Dragon Lad

Author : Louisa Treger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448217397

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The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger Pdf

'A daring blend of romance, crime and history, and an intelligent exposé of the inherent injustice and consequences of all forms of oppression' Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia 'Ginie' Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia, The Dragon Lady tells Ginie's extraordinary story, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg. From the glamorous Italian Riviera before the Great War to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the thirties, and from the secluded Scottish Highlands to segregated Rhodesia in the fifties, the narrative spans enormous cultural and social change. Lady Virginia Courtauld was a boundary-breaking, colourful and unconventional person who rejected the submissive role women were expected to play. Ostracised by society for being a foreign divorcée at the time of Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson, Ginie and her second husband ,Stephen Courtauld, leave the confines of post-war Britain to forge a new life in Rhodesia, only to find that being progressive liberals during segregation proves mortally dangerous. Many people had reason to dislike Ginie, but who had reason enough to pull the trigger? Deeply evocative of time and place, The Dragon Lady subtly blends fact and fiction to paint the portrait of an extraordinary woman in an era of great social and cultural change.

Author : Monique Brinson Demery
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610392822

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Finding the Dragon Lady by Monique Brinson Demery Pdf

In November 1963, the president of South Vietnam and his brother were brutally executed in a coup that was sanctioned and supported by the American government. President Kennedy later explained to his close friend Paul "Red" Fay that the reason the United States made the fateful decision to get rid of the Ngos was in no small part because of South Vietnam's first lady, Madame Nhu. "That goddamn bitch," Fay remembers President Kennedy saying, "She's responsible ... that bitch stuck her nose in and boiled up the whole situation down there." The coup marked the collapse of the Diem government and became the US entry point for a decade-long conflict in Vietnam. Kennedy's death and the atrocities of the ensuing war eclipsed the memory of Madame Nhu -- with her daunting mixture of fierceness and beauty. But at the time, to David Halberstam, she was "the beautiful but diabolic sex dictatress," and Malcolm Browne called her "the most dangerous enemy a man can have." By 1987, the once-glamorous celebrity had retreated into exile and seclusion, and remained there until young American Monique Demery tracked her down in Paris thirty years later. Finding the Dragon Lady is Demery's story of her improbable relationship with Madame Nhu, and -- having ultimately been entrusted with Madame Nhu's unpublished memoirs and her diary from the years leading up to the coup -- the first full history of the Dragon Lady herself, a woman who was feared and fantasized over in her time, and who singlehandedly frustrated the government of one of the world's superpowers.

Author : J. C. Stevens
Publisher : Dragon's Egg Books
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780996383981

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Dragon Lad by J. C. Stevens Pdf

Dirk is a budding boy wizard who hatched as a dragon and has a ring that turns him back into one. For his summer vacation, he's leaving Roman Britannia on a secret journey to tell the dragon who raised him she's free from a curse. He doesn't realize he's being tracked by his worst enemy, the sorceress who abducted him as a baby and blames him for her husband's death. Treacherous Ethelda thinks Dirk has her fiendishly powerful wand and she'll do anything to get it back. The Roman Army wants the Wand of the Black Sphere, too, worried Ethelda will use it against them, and they're looking for Dirk, the last one seen with it. But Dirk's halfway around the world dealing with monsters and magic they couldn't imagine. Packed with intrigue and humor, this final book in the illustrated Dragon Lad trilogy joins The Thirteenth Egg and Tale of the Talisman for spectacular storytelling.

Author : Sterling Seagrave,Peggy Seagrave
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015025152383

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Dragon Lady by Sterling Seagrave,Peggy Seagrave Pdf

"The last empress of China--Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi (1835-1908)--is remembered as one of history's monsters, an iron-willed concubine who, after usurping power in 1861, ruled from the Dragon Throne for half a century. Her reign, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars and through the Boxer Rebellion until the collapse of the 2,000-year-old empire, has traditionally been seen as one of murder, poison, and intrigue. But the wicked image is false." "In 1974, to the dismay of scholars, Sir Edmund Backhouse--the biographer most responsible for the widespread vision of Tzu Hsi as monster--was revealed to be a con man. And now the author of the celebrated best-seller The Soong Dynasty has undertaken the first complete reappraisal of the empress--exposing Backhouse's writings about her as a major hoax and forgery, and establishing that the most important Western correspondent in Peking during her reign--Dr. George Morrison of the London Times--kept a secret diary contradicting his own dispatches about Tzu Hsi." "Drawing on many unpublished or long-overlooked contemporary sources, Sterling Seagrave shows us Tzu Hsi as a complex woman whose desperate--though often misguided--efforts to hold her country together take on a different coloration in the context of unrelenting foreign attempts to colonize and tear it apart. Far from being all-powerful, she was actually a hostage of vengeful Manchu princes who were using her in a power struggle against both Chinese reformers and foreign interference." "Here at last is an authentic portrait of this fascinating historical figure, as well as insight into the Western craving to believe in a sinister, dragon-haunted Orient. Dragon Lady is at once a compelling biography and the equally compelling story of how a myth was contrived, how it endured, and how, ultimately, the truth has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599613786

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Revenge of the Dragon Lady by Kate McMullan Pdf

After accidentally killing a dragon, Wiglaf hopes his friends at Dragon Slayers' Academy will be able to help him prove himself a hero when he faces that dragon's mother, Seetha, the Beast from the East. Follow Wiglaf's adventures at Dragon Slayers' Academy as he discovers more about his past and what the future holds for him.

Author : Sonia Shah
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0896085759

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Dragon Ladies by Sonia Shah Pdf

'Explores the emergence of a distinct Asian-American feminist movement through the perspectives of well-known Asian-American activists, writers and artists.' Ms. Magazine

Author : Steven O'Donnell,Stephanie Bendixsen
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338237580

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Dragon Land (Pixel Raiders #2) by Steven O'Donnell,Stephanie Bendixsen Pdf

Australian video-game enthusiasts, Stephanie Bendixsen and Steven O'Donnell, take the epic fantasy quest to a whole new level in this action-packed, highly-illustrated follow up to Dig World! Enter Dragon Land, Level Two of a virtual reality game where things are all too real!Rip and Mei escaped Dig World, only to find themselves still trapped inside the game. And it's only getting harder to stay alive!Now known as the Dragon Riders, Rip and Mei are stuck in a fantasy land with bandit bullies, spying firebugs, and warring dragon clans-while being followed by a grumpy dragon who owes them a life debt!Can they survive an epic battle and complete their quest for the Etherstone?

Author : Isabel Cooper
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402284717

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The Highland Dragon's Lady by Isabel Cooper Pdf

He's Out of the Highlands and on the Prowl... Regina Talbot-Jones has always known her rambling family home was haunted. She's also aware her brother has invited one of his friends to attend an ill-conceived séance. She didn't count on that friend being so handsome...and she certainly didn't expect him to be a dragon. Younger son of a family of shapeshifting dragons, Highlander Colin MacAlasdair has lived a life free of both family duty and mortal cares. Moving in and out of human society as he wishes, he takes very little seriously-until Regina drops onto his balcony one midnight, catching his attention and his interest. She's like no mortal he's ever met, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to get her out of his head. Bound by circumstance, drawn by the fire awakening inside of them, Colin and Regina must work together to defeat a vengeful spirit-and discover whether their growing love is powerful enough to defy convention. The Highland Dragons Series: Legend of the Highland Dragon (Book 1) The Highland Dragon's Lady (Book 2) Night of the Highland Dragon (Book 3) Praise for Legend of the Highland Dragon, a Barnes and Noble Best Romance of 2013 "The mix of hard-headed realism and fantasy in this novel is enchanting..."-Barnes and Noble Reviews "An outstanding read! ...fast-paced, smartly written...impossible to put down."- RT Book Reviews, 4 1⁄2 Stars, Top Pick!

Author : Chris Pocock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1500965464

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Dragon Lady Today by Chris Pocock Pdf

The remarkable Lockheed Martin U-2 high-flying spyplane celebrates its 60th birthday in 2015. But today's U-2 is a fully modernized reconnaissance aircraft, capable of serving the U.S. and its allies for many years to come. Chris Pocock has followed the Dragon Lady for 30 years. He has flown in the jet, and talked to hundreds of U-2 pilots, maintainers, managers and commanders. His previous book, "50 Years of the U-2", is the standard reference on the aircraft's history. Now he updates the story, in a richly-illustrated book with 190 charts and photos, most of them previously unpublished.

Author : J. C. Stevens
Publisher : Dragon's Egg Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780996383905

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Dragon Lad by J. C. Stevens Pdf

Author : Sharon J. Mondragon
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885788687

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The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady by Sharon J. Mondragon Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dragon's Egg Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780996383936

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Dragon Lad by Anonim Pdf

Magic and adventure abound in this second book in the Dragon Lad trilogy.The Tale of the Talisman follows our young dragon-hatched hero as he seeks his parents, his past and his destiny in Roman-ruled Britannia. A boy without a history¿at least one that he can remember¿Dirk turns to his shape-shifting friends for help. They launch him on a quest involving the one clue he has to his previous existence: a magic talisman.The wizard Beldor gives Dirk a ring that allows him to re-enter the realm he thought he'd left behind. Armed with this ring and a magic map, he travels a trail leading to a raging dragon, a slippery mermaid, two grasping sorcerers and a legion of Roman soldiers. He also discovers a long-lost friend and powers he never imagined.Fast-paced and funny, "Dragon Lad: Tale of the Talisman" is a modern classic that can be read alone or as a companion to the first novel in the trilogy, "Dragon Lad: The Thirteenth Egg."

Author : Milton Caniff
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434492708

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April Kane and the Dragon Lady by Milton Caniff Pdf

Based on the popular comic strip "Terry and the Pirates," here is Milton Caniff's 1942 novel, "April Kane and the Dragon Lady."

Author : Thomas N. VanderHeiden
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645440222

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Adventure in Dragon Land by Thomas N. VanderHeiden Pdf

Adventure in Dragon Land is a story about a young girl who finds her way into a magical place. Strong friendships are made, and a future of adventure awaits. I hope reading this book is as much fun as it was to write. I look forward to continuing adventures in Dragon Land.

Author : Nicole Carrick
Publisher : BookCountry
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781463005665

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A Journey Into Dragon Land by Nicole Carrick Pdf

A Journey Into Dragon Land is a story about a brother and sister. They find out that their sister is a queen of a magical land, that's in trouble of being taken over by dragons. In a plot of revenge, their sister gets kidnapped by the king of dragons himself. Will they get to her in time to rescue her or will it be to late?