Rime Fire MC: Hockey Old Ladies (The Complete Series)
Rime Fire MC: Hockey Old Ladies (The Complete Series)

Author: Esther E. Schmidt

Publisher: Esther E. Schmidt

Published: 2023-02-07

Total Pages: 296

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Speed and physical contact; something ice hockey is known for. Especially when it comes to the members of Rime Fire MC. They fight hard but even harder off the ice. A solid team, a brotherhood, playing this game they call life where there’s more at stake than the puck hitting the net. Tavi (& Nadia) - Retired hockey player, president of Rime Fire MC, and as of this week; hockey team owner. There’s a lot on my plate, especially when it comes to finding my father’s killer. The only thing keeping me sane is the mysterious woman who has no clue about hockey, and even better, doesn’t know who I am. Axton (& Regina) - Team captain and the vice president of Rime Fire MC. I have a lot on my plate, but nothing is more important than getting a second chance with the woman who rocked my world two months ago. One phone call changes everything. It’s time to step up and claim her as mine, especially when there’s a killer out for revenge. Micah (& Mitzi-Faye) - Right winger, and a biker of Rime Fire MC; I thrive in the offensive zone. Attempting to score is my main goal on and off the ice. Until I’m confronted by a woman who spikes my interest but doesn’t want a repeat. Shockingly enough, I can’t remember our first encounter, rendering me unable to score for the first time in my life. This boxed set contains all three (second chance) novellas in the complete Rime Fire MC: Hockey Old Ladies series.

Rime Fire MC
Rime Fire MC

Author: Esther E. Schmidt

Publisher: Esther E. Schmidt

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 102

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Speed and physical contact; something ice hockey is known for. Especially when it comes to the members of Rime Fire MC. They fight hard but even harder off the ice. A solid team, a brotherhood, playing this game they call life where there’s more at stake than the puck hitting the net. Micah - As a right winger, and a biker of Rime Fire MC, I thrive in the offensive zone. Attempting to score is my main goal on and off the ice. Until I’m confronted by a woman who spikes my interest but doesn’t want a repeat. Shockingly enough, I can’t remember our first encounter, rendering me unable to score for the first time in my life. Mitzi-Faye - I shouldn’t give him a second chance because nothing good can come out of mixing business and pleasure. His counter deal Is friendship. Until it’s not enough for the both of us. That’s the moment my life takes a spin and a stalker is thrown into the mix.

Minimal Old Chinese and Later Han Chinese
Minimal Old Chinese and Later Han Chinese

Author: Axel Schuessler

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2009-04-14

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0824863623

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Although long out of date, Bernard Karlgren’s (1957) remains the most convenient work for looking up Middle Chinese (ca. A.D. 600) and Old Chinese (before 200 B.C.) reconstructions of all graphs that occur in literature from the beginning of writing (ca. 1250 B.C.) down to the third century B.C. In the present volume, Axel Schuessler provides a more current reconstruction of Old Chinese, limiting it, as far as possible, to those post-Karlgrenian phonological features of Old Chinese that enjoy some consensus among today’s investigators. At the same time, the updating of the material disregards more speculative theories and proposals. Schuessler refers to these minimal forms as "Minimal Old Chinese" (OCM). He bases OCM on Baxter’s 1992 reconstructions but with some changes, mostly notational. In keeping with its minimal aspect, the OCM forms are kept as simple as possible and transcribed in an equally simple notation. Some issues in Old Chinese phonology still await clarification; hence interpolations and proposals of limited currency appear in this update. Karlgren’s Middle Chinese reconstructions, as emended by Li Fang-kuei, are widely cited as points of reference for historical forms of Chinese as well as dialects. This emended Middle Chinese is also supplied by Schuessler. Another important addition to Karlgren’s work is an intermediate layer midway between the Old and Middle Chinese periods known as "Later Han Chinese" (ca. second century A.D.) The additional layer makes this volume a useful resource for those working on Han sources, especially poetry. This book is intended as a "companion" to the original Grammata Serica Recensa and therefore does not repeat other information provided there. Matters such as English glosses and references to the earliest occurrence of a graph can be looked up in Grammata Serica Recensa itself or in other relevant dictionaries. The great accomplishment of this companion volume is to update an essential reference and thereby fulfill the need for an accessible and user-friendly source for citing the various historically reconstructed stages of Chinese.

Shadow & Flame
Shadow & Flame

Author: Mindee Arnett

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0062652729

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From acclaimed author Mindee Arnett comes the thrilling conclusion of the stunningly epic, action-packed fantasy adventure that’s been called “a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance” by Susan Dennard, the New York Times bestselling author of Truthwitch. They call her the Wilder Queen. It’s a title given to Kate Brighton for her role in the war between the wilder rebellion and the Rimish empire. It’s a title that was hard earned: Kate may have saved her people, but many were lost in the conflict, immortalized in the tattoos of fire that grace her arms. And it’s a title that Kate never wanted. The rebellion may have made a home for themselves in a country that wants to cast them out, but the peace will never be safe while Edwin, the illegitimate king of Rime, sits upon its throne. And for that, the Wilder Queen must keep hers. Now war is brewing once again. Kate and her allies receive word of a threat to their ambassador in the Rimish capital; meanwhile, across the channel in Seva, an army is being assembled to conquer Rime—and a prisoner slave named Clash may hold the key to ending the conflict once and for all. As enemies close in on Kate and Clash from all sides, they must choose where their loyalties lie—with their people, with their loved ones, or with themselves. The epic story that began with Onyx & Ivory comes to a stunning conclusion as acclaimed author Mindee Arnett throws readers into a beautiful, terrifying world poised on a razor’s edge in its struggle for survival.

ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese
ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese

Author: Axel Schuessler

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2006-12-31

Total Pages: 679

ISBN-13: 0824861337

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This is the first genuine etymological dictionary of Old Chinese written in any language. As such, it constitutes a milestone in research on the evolution of the Sinitic language group. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the structure of the Chinese characters, this pathbreaking dictionary places primary emphasis on the sounds and meanings of Sinitic roots. Based on more than three decades of intensive investigation in primary and secondary sources, this completely new dictionary places Old Chinese squarely within the Sino-Tibetan language family (including close consideration of numerous Tiberto-Burman languages), while paying due regard to other language families such as Austroasiatic, Miao-Yao (Hmong-Mien), and Kam-Tai. Designed for use by nonspecialists and specialists alike, the dictionary is highly accessible, being arranged in alphabetical order and possessed of numerous innovative lexicographical features. Each entry offers one or more possible etymologies as well as reconstructed pronunciations and other relevant data. Words that are morphologically related are grouped together into "word families" that attempt to make explicit the derivational or other etymological processes that relate them. The dictionary is preceded by a substantive and significant introduction that outlines the author’s views on the linguistic position of Chinese within Asia and details the phonological and morphological properties, to the degree they are known, of the earliest stages of the Chinese language and its ancestor. This introduction, because it both summarizes and synthesizes earlier work and makes several original contributions, functions as a useful reference work all on its own.

AF MC Ohio (Book Two)
AF MC Ohio (Book Two)

Author: Esther E. Schmidt

Publisher: Esther E. Schmidt

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 130

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As a Federal Agent, doing what is right has always coursed through Casey’s veins. The one thing he didn’t expect was to give up everything he worked hard for in an effort to save the one woman who managed to crawl underneath his skin. Wendy has succeeded for years to keep her MC ties separate from her personal life. Yet, in the end, there’s nothing she can do to prevent it from getting tangled and mixed together. Will the collision of two MCs become a slaughter party for every single one in their family? Or will brotherhood prevail and unite to save what’s left of the ones who will fight for a better future? *** When you’ve been living a shiny life, one might think you have it all. But when you’re ready to trade everything you’ve worked for to save the life of a woman, you become aware life has been nothing but mediocre. Jump into the lives of Casey and Wendy, the final book in the AF MC Ohio duet.***

The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System
The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System

Author: William G. Boltz

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 226

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Originally published in 1994 (hardcover now out of print), this volume has been reprinted in a new paperback format that will make it more attractive and affordable for use in the classroom. The work sketches with extraordinary precision the history of the Chinese writing system from the late Shang (ca. 1200 B.C.) when Chinese characters are first in evidence down to the script's standardization and codification a millennium later in the Ch'in and Han (221 B.C.-A.D. 220). Prof. Boltz takes in part a comparative approach to the origin and early structure and development of Chinese writing, suggesting that in its general principles the process was matched pari passu by the way writing first arose in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and among the Mayas (for example, that the Chinese script records the sounds of words, not ideas). The author also examines the question of why the Chinese script never became alphabetic, in spite of hints of such tendencies in the third and second centuries B.C. Kidder Smith, of Bowdoin College, said of the original publication: "... this book will be highly valued by anyone concerned with the relationships of language to writing, and should become the point of reference for all discussions of these questions as they pertain to ancient Chinese" (Religious Studies Review Vol. 21, No. 4, October 1995).