Author : Sky Andrew
Publisher : Skylet Andrew
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2023-03-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0995552134
Shan Shan World follows teenager Shantelle Waters who dreams of becoming a pop star. Upon finding a magical microphone left to her by her Grandma, she realises that this could become a reality.
Author : Qianshen Bai
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 1684173809
"For 1,300 years, Chinese calligraphy was based on the elegant art of Wang Xizhi (A.D. 303–361). But the seventeenth-century emergence of a style modeled on the rough, broken epigraphs of ancient bronzes and stone artifacts brought a revolution in calligraphic taste. By the eighteenth century, this led to the formation of the stele school of calligraphy, which continues to shape Chinese calligraphy today.A dominant force in this school was the eminent calligrapher and art theorist Fu Shan (1607–1685). Because his work spans the late Ming–early Qing divide, it is an ideal prism through which to view the transformation in calligraphy.Rather than seek a single explanation for the change in calligraphic taste, the author demonstrates and analyzes the heterogeneity of the cultural, social, and political processes behind it. Among other subjects, the book covers the late Ming interaction between high and low culture; the role of publishing; the Ming loyalist response to the Qing; and early Qing changes in intellectual discourse. In addition to the usual approach of art historians, it adopts the theoretical perspectives of such fields as material culture, print culture, and social and intellectual history."
Author : Yi Bai
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 164884779X
Everyone said that she was the most miserable woman. She did not love herself and gave birth to a child that was unknown to her father.F * ck.It's all nonsense.Without the framing of that trash of a man, how could she have gotten into that accident?That her daughter was a bastard?As the daughter of the first Wealthy Ming family, she was clearly the little princess of the Ming family!There was still someone coveting her husband? That she wasn't worthy of Mr. Ming?Kang Nian'an threw the two bright-eyed marriage certificates in front of everyone and declared his sovereignty. "I, Mrs. Ming, have gained the reputation of Mr. Ming!"
Author : Christine Shan Shan Hou
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,59 MB
Release : 2017
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 9780998736204
Poetry. Christine Shan Shan Hou's newest collection of poems, COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR LONELY GIRLS depicts a journey that traverses imagined histories and various states of consciousness. In Hou's poems, "the now moves with such glacial intensity"--folkloric myth and cultural detail are weaved together in animated modulation. These poems assert that desire for the unknown is pertinent to understanding one's identity and survival: "I know I could die, but if / I could be anything // I would be an aquarium full of / colorful fish and deep // breathing, / You know // like nude and / without age." Like a feminist spiritual quest or the act of a messenger delivering consequential information to a participant community, Hou's poems shape shift while simultaneously evoking its changeability: "I open my legs and a saint comes out / like a tiny blessing." Here, the subtle, gross, and causal body get in alignment despite the complexities and controversies of living a life. "Enough dilly-dallying. The love is coming."
Author : Karen Traviss
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 31,51 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061758736
Three strikingly different alien races greeted the military mission from Earth when it reached the planet called Bezer'ej. Now one of the sentient species has been exterminated—and two others are poised on the brink of war. The fragile bezeri are no more, due to the ignorant, desperate actions of human interlopers. The powerful wess'har protectors have failed in their sworn obligation to the destroyed native population—and the outrage must be redressed. But those who are coming to judge from the World Before -- the home planet, now distant and alien to the wess'har, whose ancestors left there generations ago -- will not restrict their justice to the individual humans responsible for the slaughter. Earth itself must answer for the genocide. And its ultimate fate may depend on a dead woman: former police officer Shan Frankland, who became something far greater than human before destroying herself in the vast airless depths of space.
Author : Pao Mian
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1647961661
After Shanshan entered the palace, he was conferred with the status of an ordinary person. In order to prevent himself from being captured, Hong Xin sent his daughter to the palace with great ferocity. Shan knew she couldn't resist, so she packed and prepared to enter the palace. The day before he entered the palace, Shan said goodbye to her lover. Under Mao's cold pleading, Shan left. Shanshan cried as he was called over to comfort his parents. Hong Xin knew that she was reluctant to part with her boyfriend. She promised to take good care of him. Shanshan left for the capital before daybreak. When the carriage reached a Town, she met a thief. As she had no money, she could only inquire along the way. Since the emperor could not see Shanshan, he sent someone to the Hong Residence. Hong Xin knew that his daughter was in danger and sent someone to look for her. After asking around, he found Shanshan, and then sent her to the capital. He had offended Noble Consort Feng on his first day in the palace. Noble Consort Feng invited Shan Shan to his bedchamber, just in time for the Emperor to come. Noble Consort Feng held the emperor's hand, showing his special affection. During his speech, the emperor had seen Shanshan many times. With the excuse of reprimanding him, he took Shanshan away and spread the news that Shanshan was in charge of his bed. Noble Consort Feng went to's place to cause trouble. When Shanshan went to pay respects to Noble Consort Feng, she did not see the empress. A concubine told Shanshan that it was taboo to be the empress in the palace.
Author : Jane M. Ferguson
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0299333000
The Shan have been fighting since 1958 for the autonomous state in Southeast Asia they were promised. Jane M. Ferguson articulates Shanland as an ongoing project of resistance, resilience, and accommodation within Thailand and Myanmar, showing how the Shan have forged a homeland and identity during great upheaval.
Author : Veli-Matti Karkkainen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 2009-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802862810
Pentecostal scholars from four continents here offer constructive theological proposals focusing on the role of the Holy Spirit in diverse cultural and religious contexts. Typical Pentecostal topics Spirit-baptism, healing, and other charisms are interwoven with such themes as post-colonialism, religious plurality, racial diversity, and cultural heritage.
Author : J. Leigh Bralick
Publisher : Vorona Books
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1941108091
In a world that blames her for something she didn’t do… …Merelin must take on a new identity. But how long will it take for the truth to come out? Merelin wants nothing more than to bring Arah Byen into some kind of balance… …but nothing is going as planned. The High King raves like a mad man. Merelin’s allies scatter and turn on each other, and the man she loves more than anything stands on the edge of a darkness she cannot comprehend. Things couldn’t get any worse… …until they do. When a terrible crime forces Merelin to flee for her life, she realizes she is not a victim of a horrible plot, but a pawn in a deadly game she never understood. In the coming fight Merelin cannot stand alone… …but can she unite her allies before it is too late?
Author : Lucien Stryk
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802198252
Selections from the most significant texts in the body of Buddhist literature. For readers who want a deeper understanding of Buddhism, this is a rich, varied, and comprehensive collection in one volume. It includes the most significant texts from the vast body of Buddhist literature, and includes translations from Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Lao. For the benefit of the newcomer to Buddhism—or for those using it in an academic context—the pieces are arranged in chronological order, and each chapter is preceded by a separate commentary. In addition, there is a comprehensive description of life in India at the time of the Buddha and an outline of his life and mission. “The best available translations.” —Library Journal
