Tag: Dragon

September 16, 2024

The Lion and the Dragon Britain’s Opium Wars with China 1839-1860

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Free Download The Lion and the Dragon: Britain’s Opium Wars with China 1839-1860 by Mark Simner
English | July 26, 2019 | ISBN: 1781557179 | 304 pages | PDF | 5.58 Mb
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China attempted to suppress this trade-due to the serious social and economic problems it caused-the British Government responded with gunboat diplomacy, and conflict soon ensued.

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September 15, 2024

Dragon Slaying Dragons Into Princes

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Free Download L. Michael Hall, "Dragon Slaying: Dragons Into Princes"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 1890001090 | PDF | pages: 310 | 13.6 mb
Discover how to combat, tame, or even slay your dragons or negative states failure, self-contempt, anxiety by building up positive states to counteract them. A reader-friendly version of the meta-states model for personal empowerment.

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September 15, 2024

Dragon Lords The History and Legends of Viking England

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Free Download Eleanor Parker, "Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England"
English | ISBN: 1784537861 | 2018 | 288 pages | AZW3 | 5 MB
Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute.

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September 15, 2024

DRAGON HEARTS Love in China

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Free Download Carol Ann Nix, "DRAGON HEARTS: Love in China"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1633931420 | EPUB | pages: 448 | 2.1 mb
Dragon Hearts: Love in China is the true story of a middle-aged American university professor who falls in love with her young Chinese colleague, with her Chinese students and their rich culture, and with nearly every man, woman, and child in Beijing. The dragon swallowed her whole. Dragon Hearts: Love in China is about hearts-Chinese hearts touching an American’s heart, and her heart touching theirs. It focuses on many aspects of love and adventures in Beijing and Inner Mongolia. This is a heartwarming story about good people who happen to live in the exotic Orient and who happen to be ruled by Communists. Page by page you will discover that Americans and Chinese are much more alike than different.

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September 13, 2024

Young samurai The way of the dragon

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Free Download Chris Bradford, "Young samurai: The way of the dragon"
English | 2010 | pages: 448 | ISBN: 0141324325 | EPUB | 4,2 mb
June 1613. Japan is threatened with war and Jack is facing his greatest battle yet. Samurai are taking sides and, as the blood begins to flow, Jack’s warrior training is put to the ultimate test. His survival – and that of his friends – depends upon him mastering the Two Heavens, the secret sword technique of the legendary samurai Masamoto Takeshi. But first Jack must recover his father’s prize possession from the deadly ninja Dragon Eye. Can Jack defeat his ruthless enemy? Or will the ninja complete his mission to kill the young samurai . . .

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September 13, 2024

The Black Raven (Dragon Mage, Book 2)

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Free Download Katharine Kerr, "The Black Raven (Dragon Mage, Book 2)"
English | 2000 | pages: 260 | ISBN: 0553579193 | PDF | 0,8 mb
For the devoted followers of the dazzling Deverry and Westlands cycle, Katharine Kerr continues the magical epic saga she began in The Red Wyvern.

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