A common saying by Chinese living outside of China is, 'Where the sun shines, you will find Chinese'. This is a short stroy of a boy whose parents migrated from Shanghai in the 1920's to Malaysia and started various business to establish themselves economically. Ming playing in is father's factory days on end, short on money but rich in adventure.

Mother Nature retaliates against her destruction by reincarnating souls from an ancient era. They have the power of Nature to help them save Earth and all its inhabitants.

After the brutal suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives, Rory MacLean seized the chance to visit Burma. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he heard stories of freedom fighters, government censors, basket weavers, farmers and lovers -- ordinary people struggling to survive under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world. He met Aung San Suu Kyi, the most courageous woman of our time and t...

A fast read filled to the brim with action, heartache, and love.A ship burns, sinking into the dark sea. There is only one survivor—a child hunted for the power of her song. Hidden away on an isolated island, Lilette buries her power deep, convinced it caused the deaths of those she loves.But she can’t run from who she is. And when her secret is revealed, the only thing that can save her is her song. It’s time to rise up and become what she was always meant...

It is 1945, and courageous ten-year-old Sookan and her family must endure the cruelties of the Japanese military occupying Korea. Police captain Narita does his best to destroy everything of value to the family, but he cannot break their spirit. Sookan's father is with the resistance movement in Manchuria and her older brothers have been sent away to labor camps. Her mother is forced to supervise a sock factory and Sookan herself must wear a uniform and attend a Japanese school.The...

When Pippi Longstocking moves in next door to Tommy and Annika they are completely amazed by their new playmate. Pippi is cheeky, courageous and completely unpredictable. She lives alone with a monkey, a horse, and no rules whatsoever! Everything is fun with Pippi around! In this story she performs at the circus, uses her super strength to stop two robbers, and throws an unusual birthday party. This charming heritage edition is the perfect introduction to Pippi. The story is published in i...

My First Japanese Kanji Book is an inventive and unique introduction to kanji for children.Written by the mother-daughter team of Eriko and Anna Sato, this lovely book introduces 109 kanji characters to children with poems and illustrations. It includes all the Japanese Government-specified first-grade level kanji characters and a sprinkling of simple second to sixth-grade characters.The kanji are introduced in the context of 36 colorful paintings ...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.Our cover this month is by Reiko Murakami, illustrating a new original science fiction short from Ashok K. Banker ("Tongue"). Our other original SF this month is from Ch...

Dmitri Volkov needed to get married quickly. After planning months for his wedding, he was suddenly left at the alter by his would be bride. Not that he had much of a problem with it, after all he didn’t love her. But marriage was the only way to win his father’s company and after working his whole life for it, he wasn’t about to let it slipped through his fingers. So when his close friends, Alec, suggested he married an acquaintance of his, Dmitri did not refuse. The only trouble was, Ale...

Fighter pilot Gary Forsythe is a man on fire. He’s tough, steely-eyed, hunted by many and feared by all. He’s British Secret Service—a striking predecessor to James Bond—with a chip on his shoulder and a .50 caliber machinegun in his flying killing machine. He is The Devil—With Wings.The Japanese have invaded Manchuria, and Forsythe has made it his mission to stop them. Japanese Military Intelligence has made it their mission to knock the Devil out of the skies. But a dogfight with...

A short story in the Alcantaran series.Zendo had learned from the star traders and they had given him money to expand his trading business. He was anxious to earn some money, so he could get married. He hired his cousin, Puri and they started on the trade route. Events along the way unwittingly led Zendo and Puri to help spread seeds of change. Puri's love of story telling and singing songs he had made up, helped spread these seeds of change even farther across the country.

"Pang"A gun shot straight into the right chest, pierced the lung, red blood soaked the white outerwear, dripping on the ground.Why... why? – Bringing her hands up to hug her chest, her legs bent down, she had difficulty talking to the person in front of her.You shouldn't betray the organization, Blade.Blade, one of the best assassins of the underground organization Inferis, has received a mission to steal the heirloom piece of a large family. With the presti...