'Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Mr Carroll, a Frenchman from Canada, tiger hunter and all-round mad ol' blaggard.' In the carriage, the passengers simply stared. Charlotte thought Mr Coleman must be as mad as the tiger hunter.
–Jane Campion, director of The Piano “. . . engrossing . . . memorable . . . Jose is particularly skilled at showing how distinctions between the political and the intimate can dissolve during sex.” -Times Literary Supplement (London) ...
Set in contemporary Shanghai, it is the story of an intense passion between Shen, a Chinese art dealer, and Ruth, a young Australian woman.
"Diana West's 'The Red Thread' stands as a sterling example of penetrating counterintelligence analysis, the kind one seldom sees issuing from intelligence circles, let alone from a private researcher.
Brilliantly braiding together the stories of Chinese birth mothers who give up their daughters, Ann Hood writes a moving and beautifully told novel of fate and the red thread that binds these characters’ lives.
After the loss of her daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens an adoption agency to place baby girls from China with American families and discovers the painful and courageous journeys of both adoptive parents and birth mothers.
The Red Thread: Nordic Design celebrates this deep-rooted aesthetic, showcasing the diversity of design from Scandinavia and Finland via more than 200 objects - from everyday items to exquisitely produced decorative glassware, and from ...
A sweeping love story through time and space.
Poems weaving through the erotic heart of a spirited poet-woman on the cusp of middle age.
This book will appeal especially to those interested in the cultural history of Buddhism and in premodern Japanese culture.
The book not only instructs how to execute the goal of each exercise, but how to build with variations and challenge each exercise, preparing the body for the next exercise to come.
This does not exhaust the areas of the strike worth researching, but it does allow the historian to place the strike in historical context and tell its story.30 This book is aimed at several audiences, which are distinct although they ...
Set against the backdrop of 1830s Singapore where piracy, crime, triads and tigers are commonplace, this cultural romance follows the struggle of two lovers: Zhen, once the lowliest of Chinese coolies and triad member, later chosen to marry ...
This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break. This book recounts events and circumstances that shaped and determined the course of Eleanorfs life.
Jesse can't escape his depression, but a glimmer of light appears in Adam, a barista with a bad stutter. For their romance to last, they'll need to find acceptance--for themselves and each other.
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A sweeping love story through time and space.
The Red Thread