Shanghai Redemption

Shanghai Redemption PDF Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250065275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
For years, Chen Cao managed to balance the interests of the Communist Party and the demands made by his job. He was considered a rising star until, after one too many controversial cases that embarrassed powerful men, he found himself neutralised. Under the guise of a promotion, he's been stripped of his title and his influence, discredited and isolated. Soon it becomes clear that his enemies still aren't satisfied, and that someone is attempting to have him killed - quietly.

Enigma of China

Enigma of China PDF Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 125002580X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
The eighth novel in Qiu Xiaolong's acclaimed Chinese crime series sees Inspector Chen confronted by a terrible choice between Party politics or his principles - with his career at stake

Reel Views 2

Reel Views 2 PDF Author: James Berardinelli
Publisher: Justin, Charles & Co.
ISBN: 1932112405
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 627

Book Description
Thoroughly revised and updated for 2005! Includes a new chapter on the best special edition DVDs and a new chapter on finding hidden easter egg features.

Shanghai Redemption

Shanghai Redemption PDF Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473616816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series. 'The system has no place for a cop who puts justice above the interests of the Party. It's a miracle that I survived as long as I did.' For years, Chen Cao managed to balance the interests of the Communist Party and the demands made by his job. He was considered a rising star until, after one too many controversial cases that embarrassed powerful men, he found himself neutralised. Under the guise of a promotion, he's been stripped of his title and his influence, discredited and isolated. Soon it becomes clear that his enemies still aren't satisfied, and that someone is attempting to have him killed - quietly. Chen has been charged with the investigation into a 'Red Prince' - a high Party figure who embodies the ruthless ambition, greed and corruption that is on the rise in China. But with no power, few allies, and his own reputation and life on the line, he knows he is facing the most dangerous case of his career.

Quest for Redemption

Quest for Redemption PDF Author: Jessie Chandler
Publisher: Bella Books
ISBN: 1642471801
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
Placed on a medical leave of absence from her job as a special agent in the National Protection and Investigation Unit, Mikala Flynn is a woman on the edge—guilt-ridden, depressed, battling war wounds and personal demons. The world and the relationships as she knew them no longer exist. Now, the streets of New York, the bottle, and anonymous sex have become her solace. In the midst of a fire escape bender, Flynn overhears her crazy-like-a-fox grandmother and her art-world cronies planning a daring theft of a valuable historical document. Eventually Flynn crashes the party and agrees to take on the heist herself. Along the way, Flynn runs into, both literally and figuratively, her now wheelchair-bound best friend, an alluring, mysterious thief who throws multiple wrenches into the works, and the ex-love of her life. Can Flynn pull off the job without falling victim to vodka and lost love…and somehow begin to find herself again along the way?

Detectives

Detectives PDF Author: Graham Collins
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877440792
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 57

Book Description
Detective fiction, both soft-boiled and hard-boiled, is in vogue. Its protagonists are widely known, they have become icons who have as many fans as the most popular actors and singers. This amazing list includes all the greatest detectives of all times: from the intuitive Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe, to the duo of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, created by Stieg Larsson, and explores their personal profiles and investigation methods.

Subtitling Today

Subtitling Today PDF Author: Silvia Bruti
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443886718
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Nowadays subtitling accomplishes several purposes; it is meant for diverse audiences and comes in many forms. This collection of innovative contributions explores these different manifestations, and offers a snapshot of the state of the art of a dynamic and ever-evolving field of study. This volume intentionally assembles essays that analyse subtitling in various audiovisual genres, including television series, variety programmes, operas, operettas, feature films and live conferences, and that consider various languages, such as Chinese, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese and Polish. It underscores both traditional and novel viewpoints and approaches to the subject, thus broadening the horizons of such a fascinating field. The diversity of topics tackled will encourage further reflection on a well-established research area, and, as such, the volume will appeal to both novice and expert researchers and professionals.

The Conspiracies of the Empire

The Conspiracies of the Empire PDF Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448314828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
The legendary Judge Dee Renjie returns, in this lyrical combination of mystery, history and ancient Chinese politics from the author of the renowned Inspector Chen mysteries In Tang dynasty China, Empress Wu - seductive, ambitious and vindictive - rules with an iron fist. Her premier minister, Judge Dee Renjie, is honored to be trusted by her. But when she orders him to carry out an urgent investigation into the disappearance of disgraced poet Luo Binwang, he can't see why the matter is of such vital importance. Luo Binwang joined a doomed uprising against Her Majesty, and vanished after the final, bloody battle. Is he missing - or dead? Either way, now that the rebellion has been mercilessly quashed, what harm could a poor, elderly poet do? Traveling out of the great capital of Chang'an, accompanied by his loyal manservant Yang, Judge Dee launches a painstaking investigation, in the hopes of achieving what the empress' secret police could not. But the journey is marred by ill omens, and with death and disaster following his every step, Judge Dee soon begins to wonder if the empress trusts him as much as he thought . . . This powerful mystery, set in ancient China, will appeal to fans of Robert Van Gulik's novels featuring the semi-fictional historical character Judge Dee, and includes an appendix of poems from some of China's finest Tang dynasty poets, newly translated by the author, who is an award-wining poet and critic in his own right.
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