The Hungry Dragon
The Hungry Dragon

Author: Sigfrido Burgos Caceres

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1857436865

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This book explores China’s quest for energy sources, raw materials and natural resources around the world, with a specific emphasis on oil. China’s ubiquitous presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America is reshaping the world with regards to economics, politics and national security. It offers a comprehensive examination of China’s energy security strategy. The first two chapters delve into Chinese relations with energy markets and the world, and the global geopolitics of China's resource quest. This introductory section is complemented by three in-depth country case studies: Angola, Brazil and Cambodia. The two concluding chapters cover opportunities and risks to China, and examine how strategies can be developed into tangible actions. The volume also examines a number of overlapping debates regarding the varieties of capitalisms (autocratic vs. democratic), the urgent need for rebalancing as the world undergoes global financial crises and contestations to traditional powers, and the issues surrounding natural resource extraction in the context of global governance, neoliberalism and poverty traps. Key Features · Offers an in-depth analysis on the geopolitics of China's resource quest. · Assists students and scholars in understanding the Chinese model of autocratic capitalism and China’s novel ways of securing resources across three continents. · Explains China’s energy security strategy and its implications on US national security. · Explores the links between international relations and the geopolitics of scarcity.

Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon
Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon

Author: Ute Krause

Publisher: NorthSouth Books

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780735842304

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It was time to feed the dragon a princess. But since no princess was available, the next best thing was to give him a child. All the children wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a hat. Then a name was pulled from the hat: Oscar! Oscar’s mom wept bitterly—what mother wouldn’t? But she should have known Oscar was far too clever to get eaten by an old dragon!

The Very Hungry Dragon
The Very Hungry Dragon

Author: Nathan Miles

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781734566109

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Written by a six-year-old, "The Very Hungry Dragon" is a cute, vividly illustrated story about a group of goats and a dragon that keeps stealing all their food. A captivating tale, showcasing a child's imagination, "The Very Hungry Dragon" is a book that your child(ren) will want to read over and over. Synopsis: A playful dragon steals food from a group of goats. The goats continuously try to get away from the dragon, even moving to the bottom of a lake, but the dragon always finds them. Finally, the goats take a rocket to Mars where they live happily with a group of alien goats.

This Hungry Dragon
This Hungry Dragon

Author: Heath McKenzie

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Published: 2016-05-01

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781760151508

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This hungry dragon is ready for a yummy meal. He eats and eats and eats-and eats! Soon, he's as big as a house! Can anything fill this greedy gobbler's guts?

Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays
Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays

Author: Jon Stahl

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1338335677

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A playful, interactive, and laugh-out-loud-funny picture book with a deliciously hilarious ending! "Once upon a time," begins the big blue monster who is trying to tell a fabulous story. "It needs to be about a kid who is eaten by a dragon," he insists.But his little monster friend is not convinced that this is a good idea. "Dragon stories usually don't end well," he warns.As the two monsters argue over how the story should go, a hungry dragon named Dennis is listening nearby. Dennis knows exactly how this story should go... And by the way, what day is it?Watch out!

Dragon's Milk
Dragon's Milk

Author: Susan Fletcher

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-11-24

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1442407077

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"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows what she must do. She must search out the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and somehow get some of her precious milk. It's the only way to save her foster-sister's life. Kaeldra would rather not go. It's much too terriffying, much too dangerous. But Kaeldra knows that she's the only one who can do it. For she is the only one who can actually communicate with dragons. But little does Kaeldra know what she's getting into. She's about to begin a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would-be dragonslayer. A journey the will become a struggle for life.

The Dragon Queen
The Dragon Queen

Author: Alice Borchardt

Publisher: Del Rey

Published: 2002-02-19

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13: 0345449509

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Arthur turned and strode toward us. He was magnificent, and I will never forget that, in that moment, I first loved him. And I believe--had I known what the future held for us: all the trouble, torment, battle, and grief of our lives--I still believe that I would have yielded my heart into his keeping as I did then . . . In a sweeping epic of the imagination, Alice Borchardt enters the wondrous realm of Arthurian legend and makes it her own. The Dragon Queen is the first volume in a trilogy of novels that boldly re-imagines Camelot--and casts Guinevere as a shrewd, strong-willed, magical warrior queen. Born into a world of terrible strife, where war is constant and weapons are never far from the hands of men or women, Guinevere, daughter of a mighty pagan queen, is a threat to her people and a prize to the dreaded sorcerer Merlin. Sent into hiding, she grows up under the protection of a shapeshifting man-wolf and an ornery Druid. But even on the remote coast of Scotland, where dragons feed and watch over her, she is not safe from the all-seeing High Druid Merlin. He knows the young beauty's destiny, and he will stop at nothing to prevent what has been foretold. For if Guinevere becomes Queen and Arthur, King, they will bring a peace to the land that will leave the power-hungry Merlin a shriveled magician in a weary cloak. Yet Guinevere possesses power of her own--dazzling power to rival even that of Merlin. Summoned from her home by forces she cannot fathom, she travels from the Underworld to an Otherworld of the Past, at each step calling on ancient powers to aid her way. When young Guinevere proves her mettle to an embarrassed Merlin, even her faithful dragon protectors cannot prevent the evil that the sorcerer rains down. Seeking revenge, Merlin banishes Arthur to a world from which the only escape is death. Now Guinevere must face Merlin's wrath without him--and prove that she is worthy of being Arthur's Queen. From the glass-roofed Great Hall at Tintigal to the lush garden forts of Wales, Alice Borchardt details the travels of Guinevere in a rich fabric of prose. The Dragon Queen is a novel of great emotional depth, timeless romance, and soul-stirring adventure.

The Hungry Dragon
The Hungry Dragon

Author: David S. Rosenberg

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-09

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0595517390

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By 2016, second term president William Claymore, struggles with political infighting that stagnates vital improvements in American social and economic programs. Media reporters criticize possible solutions and bias frustrated citizens against his administration. New China Republic (NCR) leaders cast aside repressive communism and China becomes a nation of aggressive capitalists who increase efficiency and destabilize world economies. To maintain economic growth, the NCR government needs natural resources and they annex Russian territory by force. Their new remote-controlled hypersonic aircraft with laser weaponry dominate the skies, while the United States government searches for an alternative to war between two superpowers. President Claymore, caught in a maelstrom of foreign and domestic crises, must contend with the First Lady's terminal illness. When the president's extra-marital relationship with his biographer, Genevieve Hollings, threatens to destroy the First Family, the scandal enrages the nation's citizens. Mocked as the 'do nothing president', Claymore seems powerless to stop NCR military initiatives while embroiled in domestic chaos.

One Hungry Dragon
One Hungry Dragon

Author: Julie J Wenzlick

Publisher: Wordmeister Press

Published: 2017-07-24

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780997892567

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Villagers are a bit fearful of the local dragon when he keeps asking for a maiden to eat, but this dragon really has no intention of eating a maiden. He is simply famished because no matter what he tries to eat, it ends up tasting burnt. His own flames are burning his food and ruining every meal! When a princess realizes the dragon's dilemma, she steps in with a "cool" solution and they all live happily ever after. This rhyming tale is the perfect read-aloud story for bedtime or classroom.

The Hungry Dragon
The Hungry Dragon

Author: Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1135099979

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This volume provides an up to date and accessible examination of China's global search for resources, focusing primarily on oil. This focus provides a powerful rationale to explain China's actions overseas, as it impacts on economic, energy and foreign policies. A strong feature of the book is a comprehensive examination of geopolitical issues. Three country case studies (Angola, Brazil and Cambodia) are complemented by two chapters on opportunities and risks to China, and an examination as to how strategies are developed into tangible actions. This book also examines a number of overlapping debates regarding the varieties of capitalisms (autocratic vs. democratic), the urgent need for rebalancing as the world undergoes global crises, and the issues surrounding natural resources in the context of governance, liberal-oriented notions and poverty traps. The book is aimed at general as well as specialized readers and examines the subject in relation to international affairs, especially how the geopolitics of scarcity is driving states to be tenser, more observant of each other, and more acute to foreign initiatives.