Author: Can Xue
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300240481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flowerbeds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can only be reached underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions. Can Xue's masterful love stories for the new millennium trace love's many guises—satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling—against a kaleidoscopic backdrop drawn from East and West of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, sex and romance.
Love in the New Millennium
Author: Can Xue
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300240481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flowerbeds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can only be reached underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions. Can Xue's masterful love stories for the new millennium trace love's many guises—satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling—against a kaleidoscopic backdrop drawn from East and West of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, sex and romance.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300240481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The most ambitious work of fiction by a writer widely considered the most important novelist working in China today In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flowerbeds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in a community that normalizes paranoia and suspicion. Some try to flee—whether to a mysterious gambling bordello or to ancestral homes that can only be reached underground through muddy caves, sewers, and tunnels. Others seek out the refuge of Nest County, where traditional Chinese herbal medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. Each life is circumscribed by buried secrets and transcendent delusions. Can Xue's masterful love stories for the new millennium trace love's many guises—satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling—against a kaleidoscopic backdrop drawn from East and West of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, sex and romance.
Millennium Book One: The Fall Of Terok Nor
Author: Judith Reeves-Stevens
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471106977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
At the climactic close of the TV series of Star Trek Deep Space Nine the forces of the Federation and their allies finally overcame the Dominion invaders and averted the threat of totalitarian rule. And yet ... the future of the Alpha Quadrant is by no means as safe as it seems. Deep within the bowels of Deep Space Nine is a secret that has been kept for seven years. When it is uncovered the very heart of the Federation will be ripped apart, succeeding where the shapeshifting Founders failed. The destruction of the Federation is at stake. Only the crew of Deep Space Nine can stop it - but will they be in time?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471106977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
At the climactic close of the TV series of Star Trek Deep Space Nine the forces of the Federation and their allies finally overcame the Dominion invaders and averted the threat of totalitarian rule. And yet ... the future of the Alpha Quadrant is by no means as safe as it seems. Deep within the bowels of Deep Space Nine is a secret that has been kept for seven years. When it is uncovered the very heart of the Federation will be ripped apart, succeeding where the shapeshifting Founders failed. The destruction of the Federation is at stake. Only the crew of Deep Space Nine can stop it - but will they be in time?
The Clay-Footed Superheroes
Author: Rose Williams
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 1610410068
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 1610410068
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Toltecs of the New Millennium
Author: Victor Sanchez
Publisher: Bear
ISBN: 9781879181359
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Victor Sanchez offers us a rare glimpse into the life and practice of Toltec spiritual warriors. Tracing their lineage to a time before the Aztec, the Toltec recognize Earth as a living being, share a profound communion with their land, and demonstrate unusual powers of perception. Sanchez describes the Toltec tradition living on in the practice of contemporary indigenous people of Mexico, and explains how this wisdom is available to sincere readers. Learn how their indigenous survival skills at the dawn of a new millennium encourage our renewed commitment to a better way of life, in harmony with spirit and nature.
Publisher: Bear
ISBN: 9781879181359
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Victor Sanchez offers us a rare glimpse into the life and practice of Toltec spiritual warriors. Tracing their lineage to a time before the Aztec, the Toltec recognize Earth as a living being, share a profound communion with their land, and demonstrate unusual powers of perception. Sanchez describes the Toltec tradition living on in the practice of contemporary indigenous people of Mexico, and explains how this wisdom is available to sincere readers. Learn how their indigenous survival skills at the dawn of a new millennium encourage our renewed commitment to a better way of life, in harmony with spirit and nature.
Dragonsong
Author: Russell Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781885008121
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Once a millenium, the four Imperial Dragons choose a dragon to be Keeper of the Mountain. Little Chiang-An, the youngest dragon, searches for a gift to win the honor of the title.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781885008121
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Once a millenium, the four Imperial Dragons choose a dragon to be Keeper of the Mountain. Little Chiang-An, the youngest dragon, searches for a gift to win the honor of the title.
From Romulus to Romulus Augustulus
Author: Rose Williams
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 1610410041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 1610410041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Lord of the Dark Millennium: The Dan Abnett Collection
Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781789991383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A massive collection of fantastic short stories from New York Bestselling author Dan Abnett, collated together for the first time. A must read for all Abnett fans! From the bloody battlefields of the Sabbat Crusade to the clandestine world of the Inquisition, and the grand stage of the galaxy-defining Horus Heresy, this anthology brings together for the first time all of the Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy short stories by esteemed science fiction and New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett. Featured in these pages are both classic tales such as ‘Thorn Wishes Talon’ and ‘A Ghost Return’ and lesser known gems like ‘Midnight Rotation’ and ‘Eternal’ that add depth and nuance to some of the author’s most celebrated characters including Gaunt’s Ghosts, Gregor Eisenhorn, Horus Aximand, Shadrak Meduson and many more. Containing well over thirty stories and charting a legacy over twenty years in the making, Lord of the Dark Millennium is the definitive Black Library short fiction collection of Dan Abnett.
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781789991383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A massive collection of fantastic short stories from New York Bestselling author Dan Abnett, collated together for the first time. A must read for all Abnett fans! From the bloody battlefields of the Sabbat Crusade to the clandestine world of the Inquisition, and the grand stage of the galaxy-defining Horus Heresy, this anthology brings together for the first time all of the Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy short stories by esteemed science fiction and New York Times bestselling author Dan Abnett. Featured in these pages are both classic tales such as ‘Thorn Wishes Talon’ and ‘A Ghost Return’ and lesser known gems like ‘Midnight Rotation’ and ‘Eternal’ that add depth and nuance to some of the author’s most celebrated characters including Gaunt’s Ghosts, Gregor Eisenhorn, Horus Aximand, Shadrak Meduson and many more. Containing well over thirty stories and charting a legacy over twenty years in the making, Lord of the Dark Millennium is the definitive Black Library short fiction collection of Dan Abnett.
The Girl who Played with Fire
Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307476154
Category : Blomkvist, Mikael (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
When the reporters to a sex-trafficking exposé are murdered and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is targeted as the killer, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of the exposé, investigates to clear Lisbeth's name.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307476154
Category : Blomkvist, Mikael (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
When the reporters to a sex-trafficking exposé are murdered and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is targeted as the killer, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of the exposé, investigates to clear Lisbeth's name.
So You Want to Be a Wizard
Author: Diane Duane
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547545118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A mysterious library book opens the door to a world of magic and danger in the first book in the beloved Young Wizards series. Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow wizard-in-training Kit Rodriguez on a dangerous mission. The only way to become a full wizard is to face the Lone Power, the being that created death and is the mortal enemy of all wizards. As Nita and Kit battle their way through a deadly alternate version of New York controlled by the Lone Power, they must rely on each other and their newfound wizarding skills to survive--and save the world from the Lone One's grasp.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547545118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
A mysterious library book opens the door to a world of magic and danger in the first book in the beloved Young Wizards series. Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow wizard-in-training Kit Rodriguez on a dangerous mission. The only way to become a full wizard is to face the Lone Power, the being that created death and is the mortal enemy of all wizards. As Nita and Kit battle their way through a deadly alternate version of New York controlled by the Lone Power, they must rely on each other and their newfound wizarding skills to survive--and save the world from the Lone One's grasp.
Honest to Jesus
Author: Robert W. Funk
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060627581
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"In Honest to Jesus, Robert Funk, one of the preeminent biblical scholars of our time, embarks on a radical investigation into the transformation of Jesus the social rebel and iconoclast into Jesus the religious icon. Founder of the Jesus Seminar - the group of writers, philosophers, and theologians spearheading new research into the historical Jesus and the authenticity of the gospels - Funk has never before articulated his own bold and fearless vision of who Jesus truly was and how his legacy should be approached by the modern world." "Funk's investigation concludes with an explosive call to arms. In twenty-one theses, Funk articulates a revolutionary new vision of Jesus and Christianity for the next millennium. Freed from religious and political propaganda, liberated from the cobwebs of orthodoxy, this is a Jesus restored to the roles of social critic, dissident, and sage. Funk envisions a revitalized Christianity - shaped by history rather than orthodoxy and based not on the Christ of the creeds but on the teachings of Jesus in all their original power. Forthright, penetrating, and as radical as the mysterious figure it investigates, Honest to Jesus is a new classic in the debate over the search for the real Jesus and its implications for modern Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060627581
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"In Honest to Jesus, Robert Funk, one of the preeminent biblical scholars of our time, embarks on a radical investigation into the transformation of Jesus the social rebel and iconoclast into Jesus the religious icon. Founder of the Jesus Seminar - the group of writers, philosophers, and theologians spearheading new research into the historical Jesus and the authenticity of the gospels - Funk has never before articulated his own bold and fearless vision of who Jesus truly was and how his legacy should be approached by the modern world." "Funk's investigation concludes with an explosive call to arms. In twenty-one theses, Funk articulates a revolutionary new vision of Jesus and Christianity for the next millennium. Freed from religious and political propaganda, liberated from the cobwebs of orthodoxy, this is a Jesus restored to the roles of social critic, dissident, and sage. Funk envisions a revitalized Christianity - shaped by history rather than orthodoxy and based not on the Christ of the creeds but on the teachings of Jesus in all their original power. Forthright, penetrating, and as radical as the mysterious figure it investigates, Honest to Jesus is a new classic in the debate over the search for the real Jesus and its implications for modern Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved