholar, Zen Sand provides a detailed description of the jakugo practice and its place in the overall kôan curriculum, as well as a brief history of the Zen phrase book. This volume also contributes to the understanding of East Asian culture in a broader sense.
Reading Medieval Chinese Poetry
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2014-11-20
Reading Medieval Chinese Poetry written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-20 with Poetry categories.
Nine renowned sinologists present a range of studies that display the riches of medieval Chinese verse in varied guises. All major verse-forms, including shi, fu, and ci, are examined, with a special focus on poetry’s negotiation with tradition and historical context. Dozens of previously untranslated works are here rendered in English for the first time, and readers will enter a literary culture that was deeply infused with imperatives of wit, learning, and empathy. Among the diverse topics met with in this volume are metaphysical poetry as a medium of social exchange, the place of ruins in Chinese poetry, the reality and imaginary of frontier borderlands, the enigma of misattribution, and how a 19th-century Frenchwoman discovered Tang poetry for the Western world. Contributors include Timothy Wai Keung Chan, Robert Joe Cutter, Ronald Egan, David R. Knechtges, Paul W. Kroll, Stephen Owen, Wendy Swartz, Ding Xiang Warner, and Pauline Yu.
Travel Guide Of Yunnan
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Author : Ni Hao
language : en
Publisher: DeepLogic
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Travel Guide Of Yunnan written by Ni Hao and has been published by DeepLogic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Travel categories.
This book is the volume of ''Travel Guide of Yunnan'' among a series of travel books (''Travelling in China''). Its content is detailed and vivid.
Through The Dragon S Gate
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Author : Jean O'Hara
language : en
Publisher: Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks
Release Date : 2017-03-20
Through The Dragon S Gate written by Jean O'Hara and has been published by Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jean O'Hara is now a prominent psychiatrist in London, but she grew up in a humble tenement flat in Hong Kong in the 1960s, the daughter of an Anglo- Burmese librarian (later a senior civil servant) and his Chinese wife. Her childhood was a simple one, sleeping on a straw mat in a tiny bedroom which she at first shared with both her grandmother and sister. As Jean grew up she developed a fascination for medicine and moved to the UK to attend medical school, eventually becoming a consultant psychiatrist. This book is her account of a childhood steeped in the culture of China, and first steps in a career in medicine. Central to the story is the character of Jean's Chinese grandmother, a charismatic matriarch who gave her a rich understanding of Chinese culture and an oriental outlook which has never left her.ÿ