MirdrakonovDragons, magic, mages, evil wizards, adventure, and a new world watched over by an Avatar and the gods above, below, and abroad.Mages and their dragon partners must adapt after centuries of missing magic with its return and with the wizards who want to take it away again.Along the way, they must deal with their growing gifts while helping their nation adjust to this new experience, where magic is present in much of the population in varyi...

I'm Belle Boyle, and I've lost four hundred years. Someone assaulted me, stole my dragon partner, and left me in stasis. My home, family, and friends are gone, and my magic has changed. Four hundred years dipped in a magic sea can do that to you. A group of dragons and their partner riders rescue me and set me on a new path.She begins to build up a found family in her new world. Dragons, riders, mages, and loving humans welcome her into their home and provide a reason to go on....

To begin with, I was dead and had been for half a century. My name's Zann (short for Susana). I was twenty years old when I died, and I was still here. I'd started out thinking I was a ghost or wraith, just popping up at death, but then things got complicated. I started helping others go to the Afterlife, which, I guess, makes me a psychopomp.My helping souls go into the light did not set well with the Angel of Death. He's supposed to get stubborn spirits like me to move on. I have...

'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is told in the Historical Records of Sima Qian, the Grand Historiographer and the most famous Chinese historian. He describes the Emperor's birth and the assassination attempt on his l...

Susana, the Dancer, her Guardian Jimmy , and Prince Edward (a shapeshifting dragon) have to flee when Susana's magic breaks free. Complications ensue as she grows in power, and she gathers others to her team as she prepares for dangerous challenges. This edition has been extensively edited and expanded.

An Omnibus of Dragons, magic, mages, evil wizards, adventure, and a new world watched over by an Avatar and the gods above, below, and abroad.

Susana, Derek (a shapeshifting dragon, and Jimmy, have to flee when Susana's magic breaks free, Complications ensue and she grows in power and she gathers others to her team.

Experience the excitement, despair, drama, and tragedy of China’s last emperor in this gripping autobiography.In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking’s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yi’s life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion:...

The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West. From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship with the 'Great Firewall of China', Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of this enormous country. A Short History of China provides an absorbing introduction to more than 4,000 years of Chinese history, telling the sto...

China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzŭ Hsi by J. O. P. Bland and Sir E. Backhouse offers a comprehensive and detailed account of one of the most influential figures in late Qing Dynasty China. Published in 1911, this historical work provides an in-depth look at the life and reign of Empress Dowager Cixi, a key player in China's political and social landscape during a period of profound transformation.The book meticulously chronicles Cixi’s rise to p...

The Terracotta Army is one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries of all time. 6,000 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China - each is individually carved, and they are thought to represent real members of the emperor's army. This is the remarkable story of their creation, the man who ordered them made, their rediscovery and their continuing legacy as a pre-eminent symbol of Chinese greatness.The Fi...

“A wonderful job! So lucid, beautfully written, with greatrange and insight. This will set a new standard for shortgeneral histories of China.”—Michael Gasster,professor emeritus of history at Rutgers UniversityNewly updated and revised, China: Its History and Culture,Fourth Edition, incorporates the crucial social and economicchanges that have taken place in China over the last decade.Through rich detail and engaging illustrations, the book tracesChina’s ...