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Warlord / by Bell, Ted.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Attempted assassination; Hawke, Alex (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Royal houses;
© c2010., William Morrow,
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The warlord / by Showalter, Gena,author.;
For a chance to save her people, Taliyah Skyhawk must wed the fearless leader of the Astra Planeta, Alaroc Phaethon, but the ice maiden and the merciless king never anticipated their battles turning into games that only one spouse can win.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Battles; Kings and rulers;
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The warlords [videorecording (DVD)] / by Chen, Kexin,1962-; Kaneshiro, Takeshi.; Lau, Andy,1961-; Li, Jet,1963-; Xu, Jinglei,1974-; Alliance Films (Firm); Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm); Morgan & Chan Films.;
Composer, Peter Kam, Chan Kwong Wing, Chatchai Pongprapaphan ; Edited by Christopher Blunden.Lianjie Li, Dehua Liu, Wu Jincheng, Jinglei Xu.In 1870, the power of the corrupt Qing Dynasty has been threatened by the rise of a revolutionary army, led by religious fanatics, and civil war is tearing the nation apart. Pang Qingyun (Jet Li), a good man who finds himself fighting for the Qing leadership, is one of the only survivors of a bloody battle in between revolutionaries and Qing troops, and is looking for someplace to go when he's offered shelter by a beautiful peasant woman, Lian (Xu Jinglei). Pang and Lian spend the night in each others arms, and he finds himself falling in love with her. Pang sets out to make his way home when he's befriended by Zhao Erhu (Andy Lau) and Jiang Wuyang (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a pair of bandits. When Jiang is attacked in an ambush, Pang helps save his life, and the three men become blood brothers in a gory ritual. Pang convinces Jiang and Zhao to join him in the fight against the revolutionaries, and with their help Pang is able to achieve some impressive victories.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Brothers; Civil war; Epic films.; Feature films.; Foreign films; Historical films.; Insurgency; Man-woman relationships; Motion pictures, Chinese.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.;
© c2010., Alliance Films,
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A woman among warlords : the extraordinary story of an Afghan who dared to raise her voice / by Joya, Malalai.;
Subjects: Joya, Malalai.; Afghanistan. Ūlasī Jirgahoyah; Democratization; Human rights; Legislators; Women legislators; Women; Women's rights;
© 2009., Scribner,
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Klawde, evil alien warlord cat / by Marciano, Johnny.; Chenoweth, Emily.; Mommaerts, Robb.;
Klawde, the exiled ruler of the planet Lyttyrboks, and Raj, who just moved from Brooklyn to tiny Elba, Oregon, forge an unlikely friendship as they find their footing in a strange new world.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Cats; Extraterrestrial beings; Kings and rulers; Moving, Household; Camps; Families;
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The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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Shōgun. by Clavell, James,author.;
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Catholic Church; British; Samurai; Warlordism;
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The spacedog cometh / by Marciano, Johnny.; Chenoweth, Emily.; Mommaerts, Robb.;
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Subjects: Science fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Cats; Extraterrestrial beings; Kings and rulers; Dogs; Grandmothers;
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Enemies / by Marciano, Johnny.; Chenoweth, Emily.; Mommaerts, Robb.;
Warlord cat Klawde continues to suffer in exile as Raj faces starting a new school, but a further complication arises when both are unexpectedly confronted by figures from their pasts.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Middle schools; Cats; Extraterrestrial beings; Kings and rulers; Families;
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The serpent sword / by Harffy, Matthew,author.;
Beobrand is compelled by his brother's almost-certain murder to embark on a quest for revenge in the war-ravaged kingdoms of Northumbria. The land is rife with danger, as warlords vie for supremacy and dominion. In the battles for control of the region, new oaths are made and broken, and loyalties are tested to the limits.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Revenge;
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