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  • A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader

    Edited by Ian Rowen, Ti-han Chang, Darryl Sterk ...
    An Indigenous hunter laments the decline in the flying squirrel population and reflects on how animals perceive the world. In a drought-stricken cyberpunk anytown, kids revolt against the grown-ups only to face off with stray dogs over water. During late-night diving sessions, a researcher encounters a mysterious group of ocean-dwelling people with gills. In an overpopulated future, marrying an AI ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Tibetan Environmentalists in China

    The King of Dzi

    by Liu Jianqiang ...
    Translated by Ian Rowen, Cyrus K. Hui, Emily T. Yeh ...
    Series series Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
    This book weaves together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection (as well as a host of secondary characters): Tashi Dorje, a well-known and celebrated environmentalist; Karma Samdrup, a philanthropist, businessman, and environmentalist; Rinchen Samdrup, Karma’s brother, another extraordinary environmentalist; Gendun, a painter, historian, ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • One China, Many Taiwans

    The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism

    by Ian Rowen ...
    One China, Many Taiwans shows how tourism performs and transforms territory. In 2008, as the People's Republic of China pointed over a thousand missiles across the Taiwan Strait, it sent millions of tourists in the same direction with the encouragement of Taiwan's politicians and businesspeople. Contrary to the PRC's efforts to use tourism to incorporate Taiwan into an imaginary "One China," ... Read more

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  • City of Protest

    A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong: Penguin Specials

    by Antony Dapiran ...
    Series series Penguin China | Penguin Specials
    From the turbulent 1960s until today, Hong Kong has been a city shaped by civil disobedience. The latest wave of protests in Hong Kong’s long history of public dissent culminated in the Occupy Central movement of 2014. What emerges from these grassroots movements is a unique Hong Kong identity, one shaped neither by Britain nor China. An insightful exploration of the historical and social stimuli ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Fathoms

    The World in the Whale

    by Rebecca Giggs ...
    Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA “delving, haunted, and poetic debut” (The New York Times Book Review) about the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship with other ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Trouble with Taiwan

    History, the United States and a Rising China

    by Kalley Wu Tzu Hui, Professor Kerry Brown ...
    Series series Asian Arguments
    Taiwan is one of the great paradoxes of the international order. A place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognise as a sovereign country. An island that China regards as a 'rebellious province', but which has managed to survive defiantly for decades. Now with its neighbour China a major power on the world stage and ally United States ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World

    by Matt Kracht ...
    Let's face it—all birds are fascinating, wonderful, idiotic jerks—no matter where in the world they reside.Following in the footsteps of the bestselling book The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, this hilarious sequel ventures beyond to identify the stupidest birds around the world. Featuring birds from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, author Matt Kracht ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

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  • We Loved It All

    A Memory of Life

    by Lydia Millet ...
    **A Time Must-Read Book of 2024 • A Booklist Editors' Choice • A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2024"A rigorous, evocative, brilliant bow to life." —Terry Tempest Williams, author of Erosion: Essays of UndoingThis lucent anti-memoir from celebrated novelist Lydia Millet explores the pain and joy of being a parent, child, and human at a moment when the richness of the planet’s life is ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era

    Reassessing Collective Leadership

    by Cheng Li ...
    Series series Geopolitics in the 21st Century
    Chinese politics are at a crossroads as President Xi Jinping amasses personal power and tests the constraints of collective leadership.In the years since he became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has surprised many people in China and around the world with his bold anti-corruption campaign and his aggressive consolidation of power.Given these new developments, ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Tuco and the Scattershot World

    A Life with Birds

    by Brian Brett ...
    The acclaimed author's memoir of life with an African grey parrot offers "a thoughtful and generous celebration of minds and bodies different from our own" ( Times Literary Supplement, UK).For thirty years, Brian Brett shared his office and his life with Tuco, a remarkable parrot given to asking questions such as "Whaddya know?" and announcing "Party time!" when guests showed up at Brett's farm. ... Read more

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  • City on the Edge

    Hong Kong under Chinese Rule

    by Ho-fung Hung ...
    For decades, Hong Kong has maintained precarious freedom at the edge of competing world powers. In City on the Edge, Ho-fung Hung offers a timely and engaging account of Hong Kong's development from precolonial times to the present, with particular focus on the post 1997 handover period. Through careful analysis of vast economic data, a myriad of political events, and intricate networks of actors ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • A System Apart

    Hong Kong’s Political Economy from 1997 till Now: Penguin Specials

    by Simon Cartledge ...
    Series series Penguin China | Penguin Specials
    Since 1997, Hong Kong’s economic growth rate has dropped sharply, inequality has increased, and corruption has found its way to the highest levels of government. These developments, Simon Cartledge argues, can be attributed to the city’s ‘pro-business’ constitution, which has held back change and led to the rise of an anti-establishment, localist opposition. A System Apart traces the interplay of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD