The Yellow Storm

The Yellow Storm PDF Author: She Lao
Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace
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Category : Beijing (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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Taking Xiaoyangjuan Hutong in Beijing during the Anti-Japanese War as the specific background, the novel focuses on Qi Family and is supplemented with Qian Family, Guan Family and other residents in the Hutong to depict the images of many ordinary people from all walks of life through the complicated conflicts and reflect the perplexed and contented social mentality of Beijing citizens in the eight-year Anti-Japanese War through their humiliating and miserable experience. The novel represents their slow, painful and difficult awakening progress when the country was ruined and the people were starving. Through the growth, emotion and life history of these small potatoes, it epically shows the 'grand themes': the cruelty of war, the destruction of war on human civilization and life, the ups and downs of national destiny and the national spirit.

The Yellow Storm

The Yellow Storm PDF Author: She Lao
Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace
ISBN:
Category : Beijing (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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Book Description
Taking Xiaoyangjuan Hutong in Beijing during the Anti-Japanese War as the specific background, the novel focuses on Qi Family and is supplemented with Qian Family, Guan Family and other residents in the Hutong to depict the images of many ordinary people from all walks of life through the complicated conflicts and reflect the perplexed and contented social mentality of Beijing citizens in the eight-year Anti-Japanese War through their humiliating and miserable experience. The novel represents their slow, painful and difficult awakening progress when the country was ruined and the people were starving. Through the growth, emotion and life history of these small potatoes, it epically shows the 'grand themes': the cruelty of war, the destruction of war on human civilization and life, the ups and downs of national destiny and the national spirit.

The Yellow Storm

The Yellow Storm PDF Author: Ssǔ-yüan Hsü
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Languages : en
Pages :

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The Yellow Storm

The Yellow Storm PDF Author: She Lao
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Languages : en
Pages : 552

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The Yellow Storm

The Yellow Storm PDF Author: Ch'ing-ch'un Shu
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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The Yellow Storm. Translated from the Chinese by Ida Pruitt

The Yellow Storm. Translated from the Chinese by Ida Pruitt PDF Author: She-yü SHU
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 533

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The Yellow Storm [by] Lau Shaw

The Yellow Storm [by] Lau Shaw PDF Author: She Lao
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Languages : en
Pages : 533

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Yellow Storm

Yellow Storm PDF Author: I. SHAW
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Languages : en
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Harbinger of the Storm

Harbinger of the Storm PDF Author: Aliette de Bodard
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1625671636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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The second book in the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: The year is Two House, and the Emperor of the Mexica has just died. The protections he afforded the Empire are crumbling, and the way lies wide open to the flesh-eating star-demons--and to the return of their creator, a malevolent goddess only held in check by the War God's power. The council should convene to choose a new Emperor, but they are too busy plotting against each other. And then someone starts summoning star-demons within the palace, to kill councilmen... Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, must find the culprit before everything is torn apart. REVIEWS: ‘Political intrigue and rivalry among a complex pantheon of divinities drive this well-paced murder mystery set at the height of the Aztec Empire in the late 15th century. De Bodard reintroduces the series hero Acatl, high priest of the dead, immediately following the death of the Tenochtitlan leader. One of the council members in charge of choosing a successor has been brutally murdered in what looks like an attempt to influence the decision. But the deaths continue and the political situation grows more complex, while the empire looks to be increasingly at risk of invasion by malignant powers. Acatl must go face-to-face with the most powerful god in his world and put the good of the empire above his antipathy for is rivals to achieve the uneasy succession. De Bodard incorporates historical fact with great ease and manages the rare feat of explaining complex culture and political system without lecturing or boring the reader.’ —Publishers Weekly ‘Another thing that intrigues me here is the whole fact that historically we know that the real empire died out mysteriously and completely and as such there is always that thought in the back of my mind that the author could choose to bring about the end of days. That highlighted sense of possible doom is something that is missing from too many novels. The way the story is told in this book is very impressive, the plot is both mature and seductive, twisting and turning like a weather vane in a force 9 gale while the action is both bloodthirsty and imaginative. The world building is fantastic and we get to learn even more of this rich culture and the many gods and creatures of the dark. I really can’t fault this book at all and recommend it to one and all but if you haven’t yet read Servant of the Underworld I suggest that you get them both and read them in order, you won’t be disappointed.’ —SF Book Reviews ‘Bodard’s writing is polished and striking, as she convincingly fills in the colorful elements of the Aztec culture–even if those colors tend to be of blood and bile as well as flowers and hummingbirds... beautiful, grimy, breathtaking, and morbid. 5*’ —Examiner ‘Aliette de Bodard has done it again. Harbinger of the Storm is an action packed Aztec mystery opera with magic, interventions from the gods and more twists and turns than the first book. It even has a love story with amusing snippets here and there... The story is self contained and can be enjoyed standalone, but you will not want to miss out on the first. I wish it was 2012 already even if the world is going under while I read the final Obsidian & Blood.’ —Cybermage

The Colorful Storm

The Colorful Storm PDF Author: Isabel Gaines
Publisher: RH/Disney
ISBN: 9780736411707
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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When the sky above the Hundred-Acre Wood lights up in bright colors and Pooh hears a loud BOOM-BOOM-BOOM, he and his friends find themselves caught in a colorful storm of fireworks!

Storm Prey

Storm Prey PDF Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425241440
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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When a simple robbery turns deadly, the thieves close in on the only witness: Lucas Davenport's wife...