Green Phoenix

Green Phoenix
Title Green Phoenix PDF eBook
Author William Allen
Publisher
Pages 349
Release 2002
Genre History
ISBN 0195161777

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Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests? In the fire-scarred hills of Costa Rica, science writer William Allen found an answer: we can not only prevent their destruction - we can bring them back to their former glory. 'Green Phoenix' reveals how the tropical forests in the northwestern section of the country were saved.

Green Phoenix

Green Phoenix
Title Green Phoenix PDF eBook
Author Thomas Burnett Swann
Publisher Wildside Press LLC
Pages 111
Release 2019-09-20
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1434438368

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Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976) earned a distinguished reputation among writers of science fiction, one that caused his enthusiastic following to nominate him again and again for awards. Unique in his talent, his novels dealt not with the far future, but with the enigma of the past. Prior to the dawn of human history, the Earth did not belong solely to humanity -- there were other intelligent species still fighting a last-stand battle against extinction.Remembered today only in legend, these are creatures of the trees and water, beings that combined beast and man, with strange lore of their own and sciences lost to the human victors. GREEN PHOENIX is a tour de force of the final stronghold of the prehumans against the last legion of fallen Troy. "He writes his own golden thing his own way..." --Theodore Sturgeon, The New York Times "Swann's neo-romantic fantasies of the past are unique. He uses the stuff of myth with twists and inventions all his own." --The Village Voice After being unavailable for many years, the complete works of Thomas Burnett Swann are being reprinted by Wildside Press -- all 16 novels and his complete short stories.

The Green Phoenix

The Green Phoenix
Title The Green Phoenix PDF eBook
Author Alice Poon
Publisher
Pages 372
Release 2018-03
Genre
ISBN 9789888422562

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With the fate of East Asia hanging in the balance, one Mongolian woman manipulated her lovers, sons and grandsons through war and upheaval to create an empire that lasted for 250 years. The Green Phoenix tells the story of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, born a Mongolian princess who became a consort in the Manchu court and then the Qing Dynasty's first matriarch. She lived through harrowing threats, endless political crises, personal heartaches and painful losses to lead a shaky Empire out of a dead end. The story is set against a turbulent canvas as the Chinese Ming Dynasty is replaced by the Qing. Xiaozhuang guides her husband, her lover, her son and her grandson - all emperors and supreme leaders of the Qing Empire - to success against the odds.

青凤

青凤
Title 青凤 PDF eBook
Author 刘月华
Publisher BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
Pages 60
Release 2021-11-12
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN

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耿家的旧房子很长时间没人住了。不知道为什么,房子的门常常自己开了,又自己关上,看不见有人进去,也没看见有人出来,但是到了晚上,就能听见里面有人说话和唱歌。一天晚上,耿去病看到旧房子的楼上有亮光,他就慢慢地进到房子里,走上楼。他看见那里坐着一个漂亮姑娘,还有她的家人。耿去病很喜欢那个姑娘,他想知道那姑娘是谁,他们从哪里来,为什么住在他家的旧房子里。可是,他怎么也想不到以后出了那些事……

Integral Green Zimbabwe

Integral Green Zimbabwe
Title Integral Green Zimbabwe PDF eBook
Author Professor Ronnie Lessem
Publisher Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Pages 307
Release 2014-11-28
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1472438191

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Integral Green Zimbabwe: An African Phoenix marks the debut of the Integral Green Society and Economy series, which links the philosophical 'integral' age with the practical 'green' movement. The series blends elements of nature and community, culture and spirituality, science and technology, politics and economics--while this particular volume focuses specifically on Zimbabwe, as well as Southern Africa, drawing on the particular issues and capacities that this country and region represent.

The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai

The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai
Title The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai PDF eBook
Author Bangqing Han
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 593
Release 2007-11-30
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0231529457

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Desire, virtue, courtesans (also known as sing-song girls), and the denizens of Shanghai's pleasure quarters are just some of the elements that constitute Han Bangqing's extraordinary novel of late imperial China. Han's richly textured, panoramic view of late-nineteenth-century Shanghai follows a range of characters from beautiful sing-song girls to lower-class prostitutes and from men in positions of social authority to criminals and ambitious young men recently arrived from the country. Considered one of the greatest works of Chinese fiction, The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai is now available for the first time in English. Neither sentimental nor sensationalistic in its portrayal of courtesans and their male patrons, Han's work inquires into the moral and psychological consequences of desire. Han, himself a frequent habitué of Shanghai brothels, reveals a world populated by lonely souls who seek consolation amid the pleasures and decadence of Shanghai's demimonde. He describes the romantic games played by sing-song girls to lure men, as well as the tragic consequences faced by those who unexpectedly fall in love with their customers. Han also tells the stories of male patrons who find themselves emotionally trapped between desire and their sense of propriety. First published in 1892, and made into a film by Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1998, The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai is recognized as a pioneering work of Chinese fiction in its use of psychological realism and its infusion of modernist sensibilities into the traditional genre of courtesan fiction. The novel's stature has grown with the recent discovery of Eileen Chang's previously unknown translation, which was unearthed among her papers at the University of Southern California. Chang, who lived in Shanghai until 1956 when she moved to California and began to write in English, is one of the most acclaimed Chinese writers of the twentieth century.

The Phoenix's Quest

The Phoenix's Quest
Title The Phoenix's Quest PDF eBook
Author Lily Sowell
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 85
Release 2012-03-27
Genre Fiction
ISBN 110562644X

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This is the story of two sisters who embark on a magical journey to rescue the queen of Kreedas, the great kingdom of phoenixes and elves, after finding a mysterious, glowing egg. They discover a colorful world of fanciful creatures and are swept into the adventure of a lifetime that carries them to the lands of the Wyakins, the Saxifurrs and other kind, fairy-like races as they work together to defeat the evil Rynflemes.This story was begun shortly after the author's ninth birthday and is her first published work. It is both a vivid snapshot of a young girl's imagination and a testament to diligently working to realize one's dreams.