Shattered Jade
Shattered Jade

Author: Larry Alexander

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 2024-03-19

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13:

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From New York Times bestselling author Larry Alexander comes a gritty historical novel of World War II, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides of the firing line. Tarawa was hell but Saipan is worse. For Sergeant Pete “Hardball” Talbot, recently returned from being wounded on Tarawa seven months earlier, Saipan is just another battle as the United States leaps island to island towards an invasion of the Japanese homeland. But the Japanese have learned, all too well, how to defend their islands, with carefully constructed and concealed bunkers and machine gun nests. Talbot and the dozen men of Second Squad have no idea they are running headlong into thirty-five thousand Japanese soldiers who have sworn to fight to the last man. In vivid, startling detail, Shattered Jade explores the strategy and horror of battle in one of World War II’s most brutal conflicts and illuminates the extraordinary courage of ordinary young men.

Shattering Jade
Shattering Jade

Author: B. Budd Smith

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 059524436X

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SHATTERING JADE offers us that rare, highly-intelligent suspense story that probes the deeper issues of our generation right in the middle of a great adventure yarn. John Selby portrays entirely-believable yet ultimately heroic characters who push the limits of their beliefs and abilities they explore that dangerously-expanding new frontier where scientific fact and mystic realization merge and all too often explode in our faces. Inhabiting both primitive and hi-tech scenarios, and testing the limits of human love and trust, SHATTERING JADE explores the very-real possibility that overly-brilliant mind-terrorists could tap recent breakthroughs in consciousness research to malevolently influence people's thoughts and actions on a planetary scale. Directly in the middle of its driving suspense plot, Selby's novel also delivers mature sexual intrigue. The mysterious and spell-binding Mahalena Bernhardt continually provokes our hero beyond his limits, finally challenging him to an archetypal life-or-death encounter where the ceremonial fulfillment of their intimate involvement could determine the victory or failure of their mission. SHATTERING JADE brings numerous exotic locations into vivid life and pushes readers right to the very edge of their own cherished beliefs regarding what is illusion versus what is (perhaps lethally) all too real.

Immortal From Another World
Immortal From Another World

Author: Ai ShangYuWeiWen

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-10-11

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 163666850X

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Ye Fei, who brought along his father's flying immortal from outer space, came to the continent after surviving for 500 years. Even though he was called an idiot by others, his family love and love made him truly feel the warmth of his family.

The Stranger and the Chinese Moral Imagination
The Stranger and the Chinese Moral Imagination

Author: Haiyan Lee

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2014-11-12

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0804793549

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In the last two decades, China has become a dramatically more urban society and hundreds of millions of people have changed residence in the process. Family and communal bonds have been broken in a country once known as "a society of kith and kin." There has been a pervasive sense of moral crisis in contemporary China, and the new market economy doesn't seem to offer any solutions. This book investigates how the Chinese have coped with the condition of modernity in which strangers are routinely thrust together. Haiyan Lee dismisses the easy answers claiming that this "moral crisis" is merely smoke and mirrors conjured up by paternalistic, overwrought leaders and scholars, or that it can be simply chalked up to the topsy-turvy of a market economy on steroids. Rather, Lee argues that the perception of crisis is itself symptomatic of a deeper problem that has roots in both the Confucian tradition of kinship and the modern state management of stranger sociality. This ambitious work is the first to investigate the figure of the stranger—foreigner, peasant migrant, bourgeois intellectual, class enemy, unattached woman, animal—across literature, film, television, and museum culture. Lee's aim is to show that hope lies with a robust civil society in which literature and the arts play a key role in sharpening the moral faculties and apprenticing readers in the art of living with strangers. In so doing, she makes a historical, comparative, and theoretically informed contribution to the on-going conversation on China's "(un)civil society."

Golden Medal Double Jade
Golden Medal Double Jade

Author: Shan Ling

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-01-16

Total Pages: 787

ISBN-13: 1647968488

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The top ten hunters in the Blood Hunting Alliance, the Vampire Hunters, were powerful existences that made the vampires terrified.And the reason why Mo Fei was only ranked ninth, was greatly related to his soft heart.Could this little vampire who was starving because he didn't dare to kill anyone in front of him be the serial killer?Mo Fei, who had already failed to complete the mission too many times because he was softhearted, would probably cause him to be kicked out of the top ten this time around ...No. 3 Huntress Yin Dong, who came to an agreement with Mo Fei, was sent to an alliance court to cover Mo Fei. Under the merciless orders of the Public Prosecutor, he was sentenced to imprisonment for one month.This was not the first time for Sir Hua Hua, who had grown up with his Charm skill, to confront that old-fashioned prosecutor ... Tsk tsk, is it really that interesting to send our own people to jail?It was a malicious attempt to seduce YinDong, who had always been unrivalled in his field of love, but had instead fallen into his network of love ...

Broken
Broken

Author: Vanessa Vale

Publisher: Bridger Media

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1795957158

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Two lost souls. A past that collides with the present. And secrets. So many secrets… Unlike his two half brothers, Chance Bridger was raised on the family ranch with the father who left them billions. Still, he hated the man. He's tried to escape his past, but that's impossible, especially when it comes back to haunt him in the form of his first and only love. Special Agent Avery Marsh left Bayfield at eighteen and never looked back, until a field assignment lands her back in her hometown fifteen years later. She’s taken care not to look into Chance Bridger, or even think about him. It would only lead to more heartache, and she’s had enough of that for one lifetime. When the two former lovers cross paths, time melts away and their passion is still as intense as ever. But one is a murder suspect, and the other has a secret that could change everything. The thrilling conclusion of The Billion Heirs!

The Beauty with Poison
The Beauty with Poison

Author: Chenyue Shuang

Publisher: via tolino media

Published: 2024-07-15

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 3759236871

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"The more handsome a man is, the more poisonous he is." The affectionate and kind-hearted Zhou Huan, who was destined to be surrounded by admirers, was originally a humble person in the troubled times. Greed for wealth led him to be tricked and taken to the palace by mistake, accidentally ending up in the emperor's bedchamber. Just after indulging in the pleasures of the flesh, he faced imminent danger. Initially only wanting to escape and survive, Zhou Huan unexpectedly glimpsed the unknown bitterness and helplessness deep within the puppet emperor's heart. "He stands high above everyone, enjoying the wealth and splendor of the world, surrounded by thousands of beautiful women in the imperial palace. Who would have thought that this vast palace wall is actually just a huge prison?" Accidentally getting dragged into this world of fierce competition and survival of the fittest, Zhou Huan chose to confront the challenges. With his shrewd and flexible mind, he maneuvered between various factions, facing opponents like the lonely emperor who was high in position but whose inner loneliness was unknown to all, the general who loved him deeply but found it difficult to express his feelings, and the swaggering and unrestrained wandering swordsman. Dealing with these beautiful women, Zhou Huan suffered greatly, but he also relied on his courage and daring spirit to turn danger into safety again and again. Let's see how Zhou Huan uses his wits and bravery to fight with these beautiful women, turning a losing hand into a winning one, and achieving a legendary story of a humble person's rise to success and winning the heart of a beautiful woman.

Jade Phoenix
Jade Phoenix

Author: Syd Goldsmith

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-02

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0595375499

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THE NEW VOICES IN LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST A WILLIAM FAULKNER COMPETITION SEMI-FINALIST " a marvelous collage of history, politics, mystery and romance." Pat Averbach, Director, Chautauqua Writers Center When Taiwanese millionaire Ko-sa Ong shows up in Washington with Jade Phoenix by his side, Nick Malter, his best friend, and his lost "Angel" would all rather be in some other country. But Taiwan is no ordinary country in the 1970s. Against all odds, Ko-sa has everything he could want except a son and a nation. Jade Phoenix has nothing after her father, a senior Nationalist general, commits suicide. Nick Malter, an American reporter, peers under the veils that cloak the Chinese and their women. Love blooms in a wilderness of misunderstanding. Ko-sa and Nick share an abiding hatred of Chiang Kai-shek and the cynical American Secretary of State who would forever deny the Taiwanese their country. They risk all for each other, but both give up everything for the love of Jade Phoenix. A stroke of the pen shatters dreams of nationhood and foreign devils challenge ancient Chinese customs in this extraordinary cross-cultural adventure. Betrayal and trust forge uncontrollable urges, fierce loyalties, and love that extends beyond life itself.

HEART OF JADE
HEART OF JADE

Author: Nahúm Méndez Vázquez

Publisher: Nahúm Méndez Vázquez

Published: 2024-09-01

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13:

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In the sacred lands of Danibaan and Liobaa, where gods still whisper among the mountains and jungle, the fate of two souls is intertwined with the future of an entire kingdom. Quetzal, a warrior forged in the flames of battle, and Naya, a princess whose kindness rivals her bravery, must face challenges that will test their love, courage, and faith in a better future. When darkness threatens to consume their world, Quetzal and Naya embark on an epic struggle, not only for the survival of their people but for the promise of a tomorrow filled with hope and unity. With the help of ancient allies and the power of a mysterious talisman, they must confront forces beyond their comprehension and the secrets that lie in the depths of their own history. Heart of Jade is a story of love, sacrifice, and redemption, where past and present intertwine in a mosaic of ancestral traditions and epic conflicts. As legends become reality and myths come to life, the protagonists will discover that true power resides in the heart, and that some battles are fought not only with weapons but with the strength of the spirit.