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- China : land of dragons and emperors / by Mah, Adeline Yen,1937-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- © 2009., Delacorte Press,
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- Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor / by Zhao, Xiran Jay.;
After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and myth, and seal a portal to prevent malicious spirits from destroying the human realm.Ages 8-12.LSC- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C.; Spirits; Spirit possession; Good and evil; Magic; Mythology, Chinese; Chinese Americans;
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- How do we look? : the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation / by Beard, Mary,1955-author.; Beard, Mary,1955-Civilisations : how do we look : the eye of faith.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index."From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity"--- Subjects: Art and religion.; Human beings in art; Civilization.;
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- She who became the sun / by Parker-Chan, Shelley,author.;
"Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything "I refuse to be nothing ... " In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness ... In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family's clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness"--- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Famines; Orphans; Monks; Brothers and sisters;
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- Dragonkeeper [videorecording] / by Bailey, Bill,voice actor.; Castrillo, Pablo,screenwriter.; Cos, Aurora de,film producer.; Howell, Anthony,1971-voice actor.; Li, Jianping,film director.; Nighy, Bill,1949-voice actor.; Simó, Salvador,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Wilkinson, Carole.Dragonkeeper (Novel); Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.;
Bill Nighy, Anthony Howell, Bill Bailey, Mayalinee Griffiths.Dragons, the mystical creatures once revered and loved across the land, are now being hunted to extinction in ancient China. But high on the mountaintops, one young girl's fiery spirit yearns for rebellion. After she frees the last living dragon from captivity, the unlikely duo sets off on a dangerous mission: to recover the last dragon egg. Tracked at every turn by the armies of the emperor, the pair learn to trust each other and work together. Along the way, they each discover new powers beyond their wildest dreams, unlocking the centuries-old secrets of the Dragonkeeper.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for violence, thematic elements and scary images.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's films.; Action and adventure films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Dragons; Enslaved children; Secrecy; Eggs; Quests (Expeditions); Human-animal relationships;
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- Deep as the sky, red as the sea : a novel / by Chang-Eppig, Rita,author.;
"When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged a brutal, crafty nobleman with ridding the South China Seas of pirates, and the Europeans--tired of losing ships, men, and money to Shek Yeung's alliance--have new plans for the area. Even worse, Shek Yeung's cutthroat retributions create problems all their own. As Shek Yeung navigates new motherhood and the crises of leadership, she must decide how long she is willing to fight, and at what price, or risk losing her fleet, her new family, and even her life"--- Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Pirates; Women pirates;
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- Ten birds that changed the world / by Moss, Stephen,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For the whole of human history, we have shared our world with birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food, fuel and feathers; placed them at the heart of our rituals, religions, myths and legends; poisoned, persecuted and often demonized them; and celebrated them in our music, art and poetry. Even today, despite a growing disconnect between humanity and the rest of nature, birds continue to play an integral role in our lives. Ten Birds that Changed the World tells the story of this long and intricate relationship, spanning the whole of human history, and featuring birds from all seven of the world's continents. It does so through those species whose lives, and their interactions with us, have - in one way or another - changed the course of human history. From when Noah sent out the Raven from the Ark, birds have been central to our superstitions, mythology and folklore. Once humans switched from hunter-gathering to settled societies they began to domesticate wild birds: first the Rock Dove - now the domestic or feral Pigeon - used to communicate over long distances; and then the Wild Turkey and other species for food - later, they became the centerpiece of the annual family festivals of Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Dodo of the Indian Ocean is the icon of extinction, while Darwin's Finches changed the way we look at life on our planet, and the droppings of the Guanay Cormorant provided vast amounts of phosphates, kickstarting a global agricultural revolution. In North America, the Snowy Egret almost disappeared when its plumes were used for fashion; this led to the modern bird protection and conservation movement. The Bald Eagle is the proud symbol of the USA, but eagles have a checkered history, especially in Roman and Nazi propaganda. In China, Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' turned out to be the exact opposite. His call to kill millions of Tree Sparrows meant the insects they ate destroyed the grain harvest - leading to a famine in which thirty million people died. Finally, the Emperor Penguin of Antarctica stands as a potent symbol of how humanity's future is now in the balance, as it heads towards becoming the first global casualty of the Climate Emergency. It is an urgent sign, warning us about our own survival on the planet? Ten Birds that Changed the World is a 'big picture' view of global human history, seen through a unique and original viewpoint: our relationship with birds, as crucial to our lives today as is has ever been"--- Subjects: Birds; Human-animal relationships;
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- He who drowned the world / by Parker-Chan, Shelley,author.;
"The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping across an epic alternate China. Mulan meets The Song of Achilles. How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. But Zhu isn't the only one with imperial ambitions. Her neighbor in the south, the courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband-and she's strong enough to wipe Zhu off the map. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky alliance with an old enemy: the talented but unstable eunuch general Ouyang, who has already sacrificed everything for a chance at revenge on his father's killer, the Great Khan. Unbeknownst to the southerners, a new contender is even closer to the throne. The scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang has maneuvered his way into the capital, and his lethal court games threaten to bring the empire to its knees. For Baoxiang also desires revenge: to become the most degenerate Great Khan in history-and in so doing, make a mockery of every value his Mongol warrior family loved more than him. All the contenders are determined to do whatever it takes to win. But when desire is the size of the world, the price could be too much for even the most ruthless heart to bear ... "--- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Kings and rulers; Revenge;
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- Hero [videorecording]. by Leung, Tony; Cheung, Maggie; Zhang, Ziyi; Li, Jet;
Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Jet Li.DVD.CHVRS rating: PG.Hero is the story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty over 2000 years ago. Three opponents are determined to kill the King, and one loyal subject stands in their way.- Subjects: Action.; Foreign.;
- © 2004., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
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