Mei Chen is the apple of her parents’ eyes. As she grows up in 1930s Dong City, China, she is loved, cherished, and spoiled by her parents who value education above everything else and hope their daughter will one day attend a prestigious university. Mei’s childhood is idyllic—until Japan invades China and sets both her and her family down an unexpected path full of obstacles.As Mei matures into a beautiful thirteen-year-old, she becomes engaged to a thirty-year-old college professo...

Rozalyn McGuay has been missing for a year now, no one has a clue to where she is or even if she is alive. She is close to giving up on life and reuniting with her one true love. Finding the strength and courage she needs Rozalyn fights through blood, sweat and tears to find her way back home only to find that her homecoming isn't as sweet as she imagined it would be. Tamar has moved on hitting her with the ultimate betrayal. Fed up and needing a sense of revenge she goes on a warpath full...

Welcome to the life of the Prince brothers. Come feel what it's like to be Addicted to a Dirty South Thug.Khian "Khi" Prince is a certified boss with what seems to be the weight of the world on his shoulders. His job is to ensure that he and his brothers maintain their status in the streets, along with caring for his two baby mamas and the kids he shares with them. After failing twice at love, Khi's not ready to give up on finding his queen just yet, and after runn...

Krishna stood alone after everybody left the burning pyre. He smiled, the all-knowing smile, at the retreating figures of Gandhari and Kunti. He had been cursed! He cannot and will not be a God of salvation in Kali Yuga. He has been made the Lord of Adharma, only to create wealth and power. Now, He could be redeemed only if the hidden secrets of Mahabharata were revealed to the world. The secrets, locked in for four millenniums, are out! To save Sri Krishna and therefore, the world!

Women! is a novel about women. The main character, Shan, believes the women in her life are 'willing slaves of the West'. The book takes the form of a memoir but is considered a novel due to the potential unreliability of human memories. Shan takes the reader on a bumpy ride through the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Japan, and Australia over sixty-six years.Book 1: Crying Mothers, describes Shan's childhood and coming of age against the background of the Summer of Love.

In Alice Springs one can reinvent oneself. This is exactly what Hank Jefferson needs. His wife, Bettina, disagrees. Hank settles in Alice Springs nevertheless and learns about the local art trade from Blue, a local Aboriginal man. Bettina's revenge does not work out the way she intended it to...The dark world of the art trade in Alice Springs is described in this novella. Although they are located a short distance from town now, the painting sheds still exist. Carpetbaggers are sti...

A loving story of adoption, Chinese culture and a special birthday treatMei-Mei is Chinese—but not Mom and Dad! When she was a baby, Mom and Dad flew all the way to the other side of the world to adopt her and bring her home. Lucky for Mei-Mei, her parents want her to know all about her roots in China's wonderful culture. That's why, on her birthday, her mom always makes her a traditional Chinese treat—long noodles, for a long and happy life. And this year, Mei-Mei...

This book examines how the Embassy members approached, selected, and represented information, and how, in doing so, they helped to shape European perceptions of China. The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, seeking to open ties between the two empires. As part of the mission, the British government commissioned writers and artists to chronicle the geography and culture of a civilization that had, until then, been shrouded in mystery.A centr...

The Right Periphery in L2 Chinese is among the first books to try to incorporate both advanced linguistic and acquisition perspectives to show how eight sentence-final particles are represented in English-speaking learners’ L2 Chinese.This book will inform researchers of the general construction of the right periphery in L2 grammars. Drawing on up-to-date theoretical frameworks and findings from advanced empirical studies, it sketches the general picture of the periphery t...

An army of Demonata is about to be unleashed in the 6th volume of the New York Times bestselling author's YA horror adventure series.As Grubbs comes face-to-face with Lord Loss, he can't imagine a worse fate. But things are about to get far worse indeed. A wrathful demon master hell-bent on revenge is one thing. But when the portal to hell itself opens up, it's the end of the world as we know it.Demon Apocalypse,...

An ancient warrior returns to face a post-apocalyptic enemy in the 7th installment of this YA horror series.The apocalypse came and the world burned. But it wasn't the end, and out of the destruction, new life has emerged. Bec is back to face the Demonata. After centuries of imprisonment, she's more powerful than ever, but the demons no longer stand alone. Something has crawled out of the darkness with her. Lord Loss is no longer humanity's greatest threat...

Life gets dangerous when a kid discovers a vampire at an illegal circus in this fast-paced and creepy-crawly tale from bestselling author and master of horror, Darren Shan.When Darren and his friends secretly score tickets to the terrifying Cirque Du Freak, they don’t expect the show to be as petrifying as the flier promised. If anything, it’s worse. A wonderfully eccentric cast of characters frightens the audience, but things get more insidious after the show when...