Water touching stone ebook por eliot pattison 9781429979283. In water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally acclaimed the skull mantra, shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he recei. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. Books, gardens, birds, the environment, politics, or whatever happens to be grabbing my attention today. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library.
Book overview in water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally acclaimed the skull mantra, shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he receives shattering news. Shan agrees to the dangerous journey, and sets out with an elderly lama, a young kazakh woman, a bitter member of the tibetan resistance. Touchstone definition is a fundamental or quintessential part or feature. In water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally ac. Eliot pattison in water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally acclaimed the skull mantra, shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he receives shattering news. Water touching stone is a mystery but it is more than just a whodoneit another triumph for fans of the edgar ward winning author. The free library business and industry business kliatt march 1, 2002. Water touching stone inspector shan tao yun novels. Many gems about buddhism also find their way into the story. Pattison, who has traveled extensively in china and has published books and. Shan agrees to the dangerous journey, and sets out with an elderly lama, a young kazakh woman, a bitter member of the tibetan resistance and various other companions. A teacher revered by the oppressed has been found slain and, one by one, her orphaned students have followed her to her grave, victims of a killer harboring. Part one of two parts an unlikely group of outcasts dash acro.
As with the first book, water touching stone succeeds on all levels. In water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally acclaimed the skull mantra, shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he. Shan, just released from a slave labor camp and now studying tibetan buddhism in a secret monastery, complains at several points of being lost in the forbidding. The skull mantra, his first work of fiction, won the edgar award for best first novel from the mystery writers. Shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he receives shattering news. Jan 01, 2001 as with the first book, water touching stone succeeds on all levels. My name is stephan, and my wife susanne and i are the touching stone, specialists in creating gravestones. Eliot pattisons numerous books and articles on international policy issues have been published on three continents. He is a world traveller and frequent visitor to china. Water touching stone book columbus metropolitan library.
A teacher revered by the oppressed has been found slain. A teacher revered by the oppressed has been found slain and, one by one, her orphaned students have followed her to her gr. Shan tao yun, a former chinese government investigator once. A teacher revered by the oppressed has been found slain and, one by one, her orphaned students have followed her to her grave, victims of a killer harboring unfathomable motives. One by one, her orphaned students have followed her to her. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Like the other books in this series, water touching stone is full of peaceful places, the struggle between china and tibet, the differences between cultures. Water touching stone part 2 of 2 by eliot pattison, audiobook. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The kings beast set in 1769, edgarwinner pattisons sixth mystery featuring scottish exile duncan mccallum after 2018s savage liberty surpasses the high bar set by the previous five adventurespattison keeps the suspense high throughout.
Pattisons second whodunit, once again featuring former chinese public security investigator shan tao yun, is longer, more complicatedand, alas, more repetitious than his edgar awardwinning debut, the skull mantra 1999. And this book is especially international, as the story is situated in a cultural melting pot. Business publishing industry library and information science. While the characters and most of the places in this book are fictional, the struggle of the tibetan, kazakh, and uighur people to maintain. In water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally acclaimed the skull mantra, shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he receives shattering news. Cloistered in a remote sanctuary, shan tao yun has received shattering news. The skull mantra 1998 water touching stone 2001 bone mountain 2002 beautiful ghosts 2004 prayer of the dragon 2007 the lord of death 2009 mandarin gate. Touchstone definition of touchstone by merriamwebster. Water touching stone kindle edition by pattison, eliot. Tibetan, chinese, uighur, kazakh, russian, even american. Water touching stone by eliot pattison overdrive rakuten. Now released after four years in the gulag and living in tibet, he is still trying to find justice set against. We are stone enthusiasts our language is the language of symbolism.
Below is a list of eliot pattisons books in order of when they were first published. More political than mysterious, water touching stone is eliot pattisons second in the inspector shan series. Inspector shan mystery books by eliot pattison book. Eliot pattison is the author of the skull mantra, which won the edgar award and was a finalist for the gold dagger, as well water touching stone and bone mountain. Business publishing industry library and information science printer friendly 24,555,698 articles and books. The later shan books fall short, in this regard, compared to the first two. Water touching stone by eliot pattison librarything. Touching water bookstrand bestselling erotic romance. A teacher revered by the oppressed has been found slain and, one by one, her orphaned students have followed her to her grave, victims of a killer. I have read a couple of nonfiction books on the subject but neither of them made the experiences live in the way that this mystery story did. Buy water touching stone inspector shan tao yun novels new edition by eliot pattison isbn. Pattison is a world traveler and frequent visitor to china, and his numerous books and articles on international policy issues have been published around the world. Sculptors and artists by trade, the grave markers that we create tell a story about the deceased without using words. The author offers this image as a metaphor for shans agonizing quest to understand himself.
Pattison, eliot water touching stone 1st edition 1st printing. We publish books by philippa gregory, grace helbig, allie brosh, forks over knives, pusheen, and more. In this one, shan is asked by the tibetan lamas to investigate the murder of orphans in the kazakh region. Water touching stone is a mystery but it is more than just a whodoneit. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Water touching stone inspector shan tao yun book 2. Add complete series to cart all books in cart all books in bookshelf excerpt lydra clung to the safety railing at the edge of the roof and looked down at the. Pattison, eliot water touching stone 1st edition 1st printing hardcover new york minotaur books 2001 very good in a very good dust jacket. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. He is a world traveller and a frequent visitor to china. Signed hardcover first edition the second novel in the awardwinning series featuring inspector shan tao yun, who lost his position in beijing and his family and freedom, when he ran afoul of a powerful figure in the chinese government. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. His professional career consists of advising and representing u. In water touching stone, eliot pattison features the leading character of his edgar awardwinning first novel, the skull mantra 1999.
Water touching stone shan tao yun mystery, book 2 by eliot. Mar 26, 2010 i have read a couple of nonfiction books on the subject but neither of them made the experiences live in the way that this mystery story did. In water touching stone, eliot pattison features the leading character of his. Pattison, eliot water touching stone 1st edition 1st. Water touching stone shan tao yun mystery, book 2 by eliot pattison book cover, description, publication history.
Water touching stone by eliot pattison, 9780312593483, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The story is a decent police procedure with a distinctly asian flavor, but whats so good about the series is the greater context. Publisher description in water touching stone, the sequel to the internationally acclaimed the skull mantra, shan tao yun is cloistered in a remote tibetan sanctuary when he receives shattering news. In water touching stone, shan is asked by the monks to travel to northern tibet to solve the mystery of a murdered teacher, whose students are also being murdered one by one some say by a terrible demon. Abandoning his mountain hermitage, shan tao yun, a former beijing police. Water touching stone by eliot pattison penguin books.