Author: Gu YueQiMo Publisher: Funstory ISBN: 1649553250 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 455
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Ever since she was young, she had disguised herself as a man, and at the age of ten, she was repudiated by the heavens and earth. At the age of fourteen, she was bestowed with the name of a king, and was given the name of the king. Accept his fate? Accept your fate! Why not? You all regard yourself as the fiend of a country who lost. You all agreed to the words of heaven's will and were defeated by you all! The people of the world viewed him as a bloodthirsty demon, and thus, he had conformed to the will of the world and slaughtered him for the people of the world to see! So what if he was a monster? In this world of extreme flames, it was called the Burning Fire Cave. She grew up in the Burning Fire Cave, and after going through countless hardships, she created a peerless martial art called the Raging Flames Soul. The coldest place in the world was called the Valley of Ice. He grew up in the Valley of Ice, and after experiencing countless hardships, he created a peerless martial art called the Breaking Ice Soul. Wishing? This King never makes a wish! Only those who are incompetent will have a wish. Everything This King asks for, will be given to you! For example ... It commanded the whole world to be in chaos, to prostrate themselves within the Six Paths. He was the complete opposite of her, yet so similar! Ice and fire mutually restrained each other. Were those two fated to fall in love and kill each other as well? He had come from the nine heavens to descend into the mortal world. He was originally an unintentional person without desire or desire, and that person named Cang Qu had overturned the very essence of his life. Before I met you, I was unreal, but now, you are my unreal self! Bloody saffron, the love of this life, how could she let him? He was a man of martial arts, a man of great stature. He was the world's greatest tyrant ... Join Collection
Author: Gideon Heugh Publisher: ISBN: 9781976898754 Category : Languages : en Pages : 159
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The debut collection of poems from Gideon Heugh. Devastating Beauty explores the vein of holiness that runs through the natural world, and mourns our increasing disconnection from it. Full of earth, fire, love, anger, longing and hope, it invites us to wake up to the startling, life-affirming beauty that's around us and within us.
Author: JOYGOPAL PODDAR Publisher: V&S Publishers ISBN: 9350574306 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 249
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Goddess is a powerful story of two young women who struggle for success and glory in the Indian film industry. The beautiful Rita comes to Mumbai from a small town in the Himalayan foothills and reaches dizzying heights of superstardom through determination talent charisma - and a dose of manipulation. What is the price she has to pay? Sanya's past overshadows her future but ruthless ambition and a talent for choosing the right godfather at the right time helps her reach the heights she desires. The loves lives and careers of these beautiful young women eventually overlap and clash - and the resulting storm has the potential to shatter completely the equilibrium of the film industry.
Author: Priscilla Faith Rhodes Publisher: Postcard Cafe ISBN: 9780971130456 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 390
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On Columbus Day 1997 Ken and Priscilla Rhodes quit their jobs, bought an RV and took off to discover America with a plan to see 50 states in 50 weeks and return to their jobs in a year. Three years later, they hobbled home broke but not broken. Hitch a ride in their backseat for a hilarious, adventurous, and sometimes heartbreaking tour of America. Volume One East coast to West coast covers the frightening first year of quitting work, giving up an income, shopping for an RV, and adjusting to life on the road living in a flimsy tin box on wheels, terrifyingly vulnerable to outside elements like hailstorms, tornadoes and thieves.
Author: Stephanie Hemelryk Donald Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1501318594 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 281
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The child has existed in cinema since the Lumière Brothers filmed their babies having messy meals in Lyons, but it is only quite recently that scholars have paid serious attention to her/his presence on screen. Scholarly discussion is now of the highest quality and of interest to anyone concerned not only with the extent to which adult cultural conversations invoke the figure of the child, but also to those interested in exploring how film cultures can shift questions of agency and experience in relation to subjectivity. Childhood and Nation in World Cinema recognizes that the range of films and scholarship is now sufficiently extensive to invoke the world cinema mantra of pluri-vocal and pluri-central attention and interpretation. At the same time, the importance of the child in figuring ideas of nationhood is an undiminished tic in adult cultural and social consciousness. Either the child on film provokes claims on the nation or the nation claims the child. Given the waning star of national film studies, and the widely held and serious concerns over the status of the nation as a meaningful cultural unit, the point here is not to assume some extraordinary pre-social geopolitical empathy of child and political entity. Rather, the present collection observes how and why and whether the cinematic child is indeed aligned to concepts of modern nationhood, to concerns of the State, and to geo-political organizational themes and precepts.
Author: Mimi Thi Nguyen Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 147806000X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 192
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In The Promise of Beauty, Mimi Thi Nguyen explores the relationship between the concept of beauty and narratives of crisis and catastrophe. Nguyen conceptualizes beauty, which, she observes, we turn to in emergencies and times of destruction, as a tool to identify and bridge the discrepancy between the world as it is and what it ought to be. Drawing widely from aesthetic and critical theories, Nguyen outlines how beauty—or its lack—points to the conditions that must exist for it to flourish. She notes that an absence of beauty becomes both a political observation and a call to action to transform the conditions of the situation so as to replicate, preserve, or repair beauty. The promise of beauty can then engender a critique of social arrangements and political structures that would set the foundations for its possibility and presence. In this way, Nguyen highlights the role of beauty in inspiring action toward a more just world.
Author: Duncan, Sophie Publisher: Wittegen Press ISBN: 1908333537 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 200
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Discover the touch of the supernatural in this volume of short stories and novelettes. In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now the 5 paranormal romance and paranormal fantasy stories from The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games have been gathered here into 1 volume. The Name Is The Game by Sophie Duncan A new placement, a new start together for orphans Paul and Amanda. However, they soon discover all is not as it seems with the mysterious Miss Torris. Cleave To Until Forever by Natasha Duncan-Drake Paralysed by an explosion, Adam must heal more than his legs when he discovers his wereleopard ancestry. The Vampire Who Loved Me by Natasha Duncan-Drake Jack Boddington was your every day, jobbing spy until his last assignment goes horribly wrong. Then he wakes up twenty years later with a thirst for blood. Girl In The Mirror by Sophie Duncan Penelope Beverly must discover the secret of the ghost girl in her mirror when she takes a position as companion to Miss Verinace. Timothy by Natasha Duncan-Drake Darcy is a modern girl, but even she is shocked when her mother gives her the family heirloom as she is about to go off to university and it's a dildo named Timothy.
Author: Madeleine Olivia Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473573661 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 278
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Love yourself. Love the planet. We are facing an urgent climate crisis and we must all take action now. However, it can be difficult to know where to start when bombarded with overwhelming facts and statistics every day. We all want to make a difference, but what can we do? Minimal makes simple and sustainable living attainable for everyone, using practical tips for all areas of everyday life to reduce your impact on the earth. Leading environmentalist Madeleine Olivia shares her insights on how to care for yourself in a more eco-friendly way, as well as how to introduce a mindful approach to your habits. This includes how to declutter your life, reduce your waste and consumption, recipes for eating seasonally and making your own natural beauty and cleaning products. Learn how to minimise the areas that aren’t giving you anything back and discover a happier and more fulfilled life, while looking after the Earth we share.
Author: Peter Stupples Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1527509532 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 221
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This selection of essays examines the future of art in a changing world. In particular, contributors discuss the agency of art in conditions of ecological threats to the natural world, to climate change and the effects of globalisation, neoliberal economics and mass tourism. Following the lead of Chicago-based Frances Whitehead, whose essay is a key text, some contributors take positions on working with local government agencies to embed art-thinking within development projects, going back to the art-thinking at the centre of Kazimir Malevich’s work in Vitebsk one hundred years ago in Russia. Other papers highlight small-scale art interventions that bring ecological issues to public notice and suggest positive responses, whilst others discuss large-scale problems brought about by the social, economic and laissez-faire history of the emerging Anthropocene with possible dystopic outcomes.
Author: , Mou Publisher: Funstory ISBN: 164897001X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1877
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Liu Qing frowned, his hand caressing her chin, suddenly he tightened his grip, "You're doing this on purpose?"Su Wen continued to smile, but he didn't show any expression of pain on his face. It was as if the pain was mixed into his smile, causing his face to shine brightly."Qing Yan." Her arm wrapped around his neck, she simply pulled him even lower, her lips moving to her ears as she exhaled."Let me tell you a secret ..."
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