A Savage Empire
A Savage Empire

Author: Alan Axelrod

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2011-12-06

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1429990708

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A surprising and sweeping history that reveals the fur trade to be the driving force behind conquest, colonization, and revolution in early America Combining the epic saga of Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder with the natural history of Mark Kurlansky's Cod, popular historian Alan Axelrod reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal—the beaver—played in the creation of our nation. The author masterfully relays a story often neglected by conventional histories: how lust for fur trade riches moved monarchs and men to launch expeditions of discovery, finance massive corporate enterprises, and wage war. Deftly weaving cultural and military narratives, the author chronicles how Spanish, Dutch, French, English, and Native American tribes created and betrayed alliances based on trapping and trade disputes, producing a surprisingly complex series of loyalties that endured throughout the Revolution and beyond.

Outcasts of Empire
Outcasts of Empire

Author: Paul D. Barclay

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0520296214

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Introduction : empires and indigenous peoples, global transformation and the limits of international society -- From wet diplomacy to scorched earth : the Taiwan expedition, the Guardline and the Wushe rebellion -- The long durée and the short circuit : gender, language and territory in the making of indigenous Taiwan -- Tangled up in red : textiles, trading posts and ethnic bifurcation in Taiwan -- The geobodies within a geobody : the visual economy of race-making and indigeneity

Savage Empire
Savage Empire

Author: Jean Lorrah

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 1459610997

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The Aventine Empire is crumbling under the attacks of savages armed with strange and dangerous powers. Exiled from the empire, a powerful telepath named Leonardo is captured by the savages, and finds himself in unfamiliar territory. Prepared for their brutality and mindless aggression, Leonardo learns their world differs from what he has been taught, and he is forced to question all of his previously held assumptions. This edition includes the first three works of the seven-volume Savage Empire series, last issued more than 10 years ago.

Conquer
Conquer

Author: Michelle St. James

Publisher: Blackthorn Press

Published: 2022-03-20

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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★★★★★ "5 Off The Chart Stars - So Good!" They call him the Lion. The son of a high-ranking bratva leader, Lyonya Antonov has been waiting nearly two decades to avenge his father’s imprisonment and take his rightful place at the top of the mafia food chain. He’s just missing one piece of the puzzle - and her name is Kira Baranov. Kira Baranov is a sheltered mafia princess with no power. It might be the 21st century in the rest of the world, but the Russian mafia will never accept a female leader. This despite the fact that the current boss, Kira’s father Viktor, has taught her everything he knows. Lyon knows Viktor is a king without an heir Kira knows she can’t keep the Baranovs in power without a partner of the male persuasion. The wolves are at the gates, vying for control in a world where one mistake can be deadly. But when their arranged marriage becomes sizzling desire, the line blurs dangerously between business and pleasure, and it may cost them their newfound love - and their lives. It's a Savage Empire - and it's not your mother’s mob. _____________________________________ ★★★★★ "Love it! Love it!! Love it!” ★★★★★ "The ending left me breathless..." ★★★★★ "Must, must read!" ★★★★★ "Omg! Hot, feisty and dramatic!" ★★★★★ "HOT! HOT! HOT!!" ★★★★★ "... thrilling and consuming..." ★★★★★ "An Intense and Riveting Story from the first page!!!"

Savage Legion
Savage Legion

Author: Matt Wallace

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1534439226

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The acclaimed, epic, and spellbinding fantasy by Hugo Award–winning author Matt Wallace, about a utopian city with a dark secret…and the underdogs who will expose it, or die trying. They call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable. The empire relies on them. The Savages are the greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire’s enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die, there are always more to take their place. Evie is not a Savage. She’s a warrior with a mission: to find the man she once loved, the man who holds the key to exposing the secret of the Savage Legion and ending the mass conscription of the empire’s poor and wretched. But to find him, she must become one of them, to be marked in her blood, to fight in their wars, and to find her purpose. Evie will die a Savage if she has to, but not before showing the world who she really is and what the Savage Legion can really do. This remarkable and captivating fantasy will take you on a journey into the heart of brutal battles, dire situations, and odds that seem too high to overcome.

A Savage Empire
A Savage Empire

Author: Alan Axelrod

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2011-12-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0312576560

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"... Reveals the astonishingly vital role a small animal-the beaver-played in the creation of our nation"--From publisher description.

Savage Exchange
Savage Exchange

Author: Tamara T. Chin

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1684170788

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Savage Exchange explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance (“Silk Road”) markets. Tamara T. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. To promote a radically quantitative approach to the market, some thinkers developed innovative forms of fiction and genre. In opposition, traditionalists reasserted the authority of classical texts and advocated a return to the historical, ethics-centered, marriage-based, agricultural economy that these texts described. The discussion of frontiers and markets thus became part of a larger debate over the relationship between the world and the written word. These Han debates helped to shape the ways in which we now define and appreciate early Chinese literature and produced the foundational texts of Chinese economic thought. Each chapter in the book examines a key genre or symbolic practice (philosophy, fu-rhapsody, historiography, money, kinship) through which different groups sought to reshape the political economy. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, Chin elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought. Co-Winner, 2016 Harry Levin Prize, American Comparative Literature Association; Honorable Mention, 2016 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies

Savage Empire Dark Moon Rising
Savage Empire Dark Moon Rising

Author: Jean Lorrah

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-03-31

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1459611020

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This second book in the Savage Empire series introduces two new continuing characters to the saga of the Savage Empire. Zanos the Gladiator and Astra, a master reader, are loyal citizens of the Aventine Empire. Nevertheless, one holds a deadly secret and the other is drawn into a high-level conspiracy that brings them together and propels them into a desperate flight to the Savage Empire. A prophecy of peace and hope might provide a new life for them there-if their pursuing enemies don't kill them first. One of Zanos and Astra's new friends in the Savage Empire is the blind reader Torio, who has unexpectedly gained the rare talent of prophecy. The cryptic messages of his new gift send Zanos, Astra, Torio, and his beloved Melissa on a danger-filled journey north to Zanos's homeland. There, each one finds a personal destiny, and all must pay a price for confronting the lethal Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles.

Savage
Savage

Author: Michelle St. James

Publisher: Michelle St. James

Published: 2016-02-09

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0996605681

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"Dangerous, sexy, and heart wrenching!" Farrell Black is dirty, dangerous, and holds nothing sacred. Growing up on the mean streets of London, he clawed his way to the top of a criminal empire with nothing but sheer force of will and the determination to need no one. Ever. Then he met Jenna Carver, and all bets were off — until the day she walked out of his life without a backward glance. Leaving him was the hardest thing she’d ever done. As a kid, Jenna knew how people looked at her. Like she was stupid. Worthless. Poor. So she spent her life working to become someone else. Then she met Farrell Black, and their all-consuming passion blew a hole in everything she thought she knew about herself. Until she was forced to make a terrible choice. Now Jenna is back in London for her father's funeral, desperate to avoid the one man who can banish her hard-earned reason in favor of red-hot ecstasy. But when her father’s death is tied to an abuse of power at the highest levels, she has no choice but to ask Farrell for help. As they work together to find answers to a puzzle that could have dangerous implications, desire threatens to undo them both — and forces Jenna to choose between keeping the secret of a lifetime and having the one man who can command her body and soul. _____________________________ ★★★★★ "Dark and edgy...I am sold." ★★★★★ "Holy hotness!" ★★★★★ "Best MOB STORY EVER." ★★★★★ "The heart of a lion. The body of a god. The tenacity of a bull. Farrell is the BOSS of the London mob." ★★★★★ "Are you ready for your next book boyfriend because here he is!" ★★★★★ "I swooned HARD."

Savage King: The Complete Series Box Set (1 - 3)
Savage King: The Complete Series Box Set (1 - 3)

Author: Michelle St. James

Publisher: Michelle St. James

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 703

ISBN-13: 0998283827

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"Hot and intense to the very last word!!!" Farrell Black is dirty, dangerous, and holds nothing sacred. Growing up on the mean streets of London, he clawed his way to the top of a criminal empire with nothing but sheer force of will and the determination to need no one. Ever. Then he met Jenna Carver, and all bets were off — until the day she walked out of his life without a backward glance. Leaving him was the hardest thing she’d ever done. As a kid, Jenna knew how people looked at her. Like she was stupid. Worthless. Poor. So she spent her life working to become someone else. Then she met Farrell Black and their all-consuming passion blew a hole in everything she thought she knew about herself. Until she was forced to make a terrible choice. Now Jenna is back in London for her father's funeral, desperate to avoid the one man who can banish her hard-earned reason in favor of red-hot ecstasy. But when her father’s death is tied to an abuse of power at the highest levels, she has no choice but to ask Farrell for help. As they work together to find answers to a puzzle that could have dangerous implications, desire threatens to undo them both and forces Jenna to choose between keeping the secret of a lifetime and having the one man who can command her body and soul. Then Farrell and Jenna find themselves on the run, fugitives from the law as they work to unravel a threat that could have catastrophic consequences for mankind. From London to Italy to Paris, Farrell and Jenna have no choice but to fight more than one hidden adversary - and hope they live long enough to get a second chance at love. _______________________________ ★★★★★ "This is indeed a gripping series. This boxed set is a must have." ★★★★★ "Loved this set of books, it was impossible to put down." ★★★★★ "Sleep was willingly sacrificed haha!" ★★★★★ "The story was captivating from the start, suspense the whole way through. Def a must read." ★★★★★ "Super hot and intense to the very last word!!!" ★★★★★ "Romantic, dirty, and suspense all in one… I am hooked!" ★★★★★ "Was pulled into the story right from the get go and couldn't put it down till I was done!" ★★★★★ "5 stars are not enough…"