Shattered Jade

Shattered Jade
Author: Larry Alexander
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2024-03-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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From New York Times bestselling author Larry Alexander comes a gritty historical novel of World War II, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides of the firing line. Tarawa was hell but Saipan is worse. For Sergeant Pete “Hardball” Talbot, recently returned from being wounded on Tarawa seven months earlier, Saipan is just another battle as the United States leaps island to island towards an invasion of the Japanese homeland. But the Japanese have learned, all too well, how to defend their islands, with carefully constructed and concealed bunkers and machine gun nests. Talbot and the dozen men of Second Squad have no idea they are running headlong into thirty-five thousand Japanese soldiers who have sworn to fight to the last man. In vivid, startling detail, Shattered Jade explores the strategy and horror of battle in one of World War II’s most brutal conflicts and illuminates the extraordinary courage of ordinary young men.

Shattering Jade

Shattering Jade
Author: B. Budd Smith
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 059524436X
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SHATTERING JADE offers us that rare, highly-intelligent suspense story that probes the deeper issues of our generation right in the middle of a great adventure yarn. John Selby portrays entirely-believable yet ultimately heroic characters who push the limits of their beliefs and abilities they explore that dangerously-expanding new frontier where scientific fact and mystic realization merge and all too often explode in our faces. Inhabiting both primitive and hi-tech scenarios, and testing the limits of human love and trust, SHATTERING JADE explores the very-real possibility that overly-brilliant mind-terrorists could tap recent breakthroughs in consciousness research to malevolently influence people's thoughts and actions on a planetary scale. Directly in the middle of its driving suspense plot, Selby's novel also delivers mature sexual intrigue. The mysterious and spell-binding Mahalena Bernhardt continually provokes our hero beyond his limits, finally challenging him to an archetypal life-or-death encounter where the ceremonial fulfillment of their intimate involvement could determine the victory or failure of their mission. SHATTERING JADE brings numerous exotic locations into vivid life and pushes readers right to the very edge of their own cherished beliefs regarding what is illusion versus what is (perhaps lethally) all too real.

Transmigration: Jade Fate

Transmigration: Jade Fate
Author: , Zhenyinfang
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2020-02-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1648461417
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Xiao Yuchen, born in a family of carved wood, is responsible for Carving Dragons and Phoenix for the royal family. The status of the central government is quite high, the family is innocent, and generally has no struggle with the world, but the status is still unshakable. The character is changeable and unfathomable. Generally, most of the most peerless works of the Xiao family are written by him. And foam cold ice from childhood childhood, two little guesswork. It can be said that everyone is envious of him. Xiao Yuchen's wood carving skills are incomparable to others. Therefore, the male leader is the target of everyone's pursuit since he was a child. Later, when she went out to visit her parents again, she was hurt by the robbers. In order to save her father and mother, she was stabbed by the robbers, almost nine days later. Although the body is not completely dead, Lin Yanyu's consciousness is almost nil. From then on, he began to be decadent, and no longer focused on wood carving. Lin Yuyan, an outstanding doctor in the 21st century, has passed through the dying body of Mu Hanbing because of Hotan Yu, and has her memory. The daughter of a humble family gradually discovered the strange and strange disposition of Lin Yu and smoke. After a while, he looked heroic and looked like a little bit of a small family. Just, Xiao Yuchen and Lin Yuyan get along in this period of time. The two men have already sprouted some unknown feelings unconsciously, but no one has broken them. Later, Lin Yuyan escapes from marriage and walks around the world, but is caught back by the man's Lord again. The two gradually rise in love. At this time, Xiao Yuchen accidentally sees a medical skill, and wants to kill Lin Yuyan and revive Mu Hanbing......

Shattered Wings

Shattered Wings
Author: Violet Bell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2014
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493150936
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Elizabeth always finds herself running out of situations she can't stop from happening. She can't help it that she needs blood to satisfy her cravings, or that she is far from human, the black wings on her back are sure proof of that. Hell, Elizabeth isn't even her real name, in fact she can't remember a good portion of her past. About ready to give up one stormy night, she meets a boy who saves her from her latest bad deed and travels with him. But Jade appears to know a bit more about her than he first let on, it become apparent when another boy from her past joins the journey. Even though Obsidian answers all of Elizabeth's questions he too seems to be hiding something, a reason of why he got them all together in the first place, that will cause Elizabeth's whole world to crumble apart.

Immortal From Another World

Immortal From Another World
Author: Ai ShangYuWeiWen
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2020-10-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 163666850X
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Ye Fei, who brought along his father's flying immortal from outer space, came to the continent after surviving for 500 years. Even though he was called an idiot by others, his family love and love made him truly feel the warmth of his family.

The Stranger and the Chinese Moral Imagination

The Stranger and the Chinese Moral Imagination
Author: Haiyan Lee
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2014-11-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0804793549
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In the last two decades, China has become a dramatically more urban society and hundreds of millions of people have changed residence in the process. Family and communal bonds have been broken in a country once known as "a society of kith and kin." There has been a pervasive sense of moral crisis in contemporary China, and the new market economy doesn't seem to offer any solutions. This book investigates how the Chinese have coped with the condition of modernity in which strangers are routinely thrust together. Haiyan Lee dismisses the easy answers claiming that this "moral crisis" is merely smoke and mirrors conjured up by paternalistic, overwrought leaders and scholars, or that it can be simply chalked up to the topsy-turvy of a market economy on steroids. Rather, Lee argues that the perception of crisis is itself symptomatic of a deeper problem that has roots in both the Confucian tradition of kinship and the modern state management of stranger sociality. This ambitious work is the first to investigate the figure of the stranger—foreigner, peasant migrant, bourgeois intellectual, class enemy, unattached woman, animal—across literature, film, television, and museum culture. Lee's aim is to show that hope lies with a robust civil society in which literature and the arts play a key role in sharpening the moral faculties and apprenticing readers in the art of living with strangers. In so doing, she makes a historical, comparative, and theoretically informed contribution to the on-going conversation on China's "(un)civil society."

The Broken Academy Complete Series

The Broken Academy Complete Series
Author: Jade Alters
Publisher: Untamed Love LLC
Total Pages: 1140
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Shapeshifters and Dragons destroy their rooms. Vampires sneak off to feed unsupervised. Beings that should never have been brought to this Realm are allowed to grow their preternatural powers without restriction. A dangerous concoction is brewing unchecked at the Broken Academy. Subterfuge and shifting allegiances are the rule. At the center of the dawning war are two of the most powerful students ever to walk the halls. One, a magical prodigy of ancient lineage. The other, a hybrid-gone-rogue the Council once sought to snuff out. Amidst the uncertainty, an ancient enemy lurks and a magical mishap just opened the door… Emery Dalshak and Cece Ford hold the fate of the Realm in their hands but will their united magic carry enough power to settle scores born in the Age of Legends? Complete Series Collection Includes: Power of Fire, The Broken Academy Year 1 Power of Magic, The Broken Academy Year 2 Power of Blood, The Broken Academy Year 3 Pacts & Promises, The Broken Academy Year 4 Bonds, The Broken Academy Year 5 The Broken Academy is a why choose, slow burn paranormal romance; the steam increases through the series. Each book covers one year at the academy, is written from different perspectives and features one or more headstrong heroines and layered heroes. A significant amount of time is spent developing the history and lore of the world. All of the books can be read as standalone stories however series order is recommended to fully maximize enjoyment. Author note: The romance is described as "why choose" instead of reverse harem as each central female characters has her cake and gets it to eat it too, with multiple concurrent love interests that ebb and fall throughout the series, however there are no steamy scenes with multi-partner action. Select Reviews for The Broken Academy Series: "Jade Alters’ latest reverse harem starts with some heat and continues to fan the flames. Her new world is stunning and worth exploring. I cannot wait for Power of Magic and Power of Blood.." ★★★★★ "It's a fast-paced and standalone book that will keep you engaged from start to finish. There's action, adventure, drama, danger, suspense, twist/turns, enemies, survival, intrigue, humor, mystery/secrets, surprises, family, friends, conflict, resolution, confusion, confidence, strength, courage, revenge, anger, magic, conspiracy, tragedy, struggles, stubbornness, romance, passion/lust and love. There's dragons, demons, vampires, fey, magicians, shifters, astral travelers and so many more characters in this story." ★★★★★ "All I can say is WOW! This book takes you on a rollercoaster ride from page 1. " ★★★★★ "This book made me warm moist and intoxicated from one eye popping ravenous page to the next. This story was definitely smokin hot with an intriguing storyline that kept me thirsty excited and on edge. Magician. Dragon. Demon. And vampires. Oh the plot keeps thickening and the world around them gets more twist with every turns are they doomed I love this book it was so crazy I can't wait for the next it was such a page-turner took my breath away definitely 5 * read." ★★★★★ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are a fan of Rae Foxx, Alexis Calder, Meg Xuemei X, Rachel Jonas and Alexis Calder, you're going to love this slow-burn paranormal romance! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keywords: paranormal romance, romantic books, romance ebooks, books to read and download, contemporary romance, paranormal romance books, ebooks romance, romance books for adults no cliffhangers, supernatural romance books, paranormal romance books full novel, steamy romance books, happily ever after, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, happy for now, HFN, Reverse harem, menage, why choose, MMF, vampire books, shifter books, friends to lovers, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, witchcraft books, magician, magic, wizard, college romance, adventure, collection, complete series, Steamy reverse harem menage romance shifter mfm mmf mmfm fated mates fate contemporary hea happy happily ever after author series novel book school academy college university demon vampire shifter dragon magic paranormal supernatural pnr Box set author series novel book complete omnibus boxset bundle collection

Anthomaniac Princess

Anthomaniac Princess
Author: Er Chun
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 1058
Release: 2020-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 164846453X
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"Seventh Prince, have you seen how well I've painted your smoky makeup today?" "Hong Liang, Miss Qiao has a sharp eye. She is to be escorted back to the mansion and is to be accompanied by Su Erzhong to treat Miss Qiao." "Hey, Seventh Prince, don't go yet. There's nothing wrong with my eyes, and I haven't slept for the whole night. I've written a few poems for you, you can listen to them." Seventh Prince was the heavens, Seventh Prince was the earth, and Seventh Prince was the radish and vegetables. Small cool is a flower, small cool is a treasure, small cool is that day fairy. "Ah — the flower and the radish with the fairy, a natural pair!" Just as she finished speaking, the purple-clothed servant girl stood beside the pink-clothed lady with big strides and also held up the cloth in her hand. She recited: "You are the number one marshal in the world, I am the prettiest in the world, you and I love each other and have a fat child to kiss!"

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
Author: Jack Weatherford
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307407160
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“A fascinating romp through the feminine side of the infamous Khan clan” (Booklist) by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan “Enticing . . . hard to put down.”—Associated Press The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. The daughters of the Silk Route turned their father’s conquests into the first truly international empire, fostering trade, education, and religion throughout their territories and creating an economic system that stretched from the Pacific to the Mediterranean. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section about the queens from the Secret History of the Mongols, and, with that one act, the dynasty of these royals had seemingly been extinguished forever, as even their names were erased from the historical record. With The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, a groundbreaking and magnificently researched narrative, Jack Weatherford restores the queens’ missing chapter to the annals of history.