A Bewitching Smile

A Bewitching Smile Second in the Land of Smiles Trilogy A Bewitching Smile is reminiscent of A Passage to India in the creation of a kind of psychological DMZ, another Shangri-la with its own ephipanies and perils. The tough-sensitive characterization, and the sharp, often aphoristic dialogue, and the irony, combine to create a powerful drama. In this sequel to A Killing Smile, Richard Breach who is a magician, mystic and world-class card player teaches English in Bangkok. Crosby, his former student, has found an assignment for Breach's talents: a rescue mission. Snow is held hostage in a hill tribe village. Snow's plan to become Lahu godman has failed and his life is at risk. Breach has private reasons of his own -- a dying friend in England has requested a set of ritual shaman's. As the journey progresses to the north of Thailand, another mission takes form: Breach is to play in a high stakes card game. The story is about magic, myth and the power to transform the self. A Bewitching Smile, the second A Land of Smiles trilogy -- confirms the novels of Christopher G. Moore are destined to become a Southeast Asia social chronicle of the 90s.

A series of lectures regarding South Tyrol, Lake Garda, and the Dolomites.

ABANDON HOPE, ALL WHO ENTER HERE The Eastern Empire’s vast army (over 900,000 strong) is ready to invade the Forest of Jura. Thanks to Ramiris’s mind-boggling powers, Tempest’s entire capital-buildings, inhabitants, and all-has been evacuated into the nation’s labyrinthine Dungeon. While Primal Demons Testarossa and Ultima kick some serious imperial butt over on the front lines, the rest of the Empire’s army attempts to storm the Dungeon. Little does the enemy know, however, that they’re about to face a devastating bloodbath at the hands of Tempest’s own mighty forces...

Reproduction of the original: Chronicles of Dustypore by Henry Stewart Cunningham

Three years ago, a scandal had made her the most disreputable woman in Luo City. When she was surrounded and humiliated by her former fiancé and the green tea chick, Ruan Xihan had grabbed an unfamiliar man and had him act on the wall! Afterwards, she dumped a cheque and left in a carefree manner. However, she never expected that this man was actually her ex-boyfriend's Third Uncle! A single kiss married the Third Aunt of the previous generation, so Ruan Xihan said he could have this! What surprised her the most was that this man, who claimed he had no money and no influence, who spent all day crying and hanging around her house, had suddenly transformed into the frightening "Jade-faced Yan Luo" of the shopping mall, the youngest entrepreneur on the Wealth List! Ruan Xihan was getting angry. "Didn't we say that they don't have the right to inherit the family inheritance and can borrow money to live?" Jin Yan Chen smiled as he held her by the waist, "Wife, without money, how can I support you?"