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"The Emperor In Hell" is the fifth book in the "Journey to the West" series of stories by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. Other titles include "Rise of the Monkey King", "Trouble in Heaven", "The Immortal Peaches" and "The Young Monk".The story starts innocently enough, with two good friends chatting as they walk home after eating and drinking at a local inn. One of the men, a fisherman, tells his friend about a fortuneteller who advises him on where to find fish. This seemingly harmless conversation between two minor characters triggers a series of events that eventually cost the life of a supposedly immortal being, and cause the great Tang Emperor himself to be dragged down to the underworld. He is released by the Ten Kings of the Underworld, but is trapped and must escape with the help of a deceased courtier named Cui Jue.This book is based on chapters 9, 10 and 11 of Journey To The West, an epic novel written in the 16th Century by Wu Chen'en. Each book in our Journey to the West series covers a short section of the original 2,000-page novel.Journey To The West is loosely based on an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled from the Chinese city of Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned 17 years later with priceless knowledge and texts of Buddhism. Over the course of the book the band of travelers face the 81 tribulations that Xuanzang had to endure to attain Buddhahood.This book, the fifth in the series, tells the final series of stories that lead us to the actual journey to the west, which starts in Book 6. It is by far the darkest and most frightening of all the stories we've told so far, with a series of horrifying visions of after-death punishment of evildoers that are reminiscent of those in Dante's Inferno.The story is written, as much as possible, using the 600 word vocabulary of HSK 3. It is presented in simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes an English version and complete glossary. A free Chinese language audiobook is also available on YouTube, on the Imagin8 Press channel.

The young monk Xuanzang sets out on his westward journey. His journey is difficult and filled with dangers. He runs into trouble immediately when he is captured and nearly killed by the Monster King and his ogres. He escapes with the help of a mysterious old man, only to be attacked on the road later by tigers, snakes and more monsters. Eventually he meets the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. Together they face bandits and wild animals, and Sun Wukong must make a difficult decision.This is the 6th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 12 through 14 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood.The first 6 books in the Journey to the West series are written using an HSK vocabulary level of about 600 different Chinese words, but 669 are used in this book. Fifty two new words are introduced and are defined on the pages where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

Born in Iowa to the sounds of Bob and Bing Crosby and the Dorsey brothers, Mickey grows up to the comforting images of his living room TV and the reassuring ruts of his parents' life. During the restless summer of his senior year in high school, drifting away from the girlfriend he could never quite love, Mickey spends a night with another boy, and his world will never be the same. On a barge floating down the Mississippi, Mickey falls in love with James, a black card player from New Orleans, and in time the two of them settle, bristling with sexual intensity, in the French Quarter - until a brief affair destroys James's trust and sends Mickey to the drugs and sordid life of Los Angeles.Originally published in 1991, it was Grumley's only novel, completed in the months leading to his death from AIDS as he was cared for by his lover Robert Ferro. This new edition contains the original foreword by Edmund White (A Saint from Texas) and afterword by George Stambolian (Gay Men's Anthologies Men on Men), close friends of the couple.¿"A simple, classic, engaging, and beautifully written tale of a boy who ran away from home, a man who didn't make it in the movies, an artist who found himself earlier than most and did it all west of the Mississippi, in places which, while very American, few Americans have ever been." - Andrew Holleran"Life Drawing affirms the rich complexity of passion in the story of a small-town boy's difficult journey to manhood. Michael Grumley's crisp, direct language brings to life the demanding wonder of sexuality and the delicate tightrope of love between black men and white men." - Melvin Dixon"Grumley's graceful and telling memoir of a youth at first nearly idyllic then very nearly misspent is rooted as deeply in the American Midwest - its river-rich loam, its high moral soil - as any story by Mark Twain or Sherwood Anderson. Like their work, I expect it will continue to charm and surprise and provoke for some time to come." - Felice Picano"Life Drawing is the work of a true writer. It's the most physical book I've ever read this side of pornography. Not a word's out of place." - Ned Rorem"What a moving experience to have Michael Grumley with us again in the energy, shape, beauty, and wisdom of his first published novel. The economy of his line is remarkable, as is the powerful story he tells. Once I started the book I couldn't put it down." - Julia Markus

When witch Astra Arden agrees to a Valentine's Day date with Jason Bishop, she expects a romantic evening filled with chocolates and champagne-not bread and water in a jail cell. Astra is excited to spend Valentine's Day with handsome local middle school teacher Jason Bishop-but things take a turn for the unexpected when a retired local teacher Unity Priestpoint turns up dead, shot and stuffed in a trunk covered in magical symbols. As if the murder of a retired local teacher wasn't enough, Astra's date Jason becomes the prime suspect. In order to clear his name and have any hope of going on their first date, Astra must dive headfirst into the investigation even as her best friend, Detective Emma Sullivan, moves to arrest Jason for murder. Will Astra be able to uncover the truth in time and save their budding relationship before it's too late? Or will she be left dateless for the next twenty-five to life? No gore, intimate scenes, or swearing - only a captivating story suitable for adults.

It's not every assignment that ends in a quest... For Kitty Connolly, family is a complicated subject. Her father died when she was a child. Her mother, a powerful but disgraced magus, wants nothing to do with her. Her baby sister, Beth, hardly knows her but hates her all the same. But Kitty has found her own sort of family along the way. Maria, her best friend, is more like a sister. Her colleagues on the Arcanum's Away Team respect her, even though she's barely a witch. And then there's Marcus, her...well, that's complicated. When her boss announces yet another of his grail quests, Kitty goes along with her work family, no matter how hopeless the mission. Though the Away Team has uncovered moldering books of magic, long-lost wands and other artifacts, and even an ensorcelled faerie lord in the field, everyone knows that the hunt for the grail is a fool's errand. Stumbling onto an ancient secret, however, sets Kitty on a quest of her own-one that will change her family forever. Of course, no quest was ever easily won, and Kitty's journey takes her deep into the Gray Lands, a place where her paltry talent for magic is useless...and whose queen, having once been humiliated, is eager for revenge. For Kitty to succeed, she'll need more than a little help from her friends, if not a miracle. And for the Arcanum to survive the coming storm, she'll need to uncover an extraordinary sort of magic.

A dashing sea captain, an indomitable woman, and a deadly mission...After building a fortune in the exotic East, American adventurer and merchant prince Gavin Elliott sets his sails for London to begin a new life. Then fate intervenes on an infamous island in the East Indies where he discovers an Englishwoman facing degradation and peril. Though saving her may cost Gavin his life, he cannot refuse to help the fierce beauty who touches his heart and soul with her unconquerable spirit.Alexandra Warren is returning home from Australia as a widow and mother when a pirate attack condemns her to a life of servitude. A miracle arrives in the form of a steely-eyed Yankee captain whose reckless courage wins them freedom and a safe passage home to London. Intimate strangers joined by too many secrets, they slowly begin to heal the past with attraction and tenderness--until an old enemy reaches out to threaten the passionate love Gavin has found with his irresistible bartered bride.The Bride TrilogyBook 1: The Wild ChildBook 2: The China BrideBook 3: The Bartered BrideAbout the author: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday bestselling author Mary Jo Putney's novels are known for psychological depth and intensity. Winner of numerous writing awards, she has five times had books listed among the Library Journal's top five romances of the year, and three times had books among the top ten romances of Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association.