Red God
Title | Red God PDF eBook |
Author | Xiaorong Han |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2014-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 143845385X |
Robin Hood–style revolutionary Wei Baqun is often described as one of China's "three great peasant leaders," alongside Mao Zedong and Peng Pai. In his home county of Donglan, where he started organizing peasants in the early 1920s, Wei Baqun came to be considered a demigod after his death—a communist revolutionary with supernatural powers. So much legend has grown up around this fascinating figure that it is difficult to know the truth from the tale. Presenting Wei Baqun's life in light of interactions between his local community and the Chinese nation, Red God is organized around the journeys he made from his multiethnic frontier county to major cities where he picked up ideas, methods, and contacts, and around the three revolts he launched back home. Xiaorong Han explores the congruencies and conflicts of local, regional, and national forces at play during Wei Baqun's lifetime while examining his role as a link between his Zhuang people and the Han majority, between the village and the city, and between the periphery and the center.
Red Rising
Title | Red Rising PDF eBook |
Author | Pierce Brown |
Publisher | Del Rey |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 2014-01-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0345539796 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA Today ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness “I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.” Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so. Praise for Red Rising “[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown’s dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender’s Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.”—Entertainment Weekly “Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler “Red Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga: RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER
God's Red Son
Title | God's Red Son PDF eBook |
Author | Louis S. Warren |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 477 |
Release | 2017-04-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0465098681 |
The definitive account of the Ghost Dance religion, which led to the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 Winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. In God's Red Son, historian Louis Warren offers a startling new view of the religion known as the Ghost Dance, from its origins in the visions of a Northern Paiute named Wovoka to the tragedy in South Dakota. To this day, the Ghost Dance remains widely mischaracterized as a primitive and failed effort by Indian militants to resist American conquest and return to traditional ways. In fact, followers of the Ghost Dance sought to thrive in modern America by working for wages, farming the land, and educating their children, tenets that helped the religion endure for decades after Wounded Knee. God's Red Son powerfully reveals how Ghost Dance teachings helped Indians retain their identity and reshape the modern world.
Cliffourd the Big Red God
Title | Cliffourd the Big Red God PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Hite |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2011-07-20 |
Genre | Cthulhu (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | 9781589781252 |
Renowned Cthulhu Mythos aficionado Kenneth Hite retells H P Lovecraft's classic "The Dunwich Horror" in this story of childhood terror, with adorable* illustrations by Andy Hopp. Cliffourd the Big Red God features 32 pages of full-color illustration, and is sure to be a hit with the newest generation of Lovecraft fans and their parents. It is the third in our Mini Mythos series (after Where the Deep Ones Are and The Antarctic Express).
God is Red
Title | God is Red PDF eBook |
Author | Vine Deloria |
Publisher | Fulcrum Publishing |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781555914981 |
The seminal work on Native religious views, asking questions about our species and our ultimate fate.
Red Wrath
Title | Red Wrath PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard Gehrke |
Publisher | Gerhard Gehrke |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2021-03-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
“A speculation of what a group of low powered heroes and villains would be like if they lived in our world.” -- Book Goodies “Bigger-than-life characters (superhumans and not) and intense action” -- Bookbub “A fun read…I recommend this book for any fans of the superhero genre.” -- Goodreads “A great ride.” -- Goodreads Featured on the First Fiction podcast! Heroes always do good. That’s what Lily believed until a superhero killed her parents. The news reported it as an accident. Lily knew otherwise. On that fateful day, her life was shattered. But how do you take revenge against the most powerful man on the planet? Filled with action and adventure, Red Wrath is a dark superhero thriller which will keep you turning the page!
The Red God
Title | The Red God PDF eBook |
Author | C. E. Albertson |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2000-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 059512772X |
Archeology blends with the supernatural in international intrigue! With a KGB contract out on him, agent John Ashly dodges the KGB while pursued by an international crime cartel! Stabbed, shot, almost run over, drugged, poisoned, slugged, and buried alive in an ancient Egyptian tomb, agent Ashly lives on the edge--which may be too much for a man who has lost his memory and can't even recall his name! Ashly becomes a pawn as world events lead from Chicago to the powder keg of the Near East. Beautiful women, dead cities, and ancient gods allow archeology to blend with the supernatural in a modern world controlled by a shadowy overlord.