The Princeling

Author : Kerry Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857723766
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Emperors written by Kerry Brown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Emperors, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the secretive Communist Party. China's system might have its roots in peasant rebellion but it is now firmly under the control of a power-conscious Beijing elite, almost half of whose members are related directly to former senior Party leaders. Brown reveals the intrigue and scandal surrounding the internal battle raging between two China's: one founded by Mao on Communist principles, and a modern China in which 'to get rich is glorious'. At the centre of it all sits the latest Party Secretary, Xi Jinping - the son of a revolutionary, with links both to big business and to the People's Liberation Army. His rise to power is symbolic of the new emperors leading the world's next superpower.

Author : Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 0748132902
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Princeling written by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1558: Elizabeth I is on the throne, though still challenged by Mary, and her Protestant faith threatens the Catholic Morland family. The reign of Elizabeth I means that the Morlands must seek new spheres of influence to restore their fortunes. John, heir to Morland Place, rides north to wed the daughter of Black Will Percy, the Borders cattle lord, and learns that the way to win her heart is through blood and battle. His gentle sister, Lettice, has also travelled north to marry the ruthless Scottish baron, Lord Robert Hamilton, and in the treacherous court of Mary, Queen of Scots, she has to learn the bleak and bitter lessons of survival.

Author : Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402240589
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Princeling written by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful and beautifully written novel."*

Author : Ian Hamilton
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1770899545
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Princeling of Nanjing written by Ian Hamilton and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava caught in a labyrinth of high-level political corruption. Ava is in Shanghai for the launch of the PÖ clothing line. She has invited Xu, and over the course of the glitzy event and a late-night dinner, she detects a certain hesitancy in him. He later confides that the Tsai family, headed by Tsai Lian, the governor of Jiangsu Province and a “princeling” — he is the son of a general who was on the Long March with Mao and a member of China’s power elite — is trying to force him and his triad organization back into the drug business. Xu is already paying millions of dollars a year to various Tsai businesses, but the family wants more and thinks the new venture can deliver it. Xu believes this move would lead to his eventual destruction and feels he has nowhere to turn. If he opposes them, they will crush him. If he goes along with them, he thinks that inevitably the police and military will hunt him down. Ava sets out to help Xu deter the Tsai family. As she digs into the breadth and depth of the family’s wealth and corruption, she gets caught up in a huge tangled web, extending all the way to the U.S. and the U.K., where it reaches the top echelons of political power.

Author : Sherry Thomas
Publisher : Sherry Thomas
ISBN 13 : 163128035X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magnolia Sword written by Sherry Thomas and published by Sherry Thomas. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHINA, 484 A.D. A Warrior in Disguise All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel. Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan’s father cannot go. Her brother is just a child. So she ties up her hair, takes up her sword, and joins the army as a man. A War for a Dynasty Thanks to her martial arts skills, Mulan is chosen for an elite team under the command of the princeling—the royal duke’s son, who is also the handsomest man she’s ever seen. But the princeling has secrets of his own, which explode into Mulan’s life and shake up everything she knows. As they cross the Great Wall to face the enemy beyond, Mulan and the princeling must find a way to unwind their past, unmask a traitor, and uncover the plans for the Rouran invasion…before it’s too late. Inspired by wuxia martial-arts dramas as well as the centuries-old ballad of Mulan, The Magnolia Sword is a thrilling, romantic, and sharp-edged novel that lives up to its beloved heroine.

Author : Curt Benjamin
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101157488
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prince of Shadow written by Curt Benjamin and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2002-09-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Llesho was seven when the Harn invaded his family’s mountain kingdom of Thebin. Sold into slavery on Pearl Island, he was, as far as he know, the sole survivor of his royal family. When Llesho was ten, the old man called Lleck secretly began to undertake the boy’s education. But when Llesho was fifteen, Lleck died, and his spirit visited the boy while he worked the pearl beds, revealing his true destiny to him. All six of his older brothers were still alive! Llesho must win his freedom, find and rescue his brothers, and with their help raise an army against the evil Harn. But as a pearl diver he would never be allowed off the island. So llesho petitioned his lord to be trained as a gladiator, thus taking the first step on a road that would lead to conflicts with sorcerers, encounters with the avatars of gods, and a dangerous journey in search of the widely scattered family he had never expected to see again…

Author : Otis Adelbert Kline
Publisher : Endymion Press
ISBN 13 : 1531298915
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prince of Peril written by Otis Adelbert Kline and published by Endymion Press. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the discoveries of the scientist, Dr. Morgan, a young Martian's astral body is projected into the body of one Harry Thorne on Earth, and from Earth to Venus, or "Zarovia," where the man of Mars becomes Prince Zinlo of the mighty empire of Olba. Zinlo is instructed by Morgan's fellow-scientist Vorn Vangal in the universal language of Venus and other skills. An attempt to kidnap Zinlo by Taliboz, a secret foe of the empire, forces him to flee in an Olban airship. He crashes in the empire of Adonijar, where his quarrel with Prince Gadrimel over the Princess Loralie of Tyrhana is interrupted by Taliboz, who seizes the girl. Zinlo and Gadrimel pursue Taliboz, and many thrilling adventures are encountered by Prince Zinlo.

Author : Ian Hamilton
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1770892478
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Shanghai written by Ian Hamilton and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2015-01-17 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh novel in the Ava Lee series finds Ava caught up in the election for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies. It’s been three months since Uncle’s passing, and Ava is finally ready to begin her new life as a partner with May Ling Wong and her sister-in-law Amanda in their Three Sisters venture capital firm. Ava travels to Shanghai to hear a pitch on a new investment possibility: the creation of a fashion line by Clark and Gillian Po. She also meets with the mysterious Xu, a young man Uncle had been mentoring and who is the head of the triad in Shanghai. Xu makes an audacious business proposal that she and May Ling are compelled to consider. Meanwhile, separately and privately, he confides to Ava that he intends to run for the chairmanship of the Triad Societies and attempts to recruit her as his adviser. Against her will, Ava becomes enmeshed in triad warfare and her future is threatened...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colonnade written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colonnade written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: