China Fiction

Jeffrey James Higgins presents Book 3 in the Nathan Burke Thrillers series.

In Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom, author Li Bo has drawn on his knowledge of East Asian civilization to transport listeners to 19th-century China. There a massive civil war is tearing the Qing dynasty apart.

Der letzte Tag der Menschheit ist angebrochen. Eine gewaltige Strahlenwolke, ausgelöst durch eine Sternexplosion acht Jahre zuvor, wird schon bald alle Menschen über dreizehn Jahren töten. Seit acht Jahren läuft der Countdown, und seitdem werden die Kinder und Jugendlichen der Welt auf eine Zukunft allein vorbereitet. Einige von ihnen jedoch wollen gar nicht so weitermachen wie zuvor. Sie träumen von einer neuen, einer besseren Zukunft für sich und ihren Planeten. Dies ist ihre Geschichte.

"After months of forced labour, a Roman emperor's guards escape from a Persian mine. They meet a mysterious, exiled Chinese Prince, Dan Qing, and agree to safeguard his journey home. Thus begins the adventures of the Romans and the Prince as they journey to China. There the Westerners will discover that they aren't the first of their kind to arrive in China - they were preceded centuries before by the survivors of the ""lost legion""."

He saves her, but can she save him? This is no fairy tale... Amidst the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands, mysteries of the past converge with the present, weaving a tale of lost love, haunting legacies, and redemption. Jack Mathers is drawn into a suspenseful journey, seeking answers about his mother's death and his father's bizarre behaviour. As ancient folklore involving enigmatic Highlanders, sinister wolves, and ethereal cranes resurfaces, the Mathers family is plunged deeper into a supernatural enigma. "The Crane Wife" by Max China is a heart-wrenching exploration of love, ...

Franz Kafka se dedicó intensamente a la literatura. Su escritura se caracteriza por una síntesis entre el absurdo, la ironía y la lucidez. Un mundo de sueños que, paradójicamente, describe con un realismo minucioso. Kafka sólo publicó, en vida, algunas historias cortas. Su obra pasó casi inadvertida. Ella nos ha llegado en contra de su voluntad, pues ordenó a su íntimo amigo y albacea literario Max Brod que, a su muerte, quemara todos sus manuscritos.

Little Red Riding Hood, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Story of a Mother, Cinderella, The Little Match Girl, The Snowman. Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Chinese Mandarin.

If the history of the Eastern Han dynasty were limited to the accomplishments of its scholars, scientists, and inventors, it would be a glorious saga of the innovation and creativity of the human mind. Anesthesia was first used during surgical procedures in the years of the Eastern Han emperors, earthquake tremors were measured, and perhaps, most remarkable of all, a process for manufacturing paper was developed by a eunuch of the imperial court.

The Frog Prince - 青蛙王子: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

Ein Zukunftsthriller aus dem Jahre 2027. Packend erzählt von Stefan Kaminski...

China Deception, A Novel, is part one of a series providing a behind-the-scenes look at the origins of COVID-19, as well as the relationships leading up to and shortly thereafter between China, North Korea, Russia, and the United States. All countries, with their leaders, will be intentionally intertwined by a series of coordinated events leading to the release of one of the deadliest viruses the world has ever seen. With the release of COVID 19, the battle of world supremacy has begun.

Januar 2006. Die Polizei von Hudiksvall macht eine schreckliche Entdeckung: 18 Menschen wurden auf grausame Weise getötet, am Tatort findet man ein rotes Seidenband. Unter den Toten sind auch die Adoptiveltern der Mutter von Richterin Birgitta Roslin, und sie beginnt zu recherchieren. Die Spur führt 140 Jahre in die Vergangenheit und bis nach China ...

In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether?

The Puppet-show Man, The Flying Trunk, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Wild Swans, The Tinderbox, The Story of a Mother, The Snowman. Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Chinese Mandarin.

The Frog Prince, The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Puppet-show Man, Cinderella, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, The Snowman, The Little Match Girl. Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation.

We have selected for you 100 best quotes by Pascal. Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method.

The Little Match Girl - 卖火柴的小女孩: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

This is the story of a boy, Jayden, who meets a strange kid from a foreign land who doesn't speak English and doesn't know how to share. They meet each other at the same playground every day. Their initial interaction isn't pleasant. Still, they learn to share, explore new things, and become best friends.

Chinese Islamists are poised to strike at the heart of Asia, as they unleash a plan to create a state in the heart of China. NATO has uncovered a plan to blackmail Beijing with the threat of a genocidal attack. Uighur terrorists have created a weapon of mass destruction, and threaten to unleash it on the capital city of the most populous nation on earth if their demands are not met. Yet the threat is not just confined to China.

Ray Pacheco has retired from being the sheriff of Dona Ana County, New Mexico. His new job is fishing. But, not for long. First a stray show dog raises questions concerning the whereabouts of its owner. Then a body was found close to Ray's rural cabin. Maybe once a cop always a cop - Ray joins forces with two unusual partners; an Apache fishing guide, Tyee Chino, prone to drunkenness and a bait shop owner, Big Jack, prone to laziness - to unravel the mysteries.