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Crouching Dragon

Author : T. P. M Thorne
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 0957500408
Total Pages : 1362 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Dragon written by T. P. M Thorne and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the 3rd Century begins, China is in a state of chaos: the Han Empire is in decline, and dozens of warlords are waging war against each other, intent on gaining greater influence, or even sovereignty.Many believe they have the answers: one such man is the young scholar-turned-farmer Zhuge Liang, styled "e;Kongming"e;, and known for his hidden talent as "e;Crouching Dragon"e;. Although initially apprehensive to involve himself in the unfolding chaos, his desire to reverse the fortunes of the Han emperor brings him to the attention of the wandering warlord Liu Bei, and - together with other great warriors and statesmen of the time - they challenge the might of the ambitious Han Prime Minister Cao Cao and usher in an era that is still known to this day as the "e;Three Kingdoms"e;.An era of complex politics, compromises and alliances unfolds, and - with support from good friends, and his wife and soul-mate, Yueying - Zhuge Liang begins his journey as military strategist, negotiator, politician and inventor, elevating Liu Bei from landless rebel to the emperor of an independent state, and setting his own place in history.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Author : Andy Seto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon written by Andy Seto and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, illustrated by Andy Seto, is a beautiful, epic story filled to the brim with fast paced action, well-developed characters, trials of loyalty, deception, ambition and intrigue. Based on the five-part novella series by 1930s writer Wang Du Lu, the fourth of which was turned into a blockbuster film directed by Ang Lee, this first volume joins Shu Lien and the legendary Li Mu Bai in their early exploits in love and war. Fans of the movie will be thrilled to discover the events leading up to the film, as well as those that follow. Full-colour throughout.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

Author : Kweku Ampiah
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? written by Kweku Ampiah and published by University of Kwazulu Natal Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The emergence of China on the world scene is one of the most important phenomena of this century. This book focuses on the rapidly growing economic and political influence that China has in Africa. Cutting-edge contributions from sixteen pan-African authors provide an historical and geo-political context for understanding the evolving partnership between Africa and China. The book features nine detailed country case studies and assesses China's Africa policy and interests in relation to those of other powers. It broadens the debate on this crucial topic and ensures that African voices enrich a discourse that could well determine the future of the continent."--BOOK JACKET.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Author : Huiling Wang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571209163
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon written by Huiling Wang and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hugely acclaimed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is an epic love story-cum-action drama set against the breathtaking landscapes of ancient China. Illustrated with more than 80 full colour photographs, this lavish companion book includes the entire screenplay, essays and commentaries about the production by director Ang Lee and screenwriter James Schamus, and contributions from cast and crew, as well as scholars David Bordwell and Richard Corliss.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Author : Justin Hill
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1602862885
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny written by Justin Hill and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another life-altering quest, another struggle between honor and lust for power, another generation of warriors forging alliances and enmities. The adventure, romance, and artistry of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon continues in this novelized companion to the first ever Netflix debut film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny based on the novel by Wang Dulu. Seventeen years after the legendary fighter Mubai dies protecting the world-conquering sword The Green Destiny, four great warriors are called together to guard the formidable weapon once more. The forces surrounding the sword irrevocably altered the life of Shulien, Mubai's lover, but seventeen years later she is still honor-bound to defend the blade from the power-hungry warlord Hades Dai. The young fighters Wei-fang and Snow Vase, switched at birth, also have heritages and inheritances that inextricably link them to both each other and the fate of the sword. And Silent Wolf, Shulien's former fiancé, returns from presumed death to thwart Hades Dai—and rekindle an emotionally isolated Shulien's feelings. Jam-packed with all the hallmarks of an epic adventure—sacrifice, battles, betrayal, vengeance, redemption, and destiny—this saga also explores the deeper meaning of true heroism and virtue. As Wei-fang and Snow Vase search for identity and forge their places in the world of warriors and heroes, Shu-lien and Silent Wolf struggle to reconcile both the traditions and heartbreak of the past with a fragile hope for the future.

Crouching Tiger

Author : Ying Chang Compestine
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536221570
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger written by Ying Chang Compestine and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Poignant but not treacly, Crouching Tiger deals with an immigrant child’s conflicting emotions toward a grandparent from the old country . . . . Nascimbene’s delicate ink and watercolor illustrations are exquisite.” — The New York Times Book Review Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practices tai chi in the garden, Vinson asks to learn, hoping it will be like kung fu, full of kicks and punches. But tai chi is slow and still, and Vinson quickly gets bored. He can’t understand why Grandpa insists on calling him by his Chinese name, Ming Da, or why he has to wear a traditional Chinese jacket to the Chinese New Year parade. But as the parade assembles, Vinson sees the respect his grandfather commands and starts to realize just how cool his grandfather might be.

Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger

Author : Prem Shankar Jha
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593762488
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger written by Prem Shankar Jha and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The media is feeding on the boastful self-confidence of a newly invigorated entrepreneurial class in India, and on the growing irritation with the Indian upstart in the Chinese leadership. To say these two countries will dominate the global economy in 50 years if they stay on their present trajectories is undoubtedly true. But to take for granted that they will succeed in doing so is naive. Both countries are in the early stages of transformation from pre-capitalist to capitalist societies and this transition is, by its very nature, jarring. The transition closes old avenues of progress and opens new ones, creating new winners and new losers by the hundreds of thousands. The faster the rate of economic change, the less time given to existing social institutions to adapt, and the greater, therefore, is the propensity for violent change. This book examines the interaction of economic with political and social change in China and India as they have progressed down the road to capitalism. It examines the social and political conflicts that the market has unleashed, and the success and failure of the countries in trying to contain it.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon #3 - Revised and Expanded Edition

Author : Andy Seto
Publisher : HK Comics
ISBN 13 : 9789889797294
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon #3 - Revised and Expanded Edition written by Andy Seto and published by HK Comics. This book was released on 2005-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for Shu Lien's fiancé continues, but first Li must face a famous kung fu raider in all-out battle. Also features Jade Fox's first appearance and the return of the Green Destiny sword.

The Crouching Dragon

Author : Leonard Lamensdorf
Publisher : Seascape Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780966974157
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The Crouching Dragon written by Leonard Lamensdorf and published by Seascape Press Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old William lives in French Normandy in 1959, abused by his father and bullied by the kids, who insultingly call him the "Little American." He discovers a strange man--a former professor and World War II resistance fighter--who occupies a mysterious abandoned castle.

Kung Fu Cult Masters

Author : Leon Hunt
Publisher : Wallflower Press
ISBN 13 : 9781903364635
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book Kung Fu Cult Masters written by Leon Hunt and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese Martial Arts films have captured audiences' imaginations around the world. In this wide-ranging study, Hunt looks at the mythic allure of the Shaolin Temple, the 'Clones' of Bruce Lee, gender-bending swordswomen, and the knockabout comedy of Sammo Hung, bringing new insights to a hugely popular and yet critically neglected genre. 12 photos.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Author : Andy Seto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781588993052
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon written by Andy Seto and published by . This book was released on 2005-04-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated by Andy Seto, based on the original novels by Wang Du Lu. In the continuation of this popular series, the period adventures of Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien may be cut short as the battle continues and the Green Destiny unravels. In full-colour.

Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire

Author : Kerrelyn Sparks
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006210778X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire written by Kerrelyn Sparks and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks delivers the exciting conclusion in the Love at Stake series, where a Marine-turned-vampire finds love with the shifter princess forbidden to him. Russell wakes from a coma to find he's become a vampire. Now he has a thirst for revenge. Determined to hunt down the master vampire who turned him, he's used to working alone - until he meets Jia. She is after the same vampire for murdering her parents and insists she can help Russell on this mission. Reluctantly, he agrees, and sets up some ground rules: Rule #1: Their partnership is strictly business. If he holds her a little too close . . . if she looks at him with those exotic eyes . . . well, that has to stop. Rule #2: He's in charge. Jia isn't used to taking orders and questions every move he makes. So he stops her the only way he knows how. Rule #3: Don't fall in love. But the kiss that was supposed to quiet her awakens something else in him . . . something forbidden. Because Jia is engaged. To someone else.

The Cinema of Ang Lee

Author : Whitney Crothers Dilley
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231538499
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Cinema of Ang Lee written by Whitney Crothers Dilley and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Taiwan, Ang Lee is one of cinema's most versatile and daring directors. His ability to cut across cultural, national, and sexual boundaries has given him recognition in all corners of the world, the ability to work with complete artistic freedom whether inside or outside of Hollywood, and two Academy Awards for Best Director. He has won astounding critical acclaim for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which transformed the status of martial arts films across the globe, Brokeback Mountain (2005), which challenged the reception and presentation of homosexuality in mainstream cinema, and Life of Pi (2012), Lee's first use of groundbreaking 3D technology and his first foray into complex spiritual themes. In this volume, the only full-length study of Lee's work, Whitney Crothers Dilley analyzes all of his career to date: Lee's early Chinese trilogy films (including The Wedding Banquet, 1993, and Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994), period drama (Sense and Sensibility, 1995), martial arts (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000), blockbusters (Hulk, 2003), and intimate portraits of wartime psychology, from the Confederate side of the Civil War (Ride with the Devil, 1999) to Japanese-occupied Shanghai (Lust/Caution, 2007). Dilley examines Lee's favored themes such as father/son relationships and intergenerational conflict in The Ice Storm (1997) and Taking Woodstock (2009). By looking at the beginnings of Lee's career, Dilley positions the filmmaker's work within the roots of the Taiwan New Cinema movement, as well as the larger context of world cinema. Using suggestive readings of both gender and identity, this new study not only provides a valuable academic resource but also an enjoyable read that uncovers the enormous appeal of this acclaimed director.

Death by China

Author : Peter Navarro
Publisher : Pearson Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 013236705X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Death by China written by Peter Navarro and published by Pearson Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most populous nation and soon-to-be largest economy is rapidly turning into the planet's most efficient assassin. Unscrupulous Chinese entrepreneurs are flooding world markets with lethal products. China's perverse form of capitalism combines illegal mercantilist and protectionist weapons to pick off American industries, job by job. China's emboldened military is racing towards head-on confrontation with the U.S. Meanwhile, America's executives, politicians, and even academics remain silent about the looming threat. Now, best-selling author and noted economist Peter Navarro meticulously exposes every form of "Death by China," drawing on the latest trends and events to show a relationship spiraling out of control. Death by China reveals how thousands of Chinese cyber dissidents are being imprisoned in "Google Gulags"; how Chinese hackers are escalating coordinated cyberattacks on U.S. defense and America's key businesses; how China's undervalued currency is damaging the U.S., Europe, and the global recovery; why American companies are discovering that the risks of operating in China are even worse than they imagined; how China is promoting nuclear proliferation in its pursuit of oil; and how the media distorts the China story--including a "Hall of Shame" of America's worst China apologists. This book doesn't just catalogue China's abuses: It presents a call to action and a survival guide for a critical juncture in America's history--and the world's. Publisher's note - in this book various quotes and viewpoints are attributed to a 'Ron Vara'. Ron Vara is not an actual person, but rather an alias created by Peter Navarro in order to present his views and opinions.

Women in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium

Author : Ya-chen Chen
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073913910X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Women in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium written by Ya-chen Chen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women and Gender in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium, by Ya-chen Chen, is an excavation of underexposed gender issues focusing mainly on contradictory and troubled feminism in the film narratives. In the cinematic world of martial arts films, one can easily find representations of women of Ancient China released from the constraints of patriarchal social order to revel in a dreamlike space of their own. They can develop themselves, protect themselves, and even defeat or conquer men. This world not only frees women from the convention of foot-binding, but it also "unbinds" them in terms of education, critical thinking, talent, ambition, opportunities to socialize with different men, and the freedom or right to both choose their spouse and decide their own fate. Chen calls this phenomenon "Chinese cinematic martial arts feminism." The liberation is never sustaining or complete, however; Chen reveals the presence of a glass ceiling marking the maximal exercise of feminism and women's rights which the patriarchal order is willing to accept. As such, these films are not to be seen as celebrations of feminist liberation, but as enunciations of the patriarchal authority that suffuses "Chinese cinematic martial arts feminism." The film narratives under examination include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (directed by Ang Lee); Hero (Zhang Yimou); House of the Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou); Seven Swords (Tsui Hark); The Promise (Chen Kaige); The Banquet (Feng Xiaogang); and Curst of the Golden Flower (Zhang Yimou). Chen also touches upon the plots of two of the earliest award-winning Chinese martial arts films, A Touch of Zen and Legend of the Mountain, both directed by King Hu.

The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)

Author : Jaimal Yogis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338660446
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) written by Jaimal Yogis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mom and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school. But when a mysterious old woman gifts her a dragon egg during a field trip, Grace discovers that the wonderful stories of dragons she heard when she was a young girl might actually be real--especially when the egg hatches overnight. The dragon has immense powers that Grace has yet to understand. And that puts them both in danger from mysterious forces intent on abusing the dragon's power. And now it's up to Grace and her school friends to uncover the sinister plot threatening the entire city!

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Author : Wang Du Lu
Publisher : Abacus
ISBN 13 : 9780349140940
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon written by Wang Du Lu and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen years after the legendary fighter Mubai dies protecting the world-conquering sword The Green Destiny, four great warriors are called together to guard the formidable weapon once more. The forces surrounding the sword irrevocably altered the life of Shulien, Mubai's lover, but seventeen years later she is still honor-bound to defend the blade from the power-hungry warlord Hades Dai. The young fighters Wei-fang and Snow Vase, switched at birth, also have heritages and inheritances that inextricably link them to both each other and the fate of the sword. And Silent Wolf, Shulien's former fiancé, returns from presumed death to thwart Hades Dai-- and rekindle an emotionally isolated Shulien's feelings.