Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1617733210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Ordered to become a ghost bride in 1930s China, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow flees to Soochow where she joins a community of embroiderers and engages in a dangerous love affair with a young revolutionary.
A Thousand Beauties
Author: Mark Adam Kaplan
Publisher: Mark Adam Kaplan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Some love affairs are not the storybook kind...Not even the second time around. Rupert Ruskin's well-crafted isolation is shattered when his ex-wife shows up with devastating news. Ruskin's inability to walk away from her in her need drives him to help her find a thousand beauties in a single day. Yet Ruskin is so blinded by his own need for redemption, that he ignores all of Elaine's warning signs that her need force him into a soul-shattering final decision. A Thousand Beauties contains adult themes that may not be suitable for some readers. The audio book, narrated by David Rollins, is available on audible.com.
Publisher: Mark Adam Kaplan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Some love affairs are not the storybook kind...Not even the second time around. Rupert Ruskin's well-crafted isolation is shattered when his ex-wife shows up with devastating news. Ruskin's inability to walk away from her in her need drives him to help her find a thousand beauties in a single day. Yet Ruskin is so blinded by his own need for redemption, that he ignores all of Elaine's warning signs that her need force him into a soul-shattering final decision. A Thousand Beauties contains adult themes that may not be suitable for some readers. The audio book, narrated by David Rollins, is available on audible.com.
Secret of a Thousand Beauties
Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1617733229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip's enthralling novel explores one woman's defiant pursuit of independence. Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom dies before a wedding can take place, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow is ordered to become a ghost bride to appease his spirit. Under her in-laws' protection, she will be little more than a servant, unable to know real love or bear children. Refusing to accept her fate as a "bad-luck woman," Spring Swallow flees on her wedding day. In the city of Soochow, Spring Swallow joins a community of renowned embroiderers. The women work for Aunty Peony, whose exquisite stitching once earned her the Emperor's love. But when Aunty Peony agrees to replicate a famous painting--a lucrative assignment that will take a year to complete--betrayal and jealousy emerges within the group. Spring Swallow becomes entangled in each woman's story of heartbreak, even while she embarks on a dangerous affair with a young revolutionary. On a journey that leads from the remote hillsides around Soochow to cosmopolitan Peking, Spring Swallow draws on the secret techniques learned from Aunty Peony and her own indomitable strength, determined to forge a life that is truly her own. Praise For The Novels Of Mingmei Yip "A unique and enthralling style. . .flawless." –Baltimore Books Examiner on The Nine Fold Heaven "Surprising and often funny. . ..Part epic, part coming-of-age story, part modern fairy tale." --Publishers Weekly on Song of the Silk Road "A serious, engaging story of faith, devotion, and the commingling of cultures." –Booklist on Petals From the Sky
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1617733229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip's enthralling novel explores one woman's defiant pursuit of independence. Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom dies before a wedding can take place, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow is ordered to become a ghost bride to appease his spirit. Under her in-laws' protection, she will be little more than a servant, unable to know real love or bear children. Refusing to accept her fate as a "bad-luck woman," Spring Swallow flees on her wedding day. In the city of Soochow, Spring Swallow joins a community of renowned embroiderers. The women work for Aunty Peony, whose exquisite stitching once earned her the Emperor's love. But when Aunty Peony agrees to replicate a famous painting--a lucrative assignment that will take a year to complete--betrayal and jealousy emerges within the group. Spring Swallow becomes entangled in each woman's story of heartbreak, even while she embarks on a dangerous affair with a young revolutionary. On a journey that leads from the remote hillsides around Soochow to cosmopolitan Peking, Spring Swallow draws on the secret techniques learned from Aunty Peony and her own indomitable strength, determined to forge a life that is truly her own. Praise For The Novels Of Mingmei Yip "A unique and enthralling style. . .flawless." –Baltimore Books Examiner on The Nine Fold Heaven "Surprising and often funny. . ..Part epic, part coming-of-age story, part modern fairy tale." --Publishers Weekly on Song of the Silk Road "A serious, engaging story of faith, devotion, and the commingling of cultures." –Booklist on Petals From the Sky
Secret of a Thousand Beauties
Author: Mingmei Yip
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1617733210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Ordered to become a ghost bride in 1930s China, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow flees to Soochow where she joins a community of embroiderers and engages in a dangerous love affair with a young revolutionary.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1617733210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Ordered to become a ghost bride in 1930s China, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow flees to Soochow where she joins a community of embroiderers and engages in a dangerous love affair with a young revolutionary.
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Author: Libba Bray
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0731814908
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0731814908
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?
The Beauty's Part-time Divine Doctor
Author: Mo DaoBuXiaoHun
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648466494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
He inadvertently obtained an ancient medical book, practiced the extraordinary medical skills, then rescued many sick beauty. By chance, he came into possession of an old medical book, which contained all sorts of difficult diseases. Originally uninterested in life, he began to study the book. As soon as he learned a little bit of knowledge, he saved a beautiful woman's life. It seems that this is a divine book! He studied harder, hoping to use this magical medicine to help more people. Among the girls he had rescued, the most troublesome was a beauty who has deadly poison in her body. After curing her, she chased him and wanted to be his girlfriend! Although he refused many times, deep down his heart, he has begun to quietly love her. He said to himself, "if she confesses it one more time, I'll be her boyfriend. " ☆About the Author☆ Mo Dao Bu Xiao Hun, an outstanding author of online novels. His novels have unique ingenuity, ups and downs, and humorous language.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648466494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
He inadvertently obtained an ancient medical book, practiced the extraordinary medical skills, then rescued many sick beauty. By chance, he came into possession of an old medical book, which contained all sorts of difficult diseases. Originally uninterested in life, he began to study the book. As soon as he learned a little bit of knowledge, he saved a beautiful woman's life. It seems that this is a divine book! He studied harder, hoping to use this magical medicine to help more people. Among the girls he had rescued, the most troublesome was a beauty who has deadly poison in her body. After curing her, she chased him and wanted to be his girlfriend! Although he refused many times, deep down his heart, he has begun to quietly love her. He said to himself, "if she confesses it one more time, I'll be her boyfriend. " ☆About the Author☆ Mo Dao Bu Xiao Hun, an outstanding author of online novels. His novels have unique ingenuity, ups and downs, and humorous language.
The Beauties of England and Wales
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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The Works of Aphra Behn: The lover's watch. Poems upon several occasions. A voyage to the Isle of love. Lycidus; or, The lover in fashion. Miscellaneous poems. General index
Author: Aphra Behn
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Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The Land We Love
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Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
Author: Isaac Kimber
Publisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Contains poetry, excerpts from literature, British and European news, Parliamentary news, stock prices, birth, death and marriage notices, and booksellers' advertisements. Includes reprinted material from London periodicals such as The Universal Spectator, The Weekly Register, Fog's Journal, The London Journal, The Craftsman, The Craftsman Extraordinary, The Free Briton, The Grubstreet Journal, The Daily Courant, Applebee's Journal, and others.
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Contains poetry, excerpts from literature, British and European news, Parliamentary news, stock prices, birth, death and marriage notices, and booksellers' advertisements. Includes reprinted material from London periodicals such as The Universal Spectator, The Weekly Register, Fog's Journal, The London Journal, The Craftsman, The Craftsman Extraordinary, The Free Briton, The Grubstreet Journal, The Daily Courant, Applebee's Journal, and others.
The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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