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Author: S. Andrew Swann
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780886775896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sequel to Forests of the Night--hard-hitting, near-future science fiction certain to appeal to fans of Total Recall and Terminator. She was a top Agency operative, bioengineered for survival against impossi ble odds. But now someone had targeted her for termination at any cost.
Author: Reginald F. Johnston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 573
ISBN-13: 1108029655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.
Author: S. Andrew Swann
Publisher: DAW
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780756401511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow together for the first time in one volume, the first three novels of the acclaimed Moreau series. Includes "Forests of the Night, Emperors of the Twilight, " and "Specters of the Dawn." Original.
Author: Stephen R. Platt
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 609
ISBN-13: 0307961745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
Author: Christopher Hayes
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0307720454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to corporate America and Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to unprecedented levels of corruption and failure. 75,000 first printing.
Author: Faith L. Justice
Publisher:
Published: 2020-05-24
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780917053269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Rome reels under barbarian assaults, a young girl must step up?After the Emperor's unexpected death, ambitious men eye the Eastern Roman throne occupied by seven-year-old Theodosius II. His older sister Princess Pulcheria faces a stark choice: she must find allies and take control of the Eastern court or doom the imperial children to a life of obscurity-or worse! Beloved by the people and respected by the Church, Pulcheria forges her own path to power. Can her piety and steely will protect her brother from military assassins, heretic bishops, scheming eunuchs and-most insidious of all-a beautiful, intelligent bride? Or will she lose all in the trying?Dawn Empress tells Pulcheria's little-known and remarkable story. Her accomplishments rival those of Elizabeth I of England and Catherine the Great of Russia as she sets the stage for the dawn of the Byzantine Empire.
Author: S. Andrew Swann
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780886775650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in Cleveland 100 years in the future, this debut novel is the story of Nohar Rajasthan, Private Eye, who's a moreau--descended from genetically manipulated tiger stock. When Nohar is hired by a being illegally created from human stock to look into a murder, he finds himself caught up in a conspiracy of awesome proportions.
Author: Peter J. Leithart
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-09-24
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0830827226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Leithart weighs what we've been taught about Constantine and claims that in focusing on these historical mirages we have failed to notice the true significance of Constantine and Rome baptized. He reveals how beneath the surface of this contested story there lies a deeper narrative--a tectonic shift in the political theology of an empire--with far-reaching implications.
Author: Ian Ross
Publisher:
Published: 2018-12-17
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781784975340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the defeat of his rival Licinius in AD324, the Emperor Constantine has reigned for twelve years over a united Roman world. Under his patronage, Christianity continues to gain in strength and influence, while followers of the older religions increasingly feel that the traditional ways of Rome are dying away. But the emperor himself is getting old, and facing new challenges. In the east, Shapur II, the young and vigorous King of Persia, disputes Constantine's claim of protection over the Christians living within his domains. In Armenia, a state allied to Rome, the king has converted to the new faith, adding fuel to the simmering fires of Persian resentment. Now, as Constantine reaches the thirtieth anniversary of his rule, the ancestral enmity between the two great powers threatens once again to break into open war.
Author: J. C. Owens
Publisher: Etopia Press
Published: 2018-06-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1947135864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA soldier enslaved by the emperor who conquered him, with only one hope to save the man from madness... Jaden, a soldier sold into slavery when his country fell, survives day to day, his only wish to find his little sister and save her from the same fate. The war might be over, but the scars of those who underwent Tranaden's conquest still linger. But when he is given as tribute to the very man who conquered his country—Dersai, known as the Wolf, an emperor feared and loathed beyond Tranaden's borders—Jaden sees his last hope fading away. It is whispered that the emperor is mad, possessed, without the faintest shred of mercy. Yet, Jaden finds that the man is someone quite different among his own people, in the safety of his own world. Old hatreds die hard, but Jaden finds himself fascinated by the complex, mysterious man beneath the warrior shell. There is a darkness in Dersai, but also a chance to set things right at last. Dersai cannot afford the luxury of mercy in any form. His country, his people come first, and he will do anything to defend his borders and drive back those who seek to possess the lush beauty of Tranaden. His ancestor made a pact with a demon, and ever since, each emperor must endure the possession of the demon bound to protect Tranaden at any cost. As with those before him, Dersai will eventually fall into madness, his own people forced to annihilate him, and the next emperor forced to bear the burden again. He'd never held any hope...until he met Jaden and began to believe the old prophecies might finally come true. That a mate for the wolf would come and break the cycle forever... Reader note: Expanded with new material! Contains intense emotional elements and gay Sci-Fi Fantasy romance. Reader discretion advised.
