Mo Tzu, Hsun Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu were three of the most important philosophers in ancient China. This collection of their basic writings points to three very different positions within in the spectrum of Chinese thought and reveals the diversity of of the Chinese intellectual tradition.Presenting t[...]

In a 1989 interview, Han Dong declared that he wrote poetry for nobody, not even himself. He likens the poet to a roofer: "I write poetry for the constitution of poetry, just as a roofer gives no thought to who lives in the house whose roof he is covering--he builds to meet the criteria of what a ho[...]

Sehara meets Sultan Shazaman and discovers that his brother's distrust of women comes not only from Fatima's betrayal but also from his mother's traumatic death. And while Sehara is away, Shahyar continues to play his dangerous game with another girl. Will Sehera's next night story be enough to stop[...]

Everyone knows about the story of Shahrazad and her wonderful tales of the Arabian nights. For one thousand and one nights, she entertained the mad Sultan with the adventures of Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sinbad, genies, and many other mystical creatures. But what if Shahrazad was actually a boy desperate t[...]

»Förlåt!!!!! Söndag morgon! Jag vill, jag vill vara galen! Nu har jag talat om allt! [- - -] Vad har jag talat om? - Jag älskar Er!!!!»

Så inleder Strindberg det kanske mest berömda av alla svenska kärleksbrev. Det ingår i brevromanen Han och hon som består av ett hundratal[...]

Han överlevde dödens fält i Kambodja.

Hans familj gjorde det inte...

Kan han någonsin förlåta?

En sann och mycket gripande berättelse om livet efter att ha sett sin familj avrättas.

Sokreaksa var en ung pojke i en stor familj i staden Siemreap i [...]

The increasing volume of data in modern business and science calls for more complex and sophisticated tools. Although advances in data mining technology have made extensive data collection much easier, it's still always evolving and there is a constant need for new techniques and tools that can help[...]

Aiming to integrate culture early and enable students to grasp difficult conceptual material, this text includes numerous diverse examples of the intersection of business and culture.[...]

One girl. Two brothers. Which one will she choose? Isabel's lazy, long hot summers at her family friends' beach house are over. Conrad - sexy and unavailable - is the only boy she's ever loved. He's left for college, taking her heart with him. Jeremiah, his gorgeous brother, is still Isabel's best f[...]

The bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty series is now available is one gorgeous new edition, with exclusive material inside! She has only ever loved two boys...Isabel spends every summer at the beach. But this summer is different. This is the summer she turns pretty - the year two brothers will n[...]

Miracle McCloy, a young girl from a dysfunctional family and daughter of a talented dancer who died in childbirth, creates for herself an alternative world that nearly results in her death but that ultimately leads her to reality. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reissue.[...]

With the rise of the knowledge economy, the knowledge content of goods and services is going up just as their material content is declining. Economic value is increasingly seen to reside in the former - that is, in intangible assets - rather than in the latter. Yet we keep wanting to turn knowledge [...]

This book compares five major ethnic groups in China and how they negotiate their national identities with the Chinese nation-state: Uyghurs, Chinese Koreans, Dai, Mongols, and Tibetans. By studying their diverse pattern of national identity construction, it sheds light on the nation-building proces[...]