Author : Sumita Mukherjee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781519787972
Keiko, Kenzo and Eji are on an outbound trip to China with their school friends and a strict teacher. They visit the Forbidden Place and discover that it is haunted. Strange things happen in the guest house and they set out to investigate. They are shocked to see an unearthly hollow face. Kenzo, being a brave heart finds a clue and decides to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Author : Sumita Mukherjee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781523215850
Keiko, Kenzo and Eji are on an outbound trip to China with their school friends and a strict teacher. They visit the Forbidden Place and discover that it is haunted. Strange things happen in the guest house and they set out to investigate. They are shocked to see an unearthly hollow face. Kenzo, being a brave heart finds a clue and decides to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Author : Peter David
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613451137
The all-new six part critically acclaimed mini-series written by Peter David with art by Sal Velluto triumphantly returning the original, Ghost Who Walks -- The Phantom-- to comic books is now collected together as a deluxe graphic novel. This classic tale pits The Phantom against the Singh Brotherhood and their metal-handed leader who are intent on plundering an ancient fabled City of Gold. Only The Phantom, Diana and a newly found alley --taken from the pages of the first Phantom adventure-- can stop them! Filled with action, suspense, intrigue and surprises that will thrill Phantom fans and lure those only familiar with the legend.
Author : Geremie Barmé
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0674027795
Barm peels away the veneer of power, secrecy, inscrutability, and passions of imperial China, to provide a new and original history of the culture, politics, and architecture of the Forbidden City: an extraordinary attraction, which encapsulates much of the country's history. ("Sunday Telegraph").
Author :
Publisher : China Books & Periodicals
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN :
Author : Princess Der Ling
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 28,71 MB
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Two Years in the Forbidden City is an autobiography by Princess Der Ling. Her royal highness depicts her time while serving as the first lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi, conveying the atmosphere of the Chinese court in those times.
Author : Princess Der Ling
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 36,98 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Beijing (China)
ISBN :
The author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yü Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. -- Foreword.
Author : Nick Johnson Publishing
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 44,97 MB
Release : 2020-11-22
Category :
ISBN :
Abandoned by Greek Cypriots in the summer of 1974, Varosha (a suburb of Famugusta) was once the playground of the rich and famous, including celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, and Brigitte Bardot. The town was evacuated as the Turkish army advanced, with possessions and property left where it lay. For forty six years the only people allowed into this area were the Turkish army and United Nations. On 8th October 2020, some parts of the Varosha were opened to all and this collection of photographs document the deserted city at the end of 2020
Author : Princess Der Ling
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 39,5 MB
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 802724692X
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Two Years in the Forbidden City is the memoir by Princess Der Ling about her life in the service of Empress Dowager Cixi, where she was the First lady-in-waiting, as well as interpreter for her when she received foreign visitors. The book provides unique insights into life at the Manchu court and the character of the Empress, a world that ended abruptly with the 1911 revolution that overthrew the Manchu or Qing dynasty.
Author : William Bell
Publisher : Seal Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0385674120
Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape. Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in Beijing, Forbidden City is a powerful and frightening story.
