Author: John Paton Davies
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393332193
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"Excellently written . . . vivid and authoritative" --George F. Kennan
Dragon by the Tail
Author: John Paton Davies
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393332193
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"Excellently written . . . vivid and authoritative" --George F. Kennan
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393332193
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"Excellently written . . . vivid and authoritative" --George F. Kennan
The Dragon's Tail
Author: Adam Williams
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848947984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 747
Book Description
Harry Airton, a Scottish fisherman, has China in his blood. A chance encounter with a spook during the Korean War gives him the opportunity to return to the land of his birth and serve his goverment at the same time. They hatch a long-term plan to create the perfect spy: a triple agent with a cover that cant be broken, because its genuine. What Harry doesnt realise is that if he is setting the perfect trap, the Communist Chinese may also be finding the perfect bait. And that as the Cold War escalates and China marches towards Cultural Revolution and the end of the twentieth-century, the fates of two people who love each other are entirely unimportant.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848947984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 747
Book Description
Harry Airton, a Scottish fisherman, has China in his blood. A chance encounter with a spook during the Korean War gives him the opportunity to return to the land of his birth and serve his goverment at the same time. They hatch a long-term plan to create the perfect spy: a triple agent with a cover that cant be broken, because its genuine. What Harry doesnt realise is that if he is setting the perfect trap, the Communist Chinese may also be finding the perfect bait. And that as the Cold War escalates and China marches towards Cultural Revolution and the end of the twentieth-century, the fates of two people who love each other are entirely unimportant.
Chasing the Dragon's Tail
Author: Yoshio Manaka
Publisher: Paradigm Publications
ISBN: 9780912111322
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The text introduces Dr Manaka's major clinical and theoretical accomplishments by describing how the 'X-signal system' is the foundation of human topography, function, and response. In essence, the X-signal system defines qi, yin-yang, and the five phases as clinical events, rather than as abstract theories. The text gives Western readers the first complete description of this treatment system.
Publisher: Paradigm Publications
ISBN: 9780912111322
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The text introduces Dr Manaka's major clinical and theoretical accomplishments by describing how the 'X-signal system' is the foundation of human topography, function, and response. In essence, the X-signal system defines qi, yin-yang, and the five phases as clinical events, rather than as abstract theories. The text gives Western readers the first complete description of this treatment system.
A Dragon's Tail
Author: M. C. Varley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717283989
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717283989
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Dragon's Tail
Author: Martin Baynton
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763639303
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Dragon has a bad case of Curly Tail, and Skyleaf, a rare plant, is the only cure. Jane and Gunther set off to find it on the mountaintop overlooking the sea. The mountaintop where the edges are crumbly and dangerous.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763639303
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Dragon has a bad case of Curly Tail, and Skyleaf, a rare plant, is the only cure. Jane and Gunther set off to find it on the mountaintop overlooking the sea. The mountaintop where the edges are crumbly and dangerous.
Dragons of a Different Tail
Author: Marx Pyle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Eighteen award-winning, veteran, and emerging authors bring you seventeen unique dragon tales that defy tradition. Winged serpents as large as continents, as well as those tiny enough to perch on the fingertip of a young girl. Dragons who inhabit the Wild West, Victorian London, Brooklyn, and a post-apocalyptic Earth. Scaly beasts who fight in the boxing ring, celebrate Christmas, and conquer the vast void of outer space. There are rockstars who meddle with dragon magic, clever and conniving shapeshifters, and powerfully exotic hybrids. Science fiction, urban fantasy, mystery, western, epic fantasy, YA fantasy...no matter the setting or the genre--here be dragons! Join Asimov's Readers Award winner Timons Esaias, science fiction author Heidi Ruby Miller, post-apocalyptic author J. Thorn, along with K.W. Taylor, Sean Gibson and more as they put their personal twist on the usual dragon tale. Also, check out the authors' behind-the-scenes articles for a peek into the creative processes that led to the creation of these "Dragons of a Different Tail". "Mastering Aesthetics" by Heidi Ruby Miller "The George" by Timons Esaias "Mouth of the Dragon" by J. Thorn "A Wild Beast of The West" by Marx Pyle & Julie Seaton Pyle "Wei Ling and the Water Dragon" by Jeff Burns "Tiny Hearts" by Sophia DeSensi "The Brooklyn Dragon Racing Club" by Katharine Dow "A Friend Called Home" by Francis Fernandez "Forgiveness" by Colten Fisher "Witherwillow" by Carrie Gessner "Chasing the Dragon" by Sean Gibson "Spirit of the Dragon" by J.C. Mastro "Catalyst" by Kevin Plybon "Poisoned Water" by Sen R. L. Scherb "Big Dreams" by Victoria L. Scott "Resorting to Revenge" by K.W. Taylor "The Last Hour of Night" by G.K. White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Eighteen award-winning, veteran, and emerging authors bring you seventeen unique dragon tales that defy tradition. Winged serpents as large as continents, as well as those tiny enough to perch on the fingertip of a young girl. Dragons who inhabit the Wild West, Victorian London, Brooklyn, and a post-apocalyptic Earth. Scaly beasts who fight in the boxing ring, celebrate Christmas, and conquer the vast void of outer space. There are rockstars who meddle with dragon magic, clever and conniving shapeshifters, and powerfully exotic hybrids. Science fiction, urban fantasy, mystery, western, epic fantasy, YA fantasy...no matter the setting or the genre--here be dragons! Join Asimov's Readers Award winner Timons Esaias, science fiction author Heidi Ruby Miller, post-apocalyptic author J. Thorn, along with K.W. Taylor, Sean Gibson and more as they put their personal twist on the usual dragon tale. Also, check out the authors' behind-the-scenes articles for a peek into the creative processes that led to the creation of these "Dragons of a Different Tail". "Mastering Aesthetics" by Heidi Ruby Miller "The George" by Timons Esaias "Mouth of the Dragon" by J. Thorn "A Wild Beast of The West" by Marx Pyle & Julie Seaton Pyle "Wei Ling and the Water Dragon" by Jeff Burns "Tiny Hearts" by Sophia DeSensi "The Brooklyn Dragon Racing Club" by Katharine Dow "A Friend Called Home" by Francis Fernandez "Forgiveness" by Colten Fisher "Witherwillow" by Carrie Gessner "Chasing the Dragon" by Sean Gibson "Spirit of the Dragon" by J.C. Mastro "Catalyst" by Kevin Plybon "Poisoned Water" by Sen R. L. Scherb "Big Dreams" by Victoria L. Scott "Resorting to Revenge" by K.W. Taylor "The Last Hour of Night" by G.K. White
A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail
Author: Kenneth M. Swope
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185023
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185023
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
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.
Tail of the Dragon
Author: R. M. Singhose
Publisher: Inkubuzz Photo
ISBN: 9781532022258
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Deep in the Great Smoky Mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina, there is a road that is a legend among motorcyclists. This road contains an eleven-mile stretch of some of the most incredible curves in the United States: three hundred eighteen curves, to be exact. Three hundred eighteen breathtaking, eyeball bugging, white knuckle, hairpin curves. Of course, the best way to ride this road is at a fast pace, taking the curves on the wrong side, dodging the traffic coming to meet you. Tail of the Dragon is a true story of the author's journey on her Harley-Davidson, riding alongside her husband from Oregon to the Great Smoky Mountains, finally encountering the infamous "Tail Of The Dragon." The fourth book in the series Harley Woman: Tales From The Open Road, this is a fascinating memoir that will delight armchair travelers and motorcycle enthusiasts everywhere.
Publisher: Inkubuzz Photo
ISBN: 9781532022258
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Deep in the Great Smoky Mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina, there is a road that is a legend among motorcyclists. This road contains an eleven-mile stretch of some of the most incredible curves in the United States: three hundred eighteen curves, to be exact. Three hundred eighteen breathtaking, eyeball bugging, white knuckle, hairpin curves. Of course, the best way to ride this road is at a fast pace, taking the curves on the wrong side, dodging the traffic coming to meet you. Tail of the Dragon is a true story of the author's journey on her Harley-Davidson, riding alongside her husband from Oregon to the Great Smoky Mountains, finally encountering the infamous "Tail Of The Dragon." The fourth book in the series Harley Woman: Tales From The Open Road, this is a fascinating memoir that will delight armchair travelers and motorcycle enthusiasts everywhere.
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon
Author: Jack Kent
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307102140
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Billy Bixbee's mother won't admit that dragons exist until it is nearly too late.
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307102140
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Billy Bixbee's mother won't admit that dragons exist until it is nearly too late.
The Dragon Who Ate His Tail
Author: Ray D. Bradbury
Publisher: Gauntlet Press
ISBN: 9781887368919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED RAY BRADBURY SHORT STORY PLUS FRAGMENTS, VARIATIONS AND A SCREENPLAY BASED ON THE STORY
Publisher: Gauntlet Press
ISBN: 9781887368919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED RAY BRADBURY SHORT STORY PLUS FRAGMENTS, VARIATIONS AND A SCREENPLAY BASED ON THE STORY