In the Mouth of the Dragon
In the Mouth of the Dragon

Author: Deborah Wallace

Publisher: Avery

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780895294401

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"The bulk of this book consists of six case studies of major fires through which Wallace attempts to create sentiment against plastics, especially polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and for fire safety regulation--much as Rachel Carson did for pesticides in Silent Spring. Wallace does convince the reader that existing combustion tests, standards, fire and building codes, code enforcement, emergency services, public agencies, and private companies send out false assurances, and that neither firefighters nor the public are adequately protected against very toxic or fatal fumes from burning plastics. Her model of a successful resolution is the New York State Building Code, passed in 1986. The book is only a partially successful synthesis of technical and popular material;"--Library journal.

In the Mouth of the Dragon
In the Mouth of the Dragon

Author: Myriam Millán

Publisher: AmazonCrossing

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781503938373

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An evil force is mutilating people in modern-day London, and the horror resembles that of another era. In the 1600s, a small town in Transylvania grew increasingly panic-stricken as more than five hundred young women lost their lives to a mysterious fiend. Some believed that a demon lurked in the woods, craving the blood of girls. But most locals never questioned that the fate of their daughters and sisters was related to something happening behind the walls of Čachtice Castle. When corpses begin to appear in the twenty-first century, apparently bled with antique torture devices, forensic researcher Dr. Emanuel Mason reluctantly takes the case, knowing it could lead him to an old nemesis and reopen barely healed wounds. He'll soon find that to prevent more carnage and uncover a killer practicing an ancient rite, he'll need to look to the past and analyze one of the most sadistic minds in history.

Falling into the Dragon's Mouth
Falling into the Dragon's Mouth

Author: Holly Thompson

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1627791353

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In a Japanese seaside neighborhood lives Jason Parker: a sixth grader one year older than his classmates a stinking foreigner to some classmates an orange belt in aikido a big brother Jason Parker is just a boy trying to get through his days with calm and courage. If only everyone around him would let him. This is a beautifully spare novel in verse about one boy's life-a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to fit in.

Out of the Dragon's Mouth
Out of the Dragon's Mouth

Author: Joyce Burns Zeiss

Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0738744328

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After the fall of South Vietnam, fourteen-year-old Mai is forced to flee across the South China Sea to a refugee camp near Malaysia. But when an accident forces Mai to flee the camp, she meets a half-American boy named Kien, who might be the only person who can keep her alive until she’s sent to the US.

From the Dragon's Mouth
From the Dragon's Mouth

Author: Ana Fuentes

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-04-10

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0142427381

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WHO ARE THE CHINESE? Through on-the-ground interviews, Ana Fuentes uncovers the real China and offers a panoramic look at Chinese culture from the point of view of its citizens. She spent nearly 4 years living and working in China and discovered a world few have written about . . . until now. FROM THE DRAGON’S MOUTH: Ten True Stories that Unveil the Real China is an exquisitely intimate look into the China of the 21st century as seen through the eyes of its people. This is the first time that a book combines the voices of everyday Chinese people from so many different layers of society: a dissident tortured by the police; a young millionaire devoted to nationalism; a peasant-turnedprostitute to pay for the best education for her son; a woman who married her gay friend to escape from social pressure, just like an estimated 16 million other women; a venerable Kung-Fu master unable to train outdoors because of the hazardous pollution; the daughter of two Communist Party officials getting rich coaching Chinese entrepreneurs in the ways of Capitalism; among others. ANA FUENTES is a journalist whose reports have been broadcast on three continents by Radio Netherland, Prisa Radio, CNN en español and others. Ana holds a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University in Madrid and the Sorbonne University in Paris, and a Master’s in Journalism from El País and the University Autonoma in Madrid.

A Dragon with His Mouth on Fire
A Dragon with His Mouth on Fire

Author: Steve Herman

Publisher: Dg Books Publishing

Published: 2018-05-23

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781948040303

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Teach Your Dragon To Not Interrupt. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids Not To Interrupt or Talk Over People.

Pulling A Dragon's Teeth
Pulling A Dragon's Teeth

Author: Shao Wei

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 0822980134

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There is a proverb in China, hu kou ba ya, literally "pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth," used to describe any extremely difficult task. When Shao Wei first arrived in the United States at age thirty-one, her desire to write poems in English seemed almost impossible. Pulling a Dragon's Teeth, a first stop on the successful journey toward that goal, is filled with the rhythms and visions of this exciting young poet.Shuttling between her childhood in a small mountain city on the shores of the Yangtze River (soon to be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam Project) and adulthood in Manhattan, Shao Weicaptures the pains and joys of tradition and displacement familiar to any immigrant. Blending fairy tales, New York images, family stories, and the universal rites of passage associated with growing up, she paints a vibrant canvas of passion and imagination.

Lords of the Starship
Lords of the Starship

Author: Mark S. Geston

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2011-09-29

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0575105178

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The ship was to be seven miles long, a third of a mile in diameter and have a wing-spread of three and a half miles. It would take two and a half centuries to construct. Its announced purpose: to carry humanity away from its ruined world, from the world that had become a perpetual purgatory. To build this vast ship would require the undivided activity of an entire nation and would mean carrying out a ruthless program of war and conquest, of annihilation and reconstruction, and of education and rediscovery. But was this starship really what it was claimed to be? Or was there a greater secret behind its incredible cost - a secret so strange that no man dared reveal it?