Spanning three generations this novel of family & myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty as the Chinese battle both the Japanese invaders & each other in the turbulent 1930s As the novel opens a group of villagers led by Commander Yu the narrator's grandfather prepare to attack the advancing Japanese Yu sends his 14-year-old son back home to get food for his men; but as Yu's wife returns through the sorghum fields with the food the Japanese start firing & she is killed Her death becomes the thread that links the past to the present & the narrator moves back & forth recording the war's progress the fighting between the Chinese warlords & his family's history ...

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JENNIFER LAWRENCE A Russian honey trap agent targets a young CIA operative to uncover a senior-ranking mole at the heart of the Russian Intelligence service Dominika Egorov former prima ballerina is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia the country she loved & spat out as the twists & turns of betrayal & counter-betrayal unravel American Nate Nash idealistic & ambitious handles the double agent codenamed MARBLE considered one of CIA's biggest assets He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended? 'A classic spy thriller High-level espionage pulse-pounding danger sex double agents & double crosses What more can any reader want?' Nelson De Mille 'A great & dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence & the CIA Very few people know about it But Jason Matthews does & his thrilling Red Sparrowtakes us deep inside this treacherous world He knows the secrets & he is also a masterful story-teller I loved this book & could not put it down Neither will you' Vince Flynn ...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence Joel Edgerton & Jeremy Irons Dominika Egorov former prima ballerina is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia the country she loved as the twists & turns of a betrayal & counter-betrayal unravel American Nate Nash idealistic & ambitious handles the double agent codenamed MARBLE considered one of CIA's biggest assets He needs to keep his identity secret for as long as the mole can keep supplying golden information Will Dominika be able to unmask MARBLE or will the mission see her faith destroyed in the country she has always passionately defended? 'A great & dangerous spy-game is being played today between Russian intelligence & the CIA Very few people know about it including many of our politicians in Washington But Jason Matthews does & his thrilling Red Sparrow takes us deep inside this treacherous world He's an insider's insider He knows the secrets & he is also a masterful story-teller I loved this book & could not put it down Neither will you' Vince Flynn ' Not since the good old days of the Cold War has a classic spy thriller like Red Sparrow come along Jason Matthews is not making it up; he has lived this life & this story & it shows on every page High-level espionage pulse-pounding danger sex double agents & double crosses What more can any reader want?' Nelson De Mille ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jennifer Lawrence is Dominika a former ballerina forced to enter Sparrow School a secret government program that trains young recruits to manipulate seduce & kill She emerges as a dangerous agent but is trapped in a world she desperately wants to escape With the lives of her loved ones at risk Dominika must find a way to take back control & serve justice to those who betrayed her Actors Jennifer Lawrence Joel Edgerton Matthias Schoenaerts Jeremy Irons Mary-Louise Parker Directors Francis Lawrence Writers Justin Haythe Producers Peter Chernin Steven Zaillian Language English Number of discs 1 ...

70 years ago the world began its race to create the first Super Soldier In 2011 the United States succeeded twice Project Red Spike discovered that through the manipulation & regulation of the adrenal glands the Super Soldier was no longer just a dream Matt Cutler & Greg Dane the first to survive the process have been proven on the field to be everything that was wanting in the program Unfortunately an upgrade to Greg''s implant goes array & now it''s up to Matt to chase down his friend before he hurts himself the city & the tax payers who funded their creation But as the friends begin their very public battle in the heart of Washington DC twisted & sinister secrets begin to emerge from within the Red Spike program Can both soldiers survive or are their deaths a necessary measure to secure the program''s secrecy? ...

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The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung & the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936 Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao's life as well as a history of the famous Long March & the men & women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution Out of that experience came Red Star Over China a classic work that remains one of the most important books ever written about the birth of the Communist movement in China This edition

Includes:: extensive notes on the military & political developments in China further interviews with Mao Tse-tung a chronology covering 125 years of Chinese revolution & nearly a hundred detailed biographies of the men & women who were instrumental in making China what it is today

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Christian Gossett's landmark series Red Star redefined what a comic book could look like while the story's rich history & brutal world brought motion picture scope to the comics page Now the massive tale is presented in deluxe form starting with this volume including issues 1-4 & 6-9 ...