Chinese Sword

On the treacherous streets of Riverside, a man lives and dies by the sword. Even the nobles on the Hill turn to duels to settle their disputes. Within this elite, dangerous world, Richard St. Vier is the undisputed master, as skilled as he is ruthless--until a death by the sword is met with outrage instead of awe, and the city discovers that the line between hero and villain can be altered in the blink of an eye.

Thousands of years before the Age of Elminster, dragons rule the skies of Faern, and elves dominate the huge forests that cover the land. Only in the mighty, magical empire of Netheril are men a force to be reckoned with. Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain barbarian who has caught his eye can survive the most savage tests his friend - and deadly rival - can devise. The only rule: The tests must offer the subject some slight chance to survive.

Hong Kong is the world’s most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. Through firsthand reportage, world-renowned travel writer Jan Morris takes us through the crowded streets of this enigmatic city, offering the most insightful and comprehensive study of Hong Kong thus far. She reviews Hong Kong’s early days as a British opium port controlled by pirates, cutthroats, and scoundrel tycoons, and looks ahead to the city’s future.

Will there be war with China? This book provides the most complete and accurate assessment of the probability of conflict between the United States and the rising Asian superpower. Equally important, it lays out an in-depth analysis of the possible pathways to peace. Written like a geopolitical detective story, the narrative encourages listener interaction by starting each chapter with an intriguing question that often challenges conventional wisdom.

New York Times bestselling author Kerrelyn Sparks delivers the exciting conclusion in the Love at Stake series, where a Marine-turned-vampire finds love with the shifter princess forbidden to him. Russell wakes from a coma to find he's become a vampire. Now he has a thirst for revenge...

仇家已布下重重包围，等待他的来临。他会来吗？那个一向把行侠仗义当作是在险恶江湖里寻诗的龚侠怀……仇家已布下重重包圍，等待他的來臨。他會來嗎？那個一向把行俠仗義當作是在險惡江湖里尋詩的龔俠懷……

巴国是一个已经消失在历史长河中的古老国度。小鱼儿，就是巴国人的后代。这个假期，聪明吴和他的三个小伙伴一起，远赴小鱼儿的家里做客……巴國是一個已經消失在歷史長河中的古老國度。小魚兒，就是巴國人的後代。這個假期，聰明吳和他的三個小伙伴一起，遠赴小魚兒的家裡做客……