The Lost Imperial Seal
The Lost Imperial Seal

Author: C. H. Henry Hsu

Publisher: FAMGO

Published: 2021-06-10

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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Described as The Da Vinci Code meets Bruce Lee by fans. Amazon Bestseller in Asian Canadian Literature, Taiwanese History, Taiwan Travel Guide, Martial Arts Fiction, Travel Adventure Fiction. Sebastian Lee, a fresh college grad, who originally only intends to teach English in Taiwan for one year, to escape from starting the typical corporate nine-to-five job upon graduation. But when an earthquake strikes on Mid-Autumn Festival night, one of his students, a ninety-year-old Chinese Civil War veteran, shares with Sebastian the clues to the hidden location of the most legendary ancient artifact in Chinese history—which supposedly has been lost for over a thousand years. When Sebastian “accidentally” promises to help, he is suddenly pulled into an unforeseen turn of events—a perilous quest to unlock the mystery of the Lost Imperial Seal. Aided by his buddy, Jack, and the old veteran's granddaughter, Audrey, together they race all over the island of Taiwan. They must follow the trail of clues, decipher puzzles, and fight off unknown hostiles. Along the way, they uncover murders, clandestine operations, secret passages, and even national conspiracies. Why is the imperial seal of the Chinese emperor hidden in Taiwan? Who hid it and why? And why would Sebastian’s failure to find the Imperial Seal doom the future of Taiwan’s freedom and democracy? The Lost Imperial Seal distinguishes itself from other novels by combining Western adventure story-arc and Eastern wuxia action description. It is one of, if not, the first English action-adventure novel written from the actual perspectives of AAPI writers Perfect for readers looking for: action-adventure, world travel, mystery thriller, multicultural representations.

Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China
Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China

Author: Mark McNicholas

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2016-03-29

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0295806230

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Across eighteenth-century China a wide range of common people forged government documents or pretended to be officials or other agents of the state. This examination of case records and law codes traces the legal meanings and social and political contexts of small-time swindles that were punished as grave political transgressions.

Fire over Luoyang
Fire over Luoyang

Author: Rafe de Crespigny

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 9004325204

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Winner of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award The Later Han dynasty, also known as Eastern Han, ruled China for the first two centuries of the Christian era. Comparable in extent and power to the early Roman empire, it dominated east Asia from present-day Vietnam to the Mongolian steppe. Rafe de Crespigny presents here the first full account of this period in Chinese history to be found in a Western language. Commencing with a detailed account of the imperial capital, the history describes the nature of government, the expansion of the Chinese people to the south, the conflicts of scholars and officials with eunuchs at court, and the final collapse which followed the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans and the rise of regional warlords.

The Seal of Liberty
The Seal of Liberty

Author: Adam Schneider

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-11-23

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781517793821

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By 1713, a secret plan was underway in the American colonies to found the Land of Liberty, with the exact location of its future capital already chosen. That plan was encoded in a map, revealed here for the first time, which illuminates George Washington's profound aspiration for Liberty.A continuous crescendo with twists during the ascent-you won't see this book coming. Your assumptions about Freemasonry, religious symbolism, and Liberty will be tested. It all begins humbly with a simple quest for treasure. "The Seal of Liberty" is a systematic revelation delivered as the original enigmatic craftsmen of Masonry intended-a treasure quest, a spiritual journey, and an intellectual discovery-that solves one of the world's most enduring mysteries.

Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Author: Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2006-09-19

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0307265927

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • National Book Award Finalist • This "eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq” (The New York Times Book Review). The Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies. In this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.

The Gilded Seal
The Gilded Seal

Author: James Twining

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-05-22

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0061878499

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It takes a thief to catch a killer . . . Once one of the world's foremost art thieves, Tom Kirk now operates on the other side of the law. But a grisly discovery at the site of the brazen theft of a Da Vinci painting—a crime that bears the unmistakable hallmark of an old nemesis—entangles him in a lethal weave of a mystery that blankets the globe . . . and reaches back through hundreds of years of European history. In Spain, a friend, a master forger, suffers a brutal, horrific death—while in New York the murder of a prominent attorney drags FBI agent Jennifer Browne into the murky world of high-end art forgery and the rotten heart of the global auction business. And for Kirk, vengeance may require him to cross the line once more—to uncover the devastating secrets hidden in the writings of a power-mad emperor . . . and behind the most famous smile in the world.

Ancient History of Korea
Ancient History of Korea

Author: Lee Mosol MD MPH

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1664130683

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Ancient History of Korea. Second Edition is a thesis that Dr. Lee presents to the worldly scholars in every sectors. Though Chinese history has that the legendary Gija () went to Joseon at the end of Shang dynasty(; c. 1046 BC) and came back to the west Zhou within few years, no one has yet confirmed the birth place of Joseon. Korean had used the standard method of studying history, but couldn’t find it. He convinced that Chinese concealed the facts and spread out false information. Korean used a wrong method to find facts concealed by the criminals. He applied a new methodology with a series of syllogism and found out the root. The founding father of the Ancient Korea conducted the epic flood. The mobster killed him and declared the Xia dynasty in the birth place of the Yellow River Civilization. They buried Old Korean History. He presents a new method to study history written under ideographs and defined that History as THE MOTHER OF ALL SCIENCES AND LIBERAL ARTS. He went one step further and emphasizes that not the written records alone, but the Reasoning is the essential element in the forensic science and to study the NEA history.

Imperial Lady
Imperial Lady

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9781680680171

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The daughter of a general banished from the Imperial presence accepts her fate as a political tool and turns a marriage of convenience to an aging barbarian chief into a crusade to bring honor to her family and avert a catastrophic war. Her name was Lady Silver Snow, and she lived in a distant land long ago, the hand of fate brought her to the sumptuous court of the Son of Heaven, Emperor of China, to be his concubine. But it was her own intelligent and passionate spirit that led her beyond those sheltered walls and into the "barbarian" grasslands - to be a queen! Andre Norton and Susan Shwartz blend Chinese history and folklore to create a stirring, romantic, and unforgettable tale.