Under the Dragon

Author: Rory MacLean
Publisher: HarperPerennial
ISBN: 9780006530824
Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
TRAVEL WRITING. The memory of a brief visit to Burma had haunted Rory MacLean for years. A decade after the violent suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives and all hopes for democracy, he seized the chance to return. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he hears stories of ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world and meets Aung San Suu Kyi, perhaps the most courageous woman of our time and the embodiment of all Burma's hope. On his journey MacLean exposes the tragedy of a hundred betrayals. "Under the Dragon" is a perceptive and heartbreaking portrayal of contemporary Burma, a country that is shot through with desperation and fear, but also blessed - even in the darkest places - with beauty and courage.

In the Shadow of the Dragon

Author: Winter Nie
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
ISBN: 0814431704
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
The ômade in Chinaö label has long dominated the lower end of the US manufacturing industry, effectively squeezing it out of existence. That's old news. What most people don't know is that China's global reach now extends much further. Chinese companies have entered higher-end marketsùtechnology, financial services, transportation, energyùand are emerging as powerhouse multinationals. In the Shadow of the Dragon is a meticulously researched exposT of the most competitive companies in China. Based on interviews with Chinese business leaders and original case studies, the book provides: ò Profiles of key players ò Insights into subtle yet powerful strategies used to gain market dominance ò An understanding of the Chinese approach to going global ò Analysis of the Chinese way of innovation ò Advice on competing head-to-head or forming alliances with Chinese partners Part primer, part survival guide, In the Shadow of the Dragon is the first book to lay bare the challenges looming ahead.

Riding the Dragon

Author: Robert J. Wicks
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
ISBN: 1933495448
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
“Riding the Dragon gives the reader the chance to look for the lessons that are often hidden in our sorrows.”—Goodreads reviewer Twenty years and 70,000 copies after it was first released, Riding the Dragon—by popular author, speaker, and psychologist Robert J. Wicks—continues to help thousands each year to confront the “dragons” of stress, discouragement, burnout, and unexpected change that everyone struggles with in their daily lives. Instead of pretending these difficulties don’t exist or trying to remove them entirely, Wicks offers ten lessons to help us face them, overcome them, and grow from them. These simple yet profound lessons draw on the wisdom of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions as well as Wicks’s experience as a psychologist, and include pairing clarity with kindness, seeking perspective daily, and building a barrier of simplicity. Riding the Dragon is a concise, compassionate, and knowledgeable guide for anyone experiencing or supporting someone facing personal or professional challenges. This twentieth anniversary edition features a new preface from the author, highlighting how Riding the Dragon is, perhaps now more than ever, an indispensable spiritual and psychological companion for all of us who are yearning for our lives to be transformed.

Under Dragon's Wing

Author: John Kendall
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
ISBN: 9780880380768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157

Book Description
The reader as young Prince Treon must find a way, with the help of a magical dragon ring and an ancient sorcery book, to rid the country of the evil Crimson Wizard and his legions.

The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art

Author: Sara Kuehn
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004186638
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 405

Book Description
This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world. The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources.

Blood on Dragon's Moon

Author: RFL. BURNS
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490732349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
A time of knights and magic, elves and humans, good and evil. The races of Nennetta must come together to save their land and their lives no matter what their differences are. The Dark Lord Jerrak has returned to take his revenge on those who had banished him. A group of friends are drawn into the battle and now must get the races to join together to defeat Jerrak and his minions.

Tears Of The Dragon Boy

Author: John Odom
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557729025
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
"A young boy is accidentally changed by his world's seasonal blessing storm and becomes half dragon. The authorities declare him an aberration and call for his disappearance. When he and his brother are outlawed and his parents are killed, can he face down the people accusing them to win justice, or will he give in to the urges of his inner dragon?"

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Fantasy Anime and Manga

Author: Wikipedia contributors
Publisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1062

Book Description

Savage Dragon #49

Author: Erik Larsen
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Super-Tough and Mace are re-united, and it is revealed that the two were lovers. Soon afterwards, an Atlantean army leads a very unsuccessful invasion of the Earth's surface. Cyberface (in BrainiApe's body AND in Overlord's armour) and his allies battle several Vicious Circle agents, a fight that is interrupted by both Dragon and the new Deadly Duo: Kill-Cat and Beast Boy. Before Dragon can defeat Cyberface, they are held at gunpoint by Hitler's brain.

The Iron Sceptre

Author: John White
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830868940
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
Anthropos is in danger. So Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are once again magically transported from their home in Winnipeg to help save this threatened land. The Iron Sceptre, the source of King Kardia's power to rule, is in peril. The children, joined by their cousin Mary, are called on to stop Mirmah and her chief sorcerer, Archimago. But to do so, they must travel beneath the Northern Mountains, around Goldcoffin's Palace and into the very heart of Mirmah's kingdom. What awaits is much more than a mere adventure.